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From a contemporary press report: Daniel F. McCafferty, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (retired) of Arlington, Virginia, died on Wednesday, November 20, 2002. Colonel McCafferty was a decorated World War II Veteran of the North Africa and Italian Campaigns. Beloved husband of the late Amy C. McCafferty; father of Geraldine Newman, William McCafferty, Michael McCafferty, … Read more

From a contemporary press report: William Russell Hemphill, 83, an Army Colonel who retired in 1974, died of a heart attack November 8, 1997at Columbia Arlington Hospital. He had lived in Arlington since 1957. He was a native of St. Louis and attended William Jewell College in Missouri. He enlisted in the Missouri National Guard … Read more

The wife of Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett. November 13, 1885-July 25, 1958. She is buried with her husband in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. MOFFETT, JEANETTE W W/O WILLIAM A DATE OF BIRTH: 11/13/1887 DATE OF DEATH: 07/25/1958 BURIED AT: SECTION 3  SITE 1655-A ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan … Read more

WWII soldier’s helmet returns home after more than six decades overseas By Krista Smith / Courtesy of The Orange Leader 8 January 2006 After nearly 63 years of wondering and negotiation, Carol Cady received the helmet her father, a casualty of World War II, wore during combat and at the time of his death. At … Read more

Retired Navy rear admiral Norvell G. Ward, who served as a chief of naval  forces in the Vietnam War during a period of escalating U.S. involvement,  died July 19 in a special care unit of a retirement community in Atlantic Beach in Florida. He had congestive heart failure. He was 92. Ward graduated from the … Read more

From a contemporary press report Of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida., on Monday, February 10, 1997, at the West Palm Beach Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, after a brief illness. Colonel Vogt was born November 26, 1924 in Quantico, Virginia, son of the late Major Brady Luther Vogt, USMC and Ann Maria Smith. Educated in Norfolk, Virginia, … Read more

David H. Scott Dorthlee Marie Chartier Scott Douglas M. Scott Florence Alpha Scott George Hugh Scott Gustavus Hall Scott Hugh Lenox Scott Lewis Merrill Scott Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil 24 Hondrox Prima Kapseln … Read more

Colonel James T. Wortham, 76, died Jan. 17, 1997 at the Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Colonel Wortham served for more than 34 years. His military career began in 1942. He served with the 8th Air Force in England during World War II. He participated in other combat duty, which included service with the 2d Infantry … Read more

From a contemporary press report Steve Boskovich, Commander Sergeant Major, United States Army (retired), 80, died Sunday, January 23, 2000, at St. Joseph Hospital, Augusta, Georgia. The funeral will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church with the Rev. P. James Costigan officiating. Burial will be in Arlington National … Read more

Wendell G. SWITZER Jr, Ltjg, USN, Pilot Monday, September 5, 1955 / Tuesday, September 6, 1955 He was killed when his Navy plane crashed during a training mission in the James River off Fort Eustis Thursday, September 1, 1955. He will be interred with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, DC at 10:00 … Read more

By Jeff Schogol, Courtesy of Stars and Stripes Friday, August 8, 2008 At Arlington National Cemetery, families receive a folded flag, and the thanks of a grateful nation. They leave behind a son, a brother, a father, a sister, a mother, or someone else who they hold dear. The pain of burying a loved one … Read more

President Barack Obama sought to dodge racial controversy on Memorial Day, sending wreaths to a monument for Confederate soldiers and other flowers to a memorial honoring more than 200,000 African-Americans who fought for the Union during the Civil War. Obama, the nation’s first black president, planned to continue tradition and have aides leave a wreath … Read more

From a contemporary press report: Howard J. Blesso, 71, a retired Army master sergeant who was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars, died of cancer October 28, 1998  at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Sergeant Blesso, who lived in Alexandria, Virginia, entered the Army in 1946 and spent his early years … Read more

Dorothy S. Washburn, a retired United States Air Force procurement officer and civic leader, died Sunday, October 15, 1995 after a brief illness. She was 86 and lived in Center City. Began a 32-year government career during World War II as a clerk-typist at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Three decades later she was an Air … Read more

CAPTAIN EUGENE J. GROW Former Head of the Naval Medical Supply Depot in Brooklyn WASHINGTON, September 7, 1935 – Funeral services for Captain Eugene J. Grow, U.S.N., who died at Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Thursday, will be held at the Arlington National Cemetery Monday afternoon, the Navy Department announced today.  He was 61 years old. … Read more

