Birth Date: | January 30, 1915 |
Death Date: | March 2, 2019 (aged 104) |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Death Place: | Towson, Maryland, United States |
Placeofburial: | Druid Ridge Cemetery |
Birth Name: | Edgar Salo Keats |
Branch: | United States Navy |
Serviceyears: | 1941–1968 |
Rank: | Rear admiral |
Battles: | World War II Iwo Jima Tarawa Saipan Okinawa |
Edgar Salo Keats (January 30, 1915 – March 2, 2019) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living graduate of United States Naval Academy.[1] Keats graduated from the USNA in 1935.
Keats was a naval aviator. He was promoted to rear admiral shortly before his retirement in 1958. Following military service, he held civilian positions of leadership in the defense and construction sectors. Late in his life, he won gold medals in the Maryland Senior Olympics.[2] [3] [4] [5] He turned 100 in January 2015.[6] He died on March 2, 2019, at the age of 104 from complications of a fall.[1]