Anna Der-Vartanian, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAnna Der-Vartanian
United States navy officer
Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1920
Date of Death: 04-Aug-2011
Profession: naval officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Anna Der-Vartanian
- Anna Der-Vartanian (December 6, 1920 – August 4, 2011) was the first woman promoted to Master Chief Petty Officer (E-9), the highest enlisted rate in the United States Navy. In 1959, while serving as assistant to the Global Strategy Officer at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, Der-Vartanian received her promotion to Master Chief Petty Officer.
- With that promotion, she made history as the first woman in the U.S.
- Armed Forces to be promoted to the rate of E-9.Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Anna Der-Vartanian died August 4, 2011, at the age of 90 and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
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