People who die from natural causes or in cases such as accidents, wars or drug abuse are there every day. Therefore, it is important to deal with this issue to understand that life will not always be easy. In this category we will explain in a few words the most important facts about deceased persons, resting places such as the Arlington National Cemetery and who has what right to what resting place.
A deceased person is a human being from the moment of his death until the expiration of his post-mortem personality protection. The memory of the deceased is protected from disparagement under criminal law. After the burial or finding of a lifeless missing person, one (also) speaks of a dead person. The term deceased must be distinguished from the term corpse, which refers only to the body.
When people are dying due to the natural aging process or a serious illness, they go through the incipient dying process. In contrast to the sudden death caused, for example, by a fatal accident in a war to a military service member or veteran, the natural dying process extends over a longer period of time. This is divided into the phases of dying, in which certain signs of impending death can often be identified.
Primarily buried at Arlington National Cemetery are deceased persons who died in a military action, or their family members. However, presidents such as Kennedy family William Howard Taft, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, world boxing champion Joe Louis, the seven Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts and the Tuskegee Airmen are also buried.
The only commandant of the Marine Corps to have received his early military training at the United States Military Academy at West Point, he was born at Utah, Alabama on November 30, 1846. He grew up there and in New Hampshire. He entered West Point in 1868 but left two years later to accept a … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Harold M. Briggs, 95, who served in the Navy for nearly 35 years before retiring in 1961 as a rear admiral, died of pneumonia July 10, 1999 at the Hospice of Washington. He lived in the District. After retiring from active duty, Admiral Briggs became president and chief executive of … Read more
HIT BY SHELL WHILE TESTING Lieutenant Commander Oliver W. Bagby At Naval Hospital WASHINGTON, March 10, 1925 – Lieutenant Commander Oliver W. Bagby, of Missouri, attached to the Naval Proving Grounds, Dahlgren, Virginia, was seriously injured today while testing a shell at the proving grounds. The Navy Department was informed that a piece of the … Read more
Warren F. Lloyd, 86, a retired Colonel in the Marine Corps, died December 22, 2006, from complications of prostate cancer at his home in Dumfries, Virginia. Colonel Lloyd was born at Parris Island, South Carolins, and was the son of Calvin A. Lloyd, who designed the Marine rifle range at Quantico. He grew up at Quantico … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1114-07 September 13, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of seven soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Septtember 10,2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a … Read more
Colonel Johnston was the son of Rufus Zenas Johnston, Sr, Rear Admiral, United States Navy, and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. The Colonel is buried in an adjacent gravesite in the same section as his Father. We are researching the Colonel. JOHNSTON, RUFUS ZENAS, JR LTC HHC SCHOOL BRIG USA SCS FIRST USE AUG … Read more
Submitted By: Shawn Matthew Smith, Captain, United States Navy (Retired): LIEUTENANT STEPHEN NICKLOUS BENSON, USNR January 1, 1976 – October 18, 2002 Lieutenant Benson was a native of Virginia Beach, Virginia and a 1998 graduate of Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, with a degree in General Business. He received his commission on September 11, 1998 after … Read more
Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti — a highly decorated officer of the U.S. Army’s elite 101st Airborne Division, or the Screaming Eagles — is a hero to thousands. During the Vietnam War, Barsanti was the Commanding General charged with Operation Eagle Thrust, the largest and longest military airlift ever attempted into a combat zone. In … Read more
A graduate of West Point in 1937 and a veteran of both World War II and the Korean Conflict. He was serving with the United States Army in Germany when his command helicopter crashed and he was killed on October 10, 1961. He was born on June 19, 1913. He is buried in Section 3 … Read more
Courtesy of the Congress of the United States Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 27, 1928; attended Brooklyn public elementary schools; graduated, Grover Cleveland High School, Queens, N.Y., 1946; B.A., New York University, 1955; served in the United States Army, Military Police, 1951-1953; budget officer, purchasing and personnel director, Town … Read more