Born on October 28, 1838 in Rhode Island, he attended West Point but left in 1860 before graduting. He was appointed Captain, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, October 21, 1861; Major, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, February 25, 1865. He was Colonel of the 6th United States Infantry as of March 27, 1865 and was … Read more

HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, December 30, 1934 – Captain Charles S. Hendricksen, U.S.A., retired, who was a signal instructor at Kelly Field, Texas, during the World War, died here today.  Born in Norway forty-nine years ago, captain Hendricksen came to America at the age of 16.  He was transferred from the Minnesota National Guard to the … Read more

Jacob M. Peyton – Residence, Clover, Illinois. Enlisted on 10 September 1861 as a Private. On 19 September 1861 he mustered into “C” Company, Illinois 9th Cavalry. He was discharged for disability on 6 Sepember 1863 Jacob M. Peyton. Residence, Clover, Ilinois. Enlisted on 16 February 1865 as a Captain. On 16 February 18655 he … Read more

Fort Story celebrates life of 159th Transportation Company commander By Joanna Hawkins/Fort Story Public Affairs FORT STORY, Virginia (TRADOC News Service, November 27, 2006) — Hearts were filled with sadness as the Fort Story community gathered at the post chapel Thursday for a memorial ceremony honoring the life of Captain John A. Griffin, commander of … Read more

From a contemporary press report: Robert M. Dinterman Jr., 73, who supervised National Park Service construction projects before retiring in 1992, died November 10, 1999 at his home in Vienna after a heart attack. Mr. Dinterman had worked for the National Park Service for 29 years before retiring in 1992 as branch chief of construction. … Read more

The remains of Audie Murphy, the actor and Medal of Honor recipient, lie beside Memorial Drive. Joe Louis, the heavyweight champion, is buried near Roosevelt Drive. The final resting place of astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom is between Grant and McKinley drives. Visitors to Arlington National Cemetery make their way on winding roads to the graves of America’s heroes — … Read more

From a contemporary press report: CSM Budesky, 78, died July 6, 1997 in Peabody, Massachusetts, due to a long illness. CSM Budesky was a veteran of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. He also served with the Navy during World War II on the Flagship USS Rocky Mount that liberated Kwajalein, Marshall, … Read more

John Cool didn’t talk much about his military service in Vietnam, but he revealed much after he died. Cool, a Marshall, Minnesota, native, died in January at the age of 62, without his friends and family knowing much about his tour of duty in Vietnam in 1967. Cool had arranged for his funeral to be … Read more

Brigadier General John O. Gray, USAF (Retired) 90, died on July 22, 2007 from a long battle with congestive heart failure. Born in Boston, he was raised in Silver Valley, a lumber and mining area of northern Idaho. He graduated from the University of Idaho and is a member of the University of Idaho Alumni … Read more

From a contemporary Press Report In Norfolk, Virginia on September 17, 1998, CAPTAIN PHILIP H. JENKINS, USN (Ret.), age 96, died. He was born on March 19, 1902, in Bethlehem, PA, the son of Harry S. Jenkins and Hilda Hagenbuch Jenkins. He attended Bethlehem High School, before his appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy at … Read more

OMER O. NIERGARTH Brigadier General, United States Air Force 1893-1964 Second Lieutenant (Aviation Section, Signal Corps) November 27, 1917 Second Lieutenant (Air Service) July 1, 1920 First Lieutenant July 1, 1920 Captain (Temporary) October 2, 1929 Captain June 16, 1936 Major October 1, 1938 Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary) March 11, 1940 Colonel (AUS) January 9, 1941 … Read more

WASHINGTON, September 28, 1912: Two more lives were sacrificed to aviation at the United States Army Aviation Field, College Park, Maryland, today when an army aeroplane fell thirty-five feet to the ground instantly killing Corporal Frank S. Scott and so seriously injuring Second Lieutenant Lewis C. Rockwell that he died a few hours later. Hundreds … Read more

VICE ADMIRAL ARTHUR BYRON COOK, USN. Ret Biography By Helen Cook Laughlin Arthur Byron Cook was born in Evansville, Indiana, on December 11, 1881, son of Frederick W. and Eliizabeth (Himmelein), Cook. He was appointed Naval Cadet after attending St. Albans, Notro Domo and the University of Indiana, and entering the U. S. Naval Academy … Read more

