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.
Courtesy of United States Army Aviation Hall of Fame: Colonel Frank Henry made Air Assault happen. He converted the promise and theory of Air Assault into suitable tactics, workable procedures, trained aviation units, and motivated aviators. His work in demonstrating the potential of Air Assault at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, led to Lieutenant General (then Brigadier … Read more
Grenade attack kills husband of lieutenant from Lysander April 15, 2003 In their nine months of marriage, Jeffrey and Jenna Cosbey Kaylor never got a honeymoon. The couple, both Army lieutenants, wed July 5, 2002, in Liverpool. Military training and assignment to the Middle East kept the couple apart except for two days at the … Read more
Born in 1891, he was an early Naval Aviator and was killed in the crash of the airship, USS Shenandoah when it crashed during a violent thunderstorm in Ohio in 1925. 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
The first wife of Lutz Wahl, she was born on August 7, 1871 and died on May 16, 1923. 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
NEW U. S. JET BOMBER FALLS; 1 DEAD; 2 HURT TUCUMCARI, New Mexico, December 16, 1958 – A supersonic, four-engined B58, one of the nation’s newest classed of bombers, crashed Tuesday near here. The pilot was killed and two other crew members were injured. The big delta winged plane was on a test flight from … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 484-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Corporal Kevin A. Lucas, 20, of Greensboro, North Carolina, died May 26, 2006, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces … Read more
Biography & Gravesite Photo Courtesy of Russell C. Jacobs, July 2007 Maurice Edwin Curts (1898-1976) Born on March 25, 1898 in Flint, Michigan. Served as a midshipman aboard the Nevada in World War I. Commissioned from Annapolis in 1920. M.S. from Harvard in 1928. Commanding Officer of the Case 1938-1939. Communications Officer for the United … Read more
From a contemporary press report Robert Mack Tarbox, Brigadier General, United States Army (retired), died Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at the Williamsburg Landing, Williamsburg, Virginia. He was born on January 8, 1918, in Rochester, New York, the first of four sons of George Mack Tarbox and Charlotte A. Tarbox. General Tarbox graduated from Jefferson High … Read more
Born on December 28, 1930, he served in the Marine Corps and then was United States Ambassador to Nicaragua (1975-77) and to Chile (1982-85). He died on January 20, 1988 and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. From a contemporary news report: “James Daniel Theberge, 57, former U.S. Ambassador to Chile and … Read more
Courtesy of Michael T. Stein: Major General Robert Vernon Lee Born September 20, 1901 in South Carolina Died July 24, 1987 Cadet US. Military Academy 1920-24 Graduated as No. 7225, Class of 1924 Second Lieutenant June 12, 1924 Resigned December 24, 1926 Second Lieutenant New York National Guard May 13, 1927 Major (NYNG) August 15, 1936 … Read more
William Robert Andrews, Jr Birth: June 5, 1941 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Death: July 9, 1996 at El Paso, Texas William(Bill) Andrews was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1941 and moved to El Paso, Texas, with his parents as a young boy. In 1963 he graduated from Texas A&M and was commissioned a Second … Read more
Remarks as Delivered by Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , Memorial Amphitheatre, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Monday, May 25, 2009 Mr. President and Madame First Lady, members of the Cabinet and Congress. Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Our first celebrations of Memorial Day emerged during the reconstruction years of … Read more
Friends and comrades in arms were on hand Thursday to dedicate a bronze replica of Major William “Hank” Miesner, Jr. at Nebraska’s 20th Century Veteran’s Memorial in North Platte. The larger-than-life statue is the first of four that will be erected at the site: one each representing the Army, Navy and Coast Guard, plus one … Read more
United States Department of Defense Number 370-03 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2003 MISSING NAVY CREWMEMBERS FOUND AND IDENTIFIED The remains of nine U.S. Navy crewmembers, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and their remains are being returned to their families for burial. The nine are identified as Commander Delbert A. Olson, … Read more
