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.
Full Name: RUSSELL KEITH BLATZ Date of Birth: 9/10/1946 Date of Casualty: 1/8/1968 Home of Record: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: SP4 Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: LONG AN In July 1967, Russell Blatz was credited with saving the lives of several members of his platoon after they were badly injured by … Read more
Born on December 26, 1914 in Lexington, Oklahoma, he was a United States Marine Corps Air Ace who shot down 19 Japanese planes during the crucial battle for the Solomons. He led Marine Corps Fighter Group 223 on sorties against the enemy, during which the squadron accounted for 83 enemy aircraft destroyed. He received the Medal … Read more
Douglass Tilford Cameron was born at West Point, New York, 3 September 1894. He was killed-in-action 3 November 1918, near Novart, France. Douglass Tilford Cameron served as a First Lieutenant with the 7th Field Artillery, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. Lieutenant Cameron was killed in action near Nouart, France, November 3, … Read more
Bruce Palmer of Kansas, born 27 July 1878 Private, Corporal and Sergeant, Troop H, 6th United Stated Cavalry, 4 May 1898 to 9 August 1900 Second Lieutenant, 10th United States Cavalry, 25 July 1900 First Lieuenant, 2 February 1901 General Palmer served in the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II. He died … Read more
Full Name: JAMES PATRICK PROCTOR Date of Birth: 4/10/1946 Date of Casualty: 8/1/1967 Home of Record: TAMPA, FLORIDA Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: LCPL Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG TRI Pat and I hung around together in Washington, D.C., along with his other buddies,Mike Kane and Tom Jenkins. He was a great … Read more
ARMY OFFICERS KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE SMASH Lieutenants Naylor and Pritchett Dead And Lieutenants McMahon And Scott Seriously Hurt LAWTON, Oklahoma- Lieutenants Henry S. Naylor and Edwin E. Pritchett, of the Fifth Field Artillery were killed and two other Army officers, Lieutenants J. E. McMahon and Richard G. Scott, were injured in an automobile accident at Fort Sill, … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 1039-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sergeant Troy S. Ezernack, 39, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died in Qalat, Afghanistan, on October 9, 2005, of … Read more
Merrittt Barton Curtis (1892-1966) Born on August 31, 1892 in San Bernardino, California. B.A. from the University of California at Berkekey in 1916. Commissioned in 1917. Served in Haiti 1920-1923. LL.B. from George Washington University in 1927. Post Paymaster at the American Legation in Peking October 1927-December 1929. Instructor at Marine Corps Schools June 1931-June … Read more
George Catlett Marshall was one of the great American statesmen of the century. He played a crucial role in international affairs from 1939 to 1951 — the years that shaped the second half of the century. Until 1945, he was in the military service of the United States. As Chief of Staff of the U.S. … Read more
Maxie R. Williams, Jr. was born on May 9, 1945 and joined the Armed Forces while in Waverly, Tennessee. He served in the United States Marine Corps and in four years of service, he attained the rank of First Lieutenant. On April 10, 1968, at the age of 22, Maxie R. Williams, Jr. perished in … Read more
HADLEY FOSTER MAJOR – O4 – Army – Reserve 37 year old Married, Caucasian, Male Born on Feb 17, 1932 From SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Length of service 20 years. His tour of duty began on Apr 18, 1968 Casualty was on Mar 14, 1969 in PHUOC TUY, SOUTH VIETNAM HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY, MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS … Read more
Full Name: DAVID LEE SACKETT Date of Birth: 10/8/1946 Date of Casualty: 10/24/1969 Home of Record: WELCH, WEST VIRGINIA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: 1LT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: BINH DUONG DAVID LEE SACKETT Panel : 17W Line : 114 Army, First Lieutenant Killed in action October 24, 1969 by ground casualty multiple … Read more
ARMY MAIL PILOT IS KILLED IN OHIO Lieutenant Lowry, 50 Miles Off Course, Crashed In Trying To Land In Field Two Others Are Injured Dietz Badly Hurt In Maryland Texas, Not Flying The Mails Also Meets Death February 23, 1934 One Army pilot was killed, a second critically injured hurt and a third slightly injured … Read more
DeWitt C. E. Hamberger was the son of William F. Hemberger, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, and a receipient of the Medal of Honor. Commander Hanberger is also buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Admiral Hamberger was the receipient of two Navy Crosses for bravery in World War II. HAMBERGER, DEWITT C.E. (First Award) Citation: The Navy … Read more
