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.
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 1233-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 28, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant First Class Eric P. Pearrow, 40, of Peoria, Illinois, died in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 24, 2005, … Read more
Larry Francis Lucas was born on April 29, 1940 and joined the Armed Forces while in Marmet, West Virginia. He served in the United States Army, 131 Aviation Company, 223 Aviation Battalion 17 AVN G. In 4 years of service, he attained the rank of Captain. Larry Francis Lucas is listed as Missing in Action. … Read more
Abraham B. Hiltman, First Lieutenant, United States Army. Company H, 162 New York Volunteer Infantry. Civil War February 14, 1842-Nov 9, 1898 “The battle is fought.” Section 1, Arlington National Cemetery Abraham B. Hiltman Residence not listed; 24 years old Enlisted on 29 May 1862 at New York City as a Private On 29 May … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Colonel Buttery, 81, died April 7, 1997 at Meadow Creek Nursing Center, San Angelo, Texas. Colonel Buttery was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point. New York. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in field artillery in 1941. He served in World War II with the 74th field … Read more
Thomas John Ryan was a 1921 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. United States Naval Academy Photo He earned the Medal of Honor on September 1, 1923 in Yokohama, Japan. He was awarded the Medal in a White House ceremony by President Calvin Coolidge. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 5, 1901. … Read more
From a contemporary press report: William Marcus “Jonesey” Jones Sr., 60, a retired Navy lieutenant commander who also had a civilian career with the Navy as a high-ranking accounting official, died of a heart attack December 13, 1998 at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Virginia. Commander Jones, a Fairfax resident, was born in Okanogan, Washington. He served … Read more
Houston Chronicle – Dec. 1, 1999, 10:31PM Sam Houston descendant dies at 102 Services for Margaret Decker Everitt, who was Sam Houston’s oldest living descendant, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday (December 5t, 1999) at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1015 Holman (Houston, Harris County, Texas). She died in St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (Houston, Harris County, … Read more
Jon Keith Bodahl was born on December 18, 1937 and joined the Armed Forces while in Boise, Idaho. He served in the United States Air Force, 34 TFS KORAT AB, and attained the rank of Major. Jon Keith Bodahl is listed as Missing in Action. There is a “in memory of ” stone in his … Read more
Luther Rector Hare was on duty with the Detachment of Indian Scouts under Lieutenant Varnum in the Reno Battalion during the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Born August 24, 1851 at Greencastle, Indiana, he was the son of Silas and Elizabeth Rector Hare. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point on … Read more
ARMY FLIER KILLED AS MACHINE BREAKS Lieutenant Post Plunges To Death In San Diego Bay Beachley Blames The Government SAN DIEGO, California – February 9, 1914 – Lieutenant Henry B. Post of the First Aero Corps, considered one of the most skillful United States Army aviators, plunged to his death in San Diego Bay today, … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 156-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2007 DoD Identifies Navy Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two sailors who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Petty Officer First Class Gilbert Minjares Jr., 31, of El Paso, Texas, and Petty Officer Third Class Manuel … Read more
From a contemporary press report William R. Corson, 74, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps and expert on counterinsurgency warfare who was almost court-martialed for publishing a book that was highly critical of U.S. policy in Vietnam, died July 17, 2000, at Suburban Hospital, Virginia. He had lung cancer. For much of his … Read more
Hugo Lafayette Black Harry Andrew Blackmun William J. Brennan Warren Earl Burger William Orville Douglas Arthur Joseph Goldberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Thurgood Marshall Natalie Cornell Rehnquist – Wife of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist William H. Rehnquist, Sergeant. United States Army Air Corps – Chief Justice of the United States Potter Stewart William Howard … Read more
Alfred Norman Webb, Jr. United States Military Academy Class of 1964. Born on 9 May 1942. Died on 20 August 2004. Served in the Vietnam War, First Battalion, 20th Infantry, Charlie Company 1968, Headquarters Company 1969, and was awarded the Silver Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star Medal (with Valor Device) and three … Read more