WALLACE, MICHAEL PVT CO A 7TH VA INF CSA DATE OF DEATH: 04/27/1920 BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 202-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 … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force Suggested By Russell C. Jacobs, June 2007 BRIGADIER GENERAL HAROLD Q. HUGLIN Died December 1, 1975 Harold Quiskey Huglin was born in Fairfield, Iowa, in 1906. He attended Parsons College there for a year, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy June 13, 1929, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant … Read more
When Major Edward B. Cole was mortally wounded on June 10, 1918, he was relieved in command of the Sixth Machine, Gun Battalion of Marines by Captain Harlan E. Major. On June 11, 1918, Captain Major was relieved by Captain George H. Osterhout, who retained command until relieved by Major Littleton W. T. Waller, Jr., … Read more
Full Name: JAMES EDWARD WIDENER Date of Birth: 11/12/1948 Date of Casualty: 6/11/1967 Home of Record: CHURCHVILLE, NEW YORK Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: PFC Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG TRI Status: MIA NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 1115-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 02, 2006 Marine Missing in … Read more
Click Here For Photos Of The 2006 Wreaths HARRINGTON, MAINE – The elderly man on the telephone, a World War II veteran, was calling all the way from Texas. He’d just heard about the company Down East that donates wreaths by the thousands each Christmas to Arlington National Cemetery. But like so many people, he … Read more
Thomas Crook Sullivan of Ohio Appointed from Ohio, Cadet United States Military Academy, 1 July 1852 (12) Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Artillery, 3 August 1861 Captain, CS, 3 August 1861 Captain, 20 August 1862 to 27 January 1863 and from 21 March to 1 August 1865 Major, CS, 14 April 1875 Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant … Read more
Born on September 13, 1884, in Faurquier County, Virginia, he died on April 27, 1943 in Washington, D.C. While Lackland Air Force Base is named for him, the research continues. He is buried in Section 4 of Arlington National Cemetery. Lackland AFB — The base is known as the “Gateway to the Air Force,” as … Read more
Dear Webmaster: The biography on the website for our Father, Colonel John R. Roche USAF, was not submitted by our family and we would like it to be removed. We will be submitting a biography soon that we as a family have written. Thank you for your attention to this matter and overseeing such a … Read more
COLONEL F. W. BUGBE, ROUGH RIDER, DIES Received D.S.M. And Purple Heart Decorations For Service In Spanish-American War WOUNDED AT SANTIAGO Went To Philippines In 1901 As Second Lieutenant And Won Advancement In World War Washington, May 14, 1932 – Colonel Fred W. Bugbee, regular Army Officer and former Rough Rider, died last night at … Read more
Press Report: Friday, February 20, 2004 Jacob Vincent Heimark, 86, of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, a retired naval officer who served in World War II and later was appointed to diplomatic posts in Argentina and Italy, died of cancer Sunday at home. Captain Heimark was raised on a farm in Clarkfield, Minnesota, and left home to … Read more
Courtesy of Sheila Marie Wright Gordon Grandview, Texas – Colonel Elam Windom Wright, Jr., United States Army (Ret) was called home by our Lord to share in God’s paradise on December 30, 2002. Elam was born on October 20, 1920 to Elam Windom Wright, Sr. and Myrtle Oakes Wright in Erick, Oklahoma, and lived a life … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1033-10 November 10, 2010 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Second Lieutenant Robert M. Kelly, 29, of Tallahassee, Florida, died November 9, … Read more
(a) The Act of 2 September 1960 (74 Stat; 24 U.S.C. 295a) provides that the Secretary of Defense or his designee may send to Congress or his designee may send to Congress in January of each year recommendations on the memorials to be erected and the remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces to … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Thoams Milton Bryant, 62, a retired Army Colonel, died of complications from Scleroderma, November 18, 2003 at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. Colonel Bryant was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 12, 1941 to the late Thomas and Mabel Bryant. He graduated from Dunbar High School in Baltimore, … Read more
Edward Hunter, Private, Company H 124th Regiment, was born in Montgomery, Orange County New York in October 1843. He was the son of George and Margaret (Yerks) Hunter. Was a farmer and resided in Montgomery at date of enlistment, August 16, 1862. He was in actions at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Wounded in the latter engagement … Read more
