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.
His private monument in Section 15 of Arlington National Cemetery reads: “Corporal, United States Army. Wagoneer, Troop E, 2nd U.S. Cavalry. Died: May 28, 1903, aged 34 years and 3 months. Erected by his comrades.” FRY, BYRON K PVT E 2ND US CAV VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 05/28/1903 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown … Read more
A Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Marine was found dead August 4, 2005, in Porter Township, Pennsylvania, three days after his car veered from the road and plunged into the Pine Creek River. The body of Lance Corporal Christopher E. Custer, who was assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, was discovered shortly … Read more
From a contemporary press report: George W. Von Arb, 79, a retired Air Force colonel who was a management analyst at Goddard Space Flight Center, died of congestive heart failure Nov 2, 1997at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. He lived in Alexandria, Virginia. Colonel Von Arb was born in Missouri and graduated from Ottawa University in … Read more
Edwin Mortimer Coates of New York Appointed From Illinois, Lieutenant, 11th New York Infantry, 7 May 1861 Resigned 4 August 1861 Second Lieutenant, 2nd U. S. Cavalry, 5 August 1861 Transferred to 12th Infantry, 20 September 1861 First Lieutenant, 24 October 1861 Captain, 11 April 1865 Transferred to 30th U. S. Infantry, 21 September 1866 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: 15 September 2000 Nearly 33 years after his plane was shot down over in coastal waters off North Vietnam, Navy Lieutenant Commander Roger B. Innes was buried on home soil Friday. Innes was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia as National POW/MIA Recognition Day was marked with ceremonies across … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Robert Norman Baker, a retired Air Force colonel, died July 23, 1995 at his home in Callao, Virginia from congestive heart failure. He was 76. He began his Air Force career as a P-38 fighter pilot in 1941, after graduating from Penn State University. Colonel Baker’s initial assignment during World … Read more
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Arthur Arvid Olson, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and the first man drafted in Chicago for World War II, died in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday March 23, 2004) from surgery complications. He was 85. “He was quite an individual. I don’t think he was like anybody else,” said Olson’s wife, Betty. “If he had … Read more
Thomas Joseph Joyce, Jr. Louisville, Kentucky Born April 22, 1913 Captain, U.S. Army Service Number O-1825961 Died while Prisoner of War Died May 23, 1951 in Korea Captain Joyce was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Battle of the Bulge. In Korea, he was a was a member of the 82nd Anti-Aircraft … Read more
Frederick Harry Black (1894-1986). Born in Meadville, Missouri on April 17, 1894 Commissioned in the Field Artillery in 1917. Instructor at the School of Fire 1918-1920 and the Field Artillery School 1932-1936. Graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1939. Instructor with the New York National Guard 1939-1941. In the Supply Division at the … Read more
General Robert Everton Cushman, Jr., who earned the Navy Cross — the nation’s second highest combat award — during World War II, became the twenty-fifth Commandant of the Marine Corps, January 1, 1972. As a 29 year old lieutenant colonel, General Cushman was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism from July 21 to August … Read more
Born in 1886, he graduated from West Point in 1911. He served in the Mexican Punitive Expedition and in World War I, as Commander of the 1st Aero Squadron. He was Assistant Chief of the Army Air Service and commanding general of the 1st Air Force when he was killed in an aircraft accident in … Read more
Major General Charles Heywood was born in Maine on October 3, 1839, and was appointed a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps from New York, on April 5, 1858. During that year he was stationed at the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., and at Brooklyn, New York. While on duty in Brooklyn he served in the … Read more
Born in Germany and emmigrated to the United States. He earned the Medal of Honor while serving at Captain, Company I, 61st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Williamsburg, Virginia, on May 5, 1862. He was first commissioned as Second Lieutenant from Pennsylvnia on July 15, 1861 and First Lieutennt six weeks later. He was then promoted to … Read more
From Great War Society Member W. Douglas “Doug” Fisher My Grandfather, Captain John N. Douglas Commanded the 317th Supply Train, 92nd Division (Colored), November 1917 – March 1919. They served in the Vosges, Argonne & Marbache sectors of France. John was born in Wales, emigrated to the US in the late 1880’s. He served in … Read more
