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.
Richard Hurrell Stube was born on May 16, 1946 and joined the Armed Forces while in Helena, Montana. He served in the United States Army, and attained the rank of First Lieutenant. On September 20, 1970, at the age of 24, Richard Hurrell Stube perished in the service of our country in South Vietnam, Quang … Read more
Born at Oswego, New York, January 9, 1822, he graduated from West Point in 1845 and was commissioned in the Infantry. At the beginning of the Mexican War he served under General Zachary Taylor at Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, and Resaca de la Palma, May 9. He was then transferred to the Mounted Rifles … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Saturday, September 05, 1998 James S. McDowell will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, a fitting place for a man who loved his country so much that he lied about his age to fight in World War I. He was only 15 in 1916 when he told Army enlisters he … Read more
Gilbert Davis Overton was born on 18 July 1812 in Southold, Suffolk County, New York. He was the son of Maltiah Overton and Lucretia Davis Overton. He married Julia Francis Westcott of Southold on 17 January 1838. Julia Westcot was born on 29 April 1816 and she died in June 1866. Gilbert died on 30 … Read more
ERNEST KENT COULTER FOUNDER, BIG BROTHERS OF AMERICA “….make the little chap feel that there is at least one human being in this great city who takes a personal interest in him, who cares whether he lives or dies.” — Ernest Kent Coulter Born: November 14, 1871 Columbus, Ohio Died: May 1, 1952 Santa Barbara, … Read more
Carl J. Seiberlich, 84, a retired Navy Rear Admiral who, as skipper of an aircraft carrier in 1969, picked up astronauts from two Apollo lunar-landing missions after they splashed down as planned in the South Pacific, died March 24, 2006, at Reston Hospital Center, Virginia. He had coronary artery disease. After Navy service during World … Read more
From a contemporary press report: George W. Fromknecht, 75, a retired Navy captain who commanded a landing ship tank, a destroyer and a destroyer squadron, died of multiple organ failure August 30, 2001, at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He lived in the Annandale area for the past 30 years. Captain Fromknecht served 29 years in the … Read more
STATEMENT OF JOHN C. METZLER, JR. SUPERINTENDENT, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY BEFORE THE HOUSE VETERANS’ AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS JANUARY 28, 1998 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, I AM GLAD TO BE HERE TO DISCUSS THE GRANTING OF WAIVERS TO THE ELIGIBILITY REGULATIONS FOR BURIAL AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. BEFORE DISCUSSING SPECIFICS, I WOULD LIKE … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 469-10 June 08, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Second Lieutenant Michael E. McGahan, 23, of Orlando, Florida, died June 6, … Read more
CAUTION: It has come to our attention that an organization by the name of The Arlington Society has been soliciting the next-of-kin of those at rest in Arlington National Cemetery for membership in their organization and that they are charging money for such membership. Please note that this organization has no connection with either this … Read more
Born at Buffalo, New York, January 1, 1883, he earned the Medal of Honor for service in World War I, where he earned the nickname “Wild Bill.” He is the ONLY American to have received our nation’s FOUR highest awards, The Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal and the National … Read more
Major General Walter Hale Frank, Army Air Forces Born April 23, 1886 in Humphrey, New York Died March 30, 1968 Cadet, U. S. Military Academy 1906-10 Graduated as No. 4909, Class of 1910 Second Lieutenant 1910 First Lieutenant 1916 Captain 1917 Major (Temporary) 1917 Captain 1920 Major 1920 Lieutenant Colonel 1935 Colonel (Temporary) 1936 Brigadier … Read more
Rodney Francis Brunton, 74, of Drum Point died May 18, 2008, at his residence. He was born November 9, 1933, in Altoona, Pennsyvania, to Camillus A. Brunton and the late Anna Margaret Stoltz. He grew up in Detroit. He attended Delasalle High School, the University of Detroit and the University of Detroit Law School. He … Read more
Charles Purcell Cecil (1893-1944) Born on September 4, 1893 in Louisville, Kentucky. Commissioned from Annapolis in 1916. Served aboard the Yankton in escort duty during World War I. Aide to Commandant Sixth Naval District 1922-1924. Aide to Commander Battleship Divisions Three and Four 1929-1930. Commanding Officer of the Greer September 1935-February 1936 and the destroyer … Read more
Arlington National Cemetery: Here, in a rolling meadow of America’s most hallowed land, the country’s ledger of loss from the war in Iraq is slowly being filled. Tucked in a pocket far off the regular tourist route, Section 60 of the historic cemetery has been reserved as the final resting place for those who die … Read more
John Hasset Gleason of Ireland Appointed from New York, First Lieutenant, 63rd New York Volunteer Infantry, 16 September 1861 Honorably mustered out on 8 January 1862 First Lieutenant, 63rd New York Volunteer Infantry, 26 February 1862 Captain, 17 September 1862 Honorably mustered out 12 June 1863 Captain, 63rd New York Volunteer Infantry, 5 April 1864 … Read more