Frank Butner Clay, 85, a retired Army Major General who was a veteran of two wars and a military adviser to the U.S.-Vietnamese delegation to the Paris peace talks in 1971, died of cardiac arrest December 30 at the Knollwood military retirement community in Washington.Born in Auburn, Alabama, General Clay was the son of Army … Read more
Courtesy of Derick S. Hartshorn: April 2007 BOUNDS, JAMES D., Private, Company E, 38th Regiment, N.C. Troops. Born in Richmond County where he resided as a planter prior to enlisting in Richmond County at age 24, October 31, 1861. Present or accounted for until captured at Falling Waters, Maryland, July 14, 1863. Confined at Old Capitol … Read more
Albert Parker Carden was born on July 24, 1943 and joined the Armed Forces while in Morgantown, West Virginia. He served in the United States Army, and attained the rank of Captain. He began a tour of duty in the Republic of Vietnam on June 10, 1971. On June 25, 1971, at the age of … Read more
By Eric M. Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, June 19, 2004 They fought together, they died together, and yesterday morning all five were buried together with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. The five soldiers from the 1st Engineer Battalion — Lieutenant Doyle M. Hufstedler, Specialist Sean R. Mitchell, Specialist Michael G. Karr Jr., Private First Class Cleston … Read more
NOTE: following are two separate items from a newspaper following the death of my father, Wyatte J. Gay.) THE MILTON PRESS GAZETTE, Milton, Florida, September 9, 1976 OBITUARY column: Lt. Col Wyatte Justice Gay, 57, of Route 4, Milton died Friday morning, September 3, 1976, at the Pensacola Naval Air Station Hospital after surgery … Read more
Rear Admiral Don P. Moon, USN, (1894-1944) Don Pardee Moon was born in Kokomo, Indiana, on 18 April 1894. While attending the U.S. Naval Academy he demonstrated special proficiency in ordnance and gunnery, fields that would occupy much of his subsequent Navy career. Following graduation in June 1916, Ensign Moon was assigned to the battleship … Read more
The wife of Wallace Fitz Randolph, she was born on November 18, 1850 and died on March 2, 1915. She is buried with her husband and other family members in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong … Read more
Staff Sergeant Ryan Patman Means, a U.S. Special Forces soldier died on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, New York City at the age of 35. The cause was complications after surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, cholangiocarcinoma, from his bile duct. Ryan was serving in Iraq at the time of his diagnosis on May 28, 2009. … Read more
The wife of Lieutenant General Philip Sheridan and the daughter of Brigadier General Daniel H. Rucker (also buried at Arlington). She was born in 1856 at Fort Union, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and married Sheridan in Chicago on June 3, 1875. She is buried in Section 2 with her husband. DECEASE OF MRS. IRENE RUCKER SHERIDAN WIDOW OF GENERAL … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Harry R. Anderson, 92, who was Assistant Secretary of the Interior from 1965 to 1969, died of congestive heart failure December 2, 2002, at the Arleigh Burke Pavilion in McLean, Virginia. He lived in Alexandria from 1965 until moving to the retirement facility earlier this year. Mr. Anderson was a … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Army: Major General Spencer B. Akin, Chief Signal Officer, 1947-1951, accompanied General Douglas MacArthur from Corregidor through the initial military government in defeated Japan at the close of World War II. Before Corregidor and Bataan fell, Akin’s radio program, the “Voice of Freedom,” broadcast to the world, three times daily, … Read more
ANDERSON, DAVID KEITH, COL., USAF (Ret.) 63 Died January 19, 2003 in Las Cruces, New Mexico from complications of cancer. A long-time resident of eastern Prince William County, he relocated in April of last year to New Mexico. He was born in Tacoma, Washington, the third son of Anton and Helen Hamilton Anderson on October … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Robert Francis Bodroghy, 70, a retired Army colonel who also had worked as a Central Intelligence Agency officer, died of cancer February 9, 2000 at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Virginia. Colonel Bodroghy, an intelligence officer, retired from the Army in 1979 after 30 years of military service that included combat duty … Read more
George Irving Back was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on 24 February 1894. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Signal Officers’ Reserve Corps on 27 November 1917. A year later Back was appointed as a first lieutenant in the Signal Corps, Regular Army. Back advanced through the ranks to Major General. Highlights … Read more
Born at Loudon County, Tennessee, June 18, 1876. He was educated at Maryville (Tennessee) College. He married: Mary O’Connor Higgins, September 10, 1919. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps, March 3, 1900, and was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General, December 26, 1920, and to Major General, April 1942, by … Read more