Born on November 13, 1929 in New Jersey, he was killed in action in the Republic of Vietnam while serving as Commanding Officer, 101st Airborne Artillery, November 27, 1968. He is buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. 27 NOV 1968 WO1 John W. Brinkmeyer [AC] LTC Roger J. Bartholomew [CP] SP5 Loren D. … Read more
Delaware Valley Texas A&M Club Aggies: I’ve saved this story for Muster week. Several weeks ago Bob Baggott ’69, editor of the Aggie Gram, was approached by one of his thousands of readers from around the world after reading an article that I had contributed to the Aggie Gram. It pertained to my old outfit, … Read more
In August 1989 the remains of Fawn and two other crewmen of a downed World War II transport plane, discovered in New Guinea in 1988, were returned to Arlington National Cemetery for burial – 46 years after they died. Once again the heart-stirring elegy of Taps sounded over the long green slopes and their sheltered … Read more
Major Galloway was the son-in-law of Edward Mallory Almond, Lieutenant General, United States Army, and was married to the General’s daughter, Margaret. He was killed-in-action over France in July 1944. GALLOWAY, THOMAS T MAJOR AAF 8TH A F 436 FIG SQD 479 FIG GP BURIED AT: SECTION 2 SITE 4938-A S ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read … Read more
John Irvin Gregg of Pennsylvania Appointed from Pennsylvania, Private, Company D, 2nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 9 December 1846 to 6 May 1847 First Lieutenant, Infantry, 18 February 1847 11th U. S. Infantry, 9 April 1847 Captain, 5 September 1847 Honorably mustered out, 14 August 1848 Captain, 3rd U. S. Cavalry, 14 May 1861 6th U. … Read more
Born on June 1, 1876, he was the older brother of Douglas MacArthur and the son of Arthur MacArthur, Jr., he entered the United States Naval Academy at the age of 16 as one of the youngest Midshimen in history. He had lived the life of an “Army Brat” (just like me), and had tired of … Read more
From a press report: March 1997 Brian Kent McGar left Modesto a generation ago, a mystery in the making, a teenager bound for war. Now, prompted by high-tech tools, the South Vietnamese earth has yielded some final answers about the soldier called Kent. And in two weeks, his remains will be set, for good, in the … Read more
To the Dad that I never knew I Love You I Miss You You Died For Me I would Die for You You remind me every day what it is to be an American, what it means to love your country. I know you’re looking down at me now from Heaven with God at your … Read more
Francis D. Thomas Allegany, Maryland Born 1927 Sergeant, U.S. Army Service Number 15272848 Killed in Action Died September 27, 1950 in Korea Sergeant Thomas was a member of the 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 27, 1950. THOMAS, FRANCIS D SGT … Read more
Vincent Stilwell Whyland was born in New York City on 2 February 1891. During World War I he served as First Lieutenant in the Night Bombing Section. During this service he was killed at Bordeaux, France, on 3 December 1918, shortly after the Armistice was signed on 11 November 1918. WHYLAND, VINCENT S 1 ST … Read more
From a contemporary news report: “On October 27, 1994, the Air Force announced that they had identified the remains of thirteen servicemen killed during the Vietnam War, including twelve who were on an AC-130A shot down over the A-Shau Valley on June 18, 1972. According to a news report from Travis Air Force Base, California, … Read more
SARASOTA, FLORIDA – Intellectual curiosity helped Bob Bergs overcome the hardship of growing up during the Depression to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, command a submarine and pursue a career as a lawyer. Shortly after moving to St. Armands Key in 1965 upon retiring from the Navy as a Commander, Bergs began a 37-year … Read more
Nearly five decades had passed since Henry Svehla was killed in the Korean War while shielding fellow U.S. Army soldiers from the blast of a grenade., The 19-year-old Belleville native’s remains had never been identified. Most of his surviving relatives were too young to have known him. But Private First Class Svehla’s heroic story of … Read more
William Carroll Christy (1885-1957) Born in Phoenix, Arizona on November 25, 1885. Commissioned in the Cavalry from West Point in 1907. Served in the Philippine Islands 1915-1917. Duty as Motor Transport Officer with 4th and 8th Corps, American Expeditionary Force in 1918. Graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1925 and the Army War … Read more
BOFFMAN, ALAN BRENT Remains Recovered January 1990, ID Announced 19 July 1990 Name: Alan Brent Boffman Rank/Branch: O2/US Army Unit: D Company, 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division Date of Birth: 08 June 1946 Home City of Record: Norfolk VA Date of Loss: 18 March 1971 Country of Loss: Laos Loss Coordinates: 163811N 1062239E (XD469397) … Read more