CROSS, CHARLES NEUMAN PVT STEWARTS FLYNG ARTILLERY, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY DATE OF DEATH: 02/19/1908 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 99 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 … Read more
Sleep,comrades, sleep and rest On this Field of the Grounded Arms, Where foes no more molest, Nor sentrys shot alarms! Ye have slept on the ground before, And started to your feet At the cannons sudden roar, Or the drums redoubling beat. But in this camp of Death No sound your slumber breaks; Here is … Read more
Len Barnes Forsyth, North Carolina Born 1922 Sergeant, U.S. Army Died while Prisoner of War Died March 31, 1951 in Korea Sergeant Barnes was a member of the 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in North Korea on November 28, 1950 and died while a … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Retired Navy Captain Francis Eugene Somers, 85, a longtime resident of Annapolis and Bethesda, Maryland, died of natural causes October 11, 2003, at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a long illness. Captain Somers was born in Cowley County, Kansas, on July 19, 1918, and graduated from the Naval Academy with … Read more
ASSEMBLY Published by The West Point Alumni Foundation, Inc. Volume X July 1951 WILLIAM GARDNER United States Military Academy Class of 1941 Killed in Action, June 6, 1944 in France Aged 28 Years Lieutenant William Gardner was killed in action fighting with the 29th Infantry Division in Normandy on “D” Day 1944. He undoubtedly died … Read more
WASHINGTON (June 23, 2005) — Louis H. Wilson, 85, Medal of Honor recipient for heroic actions fighting enemy forces at Fonte Hill, Guam, Mariana Islands, in World War II, and 26th Commandant of the Marine Corps, died June 21, 2005, at his home in Birmingham, Alabama, with his family present. A hero by any definition, … Read more
Oscar Ray Cauldwell (1892-1959) Born on August 24, 1892 in Nyesville, Indiana. Attended Wabash College. Commissioned in the Marine Corps from Annapolis in 1916. Duty in France 1917-1918. Instructor at Marine Corps Schools 1919-1921 and 1925-1927. Served in Haiti 1924-1925 and 1928-1930. Graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1928. Commandant of the Ecole … Read more
RONALD STANTON was born on October 21, 1946 and joined the Armed Forces while in Massillon, Ohio/ He served in the Army, 243 AHC 10CAB 17AV GP, and attained the rank of SFC/E6. He began a tour of duty on October 20, 1968. NEWSRELEASE: 23 MAY 2001 After more than 33 years the remains of … Read more
Courtesy of Michael Stein: Major General John Beugnot Wogan Born January 1, 1890 in Louisiana Died September 30, 1968 in Oteen, North Carolina Cadet, U. S. Military Academy 1911-15 Graduated as No. 5387, Class of 1915 Second Lieutenant 1915 First Lieutenant 1916 Captain 1917 Major (NA) 1918 Major 1924 Lieutenant Colonel 1936 Colonel (AUS) 1941 Brigadier … Read more
Born 1 September 1894 in New York, Raymond E. S. Williamson was commissioned from the U.S. Military Academy in 1917 as a cavalry officer. He served in 1918 with the Allied Expeditionary Force in WWI. In WWII, he served as the G1 of the 23d (Americal) Division in the Pacific Theater and as the Deputy … Read more
Edward Morris Murray was born on August 7, 1902, in Magnolia, Massachusetts, the son of Dr. Thomas Morris Murray and Eleanor Vinton Clark Murray. He attended St. George’s School, Newport, Rhode Island. Being gifted with artistic talents, he became a portrait painter, first in London, then in New York, after studying art in Paris. After … Read more
Charleston Air Force Base lost one of its best friends last month when retired Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Jay Marts of Summerville died. “He started flying at age 14 in crop dusters,” Lieutenant Colonel Vic Sowers, deputy commander of the 437th Support Group, said last week. “He was well known around the base and always had … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Former Eurekan was Bataan Death March survivor When a U.S. Marine is captured by the enemy and escapes during one of history’s most terrifying marches to do battle again and be recaptured — it’s the sort of thing that earns a fighting man a burial at Arlington National Cemetery with … Read more
Lewellyn Garrish Estes of Maine First Sergeant, Troop A, 1st Maine Cavalry, 19 October 1861 First Lietuenant, 4 March 1862 Captain, 1 August 1863 Major, Assistant Adjutant General of U.S. Volunteers, 1 February 1865 Breveted Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, 13 March 1865, for gallant and meritorious service during the campaign in Georgia … Read more
Clement G. Scerback, 83, a retired U.S. Information Agency officer who was posted to U.S. embassies in Eastern Europe, died of complications from diabetes May 20, 2005, at his home in Columbia, Maryland. Captain Scerback worked for the agency from 1955 to 1973 with overseas assignments in Belgrade, Vienna and Budapest, where he was first … Read more
