Lou Conter
Louis Anthony Conter (September 13, 1921 – April 1, 2024) was an American naval officer who was a lieutenant commander and naval aviator in the United States Navy. At the time of his death, he was the last living survivor of the sinking of the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.[1]
Lou Conter
Louis Anthony Conter
September 13, 1921
Ojibwa, Wisconsin, U.S.
April 1, 2024 (aged 102)
Grass Valley, California, U.S.
United States
1939–1967
Early life[edit]
Louis Anthony Conter was born in Ojibwa, Wisconsin, on September 13, 1921,[2] to Nicholas Anthony Conter and Lottie Esther Milligan. Conter had one older and one younger sister. He and his family moved from Wisconsin to New Mexico in 1922, before moving again to Denver, Colorado, in 1924. Conter moved to Stockton, Kansas, in 1927 before returning to Denver in 1930, where he lived on a farm. Upon finishing school, Conter began working at the same company as his father.[3]
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The Arizona's forward magazines explode in a still from a film made during the Japanese attack.
The Arizona burning after the Japanese attack
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Later life[edit]
After his retirement from the Navy, Conter pursued a career as a real estate developer in California. Conter published a book about his life titled The Lou Conter Story in 2021;[11] he turned 100 the same year.[12] Conter was also a member of the Knights of Columbus.[2] Following the death of Ken Potts in April 2023, Conter became the last known survivor of the sinking of the USS Arizona.[12] He died from congestive heart failure at his home in Grass Valley, California, on April 1, 2024, at the age of 102.[13][4][14][15]
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