Herbert Sydney Whipple - Major, United States Army

Herbert Sydney Whipple of Pennsylvania

Appointed from Wisconsin, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1881, 38
Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 10th U. S. Cavalry, 14 June 1885
First Lieutenant, 9th U. S. Cavalry, 27 March 1892
Transferred to the 7th U. S. Cavalry, 12 April 1892
Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, 17 May 1898
Mustered Out of the volunteer service, 31 October 1898
Captain, 3rd U. S. Cavalry, 10 July 1900
Assigned to the Pay Department, 23 April 1901

Son of Major General William Denison Whipple and is buried with his father and mother in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery.

WHIPPLE, HELEN W/O HERBERT S

DATE OF BIRTH: 07/23/1878
DATE OF DEATH: 07/10/1955
DATE OF INTERMENT: 07/13/1955
BURIED AT: SECTION 1 SITE 137-B SH
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF HS WHIPPLE – CAPT USA

WHIPPLE, HERBERT S

MAJ USA RET
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 06/13/1923
DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
BURIED AT: SECTION W LOC SITE LOT 137-
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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