William Henry Plunkett, born in 1826 in Ireland and died in 1912. Letitia G. Plunkett, born in 1843 in British South Africa and died in 1928. Regimental History Seventeenth Infantry WISCONSIN (3-YEARS) Seventeenth Infantry – Colonels John L. Doran, Adam G. Malloy Lieutenant Colonels, Adam G. Malloy Thomas McMahon, Donald D. Scott; Majors., Thomas McMahon, … Read more

The son of William Harding Carter, he was born on 23 October 1884 and died 0n 27 August 1907. He is buried among other family members in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. Leigh Hays Carter was born on 23 October 1884. He was the son of Brigadier General William Giles Harding Carter and Ida Dawley. … Read more

Edwin Burr Babbitt Emily Fenno Babbitt Frances (Fanny) McDougall Babbitt Lawrence Sprague Babbitt An Army Family Of Long Standing. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil 24 Hondrox Prima Kapseln Diaetolin Cardione PHC Beauty C+ Kapseln … Read more

Robert Alexander Gaw born April 3, 1910 at home in Irvington, New Jersey, the oldest of four children born to Harry and Elizabeth Gaw. He graduated from Bernard’s High School, Bernardsville, New Jersey in 1930. Bob made the New Jersey All State Football Team in 1929-1930. Bob worked as a caddy at the Somerset Hills … Read more

From a contemporary press report: Age 88, of Old Port Cove, North Palm Beach, Florida, passed away on Sunday evening, October 3, 1999, after an extended illness. Lieutenant Colonel Simpson was born August 27, 1911 in Smithfield, Virginia; son of the late Frank B. Simpson and Emily Delk Simpson. He had been a residence of … Read more

From a contemporary press report: Albert C. “Ace” Burley, 77, a submariner who served in the Navy for more  than 25 years before retiring in 1968 as a captain, died of cardiac arrest November 1, 1998  at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Virginia. He lived in Alexandria. After retiring from active Navy duty, Captain Burley spent a … Read more

Captain Joseph Orville Brown was from Norwalk, Connecticut and born on 29 September 1934. He was 31 and married when he was declared dead. His remains were recovered and eventually buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Captain Brown was a Nail Forward Air Controller assigned to Detachment 3 505th Tactical Air Support Group at Nahkon Phanom … Read more

Calvin Dewitt of Pennsylvania Appointed from Pennsyvlania, Captain, 49th Pennsylvania Infantry, 24 October 1861 Resigned 18 January 1863 Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, 14 May 1867 Major, Surgeon, U. S. Army, 21 July 1885 Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Surgeon General, U. S. Army, 15 December 1898 Colonel, Assistant Surgeon General, U. S. Army, 7 May 1901 … Read more

Sunday February 17, 2002 Yet the nation’s most famous cemetery is subject to the march of history, and no one can say how many rows of white headstones will be needed by midcentury. Workers felt the grounds tremble September 11, 2001, when a hijacked airliner smashed into the Pentagon just beyond the cemetery fence. Sixty-five … Read more

LIEUTENAN COLONEL J. M. LOUD, WAR VETERAN DIES Served In Philippines, Hawaii and Alaska As Well As Training Camps Of 1917-18 MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, September 26, 1935 – Lieutenant Colonel James Mifflin Loud, United States Army, retired, died today as his home here.  He had been in failing health for some time. Colonel Loud, who  … Read more

George Andrews. Rhode Island. Appointed from Arizona, Cadet, United States Military Academy. 1 July 1872 (35 ) ; Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 25th United States Infantry, 15 June 1876; First Lieutenant, 19 February 1883; Regimental Adjutant, 17 August 1886 to 17 August 1890; Captain, 16 September 1892; Major, Adjutant General Corps, 26 February 1898; … Read more

BODIES SENT FROM NICARAGUA MANAGUA, Nicaragua – November 24, 1933 – The bodies of James F. Dickey, a Quartermaster Clerk of the United States Marine Corps, who was killed in the earthquake in March 1931, and of Lieutenant Lawrence C. Brinton, Lieutenant Laurin T. Covington and Finis H. Whitehear, Pharmacist Mage, U.S.N., killed on Action April 21, 1932, … Read more