From a contemporary press report: On July 20, 2002 at his home in San Francisco, California, of natural causes, Henry Max Maggenti, a retired Air Force Major, restauranteur and political consultant during the Kenndey, Johnson and Nixon Administrations. He was a World War II veteran and a Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and … Read more
Full Name: EUGENE OGDEN CONLEY Date of Birth: 10/24/1927 Date of Casualty: 1/21/1967 Home of Record: AKRON, OHIO Branch of Service: AIR FORCE Rank: LTC Casualty Country: NORTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: NZ Status: MIA CITATION FOR AWARD OF THE AIR FORCE CROSS TO CONLEY, EUGENE OGDEN ( MISSING IN ACTION ) Lieutenant Colonel United States … Read more
This military family has connection to other famous American Military families – The Rodgers Family and the Meigs Family. Edward Taylor Henry Clay Taylor John Rodgers Meigs Taylor Joseph Hancock Taylor Mary Meigs Taylor Montgomery Meigs Taylor Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong … Read more
Charles L. Nixon Hillsborough, Florida Born 1918 Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Service Number O-2262303 Killed in Action Died April 29, 1951 in Korea Second Lieutenant Nixon was a member of the 61st Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on April 29, 1951. Second … Read more
Dana M. Nichols Record Staff Writer Published Friday, 7 April 2006 Michael Somers was ready and willing to face pain and death on a distant battlefield in defense of his country. But the day last spring when Army Sergeant. Somers arrived in Germany, ready to be deployed to Afghanistan with his unit, he got a … Read more
On July 18, 1944, after 43 days of incessant combat following its landing on Omaha Beach, the U.S. 29th Infantry Division, under the command of Major General Charles Hunter Gerhardt, entered Saint-Lo, France. His wife Nina Gerhardt. His father was Charles Gerhardt, Brigadier General, United States Army. The Commanding General was Charles H. Gerhardt who was probably … Read more
Rear Admiral William B. Ellis, USCG (ret.), 87, passed away February 5, 2001, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Born January 26, 1914, in Albany, Georgia, he graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1936. He served aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Champlain, Coast guard Cutter Portchartrain and Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk in the North Atlantic, … Read more
John Newton “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me, I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed. Through many dangers, … Read more
John Williams enlisted in the Missouri National Guard as a Private on March 18, 1903 and was honorably discharged on September 1, 1904. General Williams was appointed a First Lieutenant, Infantry, Missouri National Guard on April 2, 1917. Ordered into federal service during the First World War as Adjutant, 128th Machine Gun Battalion, 35th Division, … Read more
Brigadier General John Magruder Born in Woodstock, Virginia June 3, 1887 Died April 30th, 1958 Graduated from Virginia Military Institute 1909 Second Lieutenant 1910 Major (AUS) 1918 Colonel 1939 Brigadier General (AUS) 1940 Served with the Infantry 1910-11 Transferred to Field Artillery 1911 Served with 120th Field Artillery, AEF (Europe) 1918-19 Assistant Military Attaché, Peking … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Robert H. Bingham, 80, a retired Army colonel who was a decorated veteran of two wars and a specialist in guided missiles, died of pulmonary fibrosis May 3, 1999 at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. Colonel Bingham was born in Washington and raised in Sanbornton, New Hampshire. He graduated from … Read more
Born in Masschusetts on August 20, 1825, he died on April 29, 1910 and was buried in Section 1, Grave 8, Arlington National Cemetery. He was a Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General and a Regular Army officer who led a volunteer unit from his home state of Massachusetts in the Civil War. He began … Read more
Juanita R. Hipps was born on 1 July 1912. She served in the Army Nurse Corps in World War II Pacific Theater. She was the author of “I Served on Bataan”(New York: J.B. Lippincott Company), a best selling book in 1943 1943 and which was the basis for the motion picture “So Proudly We Hail.” … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Died Saturday, April 11, 1998 at Loma Linda University Hospital, Loma Linda, California. He was 80. Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he received his B.S. from MIT in 1939, and his M.B.A. from The George Washington University in 1956. After retiring from a career in the US Navy Civil Engineer … Read more