Hugh Wagner Downing was born in Delaware in 1897. He was an early Army Aviator and died in service on 8 November 1926. He was buried with full military honors in Section 4 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Katharine Margaret Downing (31 December 1898-8 November 1957) died thirty-one (31) years to the day from … Read more
LIEUTENANT COLONEL SLADE DEAD Fall From Horse Is Fatal To New Jersey Officer Washington, October 28, 1944 – Lieutenant Colonel William Ronner Slade, aged 27, of Greenwood Lake, New York, who was attached to the Headquarters Army Service Forces here, died at Walter Reed Hospital last night from injuried received when he fell from his … Read more
Born at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 1840, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1859. He married Addie W. Pope, April 26, 1862. He served with a squadron off the coast of Africa, suppresing the slave trade, and was a Midshipman and Acting Master, 1859-61. He brought to the United States the … Read more
From a contemporary press report Arthur Edwin Hacker, age 80, died on Friday, November 8, 2002, at Melbourne, Florida. He was the beloved husband of 55 years of Lois B. Hacker; the father of Karen Hacker of Arlington, Virginia, and Jeanette Jatlow of Annapolis, Maryland; brother of Barbara Karr of Warsaw, Missouri, and grandfather to … Read more
David Carlton Brown was born on April 19, 1944 and joined the Armed Forces while in Fort Monroe, Virginia. He served in the United States Army and in 2 years of service, he attained the rank of CAPT/O3. On September 7, 1968, at the age of 24, DAVID CARLTON BROWN perished in the service of … Read more
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER W. S. KURTZ Former Intercollegiate Boxing Champion Dies in Philippines PHILADELPHIA, January 19, 1941 – Lieutenant Commander William Stanislaus Kurtz, who won the intercollegiate lightweight boxing championship during his midshipman days at the Naval Academy, died of a blood clot last Wednesday at the Naval Base at Cavite, Philippine Islands, according to word … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL LYLE E. MANN Retired June 1, 1976. Died March 21, 2008. Brigadier General Lyle E. Mann was Chief of Staff, Pacific Air Forces, with headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. General Mann was born in New Hebron, Illinois, in 1923. He received his bachelor of … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Lawrence H. Williams, 76, a lawyer and Army officer who retired as a Major General and as the assistant judge advocate general of the Army, died of cancer May 17, 1999 at the Hospice of Northern Virginia. General Williams served four years as the Army’s assistant judge advocate general before … Read more
On 11 September 2001 our Nation was savagely struck by a gang of thugs whose only desire was to spread fear in the hearts and minds of all Americans! They have failed, even though they have wounded us grievously! Please click on the banner above and give what you can to help aid the families … Read more
From a contemporary press report Thomas J. Riggs Jr., 82, a World War II battalion commander who was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge, then escaped and struck out on a desperate odyssey to rejoin his unit, died yesterday (November 5, 1998) at Rhode Island Hospital after a week in the … Read more
Courtesy of the National Security Agency: Ralph J. Canine LTG, USA 1895-1969 (1999 Inductee) Lieutenant General Ralph J. Canine, NSA’s first director, is known today as the Great Unifier – the man who, almost single-handedly, forced cryptologic unification on the Services. His term at NSA, from 1952 to 1956, became the crucible for cryptologic centralization. … Read more
NAUCK, JOHN D PVT 2ND VA RESV DATE OF DEATH: 02/02/1925 BURIED AT: SITE 137A 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 … Read more
From a contemporary news report: Wednesday, September 24, 1997 General Robert E. “Dutch” Huyser, who headed the Military Airlift Command at Scott Air Force Base from 1979 until his retirement in 1981, died of heart failure Monday (Sept. 22, 1997) at the David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, California. He was 73. … Read more
John Harllee Dies; Admiral Led Agency Tuesday, February 15, 2005 Courtesy of the Washington Post John Harllee, 91, a retired Navy Rear Admiral and former chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, died February 5, 2005, of pneumonia at the Maplewood Park Place assisted living and nursing home in Bethesda, Maryland. As a Lieutenant, he was … Read more