Full Name: KENNETH HANNA Date of Birth: 4/28/1933 Date of Casualty: 2/7/1968 Home of Record: SCRANTON, SOUTH CAROLINA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: SMAJ Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG TRI Status: MIA SYNOPSIS: In late December 1966, the Lang Vei Special Forces camp was established along Route 9, a mile and a half … Read more
Richard Polk Strong of New York Appointed from New York, Private, Company H, 71st New York State Militia, 20 April to 30 July 1861 Second Lieutenant, 139th New York Volunteer Infantry, 9 September 1862 to 18 June 1863 First Lieutenant, Signal Corps, 3 March 1863 Breveted Captain and Major of U. S. Volunteers, 13 March … Read more
Top General In Alaska Dies Piloting Small Plane ANCHORAGE, July 26, 1998—A former official with the Joint Chiefs of Staff who last year became the commander of all military forces in Alaska was killed today in a private plane crash. A passenger from Alexandria, Virginia, also was killed. Air Force Lieutenant General David J. McCloud … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Army Lieutenant General Walter K. Wilson, Jr. Chief of Engineers, May 19, 1961-June 30, 1965) The son of an artillery officer, Walter Wilson, Jr., was born at Fort Barrancas, Florida, on August 26, 1906. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1929 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. … Read more
Major General Allan Thomas Wood (retired) was currently employed as Assistant to the President of A.A.I. Inc., in Baltimore, Maryland. General Wood was born on August 1, 1923, in Wayne, Pennsylvania. He earned his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and his M.A. degree in Industrial Management from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1950 and 1951, … Read more
Kenneth C. Hall 4CP, platoon leader of Company C and Company executive officer on Okinawa when he was badly wounded April, 15, on Mt. Yaetake. Hall, Kenneth C Born February 2, 1922, Died Jun 1, 1999 United States Marine Corps Major Residence: Wantagh, New York Section 3, Grave 4640 RH Buried June 23, 1999 HALL, … Read more
From a contemporary press report: MORGAN, WILLIAM M. ”NELLIE” Major General, U.S. Air Force (Retired) Died on March 29, 2000, in San Antonio, Texas. He was born August 18, 1903 in Marshall, Missouri. A member of the Class of 1927, Missouri Valley College. In 1952 the college honored him as a distinguished graduate with the … Read more
Theodore Sawick; Pearl Harbor Survivor By Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb Courtesy of The Washington Post Saturday, June 28, 2008 Theodore Sawick, 90, who as young sailor survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and went on to serve 32 years in the Navy before retiring as a Commander, died of septic shock June 5, 2009, at Inova … Read more
COLONEL WILLIAM DAVID DAVIS Born March 11, 1869 Died November 1, 1918 Cadet U.S. Military Academy 1888-92 Graduated as No. 3505, Class of 1892 Second Lieutenant, June 11th, 1892 First Lieutenant, April 26, 1898 Captain, February 2, 1901 Major, March 26, 1915 Lieutenant Colonel, May 15, 1917 Colonel (National Army), August 5, 1917 Served … Read more
Francis Robert “Bud” Hill Sr., 77, an Army medic who served in three wars, died April 2, 2005, of cancer at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington. He was a longtime resident of Takoma Park. Sergeant Hill was born in Richmond, Indiana, and grew up in Holland, Mich. He enlisted in the military out of … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 757-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 July 2005 VIETNAM WAR MISSING IN ACTION UNITED STATES AIR FORCE OFFICERS ARE IDENTIFIED AND RETURNED TO THEIR FAMILIES AFTER 40 YEARS The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today the remains of two servicemen, missing in action from … Read more
Another significant part of the World War II generation is gone now that Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin is dead at the age of 81. While Mauldin’s entire body of work is impressive, it’s his earliest work — the drawings of GIs Willie and Joe — that earned him the highest praise. Mauldin made Willie … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1039-07 August 23, 2007 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 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Philip Regar, 87, a retired Army colonel who spent many years assigned to the Civilian Conservation Corps and who was involved in the construction of new facilities in post-World War II Japan, died of a heart attack February 28, 1999 at his home in Arlington, Virginia. Colonel Regar served 23 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Edward McAuley, 76, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who had maintained a home in the Washington area since 1965, died February 23, 2000 at the Crofton Convalescent Center after a series of strokes. He lived in Odenton, Maryland. Colonel McAuley enlisted in the Army in 1944 and saw infantry service … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL MARTIN F. SCANLON Retired June 29, 1948. Died January 26, 1980. Martin Francis Scanlon was born in Scranton, Pennsylvnaia, in 1889. He attended Pennsylvania and Cornell Universities and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in the Regular Army on April 24, 1912. EFFECTIVE DATES OF … Read more