Harold B. Chase, 86, a retired Colonel in the Air Force, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease August 4, 2006, at Inova Alexandria Hospital. He lived in Alexandria, Virginia.Colonel Chase joined the Army Air Forces in 1942 and served during World War II in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines. After a break in service, … Read more
Lucian King Truscott, Jr. (January 9, 1895 – September 12, 1965) was a US Army General, who successively commanded the 3rd Infantry Division, VI Corps, U.S. Fifteenth Army and U.S. Fifth Army during World War II. Truscott was born in Chatfield, Texas, and joined the Army in 1917. After officer training, he was commissioned a … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 1123-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died November 2 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an IED detonated near their vehicles. Killed were: Lieutenant Colonel … Read more
From a contemporary press report: David Michael Moak, 47, an Army colonel and intelligence officer who was a specialist in counter-terrorism and author of a book, “Surviving Hostage Situations,” died of a heart attack March 29, 1998 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He lived in Centreville, Virginia. Colonel Moak, a resident of the … Read more
Keller Rockey was born 22 September 1888, in Columbia City, Indiana. He was a graduate of Gettysburg College with a Bachelor of Science degree, and was a student at Yale University. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, 18 November 1913. His first duty assignment as a Marine Corps junior officer was … Read more
Born at Lyme, New Hampshire, March 29, 1887, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1906. He married Bess Anderson Burdine, January 30, 1918. He was commisioned an Ensign in 1908 and advanced through the grades to Rear Admiral, 1942. He was detailed to Naval Aviation in 1915 for a flight across the … Read more
Harry Cooke Cushing of Maryland Appointed from Rhode Island, Corporal and Sergeant, 1st Rhode Island, Light Artillery, 6 June to 3 November 1861 Second Lieutenant, 4th United States Artillery, 24 October 1861 First Lieutenant, 17 September 1862 Captain, 22 August 1871 Breveted First Lieutenant, 9 August 1862 for Gallant and Meritorious Service in the Battle … Read more
The “heart” of Arlington National Cemetery is the Administrative Building. It is here that the dedicated men and women of Arlington take precious care of the honored dead and their loved ones and families. Official Arlington National Cemetery vehicles of the Superintendent (left) and the Deputy Superintendent. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan … Read more
Major General Calhoun J. Killeen retired from the Marine Corps on July 1, 1982. General Killeen was presented the Legion of Merit (Gold Star in lieu of a second award) for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service as Deputy Commanding General, FMF, Pacific and as Deputy Commander, Marine Corps Bases, Pacific, from … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Army, 78th Division Major General Walter E. Katuzny, Jr., a former brigade commander in the 78th Division (Training), died at home on July 31, 1998, in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, after a long struggle with cancer. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors on August 11. Katuzny … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Harold S. “Bud” Coyle, 67, a retired Air Force Colonel and business management instructor who also worked as an executive with defense contractors, died of cancer March 18, 2003, at a nursing center in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Colonel Coyle, who lived in the Falls Church and McLean area from 1970 … Read more
John Navarre of New York Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 September 1828 (14) Brevet Second Lieutenant, 4th United States Artillery, 1 July 1832 Second Lieutenant, 30 September 1833 First Lieutenant, 15 October 1836 First Lieutenant, Topographical Engineers, 7 July 1838 Captain, 4 August 1851 Major, 6 August 1861 Lieutenant Colonel … Read more
Member of Congress – United States Senator Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860–July 12, 1926) was an American politician in the Republican Party. He served as a United States Representative for Massachusetts from 1905 to 1913, as a United States Senator from 1913 to 1919, and as Secretary of War from 1921 … Read more
Commander Maurice A. Hecht, Assistant to the Director of the United States Coast & Geodetic Survey, died unexpectedly at his home in Arlington, Virginia on Sunday morning, July 18, 1954. Commander Hecht was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 18, 1905. He attended the University of Wyoming and received a degree in civil engineering from … Read more