Burial plots in the national war cemeteries, including Arlington, allegedly have been ‘bought’ by fat-cat donors to Clinton’s reelection committee and the DNC who aren’t even veterans. ressure from political bigwigs at the White House and within the Democratic Party apparently helped gain coveted waivers from top brass at the Defense Department and Department of … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 435-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Major John C. Spahr, 42, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, died May 2, 2005, from injuries received when the F/A-18 Hornet … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force Suggested By Russell C. Jacobs, June 2007 BRIGADIER GENERAL TOM C. RIVES Died July 1, 1975. Tom Christopher Rives was born at Montgomery, Alabama, in 1892. He graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor of science degree in 1916, and the following year received a degree in electrical … Read more
Ina Dillard Russell Stacy was born June 22, 1894 in Athens, Georgia, to Richard Brevard and Ina Dillard Russell. Her father became a state supreme court justice and her mother was a teacher before she married. One of fifteen children, Ina was a sister to United States Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr. Ina was educated … Read more
Raymond Harvey was born in Ford City, Pennsylvania, on March 1, 1920 to Frank and Frannie (Thomas) Harvey. His father was in the construction business. His mother, a Chickasaw Indian, was born in 1889 near the community of Nebo, Oklahoma. After living in Ford City for four years, the family moved to his mother’s hometown … Read more
Full Name: GEORGE ANDREWS HOWES Date of Birth: 6/16/1950 Date of Casualty: 1/10/1970 Home of Record: KNOX County of Record: STARKE COUNTY State: INDIANA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: CWO Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG TIN U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE … Read more
Vernon Lloyd Zieske was born July 11, 1919. He grew in a small town in northeastern Ohio where his father worked for the New York Central Railroad. The oldest of two boys, he was Senior Class President and Valedictorian of Austinburg High School where he graduated in 1937. He went on to Ohio State University … Read more
Frank Winston Coe of Kansas Appointed from Kansas, Cadet US Military Academy, 1 September 1888 (8) Additional Second Lieutenant, 1st US Artillery, 11 June 1892 Second Lieutenant, 13 July 1892 First Lieutenant, 2 March 1899 Artillery Corps, 2 February 1901 Captain 8 May 1901 Frank Winston Coe, initially the Chief of Staff of the 1st … Read more
By Tom Hennessy They were men of common denominators: Southerners by birth, West Point graduates, engineers, career military men. One, Montgomery Meigs, was born in Atlanta. He was a child when his family moved to Philadelphia. The other, Robert E. Lee, was a Virginian. But when Virginia seceded from the union and the Civil War began in … Read more
Dodgen remembered as visionary who focused on soldiers and their needs By Kenneth Kesner Courtesy of the Huntsville Times February 21, 2010 Retired Lieutenant General Larry Dodgen, who was commander of Redstone Arsenal and the Army Space and Missile Defense Command before working in the defense industry, was remembered Saturday as a visionary leader who … Read more
CAPRON, AGNES K WIDOW OF DATE OF DEATH: 05/15/1938 DATE OF INTERMENT: 05/20/1938 BURIED AT: SECTION WEST SITE 679 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY WIFE OF ALLYN CAPRON – CAPT 1ST US ARTY The wife of Allyn Capron, she was born in 1849 and died on May 15, 1938. She is buried among many other family members in … Read more
SHERIDAN, RICHARD B 1LT LT US ARMY VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 08/23/1918 DATE OF INTERMENT: 08/29/1918 BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 4110 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY SHERIDAN, RICHARD B 1ST LT CO C 308TH INF 77 DIV VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 08/23/1918 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown BURIED AT: SECTION SNN … Read more
Eldon C. Blaxton graduated in 1967 from the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa). He was commissioned into the U.S.Air Force as a Second Lieutenent and served as an officer for 22 years. Eldon retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. As base comptroller at Hurleburt Field (Florida), he recieved the MAC comptroller of the year award 2 years … Read more
On August 25, 2001, Dr. Paul Braim, a retired Colonel of the U.S. Army and professor emeritus of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, died at his home in Pennsylvania. He is survived by his sister, Ann Austin of Winter Springs, Florida; his brother, Joseph Braim of Abington, Pennsylvania; two nieces and two nephews. He will be … Read more
