Susan Ahn Cuddy
Age: 100
Summary: pioneering
Navy officer who was believed to be the first Asian-American female
U.S. Navy officer and the Navy's first female gunnery officer during
World War II, but who later worked for U.S. Navy Intelligence, the
Library of Congress, and the National Security Agency after rising to
the rank of lieutenant and was one of the nation's oldest living
Korean-Americans born in the U.S., and whose parents were among the
first Koreans to immigrate to the U.S. arriving in 1902.
Cause of Death: In her sleep
Born: January 16, 1915
Died: June 24, 2015
Location: Northridge, California