National Alliance of Families Bits n PiecesRemains Identified — The following Air Force personnel were declared identified. They are Major Thomas R. Allen of Woodward, Ok.; Captain Ronald L. Packard of Canon City, Colorado; Major John C. Clark of Brownfield, Texas.; and Major Bobby G. Huggins of Montgomery, Alabama. According to records, Major Allen and Captain Packard were lost over North … Read more
From a contemporary press report: George E. Fuller, Major (retired), United States Marine Corps, 83, died Sunday, April 20, 2003 at his home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Major Fuller retired from the United States Marine Corps in 1965, then served the Department of Defense until retirement in 1981. Major Fuller was a veteran of World … Read more
APPLEBY, Stewart Hoffman, (son of Theodore Frank Appleby), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey, May 17, 1890; attended the public schools of Asbury Park, and Mercersburg Academy; was graduated from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1913; engaged in the real estate and insurance business; organized and … Read more
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA – Lieutenant Commander Peter Swinton Asby Jr., 43, died peacefully at Virginia Beach General Hospital with his family by his side on November 1, 1999. Born in Concord, New Hampshire, he was a dedicated Naval officer who was stationed at Presinsurv, Little Creek, Norfolk,Virginia. Peter was predeceased by his father, Peter Swinton … Read more
After receiving serious injuries in the Second World War, Richard L. Roudebush served with distinction as a U.S. Congressman from Indiana. He also served a tour as Commander-In-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization. The Richard L. Roudebush V.A. Medical Center, a part of the Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, has been named in … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL CHRIS C. MANN Retired July 1, 1978 Brigadier General Chris C. Mann was deputy director of personnel plans for human resources development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. General Mann was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1927. She graduated … Read more
BODIES REACH CAPITAL Three Soldiers Killed in Russia to Be Buried at Arlington WASHINGTON, December 4, 1929 – The bodies of three American soldiers, which for ten years had lain in the frozen soil of the Archangel front of Northern Russia, arrived here this morning and were taken to Fort Myer, Virginia. There they will … Read more
Charles McKinley Saltzman of Iowa Appointed from Iowa, Cadet, United States Miliary Academy, 15 June 1892 (29) Additional Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Cavalry, 12 June 1896 Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Cavalry, 27 August 28967 First Lieutenant, 8th U. S. Cavalry, 13 December 1899 Captain, Signal Corps, 2 February 1901 After graduating from West … Read more
Born on March 10, 1901, he died on June 27, 1972 and was buried with full military honors in Section 5 of Arlington National Cemetery. HORNER, REBECCA SHEPHERD JORDAN On January 22, 1999, in Ghent Arms Nursing Facility. She was the daughter of Margaret Proby Calvert and Thomas Warren Jordan. A native of Virginia, Mrs. … Read more
Donna Gilmore (left) congratulates Timberline High School senior Stacie McAferty, 17, on receiving a college scholarship from Phyllis Thompson (center) of Benedict College during a college recruitment event at the high school Friday, 6 February 2004. Donna Gilmore returned to her former home this week, three months after her husband’s death in Iraq, to continue … Read more
UTTERBACK, JOHN PVT D 20TH VA CAV CSA DATE OF DEATH: 02/04/1929 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 112-A 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 … Read more
Horace Maynard Davis was born in 1888. During World War I, he served as Second Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, and was killed-in-action in France in 1918. “A good soldier of Jesus Christ.” He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. We are actively seeking additional information about Lieutenant Davis. Read … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force GENERAL CHARLES A. GABRIEL Retired July 1, 1986. Died September 4, 2003 General Charles A. Gabriel was the 11th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. As chief, he served as the senior uniformed Air Force Officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of … Read more
Submitted by a loving son, Mal Gormley, March 1998: My father, Captain Martin E. Gormley, Jr., was a bombardier with the 449th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, US Army Air Corps, stationed in Taranto, Italy, from June to November, 1944. He completed 50 missions and was awarded the Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross. He … Read more
From a contemporary press report Ferdinand T. “Finn” Unger, 85, an Army lieutenant general who served in Okinawa during the Vietnam War as U.S. High Commissioner of the Ryukyu Islands, died January 31, 1999 at Arlington Hospital. He lived in Arlington. General Unger was also operations director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff office during … Read more