In the hilltop fight at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Born May 21, 1845 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, the son of Brevet Brigadier General Charles McDougall, Army Medical Corps. He entered service from Kansas and served in the Civil War. At the age of 18 he was appointed Second Lieutenant in the … Read more
By John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (A sonnet written by John Gillespie Magee, an American pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War. He came to Britain, flew in a Spitfire squadron, and was killed at the age of nineteen on 11 December 1941 during a training flight from the airfield near … Read more
Vice Admiral Arthur Phillip Fairfield (29 October 1877-1946) was an officer in the United States Navy. Born in Saco, Maine, his commands included the destroyers McDougal (DD-54), 1915-1917 and Gregory (DD-82) in 1918. Fairfield commanded a special squadron in 1936 to rescue American nationals from the Spanish Civil War. In 1939, he took command of … Read more
Abdill, Everett W Born April 18, 1902 Died December 13, 1944 United States Navy Captain Section 11, Grave 595 SH Buried September 8, 1948 CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina — Dorothy F. Miller died at Carolina Meadows retirement community, where she had resided since 1989, on February 12, 2000. She was born Dorothy Marie Fairbairn in … Read more
From a contemporary press report: KILLEEN, Texas — Harold Edward Weiler, 69, of Killeen died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004, in Temple, Texas. He is survived locally by a son, Drew Laughlin of Hilton Head Island. He was born February 9, 1934, in Medford, Wisconsin, the son of the late Nicholas and Elsa Weiler. He was … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Jack Alexander Gertz, 83, a former Washington bureau chief for the old Mutual Broadcasting Co. who became a public affairs officer at American Telephone & Telegraph Co., died of kidney failure December 16 at his home in Potomac, Maryland. He worked at MBC from 1954 to 1959 before joining the … Read more
Warren Webster Whitside of Canada Appointed from Tennessee, Second Lieutenant of Infantry, 10 April 1899 Transferred to 10th United States Cavalry 10 May 1899 First Lieuenant, 2 February 1901 Brigadier General Samuel Whitside is buried with his wife, Carrie, and their son Major Victor M. Whitside who died at the end of World War I. The three of … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Richard B. Webb, 63, a retired Army Colonel and intelligence officer, died of a heart attack December 7, 1998 at his home in Annandale, Virginia. He served in Germany and Korea and in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He retired as chief of staff of a joint tactical fusion program … Read more
Ira Oris Biffle See also Ira O. Biffle Sex: Male Born: September 14, 1886 Place: Patton, Bollinger County, Missouri Married: Alice DeNormandie Died: April 7, 1934 Place: Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; he is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. He left Patton, Missouri, ca. 1908. The following account of his life … Read more
Philip Lynn Noggle, 61, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and aviator who for the last eight years worked as a civilian for TRW Inc. as a senior systems engineer, died of complications of prostate cancer September 24, 1998 at his home in Fairfax Station, Virginia. He served with the Marine Corps 21 years before … Read more
Information Provided by Diane Lyn Cooper, A Proud And Loving Daughter Pierre Robert Graham was born August 10, 1922 at St. Nazaire, France, a port on the coast of Brittany. His father, William H. Graham was from Connecticut, with roots in West Virginia. He met and married Jeanne Marie Augereau of St. Nazaire while serving … Read more
Remains Returned November 3, 1988. Name: LeGrande Ogden Cole, Jr. Rank/Branch: O3/US Navy Unit: Attack Squadron 15, USS Intrepid (CVS-11) Date of Birth: 21 January 1942 (Danbury CT) Home City of Record: Danbury CT (resided Jacksonville FL) Date of Loss: 30 June 1967 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 183800N 1054300E (WF755602) Status (in … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 532-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on May 27 from injuries sustained on May 26, 2005, in Buhriz, Iraq, when their OH-58 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Howell Joseph Farnworth, 84, the former president and owner of a company that specialized in fund-raising for churches, died March 28, 2000, at his home in Fairfax., Virginia. He had Parkinson’s disease. Farnworth was born in Springfield, Illinois. During World War II, he was an Army paratrooper and intelligence specialist, … Read more
