<Li> Attack on Pearl Harbor † </Li> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Medal of Honor </Td> </Tr> <P> Franklin Van Valkenburgh (April 5, 1888--December 7, 1941) was the last captain of the USS Arizona (BB - 39). He was killed when the Arizona exploded and sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor . </P> <P> Born in Minneapolis, Van Valkenburgh moved to Milwaukee when he was a toddler . His father was a prominent lawyer also named Franklin Van Valkenburgh, who served as Milwaukee assistant city attorney and a U.S. attorney for Wisconsin . His great - grandmother's brother was Daniel Wells Jr., who represented Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District in the 1850s . He grew up on Milwaukee's east side, attending Cass Elementary School and graduating from East Side High School, later renamed Riverside High School . </P>

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