Washington Laird Goldsboro was born 30 October 1869 at Old Town, Penobscot, Maine,and died in 1959. He served as Captain, Company C, 43rd Infantry Regiment, United States Volunteers, during the Philippine Insurrection. He is buried in Section 30 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Katharine Egbert Goldsborough (1879-1969) is buried with him. They were married … Read more
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 20, 1827. As small boy, he was taken to Charlotte, North Carolina, from which state was appointed to West Point. He graduated in 1847, ranking in middle of his class; his most famous classmates were Ambrose P. Hill of the Confederate Army and Ambrose E. Burnside of the Union. Before outbreak … Read more
Courtesy of Carl Hancock: John Burleson Birth: June 17, 1874 Macon, Lenawee County, Michigan Death: December 18, 1927 at the District Of Columbia His nickname was “Jack.” His wife was Bessie Mae (Tripplett) Burleson. He was the father of Raymond C. Burleson, Rose E. Lyles-Grissett and Ralph E. Burleson. John Burleson was a member of … Read more
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The tomb of the unknown soldier from the Vietnam War is likely to stand empty, because technological advances have made it impossible to guarantee that anyone buried there would remain unknown, Pentagon officials said yesterday. Military officials have recommended to Defense Secretary William S. Cohen that no new remains be sought for the crypt at … Read more
SMITH, GEORGE H 14 ALA BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 159 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 Gélules Figur … Read more
Received the Medal of Honor while serving as Private, Company K, 12th New York Volunteer Infantry at Blackburns Ford, Virginia, on July 18, 1861. He was born in 1839 and entered the service at Batavia, New York. The Medal was issued to him on October 23, 1897, in spite of the fact that the action which earned … Read more
WW II hero laid to rest Lavoie gets wish to be buried in Arlington By susan nolan Courtesy of Portsmouth Herald.Seacoast Media Group August 07, 2009 HAMPTON — Before 88-year-old Ralph Lavoie died in early May, the World War II B-17 rear gunner asked a young Army nurse to make sure he was buried in … Read more
January 6, 1947 In 25 years of Washington correspondence, drawling, Pulitzer Prizewinner Thomas Lunsford Stokes has built a reputation much like that of his onetime boss and friend, the late Raymond Clapper. Washington knew him to be, like Clapper, a hard digger, a writer whose prose has no wings, a liberal whose roots are not … Read more
Born at Louisville, Alabama, July 11, 1897, he served as a long-time Member of Congress from Alabama and was a legal resident of Washington, D.C. at the time of his death on November 2, 1982 while at sea aboard the Queen Elizabeth II. He was buried in Section 7-A of Arlington National Cemetery. Courtesy of … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 905-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Major Gregory J. Fester, 41, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, died on August 30, 2005, in Iskandariyah, Iraq, where an improvised explosive … Read more
Glen C. Long, Brigadier General U.S. Army, retired, passed away Saturday, July 30, 1988 at Fort Ord, California. Glen was born to Calr and Bessie Long on August 16, 1918 in the Sunny Point Community. Long graduated from Sweetwater in 1936 and Oklahoma A&M in 1940. His military career spanned more than 30 years and … Read more
Tristram Tupper was a writer and screen-writer who served in World War II as an Army Brigadier General. He was the brother-in-law of Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall. Tupper’s spouse was Clara Tarbell Tupper. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 7 near General Marshall. TUPPER, TRISTRAM (1884-1954) (chron.) Adventuring, (sl) … Read more
From a contemporary press report John J. Kennaley, 86, a retired Army colonel who was a Pepsi Cola representative for the past 30 years, died of a stroke May 2, 2000 at Cherrydale Rehabilitation Center in Arlington. Col. Kennaley was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Rockhurst College in Kansas City and began his … Read more
From a contemporary press report: JASAITIS, DR. EDWARD JOSEPH (Age 64) Of Goodyear, Arizona, passed away April 3, 2000. Born in Kaunas, Lithuania on March 16, 1936, EDWARD JASAITIS left his native country with his parents in August 1944 before Soviet troops reoccupied Lithuania. He lived in Germany for four years before immigrating to the … Read more
From a contemporary press report Robert Trulan Dalton II, 80, an Army Colonel who retired in 1969 as executive officer of the White House Communications Agency, died of lung cancer March 14, 1998 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, Virginia. A resident of the Washington area off and on since the mid-1950s, he lived in Alexandria. … Read more