Robert P. Bouchard, 73, a retired research analyst and political and economic specialist who was posted by the Central Intelligence Agency to Europe, South America and Africa, died of cancer September 18, 1998 at his McLean, Virginia, home. Mr. Bouchard retired in 1974, after 24 years with the agency. He was a native of Caribou, … Read more
A historic moment unfolded at Arlington National Cemetery Thursday morning when the remains of a Vietnam veteran were removed from the Tomb of the Unknowns. The remains were disinterred shortly after midnight and weren taken from the cemetery after a midmorning ceremony. The six bones, entombed 14 years ago, are on the way to the … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Michael Pittenger Boak, 57, a 33-year veteran of the Marine Corps who retired as a colonel in 1998, died of pancreatic cancer August 18, 2000 at his home in Burke, Virginia. Colonel Boak had had a home in the Washington area since the late 1980s. He was a member of … Read more
Major General Robert F. Durkin was director of the Defense Mapping Agency, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. General Durkin was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1936, and graduated from the Youngstown South High School in 1954. He earned a bachelor of science degree in military science from the U.S. Military Academy in 1958 and … Read more
Odon Gurovits of Hungary Private, Corporal and Sergeant, Company C and Sergeant Major, 6th United States Infantry, 16 Mar 1880 to 22 October 1886 Second Lieuetnant, 11th United States Infantry, 22 October 1886 First Lieutenant, 12th United States Infantry, 15 December 1893 Transferred to 11th United States Infantry, 16 April 1894 Captain, 2 March 1699 … Read more
John Hayhurst Wilder was born at Fredonia, New York, on 20 April 1895. During World War I, he served in Aviation Section of the United States Army Signal Corps, American Expeditionary Force. Serving in that capacity he was killed in France on 19 August 1918. We are actively seeking additional information concerneing Lieutenant Wilder. WILDER, … Read more
The members of this crew are all buried together in Arlington National Cemetery. They are: August F. Bauer, Jr., First Lieutenant Wallace W. Chalifoix, First Lieutenant Neil B. Davis, Second Lieutenant John C. O’Donnell, Technical Sergeant John S. Orloff, Staff Sergeant Paul J. Panciocco, Sergeant All served in the United States Army Air Corps and … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Sunday, July 13, 2003 Walter M. Enger, 89, a Rear Admiral who retired in Washington in 1973 as commander of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, died of leukemia June 28 in the health care unit of the Virginian retirement community in Fairfax, Virginia. Admiral Enger was chief of the Navy’s … Read more
William Crozier was born February 19, 1855, at Carrollton, Ohio. He grew up in Kansas. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1876 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, 4th U.S. Artillery. After three years of campaigning against Indians on frontier he returned to West Point as Assistant Professor of Mathematics and was … Read more
Born at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, August 25, 1894, the son of Colonel Calvin DeWitt, he graduted from West Point in 1916. He was a career Army officer who commanded the New York Port of Embarction after World War II. His father was a surgeon in the Civil War, the Indian Wars and the Spanish-American War and his … Read more
From a contemporary press report Lieutenant Commander William Brinker Stanard, USN, Retired, 79, of 255 College Cross, died November 29, 1999, in Norfolk, Virginia. Commander Stanard was a native of Huntington, West Virginia and a resident of Norfolk since 1970. He graduated from the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, class of 1944 and served on the … Read more
Henry Whitney Closson was born at Whitingham, Vermont, June 6, 1832, the son of Henry and Emily (Whitney) Closson. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1854 and married Olivia A. Burke, October 26, 1857. He married a second time to Julia W. Terry, June 2, 1868. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1st … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Military Academy 16810 JAMES RICHARD MCDANIEL 30 May 1927-16 August 1951 Died at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona Interred in Arlington National Cemetery James Richard McDaniel was born in Tientsin, China, in 1927, into a military family, a circumstance that would establish the pattern of his life until his tragic … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 558-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 05, 2005 Media Contact: Army Public Affairs – (703) 692-2000 Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They were killed on June 3 at … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Alonzo Smith Jr., 74, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who spent most of his professional life with the National Weather Service, died of cancer November 18, 1999 at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Colonel Smith, a Silver Spring resident, was born in Fairmont Heights. He spent part of his youth in … Read more