Socrates Maupin, Corporal, United States Army. Company G, 1st Regiment of D.C. Volunteers. Born at Bedford County, Virginia, 22 September 1878. Died at Santiago 13 August 1898. Buried with full military honors in Section 13 of Arlington National Cemetery. MAUPIN, SOCRATES PVT CO C I DC INF VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 08/13/1898 … Read more
Full Name: Richard Didacus Krupa Date of Birth: 26 December 1942 Date of Casualty: 29 August 1969 Home of Record: Elmhurst, Illinois Branch of Service: United States Marine Corps Rank: First Lieutenant Casualty Country: South Vietnam Casualty Province: Quang Tri KRUPA, RICHARD D 1 LT USMC DATE OF BIRTH: 12/26/1942 DATE OF DEATH: 08/29/1969 BURIED … Read more
George Alva Thurston of New York Appointed from Nevada, First Lieutenant, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry, 10 April 1864 Captain, 28 June 1864 Honorably mustered out 15 December 1865 Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Cavalry, 7 March 1867 First Lieutenant, 15 Debruary 1868 Transferred to the 3rd U. S. Artillery, 13 January 1874 Captain, 10 December … Read more
Charles Maynard Cooke (1886-1970) Born on December 19, 1886 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. B.S. from the University of Arkansas in 1905. Graduated from Annapolis in 1910 and commissioned in 1912. Commanding Officer of submarines E-2 1915-1916 and R-2 and S-5 1919-1920. Commander of Submarine Division Eleven May 1931-May 1933. Graduated from the Naval War College … Read more
Dwight Hayden Smith, also known as Hayden Dwight Smith, born in 1835 at Oneida County, New York. Died at Washington, D.C. on 12 August 1879 and buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He was a Civil War Veteran. Wife is Luana Elizabeth Smith nee Smith. During the 1880 United States Census, Luania Smith, age 44 and … Read more
John Michael (“Mike”) McCarthy NO. 21396 8 August 1934 – 10 August 1980 Died at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington Interred at Arlington National Cemetery Mike McCarthy, the son of Charles Weller McCarthy and Charlotte Piekenbrock McCarthy was born at Camp John Hay, Baguio, Philippines. The son of a career Army officer, Mike spent his … Read more
Charles E. “Buck” Conrad, 81, an Army Colonel who in retirement taught business courses in the University College division of the University of Maryland, died of leukemia January 11, 2003 at home in Alexandria, Virginia. Colonel Conrad was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He began his 30-year Army career in 1944 and served in the Pacific … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Herman S. Frey, 79, a retired Navy lieutenant commander who taught business management courses and published historic pamphlets, died of prostate cancer August 13, 1999 at Pentagon City Hospital. He lived in Arlington, Virginia. Commander Frey was a native of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and a graduate of American University. He received … Read more
COLONEL’S DEATH IN NEW JERSEY IN ‘63 IS CALLED MURDER BY GRAND JURY FREEHOLD, New Jersey, July 22, 1966 – A murder indictment has been returned in the death of a 52-year-old retired Army Colonel whose body was exhumed from Arlington National Cemetery after the mysterious death of the woman physician who signed his death … Read more
William Alexis Thompson of Maryland Appointed from Maryland, Private, Company G, and Quartermaster Sergeant, 1st Maryland volunteer Infantry, 18 August 1862 to 3 June 1865 Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Cavalry, 18 June 1867 First Lieutenant, 31 July 1869 Regimental Adjutant, 1 September 1877 to 1 March 1878 Captain, 23 July 1879 Major, 2nd U. … Read more
Hometown sailor dies onboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Thursday, June 25, 2009 Carrier Air Wing Seven (COW 7) Command Master Chief Jeffrey J. Garber died Saturday, June 20 aboard the deployed aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CAN 69). Initial indications are that the death was of natural causes. He was 43. Garber was found … Read more
James Thurman Futch Detroit, Michigan Born April 15, 1930 Private, U.S. Army Service Number 16402335 Non-hostile Death Died November 19, 1952 in Korea Private Futch was a member of Company A, 840th Engineer Aviation Construction Battalion. On November 19, 1952, six miles south of Osan, South Korea, he was in a vehicle that was struck … Read more
Courtesy of Dale Nichols: January 2008: MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY E, 45th REGIMENT, GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, C. S. A., TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, TAYLOR VOLUNTEERS Lloyd, John F. – Private, March 4, 1862. Wounded at Cedar Run, Virginia, August 9, 1862 ; Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. Wounded and captured at Jericho … Read more