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Corporal Bernard P. Corpuz, 28, of Watsonville, California, died in Ghanzi, Afghanistan, on June 11, 2006, from wounds sustained when his convoy came under enemy small arms fire and an improvised explosive device detonated during combat operations. Corpuz … Read more
The Colonel was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. Buried with him are his wife, Sylvia May Stark (11 January 1897-23 August 1974). Buried nearby in the same section are his parents (Alexander Newton Stark, Colonel, United States Army (15 September 1869-8 May 1926) and Mary Stark (4 February 1871-11 April 1957). Also … Read more
Courtesy of the U.S. House of Representatives Representative from New York; born in New York City April 1, 1866; attended the public schools, City College, Cooper Union, and the New York University Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in New York City; organized and commanded Company F, Sixty-ninth Regiment, … Read more
Charles Gustave Sonntag Born at Charleston, South Carolina, 20 November 1872 Died at Sandy Run, Berkeley, South Carolina, 19 February 1937 Buried in Section 17, Grave 28239, Arlington National Cemetery Thursday, 28 February 1929 An Act To recognize the high public service rendered by Major Walter Reed and those associated with him in the discovery … Read more
GOVERNOR TRENCH OF THE VIRGIN ISLES DIES IN U.S. VISIT WORCESTER, Massachusetts, January 6, 1927 – Captain Martin E. Trench, USN, aged 57, Governor of the Virgin Islands, died suddenly at noon today in the home of his brother-in-law, Captain Ralph Earle, USN, President of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Captain Trench came here to spend … Read more
A local Indiana man with an illustrious military history will be buried today at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Gene “Beano” Girman, 80, of Highland and formerly of Whiting, died March 3 at Veterans Administration West Side Hospital in Chicago. Girman’s daughter, Heidi, said the family was extremely proud of the World War II … Read more
From a contemporary press report Thomas William Gease, age 83, of 193 Shadowline Drive, Boone, North Carolina, died December 10, 1999 at Glenstone Health Care. He was a native of Columbus, Ohio, born September 2, 1916, a son of the late John Henry and Bertis Minthum Gease. He had lived in Westerville, Ohio and was … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Retired U.S. Navy Captain Joseph Bailey Logan, 68, died following a brief illness on Thursday, November 12, 1998, in Williamsburg, Virginia. A native of Arkansas, Captain Logan enlisted in the Navy in 1948. He subsequently attended the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating with the Class of 1953. He served the majority … Read more
Full Name: THOMAS CURTIS METSKER Wall Name: THOMAS C. METSKER Date of Birth: 20 May 1939 Date of Casualty: 14 November 1965 Home of Record: INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: CAPTAIN Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Captain Tom Metsker Citadel graduate’s heroic death ends in love story BY JOSEPH L. … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Jess W. Henley, 88, a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Army and Social Security administrator, died after a heart attack June 5, 2004, at Memorial Hospital in Easton. He was a resident of McLean, Virginia. Born in Seloca, Alabama, Colonel Henley joined the Army in 1935 and served in the … Read more
James Anderson Buchanan of Maryland Appointed from Maryland, Second Lieutenant, 14th U. S. Infantry, 7 March 1867 First Lieutenant, 10 December 1873 Regimental Adjutant, 10 April 1886 to 25 July 1887 Captain, 10 June 1890 Transferred to the 11th U. S. Infantry, 23 July 1893 Major, 15th U. S. Infantry, 4 May 1899 Transferred to … Read more
President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to Arlington National Cemetery yesterday, surprising about 30 of the 98 living Medal of Honor recipients attending a wreath-laying ceremony. Though it was first awarded some 150 years ago, only 3,448 troops have received the honor conferred for conspicuous courage at the risk of life above and beyond … Read more
Washington Post, 29 January 1998 A House Veterans Affairs subcommittee yesterday promised to tighten the criteria for burial at Arlington National Cemetery, saying that the politically well-connected have an advantage when the White House and the Army grant exceptions to current rules. Such waivers “have been one of Washington’s dirty little secrets,” said Rep. Terry … Read more
From a contemporary press reports: We are saddened to announce that Howard Harrison Cooksey, 78, retired Army Lieutenant General and decorated combat veteran in three wars, died December 22, 2002, of a vascular disease at the Fairfax retirement community in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. General Cooksey was born in Brentsville, Virginia, and raised in Manassas. He … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Joseph Bentley “J.B.” Jones, 78, a retired Navy Commander who also worked for the Navy in a civilian capacity, died of prostate cancer January 25, 2000, at his home in Annandale, Virginia. Commander Jones, who had lived in the Washington area since the mid-1960s, was born in North Carolina. He … Read more