Submitted by his daughter, Sharon Healey Bartholomew, from a contemporary press report: Colonel John C. “Jack” Healey, 85, U.S. Air Force (Retired), died May 27, 1996. He participated in two of the most notable home front projects of World War II, the development of the atomic bomb, and the construction of the Alaska Highway. Colonel … Read more
From contemporary press reports: Burt Kennedy, a writer-director of movie and TV westerns who worked with cowboy stars ranging from John Wayne to James Garner, died on February 15, 2001, at age 78, associates said. Kennedy, who was born into a traveling stage act known as ”The Dancing Kennedys” and was once hired by Wayne … Read more
World War II hero McKay dies To paraphrase General Douglas MacArthur, another old soldier just faded away last week, although he was entitled to rolling drums and blaring bugles. He was Jack McKay, 85, one of Iowa’s most decorated World War II heroes. McKay wanted, and received, a mere one-paragraph obituary. But his son, Circuit … Read more
Born on April 6, 1869, he was serving with the 12th United States Infantry when he was killed in the Philippines Insurrection on December 26, 1899. He is buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery among other family members. Edward Taylor of Illinois Appointed From Idaho, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 15 June 1889 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: James Ferguson, 86, an Air Force four-star general who retired from active duty in 1970 as head of the Air Force Systems Command, died July 13, 2000 in Venice, Florida. The cause of death was not reported. General Ferguson, who became a pilot, was commissioned in the Army Air Corps … Read more
From a contemporary press report Clayton Lee “Teddy” Burwell, 87, a lawyer who was a specialist in aviation law and a noted international tennis player, died of throat cancer May 12, 1998 at the home of a daughter in Alexandria, Virginia. By 1965, when Mr. Burwell founded the Washington law firm that is now Burwell, … Read more
From a news report: “Twenty-six U.S. Marine Corps prisoners of war were repatriated. The Marine Corps listed eight Marines as dead while captured and forty-seven were listed as missing as action in Vietnam. As late as 1991, the remains of Staff Sergeant Robert L. Greer and Staff Sergeant Fred T. Shreckengost were returned and interred in Arlington … Read more
Courtesy of Michael T. Stein: Henry Meigs Meade This was a tricky question – but a little information emerged: Born in New York Acting Assistant Paymaster 1862 Passed Assistant Paymaster 1866 (with Relative Rank of Lieutenant) Paymaster 1868 (with Relative Rank of Lieutenant Commander) Served on board USS New York 1862-64 Served on board USS Mattabessett, … Read more
George David Ruggles of New York Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 September 1851 (19) Brevet Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Infantry, 1 July 1855 Second Lieutenant, 2nd U. S. Infantry, 1 July 1855 First Lieutenant, 2 May 1861 Regimental Adjutant, 10 September 1857 to 1 July 1861 Brevet Captain, 17 … Read more
Albert Lewis McAllister was born in 18 January 1847 at Madison, Virginia MCALLISTER, ALBERT L PVT L 10TH VA INF DATE OF DEATH: 02/13/1931 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 64-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 … Read more
Will Jenkins Moberly of Kentucky Appointed from Kentucky, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1862 (39) Second Lieuenant, 4th U. S. Cavalry, 18 June 1866 First Lieutenant, 16 August 1867 Resigned 31 July 1869 Died 8 June 1896 MOBERLY, WILLIAM J LT 4TH US CAV DATE OF DEATH: 06/08/1896 BURIED AT: SITE 823 ARLINGTON … Read more
Assassinated CIA Station Chief Lieutenant Colonel William F. Buckley was born in Medford, Massachusetts on May 30, 1928. Colonel Buckley graduated from high school in 1947 and joined the United States Army. Following two years of service as an enlisted MP he attended Officers Candidate School and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Armor. He … Read more
Captain Craven was one of the commanders of the USS Enterprise during World War II. He is apparently related to, and buried near, Charles Henderson Craven, and Thomas Tingey Craven, Rear Admiral, United States Navy. Conrad CRAVEN Birth Date: 3 Oct 1909 Death Date: Aug 1957 Social Security Number: 576-10-7337 State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Hawaii CRAVEN, … Read more