“Here Rests In Honored Glory An American Soldier Known But To God,” is the inscription carved onto the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. The memorial has become one of the most sacred and visited sites in the Washington area since its inception after World War I. The remains of an unknown Soldier … Read more
Sidney Lanier Fisher was born 8 April 1895 in Galveston, Texas. During World War I, he served as Second Lieutenant, Tank and Ordnance Corps. In this role he was killed at Limoges, France, 8 November 1918, just a few days before the armistice took place on 11 November 1918. FISHER, SIDNEY L 2ND LT CASUAL … Read more
From a contemporary press report Walter P. Bobbio died on August 7, 2001 at Fair Oaks Hospital after an extensive illness. He served his country as a combat infantryman, a veteran of World War II, with campaigns throughout Europe. Once he completed his tour of duty in the military, he had a distinguished career with … Read more
Full Name: LAWRENCE MICHAEL MALONE Date of Birth: 5/4/1936 Date of Casualty: 1/7/1968 Home of Record: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: MAJ Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG NAM Killed in a large battle on 7 January 68 in the Que Son valley, only a few kilometers west of LZ Ross. A … Read more
Full Name: J FORREST GEORGE TREMBLEY Date of Birth: 5/28/1942 Date of Casualty: 8/21/1967 Home of Record: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON Branch of Service: NAVY Rank: LCDR Casualty Country: NORTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: NZ Status: MIA NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 289-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2005 Missing In Action Serviceman Identified … Read more
George Wilcox McIver of North Carolina Appointed from North Carolina, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1877 (19) Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 7th United States Infantry, 13 June 1882 First Lieutenant, 30 November 1889 Captain, 25 April 1898 George Willcox McIver was born on December 22, 1858 at Carthage, North Carolina and died in 1947 … Read more
Lieutenant (Ambassador) Steyne is buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. Research regading his life and career continues. US OFFICIAL DIES OF GUNSHOT WOUND IN CHEST WASHINGTON, May 22, 1946 – Alan Steyne, 47, State Department official, died tonight in Emergency Hospital several hours after he was found in the basement of the fashionable … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE H. KRIEGER Retired September 1966, Died October 15, 1972 Brigadier General George H. Krieger assumed duties as deputy chief of staff, comptroller, Air Training Command, in August 1964. His office is at Headquarters, ATC, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. His previous assignment was as comptroller, … Read more
Arlington National Cemetery is considering options to repair or replace portions of the marble Tomb of the Unknowns Monument, which has cracked. In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, Arlington National Cemetery officials are requesting the public’s views and suggestions about this project to be considered as part of the decision-making process. A public … Read more
Vincent B. Pagano, 79, a retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel who later held administrative positions with federal agencies, died October 14, 2007, of heart disease at his home in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Colonel Pagano, who was born in New York, joined the Marines in 1946 and was a supply and logistics officer for most … Read more
From a contemporary press report Wiliam “Bill” Ticker, 81, died Monday, November 25, 2002 at his home in Lynn Haven, Florida. He was born in Palo Pinto County, Texas. He was a retired United States Navy Commander and a veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, with 30 years of … Read more
From a contemporary press report Raymond F. DuBois, a retired Navy Rear Admiral and a highly decorated submarine officer in World WarII, died at Bethesda Medical Center, Maryland. He was 76 years old and lived in McLean, Virginia. The family said he died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Admiral DuBois was born at Naugatuck, Connecticut, and … Read more
A. V. Scott Wayne, Michigan Born 1923 Corporal, U.S. Army Service Number 55002571 Died while Prisoner of War Died April 30, 1951 in Korea Corporal Scott was a member of Battery A, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on February 12, … Read more
The wife of Erastus A. Capron, she was born in 1813 and died on August 9, 1901. She apparently re-married to someone named “Vinson” and lived for 54 years after her first husband was killed-in-action in the Mexican War. She lies buried with him in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. Harriot R. VINSON Self W … Read more
