Nathan Bedford Forrest III
Nathan Bedford Forrest III was a brigadier general of the United States Army Air Forces, and a greatgrandson of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was killed in action in Germany during World War II. Forrest was the first American general to be killed in action during the war in Europe.
Forrest was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 7, 1905, the son of Nathan Bedford Forrest II and Mattie Patterson . On November 22, 1930, he married Frances Brassler and, according to the Arlington National Cemetery website, he had no children, making him the final male Forrest in his greatgrandfathers direct line.
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