March 1998: “My name is Scott Tish. I currently reside in Madison, Wisconsin. I work as an EMS helicopter pilot for the University of Wisconsin Hospital, but 22 years ago I had a very different job. I was a Sentinel of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 3rd relief. I write to … Read more
Governor Alexander O. Brodie (1902-1905) His military record is even more distinguished than his record as governor, but either record certainly stands alone. Alexander Oswald Brodie, did one of the most spectacular jobs as Governor of the Arizona Territory and initiated in its final stages of statehood. He would lead the Arizona Rough Riders in … Read more
Program From The Private Collection Of M. R. Patterson 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 LB Slimming … Read more
Samuel Davis Sturgis, born 1 August 1861 at St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Samuel Davis Sturgis. Sturgis graduated from the Military Academy in 1884 and served in the Artillery. Following duty in San Francisco, New York, Missouri, Maryland, and Kansas, he served in the Philippines, Dakota Territory, and Cuba. He returned to the Philippines in … Read more
No. 615-03 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug 21, 2003 DoD Identifies Navy Casualty The Department of Defense announced today that Petty Officer First Class David M. Tapper, 32, of Camden County, New Jersey, died of wounds received in action August 20, 2003 in Afghanistan. Often called upon to conduct the most harrowing missions, Tapper took part in … Read more
From a contemporary press report Robert LaMoyne Green, 82, a retired Post Office official who in the 1960s was part of a team that created the Zip code system to speed the sorting and delivery of mail, died of a stroke December 24, 1998 at Inova Alexandria Hospital, Virginia. Mr. Green had been a postal … Read more
HODGKINS, W A 115TH VA MIL CSA CW DATE OF DEATH: 06/07/1862 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 80 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
Charles Henderson, Naval Officer, son of Thomas Tingey Craven, born in Portland, Maine, 30 November 1843, was graduated at the U. S. Naval Academy in 1863, promoted to Ensign, and served in that capacity in the South Atlantic blockading squadron until 1865. He participated in many of the engagements in the vicinity of Charleston and Savannah … Read more
The survivors of five civilian Pentagon employees killed in last month’s terrorist attack have been refused permission to bury their relatives in Arlington National Cemetery. With space at one of the nation’s best-known burial sites filling up, there are tight rules about who can be laid to rest there. Active military duty personnel, military retirees, … Read more
December 13, 2001 Smith Bill Expands Eligibility To Include Retired Reservists, Such as Captain Burlingame, and Reserve and National Guard Killed on Duty The House Committee on Veterans Affairs today approved legislation, H.R. 3423 to reform eligibility rules for burial of reservists at Arlington National Cemetery. The bill, sponsored by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4), Chairman … Read more
From a contemporary press report: DAVEY, KENNETH V. Lt. Col. (Retired) Kenneth V. Davey, Lieutenant Colonel, Untied States Army (retired) died on Saturday, December 6, 2003 in Loudoun Hospital Center of congestive heart failure. A long time resident of Northern Virginia, Colonel Davey was born and spent his childhood in years, including tours during World … Read more
From a contemporary press report Frank P. Notz, 55, a Navy captain who retired as commanding officer of the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center in Virginia Beach, died of cancer January 5, 1999 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Captain Notz was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and he graduated from the University of Scranton. He … Read more
WALLACE, JOSEPH A SGT AAF U S A BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4827 ROSE, BEN F JR PVT, AAF USA 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 … Read more
Charles Robert Cook was born on November 19, 1944 and joined the Armed Forces while in Lakewood, Ohio. He served in the United States Army. In 1 year of service, he attained the rank of Corporal. On December 27, 1968, at the age of 24, Charles Robert Cook perished in the service of our country … Read more
Special Envoy To Bosnia August 22, 1995: Robert C. Frasure, the special envoy to Bosnia who was killed last weekend, received a tearful eulogy from his 16-year-old daughter on Tuesday along with an admiring tribute from Secretary of State Warren Christopher. “I took him for granted. … I never told him I loved him,” said … Read more
PFC Ramon S. Subejano By Al Livingston, Brighton, Massachusetts Private First Class Ramon S. Subejano who served with Company A 358th Infantry at Normandy Beach, Ardennes, Nothern France, Holland, and the Rineland, he was a scout sniper and was wounded several times, died September 16, 1988. He was one of America’s most decorated heros of … Read more