I was privileged and will always be grateful to have had Joe Louis as my friend. The son of an Alabama sharecropper, Joe Louis fought his way to the top of professional boxing and into the hearts of millions of Americans. Out of the ring, he was a considerate and soft-spoken man; inside the ring, his courage, … Read more
JAMES B. NALLE Major, U.S. Army Home: Washington, D.C. 4th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, A.E.F. Date of Action: July 22 – 23, 1918 Citation: General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919 The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James B. Nalle, Major, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at La Tuilerie Farm, France, July 22 … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates United States Military Academy, Class of 1946 James Edward Convey, Jr. No.15502 Class of 1946 Died 25 January 1976 in Washington, D.C., aged 50 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery James Edward Convey, Jr., affectionately known as “Jim” by his friends and family, was born 22 June 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. … Read more
Born at Manchester, England, August 15, 1875, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving aboard the USS Marblehead during the Spanish-American War on May 11, 1898. He died on June 19, 1950 and was buried in Section 34 of Arlington National Cemetery. CARTER, JOSEPH E Rank and organization: Blacksmith, U.S. Navy. Born: 15 August 1875, Manchester, … Read more
MILES, WILLIAM WARNER (Age 82) William Warner Miles, 82, of Arlington, Virginia, died Monday, August 20, 2001, in Richmond, Virginia. Bill was born at Hallwood on Virginia’s Eastern Shore on July 31, 1919, the only child of the late Lawson James and Leone Margaret Parks Miles. He was a veteran of World War II, having … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 508-10 June 19, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Captain Michael P. Cassidy, 41, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, died June 17, … Read more
William J. Lederer, Co-Author of ‘The Ugly American,’ Dies at 97 Courtesy of the New York Times William J. Lederer, a writer and career naval officer who, with Eugene Burdick, wrote “The Ugly American,” a novel that was among the first books to deal with American involvement in Southeast Asia and that barely veiled a … Read more
News Release from the United States Department of Defense No. 146-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mar 04, 2004 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Specialist Michael R. Woodliff, 22, of Port Charlotte, Florida, died March 2, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, when an … Read more
Donald N. Pollock was born in Washington State on 7 June 1911. He served in World War II in the United States Army Air Corps. He was died on 19 November 1943 in Italy as a result of injuries when the aircraft on which he was flying crashed. On November 18, 1943, Orgnacco Nelson assisted … Read more
Andrew Moses of Texas Appointed from Texas, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 21 June 1893 (56) Additional Second Lieutenant, 11th United States Infantry, 11 June 1897 Transferred to the 7th United States Artillery, 2 April 1898 First Lieutenant, 3rd United States Artillery, 9 November 1899 Artillery Corps, 2 February 1901 Captain, 22 August 1901 Moses, … Read more
From contemporary news report John H. Craven, 85, a Captain in the Navy’s Chaplain Corps who served with Marine Corps units in high-casualty combat operations during World War II and the Korean War, died April 10, 2001, at Arlington Hospital of complications related to a blood infection. Captain Craven retired in 1974 after five years … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Gustave Edward Vitt, 91, a retired Army Signal Corps lieutenant colonel who worked for the Army as a senior military security communications readiness adviser from 1958 to 1972, died of renal failure September 6, 2000 at the Hospice of Northern Virginia. He lived in Alexandria. During his years as a … Read more
James Miles Moore of Pennsylvania Appointed Private, Company G, 19th Pennsylvania Infantry, 18 April to 8 August 1861 Second Lieutenant, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry, 21 February 1862 First Lieuenant, 10 March 1862 Resigned, 7 April 1863 Captain, Assistant Quartermaster of U. S. Volunteers, 11 March 1863 to 27 July 1864 Captain, Assistant Quartermaster General, U. S. … Read more