William T. Watkins Administrative Judge William T. Watkins, 73, a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who was an Administrative Judge of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, died April 9, 1999, at Washington Hospital Center of complications from heart surgery. With the exception of working for the General Services Board of Contract Appeals in … Read more
A publicist whose clients included movie mogul Sam Goldwyn and Lord Mountbatten and General Dwight Eisenhower during World War II, died Tuesday, April 21, 1987, in New York Hospital of cardiopulmonary failure. He was 83. A native of Cleveland, Mr. Lawrence graduated from Yale in 1927, went to Hollywood to write, and sold articles to … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1039-07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of 14 soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died August 22, 2007, in Multaka, Iraq, of injuries suffered when their helicopter crashed. … Read more
A fighter pilot who wasawarded the Medal of Honor for aerial combat in WW II, died on Saturday (18 March 1995) at the VA Medical Center at Bay Pines, Florida. He was 81 and lived in Belleair Bluffs, Florida. He had suffered a long illness, his family said. He earned the nation’s highest military honor … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 663-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Specialist Mark R. C. Caguioa, 21, of Stockton, California, died May 24, 2007, at the National Naval Medical … Read more
CHARLES HOWARD MELDAHL was born on July 15, 1948 and joined the Armed Forces while in Monroe, Washington. He served as a 67U20 in the Army, 243 AHC 10CAV 17AV GP, and attained the rank of SSGT/E6. He began a tour of duty on October 20, 1968. NEWS RELEASE: 23 MAY 2001 After more than … Read more
From a contemporary press report Samuel Oscar Sadler, 68, a retired colonel and pilot who retired from the Air Force in 1978 and then was a salesman in the Washington region, died May 30, 2001, at the Veterans Affairs rehabilitation center in Baltimore. He had Alzheimer’s disease. Colonel Sadler, who lived in Grasonville, Maryland, worked … Read more
Donald Morris Walker Louisville, Kentucky Born April 16, 1931 Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps Service Number 1125896 Killed in Action Died December 7, 1950 in Korea Private First Class Walker was a member of the Support Company, 1st Service Battalion, 1st Marine Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea … Read more
Relatives of Dead Marines Seek Delay of Osprey Plans By JAMES DAO Published: Saturday, March 10, 2001 Courtesy of The New York Times In emotional testimony, relatives of four marines who died in a V-22 Osprey crash last year told Pentagon investigators today that they believed the aircraft had been rushed into service before it … Read more
From a contemporary press report: James Michael Combs, Sr. died at age 54 on Tuesday, March 6, 2001 at his home near Linville, Virginia. He had been ill for the last few months. Combs was born November 19, 1946 in Washington, D.C. and was the son of the late John R. and Alma Crump Combs. … Read more
July 18, 1907 – October 20, 1990 From a contemporary press report: “An Army general who served in World War II, Korea and South Vietnam, and an expert in counterinsurgency tactics, he died on October 20, 1990 at the Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia. He was 83 and had lived in Falls Church. His … Read more
Vienna man dies of meningitis 21 August 2007 Staff Sergeant Jonathan Forde, a Vienna, Virginia, native and combat engineer with the Virginia National Guard, died suddenly on Monday August 13, 2007, of bacterial meningitis. Forde, 26, was at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin., training with his unit, the 237th Engineer Company, when he began complaining of feeling … Read more
Full Name: RICHARD ALEXANDER CROSBY Date of Birth: 9/5/1941 Date of Casualty: 12/2/1967 Home of Record: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: SSGT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: PR & MR UNKNOWN Status: MIA CROSBY, RICHARD ALEXANDER Remains Idedntified, Burial 10/24/2002 Name: Richard Alexander Crosby Rank/Branch: E4/US Army Unit: 48th Assault Helicopter Co. … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 471-10 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Brendan P. Neenan, 21, of Enterprise, Alabama, died June 7, 2010, at Jelawar, Afghanistan, … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Army: CSM WALTER J. SABALAUSKI (1910 – 1993) Walter James Sabalauski was born in Lithuania in 1910. His family moved to the United States while he was a small child. From 1929 to 1937, he boxed professionally while living in the Chicago area. An auto accident ended his career with … Read more