Thanks for all your help on this matter. I received this additional information about George just the other day am including it here in case you’d like to add it to his page. George was a special friend to me. He was an upperclassmen that took me under his wing. He was class president and … Read more
Mark Taynton, Jr. Fairfax, Virginia Born 1926 Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Service Number O-2208320 Killed in Action Died July 12, 1950 in Korea Second Lieutenant Taynton was a member of the 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy near Chochiwon, South Korea on July 12, 1950. Second … Read more
The grandson of General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing, he was born in New York City on October 25, 1942. He served in Vietnam in Company A, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division and was killed in action on February 17, 1968. His brother, John Warren Pershing III, Colonel, United States Army, died in June 1999 and is … Read more
GEORGE W. LA MOUNTAIN MONTREAL, Canada, April 23, 1948 – George W. LaMountain, Superintendent of Properties in the Saguenay District for the Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd., died here last night at the age of 58. Born in New York State, Mr. LaMountain received his education at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and the United States … Read more
Governor of Illinois A former governor of Illinois, he headed the Presidential Commission which studied crime and violence in America (The Kerner Commission). He was later indicted and convicted of bribery while in office in Illinois and served time in a Federal prison. He was released from prison early because he was discovered to be … Read more
Colonel William R. “Roger” Carter (BA, MA, Texas Tech University) was the Deputy Commander for operations, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kunsan, Korea. His flying assignments have included wing-level, command and staff positions in the Pacific Air Forces, Tactical Air Command, and Air Training Command. Colonel Carter has had other assignments at headquarters US Air Force … Read more
Todd Tate III was born on January 14, 1946 and joined the Armed Forces while in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the United States Army and in four years of service, he attained the rank of First Lieutenant. He began a tour of duty in Vietnam on August 15, 1967. On December 4, 1967, at … Read more
Most of his life, Wichitan Keith Lewallen did not know what happened the morning of March 25, 1944, when his brother Don disappeared. That changed in 2000, when he heard that his brother’s aircraft, Bomber 31, had been discovered in a remote spot on the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka. The family was finally able to … Read more
NAVAL AVIATOR DIES AS HE SAFELY ALIGHTS Lieutenant Veeder Slumps in Seat When Plane Reaches Capital from Hampton Roads WASHINGTON, May 29, 1925 – Lieutenant Theodore W. Veeder of the Naval Air Service died today as the plane in which he made a flight from Hampton Roads, nearly 200 miles away, touched the ground at … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates, United States Military Academy Ernest Darius Scott No. 13359 • 1 November 1921 – 18 May 1946 Killed in airplane crash near Selfridge Field, Michigan, aged 23 years Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia Captain Ernest D. Scott, Jr., Air Corps (USMA January 1943), was killed near Selfridge Field, Michigan, when … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Maynard Lynn Hamilton, 73, a retired Navy Lieutenant Commander who survived the sinking of a ship off Guadalcanal during World War II, died of a heart attack September 22, 1998 at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. A Locust Grove, Virginia, resident since 1993, he had lived in Annandale and … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL DAVID H. BAKER Retired July 31, 1957 David Hodge Baker was born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1907. After graduating from high school at Richmond Hill, New York, in 1926, he entered the U.S. Military Academy from which he graduated and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant … Read more
Lieutenant Colonel Lee Ross Christensen was born at Fairview, Utah 17 January 1890, and died at Silver Spring, Maryland, 13 July 1960. His wife of 40 years, Eva Lenora Parke Christensen, was born in Kamas, Utah, on 12 August 1893 and died at Silver Spring, Maryland, 17 January 1970. During his military career he served … Read more
James A. Bethune was born in Georgia in 1844. In the 1880 United States Census he and his wife and their two children (Narcissa and John H. Bethune), resided in Fauquier, Virginia, with his father and where he was a farmer. The Captain and his wife, Narcissa Garrett (born in 1872 in Louisiana), were married … Read more