“Don’t let this get you down. Just remember God will make everything right and that I’ll see you all again in the hereafter. . . . Read “Thanatopsis” by Bryant if you want to know how I am taking this. My faith in God is complete, so I am unafraid.” — William G. Farrow Doolittle … Read more
Rosemary Kooiman, 77, a self-described witch who won the legal right to perform neopagan weddings in Virginia, died March 5, 2006, of a heart attack at her home in Laurel, Md. She was a former Mitchellville, Maryland, resident. Mrs. Kooiman, a retired government worker and the high priestess of a neopagan group in Mitchellville called … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL REGINALD C. HARMON Retired March 31, 1960, Died October 19, 1992 Reginald Carl Harmon was born in 1900 on a farm in Olney, Illinois. His parents were direct descendants or early settlers of Illinois. At an early age, he accepted a schoolmaster’s position at a country … Read more
March 16, 1939 – March 8, 1989 From a contemporary news report: “Army General James H. Rumbaugh, commander of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, died after making a parachute jump in the Honduras, the Pentagon has reported. He was 49 years old. He died while being flown to Brooke Army Medical Center in San … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 412-07 April 10, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died April 8,2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, when their unit came in … Read more
Mr. Patterson: I have been searching the internet to try to find a site that would identify my fathers gravesite or mention that he is buried there. Surprisingly, I can’t seem to find any such website. My father was a Marine fighter pilot who died in a crash just prior to the Vietnam War during … Read more
In the green, serene and historic graveyard of about 200 acres and 260, 000 graves that is Arlington National Cemetery, perhaps the most impressive site is one of the tens of thousands of common soldiers’ markers, well away from the bustle of the Tomb of the Unknowns or the much-visited graves of martyred President John … Read more
GENERAL JOHN SELDEN OF MARINES IS DEAD A Veteran of Both Wars and Korea Served 40 Years RICHMOND, Virginia, May 30, 1964 – Lieutenant General John Taylor Selden, U.S.M.C., retired a veteran of both World Wars and the Korean conflict, died here early today in a hospital. He was 71 years old. General Selden, who … Read more
From a contemporary press report: William I. Hammond, Major, United States Air Force (Retired), age 79, of Fairfield, Connecticut, formerly of Garden City, New York, died on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, following a long illness. Born in New York City, Major Hammond was a Garden City resident for 38 years prior to … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 811-07 June 28, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant First Class Nathan L. Winder, 32, of Blanding, Utah, died June … Read more
Dog tags, a wedding ring, a rosary — the effects of World War II’s soldiers continue to come home, along with their stories. By Ellen Gamerman Courtesy of The BaltimoreSun Originally published May 25, 2004 Tomorrow in a veterans cemetery in Cheltenham, a World War II pilot shot down over Luxembourg in the winter of … Read more
No. 792-03 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct 28, 2003 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sergeant Jamie L. Huggins, 26, of Hume, Missouri, was killed in action on October 26, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq. Huggins was on patrol when his vehicle … Read more
Reuben Smith Turman of Mississippi Cadet, United States Military Academy from 17 June 1890 to 20 January 1891 and 17 June 1891 to 9 May 1893 Served as Private, Corporal and Sergeant, Company G, 16th U.S. Infantry, 27 May 1893 to 7 April 1896 Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Infantry, 23 March 1896 Died … Read more
Lieutenant General Thomas H. Miller, Jr., passed away on November 27, 2007. He last served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. Lieutenant General Miller was the first American to fly the Marine Corps’ new AV-8A jet, capable of vertical takeoff and landing. He also made his mark in … Read more
Born in Pennsylvania on December 31, 1880, he served as Army Chief of Staff throughout World War II and later served as Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the American Red Cross. He developed the “Marshall Plan” for the revitalization of post-war Europe. He died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in … Read more
Commander Harrington Max Drake, killed in action May 1945 when his plane was downed over the China Sea; he was a United States Naval Academy graduate, Class of 1931. Also buried there is his brother in law, Stephen Bedford, also an academy graduate and WWII veteran. DRAKE, HARRINGTON M COMDR USN BURIED AT: SECTION 2 … Read more