Captain Valentine was killed during World War I.  He was subsequently returned to the United States and was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. VALENTINE, FRANK C CAPT CO K 23RD INF 2 DIV VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 07/19/1918 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown BURIED AT: SECTION 3  SITE 4138 … Read more

The wife of Robley Dungliston Evans and the daughter of Francis Taylor, a prominent Washington, D.C. businessman for more than seventy years. She was married to Evans in 1871. She died at home in Washington, D.C. on November 24, 1919 and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery with her husband and other family members. … Read more

Agnes Maxwell Upshur Custis Clark Upshur John Henry Upshur (Nottingham) Kate Williams Upshur Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil 24 Hondrox Prima Kapseln Diaetolin Cardione PHC Beauty C+ Kapseln Colon Broom HHC Blüten Liba Kapseln … Read more

Captain, Richard Davison Gillham, United States Navy (Ret.), 70, formerly of Clarendon and Fairfax, died December 31, 2002 in San Diego from lukemia-lymphoma. “Dick” was a retired naval officer, law administrator and cattle rancher. Dick served 26 years in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a Captain. His Washington, D.C. area assignments included serving as the … Read more

From a contemporary press report Fred Maxey Jr., 57, a retired Navy Captain who became technical director of the submarine division of Tracor Applied Sciences in Rockville, died of cancer January 19, 1999  at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Captain Maxey, a resident of Walkersville, Maryland, was born in Manila. During World War II, he … Read more

LT. MICHAEL BLASSIE IS REMEMBERED AS A DEDICATED PILOT, GOOD FRIEND LIFE ON PLAYING FIELDS HERE ENDED IN DEATH IN VIETNAM One of the men who flew in battle with Michael Blassie in Vietnam recalls the young pilot from St. Louis as “a good stick and a good guy,” a volunteer who believed in his … Read more

The wife of Dwight Dickinson, they were married on May 12, 1882. She was born in 1859 and died in 1900. She is buried withher husband and other family members in Section 7 of Arlington National Cemetery. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed … Read more

Courtesy of Wellesley College: Elizabeth Roche Decorated World War II veteran and Wellesley Person of the Week, Elizabeth “Betty” Roche, was a native of Michigan’s upper peninsula’s “Copper Country”. Roche, whose family was heavily invested in the Wolverine Mining Company, entered Wellesley College in 1929. Betty Roche’s maternal grandmother was born in East Machias, Massachusetts … Read more

From a contemporary press report  In 1939, pictures and stories about Eugene “Butch” Conrad were plastered across he front pages of local sports sections. A Charlotte, Borth Carolina,  native, he had made good as a star tackle for what is now North Carolina State University. A somber headline followed some years later during World War … Read more

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From a contemporary press report George B. Clegg III, 78, of Stonington, Connecticut, a retired Navy Commander and a veteran of three wars, died Tuesday (June 19, 2001) in Lawrence & Memorial Hospitals, New London, Connecticut. He was the husband of Aileen (Snider) Clegg. They were married for 54 years. Born in Warwick, he was … Read more

Born on November 11, 1920 he died while on active duty on July 30, 1969 and was the 150,000th person buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He is buried in Section 13. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett … Read more

Courtesy of the U.S. House of Representatives: Representative from California; born in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska, November 25, 1924; attended the public schools; graduated from Riverside (Calif.) Junior College in 1947, the University of California at Berkeley in 1949, and the Hastings College of Law at San Francisco in 1953; passed the bar and began … Read more

Name: Anthony Yogan Major, United States Air Force July 10th, 1914 – January 5th, 2006 Obituary: On January 5, 2006, Anthony Yogan passed on. Anthony is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Hazel Yogan and his dear grandson, Scott Peck. Anthony was preceded in death by his daughter, Michaele Peck. Anthony enjoyed a … Read more

Courtesy of the United States Naval Academy Colonel Albert C. Winters, Jr., United States Air Force (Ret) died peacefully at his home in Goodlettsville, Tennessee on April 17, 1995, following a third stroke in November 1989, which lead to his hospitalization and, ultimately, to confinement at home to the end. He was buried with full … Read more

WASHINGTON – The House moved Monday to legally clarify who can be buried at Arlington Cemetery and give the president new powers to waive eligibility requirements for those who make extraordinary contributions to the armed forces. The legislation, approved by a voice vote, generally codifies regulations already put in place by the U.S. Army, which … Read more