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1785 – 1819Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819)Died 23 August 1819, aged 34Oliver Hazard Perry was an American naval officer who commanded the US fleet to victory at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, declaring "We have met the enemy and they are ours." He died of yellow fever aboard ship off Trinidad while returning from a diplomatic mission to Venezuela. He died on his thirty-fourth birthday.