Courtesy of the Washinton Post Family Pride Helps Dry Tears By Steve Vogel Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday , October 21, 2000 In the end, there never was any question where Seaman Cherone L. Gunn would be buried. On a beautiful October afternoon, with a salute of rifle volleys ringing in the warm air, the … Read more
Master Sergeant Brown was born in Malden, Massachusetts His father was a Ship Captain in the Merchant Marines. He enlisted in the Navy in 1929 and was discharged in 1932. During World War Two, he was a civilian Flight instructor at Ryans Field in Tucson, Arizona. Later he was a Glider Pilot. He was a … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 1027-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2006 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Chief Warrant Officer Scott W. Dyer, 38, of Cocoa Beach, Florida, died October 11, 2006, in Banditemur, Afghanistan, … Read more
Alvin Barton Barber graduated fifth in the West Point Class of 1905. Prior to the war, he had assisted in the reconstruction of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and had participated in the mapping of the Philippines. Initially he went to France with the Railway Commission but he soon joined the General Staff at … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Hans G. Jepson, 94, a retired Army Colonel who served 14 years as environmental engineer for the Virginia Health Department in Alexandria, died of complications related to pneumonia July 9, 2002, at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. He lived at Belvoir Woods Health Care Center near Fort Belvoir. Colonel Jepson, a … Read more
Born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 22, 1876, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving at Peking, China, during the Boxer Rebellion, on June 10-July 16, 1900. He died on April 3, 1941 and was buried in Section 17 of Arlington National Cemetery. YOUNG, FRANK ALBERT SGT MAJ U S MARINE CORPS RET CAL VETERAN SERVICE DATES: … Read more
Keith O’Keefe, 80, a Marine Corps Colonel and aviator, died October 26, 2005, of congestive heart failure at his home at The Fairfax, a military retirement community at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Colonel O’Keefe, who was known as “K.O.,” was born in Dighton, Kansas, and graduated from high school in Omaha. After his graduation from the … Read more
From a contemporary press report: John H. Farquhar, 47, a Lieutenant Commander who was assistant leader of the Navy Band in Washington, died of a heart attack April 17 while attending a music workshop in Little Creek, Virginia. He lived in Alexandria, Virginia. Commander Farquhar was born in Evanston, Illinois, and grew up in nearby … Read more
He was killed in 1988 when an airplane on which he was a passenger, along with the President of Pakistan and Brigadier General Herbert N. Wassom, United States Army, exploded in midair. The plane was apparently the target of extremists in Pakistan and was either downed by a missile or a bomb that had been placed on … Read more
Newspaper Writer Victor Lasky, 72, a longtime reporter, author, and former syndicated columnist who lectured and wrote for Accuracy in Media, died of cancer February 22, 1990 at Georgetown University Hospital. He lived in Washington. Noted for his vocal criticism of communism and journalistic misconduct, Mr. Lasky wrote and lectured for Accuracy in Media, a … Read more
7 May 2009: Marine officials have released the names of two Camp Pendleton-based pilots who died in the crash of an AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter late Tuesday in the Cleveland National Forest. Captain Jessica Conkling and First Lieutenant Aaron Cox were members of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, the Marine Corps said Wednesday afternoon. … Read more
Frank Young Commagere of Ohio Appointed from Ohio, Cadet, United States Naval Academy, 21 September to 21 December 1861 Private Company A, 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 27 April 1861 Honorably mustered out 13 August 1861 Second Lieutenant, 67th New York Volunter Infantry, 13 October 1862 Dismissed 30 November 1863 Major, 6th U. S. Cavalry, 18 … Read more
Kenneth D. Gruber Fireman, First Class, U.S. Navy Service # 9626160 United States Naval Reserve Entered the Service from: Ohio Died: 28-May-45 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii Awards: Purple Heart 6 August 2006: Pamela Clark wasn’t born when her family received the news of … Read more
From a contemporary press account: Robert C. Forman, 66, an Army major general and Vietnam War veteran who retired in 1984 as commander of the Army’s 6th Readiness Region, headquartered at Fort Knox, Kentucky., died of colon cancer September 18, 1998 at Walter Reed Hospital. He lived in McLean, Virginia. In 1970, General Forman served … Read more