Born at Laddonia, Missouri, on October 15, 1899, Samuel Glenn Fuqua (“Sam”) was awarded the Medal of Honor for service as a Captain aboard the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese sneak attack which started World War II in the Pacific. He was a 1923 graduate of the … Read more
PROVOOST BABIN DEAD; BEGAN MANILA BATTLE Cited for Gallant Service While Wounded – A Retired Commander At His Death NORWALK, Connecticut, March 19, 1930 – commander Provoost Babin, USN, retired, who received the order and fired the first gun in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898, and was cited for gallant service after being … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 806-07 June 27, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Private First Class Andre Craig, Jr., 24, of New Haven, Connecticut, died … Read more
Thanks To Gayle Alvarez of Idaho For Remembering Major Prentice: Minutes before Armed Forces Day, John Cook Prentice, war hero, husband, father and grandfather met the Lord’s embrace on May 16, 2008. John spent his final days blanketed by his family’s love, and in the care and company of his fellow servicemen and women at the Idaho … Read more
Name: James Armand Meissner Country: United States Rank: Captain Service: United States Air Service Units: 94th Aero, 147th Aero Victories: 8 Date Of Birth: July 20, 1896 Place of Birth: Londonderry, Nova Scotia Date Of Death: January 16, 1936 Place of Death: Birmingham, Alabama An undergraduate at Cornell University, Meissner dropped out of school to … Read more
Lieutenant Underwood, the son of Arthur F. Underwood, Jr., United States Army, was born in 1957 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1972. He died of leukemia in 1975 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in August 1975. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra … Read more
An ice storm the night before left everything encased in crystal, creating a surreal atmosphere. The only sounds at that hour were the popping sounds of tree branches breaking off under the weight of the ice, and the measured clicks of metal on marble as Staff Sgt. James T. Taylor’s boots traced a precise pattern. … Read more
More than 140 people from as far away as Wisconsin, Minnesota and California gathered at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday to honor Laotian allies who died during the Vietnam War. This secret army of Laotians and ethnic Hmong helped the U.S. military and CIA fight the North Vietnamese army and protect a secret mountaintop electronic … Read more
CAPTAIN EDWARD T. WITHERSPOON PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 25, 1928 – Captain Edward Taylor Witherspoon, U.S.N., retired, of Atlantic City, who died here yesterday, will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Captain Witherspoon, who was 63 years old, was born in New York in 1864. The funeral will be held here on Friday. WITHERSPOON, EDWARD TAYLOR … Read more
Medgar Wiley Evers was born at Decauter, Mississippi, on July 2, 1925. He served in the United States Army during World War II, but was best know as a prominent civil rights leader in his home state. He was shot and killed outside his home at Jackson, Mississippi, on the evening of June 12, 1963 … Read more
Born on August 15, 1838 in New Hampshire, he graduted from West Point on June 24, 1861 and served with distinction throughout the Civil War. He died on May 9, 1885 while on active duty in command of the Rockford Arsenal, Pennsylvania. “His associates and friends have erected this monument to his memory. Requiscat in … Read more
From a contemporary press report Frank I. Adams, 86, a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who also had been a communications and electronics special projects manager with General Electric, RCA and Pacific Telecom, died Aug. 31 at the Virginian Health Care Center in Fairfax, Virginia. He had Alzheimer’s disease. Colonel Adams, who had lived in … Read more
From a contemporary press report William T. Dutton, 85, a retired Navy captain who had a civilian career as a personnel manager with Bionetics Research Labs of Falls Church, died of respiratory arrest January 15, 1999 at a hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. He was visiting relatives in South Dakota at the time of his … Read more
William C. Sturbitts, 87, who retired from the CIA in 1980 after 28 years as an operations officer, died March 4, 2007, at Manor Care Potomac. He had cancer. Colonel Sturbitts, who had residences in Bethesda, Maryland, and Bethany Beach, Delaware, was born in Boston and grew up in Chevy Chase. He graduated from St. … Read more