What was the rank of Yamamoto at the time of his death?
Marshal Admiral
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Answer
Isoroku Yamamoto was a Japanese admiral who was the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He was killed on April 18, 1943, when his aircraft was shot down by American fighter planes during a bombing raid on the island of Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
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