Biography of Colonel Richard A Christie, United States Marine Corps Colonel Richard Allen Christie was born 26 June 1956 in Camden, New Jersey. A native of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, he graduated from Trenton State College (New Jersey) in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Law. Entering the Marine Corps through the … Read more
U.S. Coast Guard News Media Advisory For Immediate Release Chief Frank Dunn March 30, 2001 (202) 267-1900 18th Coast Guard Vice Commandant dies Vice Admiral Arthur Eugene (Gene) Henn, 60, Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1994 to 1996, died on March 28, 2001 in Tampa, Florida, and will be interred at Arlington … Read more
The Pentagon is close to reaching a conclusion on whether the Medal of Honor awarded to the Vietnam War’s unknown soldier should be given to his family now that the body has been identified. The Air Force has nearly completed a review of the request for the medal from the family of Air Force Lt. … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 380-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2006 Air Force Sergeants MIA from Vietnam War Identified The Department of Defense POW/ Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified. They are Technical Sergeant … Read more
James Dean Tilford of North Dakota Appointed from New York, Private, Troop C, New York Cavalry, July to 25 November 1898 Appointed Second Lieutenant of Infantry, 10 April 1899 Transferred to the 1st United States Cavalry, 10 May 1899 Promoted to First Lieutenant, 2 February 1901 NOTE: Colonel Tilford was born at Fort Abraham Lincoln, … Read more
Gordon Graham Heinter Jr., was born on 7 December 1896 at Washington, D.C. He was appointed from Washington, D.C., Cadet, United States Military Academy and graduated in the class of 1917. He served in both World War I and World War II and died at Washington, D.C. on 18 January 1961. His father, Gordon Graham Heiner, … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Gordon Charles Caswell, 59, a retired Navy Commander and veteran of the Vietnam War who later was an engineer for defense contractors, died of heart ailments March 28, 1999 at a hotel in Richmond, Virginia. He had gone to Richmond to take part in a weekend organized by Volksmarch, a … Read more
Corydon Goodrich Snow was the son of Corydon Proctor Snow and Elizabeth Dixon Paddock of Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois. Elizabeth’s brother was George Hussey Paddock who was career army and may have had some influence in Corydon’s choice to serve. I can’t be sure, but I believe he attended medical school at Keokuk, Iowa as did his … Read more
Full Name: MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIAN Date of Birth: 1/31/1922 Date of Casualty: 9/30/1965 Home of Record: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA Branch of Service: AIR FORCE Rank: COL Casualty Country: NORTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: NZ Status: MIA Name: Melvin Joseph Killian Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O4 Unit: Date of Birth: 31 January 1922 Home City of Record: … Read more
Calvin Hayes Cobb (1889-1961) Born on November 21, 1889 in Kittery, Maine. Graduated from Annapolis in 1911. Served aboard the Minnesota at the civilian uprising in Guantanamo, Cuba in 1912 and at Vera Cruz in 1913. Commanding Officer of the Duncan during World War I 1916-1919. Commanded the destroyers Monaghan, Drayton and Walker in 1919, … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Military Academy: Ralph Hadley Viskochil NO. 17661 Died 21 April 1967 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, aged 41 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery Dear Ralph, This letter is a labor of love that will never appear on paper exactly as it is etched in the minds and hearts of those who … Read more
Courtesy of Michael Stein: Major General Harry Lee Steele, U.S. Army Born June 28, 1874 in Benton Country, Arkansas Died March 31, 1938 Enlisted as Private, Battery “A”, 5th Artillery 1895 Captain 1901 Colonel 1920 Major General 1935 Commander, 93rd Company, Coast Artillery, Fort Stevens, Oregon -1906-. Served with Quartermaster Corps in Philippines and China 1915-16 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Andrew Irvine Lyman, 81, a retired Marine colonel who served in two wars and later went into the steamship business, died of multiple organ failure January 19, 1998 at Reston Hospital, Reston, Virginia. Colonel Lyman, who was born in Washington, attended Severn and Bullis preparatory schools and the U.S. Naval … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 694-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2006 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Corporal Geofrey R. Cayer, 20, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, died July 18, 2006, from a non-hostile incident in … Read more