An early aviator, often associated with the lines of the Wright Brothers, Alexander Graham Bell, Glenn Curtiss and Thomas E. Selfridge, he was appointed by the United States Government to superintend the building of all spherical, dirigible and kite balloons. He built the first Government airship in 1908 (U.S. Signal Corps Dirigible Number One). He as … Read more
2 November 2008: Sean Patrick O’Connor 27, of Savannah, Georgia, died October 19, 2008 at his home. The funeral will be held November 3, 2008 at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. A memorial service was held at the 603rd Aviation Support Battalion on October 29, 2008 Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. Sean was currently … Read more
Milton Cogswell of Indiana Appointed from Indiana, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1845 (11) Brevet Second Lieutenant, , 4th U. S. Infantry, 1 July 1849 Second Lieutenant, 8th U. S. Infantry, 4 August 1849 First Lieutenant, 15 August 1855 Captain, 13 May 1861 Colonel, 42nd New York Volunteer Infantry, 21 July 1861 Transferred … Read more
Charles Frederick Fenter was born on October 1, 1953 and joined the Armed Forces while in Tucson, Arizona. He served in the United States Air Force and in one year of service, he attained the rank of Master Sergeant. On December 21, 1972, at the age of 19, Charles Frederick Fenter perished in the service … Read more
Sometime soon, a construction crane may lift several tons of granite, concrete and marble at one of the nation’s most hallowed sites, the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, so scientists can try to name the serviceman interred there most recently. If the tomb is opened, it is quite possible the … Read more
Secretary of the Navy Newspaper Publisher Born on January 1, 1874, he served with the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry (The Rough Riders) in the Spanish-American War. He was the publisher of the Chicago Daily News and a Republican. He was selected by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to become Secretary of the Navy. He served in … Read more
Harries, George Herbert Born at Haverfordwest, South Wales, September 19, 1860. Educated at Haverfordwest Grammar School. Honorary AM, Howard University, Washington, D.C., in recognition of lectures on Colonial history. LLD, Kentucky State University. Married Elizabeth Langley, April 23, 1884 (died May 29, 1925). Children: Herbert Langley Harries (Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army), Warren Goodwin (First Lieutenant, United … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 775-08 September 15, 2008 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant 1st Class Daniel R. Sexton, 53, of Wentzville, Missouri., died September … Read more
In November 1921, the World War I Unknown Soldier was returned home from the battlefields of France laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. The Associated Press covered the ceremonies extensively and then provided its subscribing newspapers across the country with a supplement of that coverage, mainly written by Kirke Simpson of the AP. Now, … Read more
Joseph R. Folio, 86, of West Chester died on Friday, February 21, 2003, at his home in Hershey’s Mill, West Chester. Born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Salvatore Folio and Antoinetta Belotta Folio. He was married for 50 years to Martha Pollard. Most of his life, he served in … Read more
Born in New York City on December 20, 1844, he earned the Medal of Honor in the Civil War, while serving as Private, Company A, 2nd New York Volunteer Cavalry at Woodstock, Virginia, on April 5, 1865. He died on May 6, 1904 and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Martha Spence … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force LIEUTENANT GENERAL OTTO J. GLASSER Retired August 1, 1973. Died February 26, 1996. Lieutenant General Otto John Glasser was deputy chief of staff for research and development at Headquarters U.S. Air Force in Washington, D.C., with additional duty as military director, U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. General … Read more
Vietnam pilot’s remains found after 32 years: 12 March 1998: In January 1966, Colonel Paul G. Underwood was deployed to Vietnam from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina, with the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron. His 105 Thunderchief was shot down March 16, 1966. He was listed as missing in action for 12 … Read more
FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky — An overflow crowd of several hundred soldiers and their families remembered eight members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment yesterday during a solemn memorial service. The men perished at sea last week when an MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed during a training mission off the coast of the Philippines. The eight … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Marcellus Christian Hughes, 89, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who was an aviation accident investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board from 1961 to 1971, died October 29, 2002, at a nursing home in Greenwood, Delaware. He had congestive heart failure. Colonel Hughes was in the Army from 1941 to … Read more