29 December 2006 Perhaps no place illustrates the toll of the Iraq war more vividly than Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery. In this “garden of stone,” in ruler-straight rows, rest one-tenth of the Iraq war’s American dead, whose number now approaches 3,000. Privates lie beside officers. Soldiers beside Marines. Muslim troops beside Christians and … Read more
Full Name: GEORGE SABLAN MENO Wall Name: GEORGE S MENO Date of Birth: 11/2/1946 Date of Casualty: 12/6/1971 Home of Record: OAK HARBOR State: WA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: CAPT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: LONG KHANH This picture is located at Seattle University, Seattle, Washington. George graduated from the university in 1968/69. … Read more
Born at New York City, June 2, 1843, he served in the Civil War as Second Lieutenant, 7th California Volunteer Infantry from October 28, 1864; First Lieutenant, December 7, 1865. Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, April 26, 1866. Appointed First Lieutenant, January 7,1867 and assigned to the 12th U.S. Infantry, July 4, 1869; … Read more
John Wyer Summerhayes of New York Appointed from New York, Private, Corporal, Sergeant and Sergeant Major, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 9 September 1861 to 14 March 1863 Appointed Second Lieutenant, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 14 March 1863 Promoted to First Lieutenant, 8 September 1863 Promoted to Captain, 10 October 1863 Breveted Major of Volunteers, 9 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Finding closure Courtesy of Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. NEW VINEYARD — Deep in the thick jungles of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific, on a precipitous peak in the Finisterre Range, a World War II B-25 bomber and its occupants were hidden for more than 50 years. Ginny Park … Read more
These were killed in a low-level bombing and strafing run on Mindanao CAWLEY, GEORGE T SGT U S M C JONES, CHARLES A JR LT USMC WW II SARLES, GEORGE A LT COL U S M C BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 5018 SIGLER, FLOYD M JR T/SGT USMC WW II DATE OF DEATH: 05/30/1945 … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH J. CAPPUCCI Retired September 1, 1974. Died June 10, 1992. Brigadier General Joseph J. Cappucci was director of defense investigative service, Office of the Secretary of Defense. General Cappucci was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1913. He attended elementary and high schools in that city. … Read more
Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1978, Ernest Dichmann Peek graduated 4th in the United States Military Academy Class of 1901. He was near the top of the class his entire cadet career, participated in sports, and was a cadet officer. After graduation, Peek joined the Corps of Engineers and went to the Philippines. He was … Read more
Born at Brownsville, Texas, on January 30, 1943, he was serving in the Vietnam War when his fixed-wing aircraft was shot down on December 5, 1969. His remains were recovered and identified in 1997 and on November 21, 1997 he was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. CLARK, JOHN CALVIN … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Joseph Ganahl, 67, a retired Army officer and systems engineer who also worked for defense system contracting firms, died of respiratory failure January 11, 2999 at his home in Great Falls, Virginia. He had a neurological disorder. Colonel Ganahl was a project manager in the Washington area for IBM, Loral … Read more
Timothy Albert Kasmiskie, of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, on 5 November 1947. He served bravely in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and during his service there, he was awarded the Silver Star Medal, the Bronze Star Medal and four awards of the Purple Heart Medal. He died on 8 April 2003 and was … Read more
Thanks to Jack Dedrick for the information which follows: Harvey Ashley Goss Pleasant Lake, Massachusetts Born September 21, 1927 Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps Service Number 049771 Killed in Action Died November 29, 1950 in Korea Second Lieutenant Goss was the Platoon Leader of the 3rd Platoon, Company H, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He … Read more
Arlington National Cemetrey, May 1982 (Photos Courtesy of the Department of Defense) 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 … Read more
ADMIRAL HALSTEAD DEAD ON THE COAST Commanded U. S. Naval Forces In France During First War Directed A.E.F. Return SAN FRANCISCO, California, August 20, 1949 – Rear Admiral Alexander S. Halstead died yesterday in the Oakland Naval Hospital at the age of 88. A native of Maryland and a graduate of the United States Naval … Read more