The “Father of the Nuclear Navy” was born in Makow, Russia (now Poland) on January 27, 1900. He emigrated to the United States with his family in 1906. He served on active duty with the United States Navy for more than 63 years, receiving exemptions from the mandatory retirement age due to his critical service … Read more
Full Name: LAWRENCE EUGENE LILLY Date of Birth: 2/17/1946 Date of Casualty: 3/17/1971 Home of Record: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: 1LT Casualty Country: CAMBODIA Status: MIA LILLY, LAWRENCE EUGENE 1LT US ARMY VETERAN SERVICE DATES: 02/05/1960 – 03/01/1971 DATE OF BIRTH: 02/17/1940 DATE OF DEATH: 03/17/1971 DATE OF INTERMENT: 03/25/1971 BURIED … Read more
No. 966-03 IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2003 Two Servicemen Missing in Action in Vietnam Identified Two airmen missing in action from the Vietnam War have been identified and returned to their families for burial. They are Major Richard W. Cooper, Jr., of Salisbury, Maryland; and Chief Master Sergeant Charlie S. Poole, of Gibsland, Lousiana. On … Read more
Son recalls taking dad to dedication of World War II Memorial Note: Bill Wilcox, a semiretired Punta Gorda Realtor and builder, took his stepfather, Bob Wallace, to the dedication of the World War II Memorial on Memorial Day two years ago. Wallace served with the 5th Special Brigade Engineers at Omaha Beach during the invasion … Read more
Kris Romeo Bishundat Attack Location: Pentagon Age: 23 Home: Waldorf, Maryland Kris Romeo Bishundat had been working at the Pentagon for only three months when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building. Bishundat grew up in Charles County, the eldest of three children, and spent six years in the Navy. He had been taking … Read more
Joseph T. Bass, was a native of Van Buren, Arkansas, who served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Salmon, Idaho before World War II. During the war, he served as a squad leader in 1st platoon, Company ‘F’ 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment. Sergeant Bass parachuted into Normandy on D-Day with the 101st Airborne Division Pathfinders, … Read more
Casualties of the USS Cole Returned To The United States 14 October 2000 Photo Courtesy of DefenseLink The Navy has provided these names of the killed in the attack on the USS Cole: Chief Petty Officer Richard Costelow, Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Signalman Seaman Recruit Cheron Luis Gunn, Rex, Georgia. Seaman James Rodrick McDaniels, Norfolk, Virginia. Seaman Recruit Lakiba Nicole … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 110-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Mickel D. Garrigus, 24, of Elma, Washington, died January 27, 2007, in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered … Read more
Born at Louisville, Kentucky, November 13, 1845, he earned the Medal of Honor in the Civil War while serving as Major, 4th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry near Wetumpka, Alabama, April 13, 1865. The Medal was issued to him on April 9, 1898 “for gallantry at Wetumpka, Alabama, April 13, 1865, where with five men he swam … Read more
Full Name: JOHN FLOYD COCHRANE Date of Birth: 4/16/1941 Date of Casualty: 10/24/1966 Home of Record: DEARBORN, MICHIGAN Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: 1LT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: PR & MR UNKNOWN “Dearest Angel” is the story of the life and death of Lieutenant John F. Cochrane who was killed in Vietnam on … Read more
I was wondering if you could help me, or know how I can find out about my Uncle who is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. His name is Peter Pryor Parker. He was born on 18 June 1892 and enlisted in the United States Navy in 1911 from Cedar Rapids, Iowa He had served for … Read more
Anna Caroline Maxwell (March 14, 1851 – January 2, 1929), nurse nicknamed the American Florence Nightingale. Her pioneering activities were crucial to the growth of professional nursing in the U.S. With no formal training, she first entered the nursing field as a matron at New England Hospital in 1874. She left in 1876 and spent … Read more
GREIGG, Stanley Lloyd, a Representative from Iowa; born in Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa, May 7, 1931; B.A., Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, 1954; M.A., Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., 1956; United States Navy, 1957-1959; administrator, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa; Sioux City, Iowa, city council, 1961; mayor, Sioux City, Iowa, 1964; elected as a Democrat to … Read more
Jerry Cronan Born in Canada, Cronan served the Confederacy and was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania. He was buried in Arlington Cemetery, shortly before it became a cemetery for Union soldiers, thus having a double distinction of being a Canadian and a Confederate buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Less famous than the others, … Read more