MAJOR GENERAL OSCAR WESTOVER Killed in an aircraft accident September 21, 1938 Major General Oscar Westover was chief of the Air Corps from December 1935 until September 1938, and was in part responsible for the beginning of a period of expansion that ended with the emergence of the U.S. Air Force as a separate service. … Read more
Adam Houston, First Sergeant, Troop C, 10thUntied States Cavlary Non-Commissioned Officers of the 10th Cavalry around 1902 (The Squadron Sergeant Major, top row, left, still wears the chevrons authorized from 1899-1902 while the rest of the men wear the chevrons in use from 1902-1916) The regiment was then at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Seated from left … Read more
Captain George D. Shirley Barbour Birth: April 8, 1878 District of Columbia Death: January 16, 1939, Georgetown, District of Columbia Captain Company A, 4th U.S. Volunteer Infantry. Washington Post Wednesday, January 18, 1939 Barbour, George D. On Monday, January 16, 1939, at Georgetown University Hospital. George D. Barbour, son of the late James L. and … Read more
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2003 – A memorial to honor astronauts of doomed space shuttle Columbia will be built in Arlington National Cemetery near the marker honoring shuttle Challenger’s crew, NASA said on Tuesday. President George W. Bush approved the memorial last week, the U.S. space agency said in a statement. “A national memorial in the … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 636-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on June 21, 2005, in Ramadi, Iraq, where their unit was conducting combat operations, and were … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1011-07 August 16, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of five soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died August 14, 2007, in Al Taqqadum, Iraq, of injuries suffered … Read more
Many groups and individuals visiting Arlington National Cemetery wish to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Requests for such a ceremony must be made in advance with cemetery officials. While every effort is made to accommodate such requests, some people are disappointed because their request was not made early enough and the … Read more
I am wanting to find the gravesite of (Lt) Charles A. Kent. I know he was killed in a mid-air collision while flying as a reserve Officer in the period of 1955 to 1956. Lieutenant Kent was my pilot during the years l944-45. John S. Durham (former ARM2/c USN) KENT, CHARLES ALLEN JR LT USNR … Read more
Major General Holmes E. Dager was indeed privileged and had the most unusual experience of leading troops in two famous hard-hitting armored divisions in the Third Army during World War II. General Patton laid his most heavy and difficult assignments on the 4th and 11th Armored Divisions. They never failed him, laid their name, reputation … Read more
July 11, 1936 – November 10, 1972 From a contemporary news report: “A full military burial was held for Navy Commander Frederick W. Wright III at Arlington National Cemetery on December 18, 1990, nearly eighteen years after the Haworth native was reported missing in action in Vietnam. A career officer, Commander Wright was 36 … Read more
From a contemporary press report Marlin Sherwood Reichley, 84, who had a 30-year career with the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Fort McNair before retiring in 1975 as its dean of academics, died of pneumonia February 17, 1999 at Powhatan Nursing Home in Falls Church, Virginia. Dr. Reichley, a Washington area resident since … Read more
Chaplain (Colonel) Richard K. Hum marches in front of U.S. Honor Guard members carrying the casket of shuttle astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Michael Anderson on March 7, 2003, at Arlington National Cemetery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Holzworth) by Staff Sgt. C. Todd Lopez Air Force Print News 8 May 2003 – ARLINGTON, … Read more
Below are some of the photos of the Valentine’s Day remembrances that were placed in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery. This section contains the burial sites of those young men and women who have lost their lives in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. A handful of volunteers prepared the remembrances and then … Read more
Frederick William Coleman of Maryland (1878-1945) Appointed from the District of Columbia, Second Lieutenant, 13th United States Infantry, 9 September 1898 First Lieutenant, 8th United States Infantry, 11 October 1899 Transferred to the 13th United States Infantry, 15 May 1900 Buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, near the grave of his father, Frederick William … Read more