George Briggs Russell of Massachusetts. Born 27 September 1842 Appointed from Massachusetts, Second Lieuetnant, 38th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 20 August 1862 First Lieutenant, 1 January 1863 Captain, 5 April 1863 Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 8 September 1864 First Lieutenant, VRC, 25 August 1864 Captain, 15 September 1864 Brevered Major of Volunteers 13 … Read more
The son of General Albert Coady Wedemeyer, he was born in 1926. His wife, Dorothy Davenport Wedemeyer, is buried here. Albert Dunbar Wedemeyer, 80, a decorated Korean War veteran who retired in 1986 after 28 years as an officer with the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations, died of leukemia May 5, 2006, at his home in … Read more
Laurence V. Frazier was born in Wisconsin. on 29 March 1880. He was appointed from Wisconsin to the United States Miltiary Academy on 20 June 1898 and graduated on 12 June 1902.Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, and served at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from 1 Setpember 1902 to 20 September 1903. First Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, … Read more
MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY C, 12th REGIMENT, GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA, C. S. A., MACON COUNTY, GEORGIA, (“DAVIS RIFLES”) Turner, Thomas C. (or Thomas W.) – Private, June 15, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Wounded and captured at Silver Springs, Maryland, near Washington, D. C., July 13, 1864. Died in Lincoln, U. S. A. General … Read more
BACKGROUND OF CLEMENT A. LOUNSBERRY Late in the evening of July 5, 1876, the Missouri River steamer Far West pulled up to the dock at Bismarck, Dakota Territory. Soon its crew spread the news in the town that Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and 268 men of his 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment had been … Read more
From a contemporary report: Paul G. Guthrie, 88, an Army colonel who retired from military service in 1965 as commander of the strategy and tactics analysis group, died of heart ailments and cancer April 2, 1999 at his home in Seminole, Florida. Colonel Guthrie was born in Charlestown, West Virginia. He served in the West … Read more
William Francis Murphy, Captain, United States Army, was killed in action on Peleliu, Bloody Nose Ridge, September 28, 1944. He was acting Regimental Planning Officer for the 321st Infantry when he volunteered to lead Rifle Company K. Maneuvering through the ridge line Company K lost contact with the units to either side. Captain Murphy and … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 975-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 27, 2005 Media Contact: Marine Corps Public Affairs – (703) 614-4309 Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Corporal Steven A. Valdez, 20, … Read more
From a contemporary press report Donald R. Brenner, 51, a much-decorated US Army Chief Warrant Officer who served two tours of duty as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, died Monday, February 22, 1988 at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center. Mr. Brenner, a native of the Midwood section of Brooklyn who recently lived … Read more
MAJOR CANNON TO REST IN ARLINGTON WASHINGTON, September 21, 1926 – A military burial service will be held in Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow afternoon for Major Fenlon Cannon, U.S.A., retired, who died at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, on Saturday after a short illness. Major Cannon, who retired in 1922, made his home at … Read more
RUSSELL, JAMES 43 GA BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 20 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 … Read more
Vivian Mordaunt Moses Sumter, South Carolina Born February 22, 1923 Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Killed in Action Died August 11, 1950 in Korea Captain Moses was the pilot of a F4U-4B Corsair fighter with Marine Fighter Squadron 323, Marine Air Group 12 aboard the aircraft carrier USS BADOENG STRAIT (CVE-116). On August 11, 1950, while … Read more
Courtesy of Michael Stein: Colonel 1905 Retired as a Brigadier General Nov 15, 1908 With expedition to the Camarines (Philippines) February-March 1900. With expedition to occupy North coast of Mindanao March-April 1900. Commander, 1st District, Department of Mindanao 1900-01. On Special duty in Washington D.C. 1901-02. Served with 10th Cavalry Regiment 1902-03. Duty with Louisiana Purchase … Read more
Born on November 6, 1867 in Ireland. He earned the Medal of Honor on May 28, 1899 while serving as a Mate, USN, aboard the USS Alliance. He died on December 7, 1937 and was buried in Section 7 of Arlington National Cemetery. SHANAHAN, PATRICK Rank and organization: Chief Boatswain’s Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 6 … Read more