From a contemporary press report Name: Arthur A. Bergman, Colonel, United States Marine Corps (Retired) Age: 68 Address: Florissant, Missouri Born At: DeSoto, Missouri Born On: 8 June 1932 Parents: August Julius and Suzanne L. (Guettler) Bergman Surviving: No, Both Deceased Occupation: Retired Colonel, United States Marine Corps Program Engineer For Tomahawk, Command and Control … Read more
Thursday, October 18, 2007 Castillo interred at Arlington National Cemetery By Specialist. Nancy Van Derweide, Old Guard Public Affairs Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) rendered honors to a fellow Old Guard Soldier Monday at Arlington National Cemetery. Staff Sergeant Luis R. Castillo, 35, died at Walter Reed Army Medical … Read more
Newspaper account of September 6, 1944: The widow of John Augustus Rodgers, and mother of Commander John Rodgers, one of the pioneers of Naval Aviation, died (age 88) at her home near Harve de Grace, Maryland, the Associated Press reported today. She died at Zion Hill, the Rodgers Family estate for more than 100 years. A native … Read more
Harry Jack Reckitt, 69, a retired Coast Guard Captain and a program manager at Lockeed Martin, died of cancer August 28, 2005, at Halquist Memorial Hospice Center in Arlington. He was a 22-year resident of Arlington, Virginia. Captain Reckitt was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1957. … Read more
From a contemporary press report Retired Navy Captain Robert K. “Rab” Irvine, 85, of Annapolis and previously of Seattle, Wash., died of congestive heart failure November 3, 2000, at his home. Born May 29, 1915, in San Francisco, California, Captain Irvine attended Stanford University and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1938. He received a … Read more
Colonel Paul Kappelman to Be Inducted into UNL Army ROTC Hall of Fame WHEN: Tuesday, November 11, 2003, 10 a.m. WHERE: Auditorium, Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. Lincoln, Nebraska – November 6, 2003 – Army ROTC at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will induct Colonel Paul B. Kappelman into its Hall of Fame in a Veterans … Read more
RUTHERFORD, J. T., a Representative from Texas; born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, May 30, 1921; moved to Odessa, Texas, in 1934 and attended the public schools; served as an enlisted man in the United States Marine Corps 1942-1946 with twenty-eight months overseas; awarded the Purple Heart Medal; retired as a Major in the United States … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL LAWRENCE J. CARR Retired September 1, 1946. Died July 24, 1972. Lawrence J. Carr was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 8, 1899. He served as a Seaman second class in the United States Naval Reserve from April 29 to July 6, 1918, at which time … Read more
Washington, March 21, 1931 – Major Alfred H. Erck, who was stationed in the office of the chief coordinator of the government, died at Walter Reed General Hopital last night. Born in Fort Bridges, Wyoming, in 1886, he entered the Army as a Second Lieuenant of Infantry in 1908 and during the World War served … Read more
Brigadier General Truman Everett Boudinot Born September 2, 1895 in Hamilton, Iowa Died December 11, 1945 Second Lieutenant 1917 First Lieutenant 1917 Captain (Temporary) 1918 Captain 1920 Major 1935 Lieutenant Colonel 1940 Colonel (Aus) 1941 Brigadier General (AUS) 1944 Served with 8th Cavalry Regiment 1917-19 Student, Cavalry School 1919-20 Served with Army Air Service 1922-23 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: James Arthur Warfield Sr., 71, a retired Army Chief Warrant Officer whose final active-duty assignment, in 1974, was managing the office of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps at Fort McNair, Virginia, died January 16, 2004, at his home in Alexandria, Virginia. He had congestive heart failure. From 1976 to 1979, … Read more
WALLACE, J H 21 GA DATE OF DEATH: 09/25/1865 BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 190 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
My name is Rob Weber, and I am a Civil War reenactor, serving with company D, 3d Alabama Infantry. I have been researching this regiment for a number of years, and have just recently come across your website. I have some information pertaining to J. W. Norwood, a confederate soldier interred at Arlington. According to my information, … Read more
NAVAL OFFICER’S WIFE DEAD WASHINGTON, October 15, 1901 – Mrs. Parmenter, wife of Lieutenant Henry E. Parmenter, a Naval officer on duty here, either fell or threw herself from a fourth story window in the Portland flats this morning and struck on a stone sidewalk fifty feet below. The woman’s injuries were so severe that … Read more