F-16 pilot missing after South Carolina mid-air crash is Lacey High School graduate By Tomas Dinges/ Courtesy of the Newark The Star-Ledger October 16, 2009 CHARLESTON, South Carolina — An Air Force nighttime training mission at 19,000 feet turned disastrous Thursday when two F-16 fighter planes collided, sending one of the planes and its pilot, … Read more
As the sound of “Taps” wailed from Army Sergeant Major Henry Sgrecci’s bugle today, seven Iraqi citizens pressed their new prosthetic hands against their hearts at the Tomb of the Unknowns here to honor U.S. service members who have given their lives in Iraq. Seven Iraqi merchants put their new prosthetic hands across their hearts … Read more
MEAD, JNO G 10 ALA INF PVT DATE OF DEATH: 05/13/1863 BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 211 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 … Read more
Yesterday we were parents We were called mom and dad I sat and watched the news today How times over there turned bad A fear welled up inside me A chill ran down my spine The USS Cole was bombed And she held a son of mine Fear ripped through my heart As I searched … Read more
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The wife of Albert Dunbar Wedemeyer, 61, a docent at the Octagon historic building in downtown Washington, D.C. since 1986, died of a heart attack on July 29, 1992 at her farm near Boyds, Maryland. She had lived in the Washington area off and on since 1952. Between 1963 and 1985, she accompanied her husband, Albert Dunbar … Read more
Full Name: WALTER LAVERTE BURKE Date of Birth: 6/30/1950 Date of Casualty: 11/22/1968 Home of Record: NEW YORK, NEW YORK Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: PFC Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG NAM BURKE WALTER PFC U.S.M.C. DATE OF BIRTH: 06/30/1950 DATE OF DEATH: 11/22/1968 BURIED AT: SECTION 51 SITE 2732 ARLINGTON NATIONAL … Read more
From a contemporary press report Thomas Vernon Forburger, 64, a retired Army colonel who also was a program director for Raytheon Co. in Alexandria, Virginia, died of rectal and stomach cancer October 7, 2001, at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. Colonel Forburger, who lived in Springfield for the past 25 years, was a … Read more
Stafford G. DeLesdernier was born at Houston, Texas, on 11 February 1897. He served as Private, Company B, Third Texas Cavalry, in the Spanish-American War. He subsequently served as Captain, United States Army Air Service and died at Washington, D.C. on 1 June 1919. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. … Read more
LIEUTENANT J. W. STEWART BURIED WASHINGTON, November 23, 1938 – Funeral services were held in Fort Myer Chapel today for Lieuetnant J. W. Stewart, who died on Friday in the crash of an Army bomber near La Grange, Georgia. Burial took place in Arlinton National Cemetery. Lieutenant Stewart was a native of Elmhurst, Long Island, … Read more
One of three astronauts who in 1968 successfully flew the first manned flight of Apollo spacecraft that eventually took man to the Moon. He died of an apparent heart attack while on a business trip to Japan. He was 57 years old and lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. During the eleven day mission, the a … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Will H. Carroll, 78, a former deputy chief of the international law division of the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Office who lived in the Washington area since 1949, died of cardiac arrest April 11, 1999 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. Mr. Carroll worked 41 years for the Office … Read more
ADMIRAL C. F. STOKES DIES IN BROOKLYN Retired Surgeon General of Navy Had Been in Declining Health for Several Years Was In Three Campaigns Served In Cuba, Philippines and China Acted as President Roosevelt’s Surgeon October 30, 1931 – Rear Admiral Charles Francis Stokes, retired Surgeon General of the Navy from 1910 to 1924, died … Read more
Edward J., Miller, a St. Paul, Minnesota, native who enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General while fighting in three wars, will be buried Monday, June 14, 1993, in Arlington National Cemetery. Although Miller was wounded 3 times during his 38-year career, and earned several medals … Read more
Manly Bowie Curry of Alabama Appointed from Georgia, Major, Additional Paymaster of U. S. Volunteers, 3 June 1898 Honorably discharged 20 May 1901 Captain, Paymaster, U.S.A., 8 February 1901 FUNERAL TODAY OFMAJOR CURRY Services Will Be Held Here and Body Taken toWashington ATLANTA, December 21, 1907 – Funeral services over the body of Major Manley … Read more
From a contemporary press report Thomas Clogher Maloney, 61, a Navy submariner who retired as a Captain, died of a heart attack August 15, 1998 at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Virginia. Captain Maloney served 30 years in the Navy before retiring in 1988, and his career included commands of the Navy Nuclear Power School in Bainbridge, … Read more
Born on 1 December 1914 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant General Charles W. Eifler graduated from Pennsylvania State College (now University) in 1936 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. In 1948, he received a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff … Read more
From contemporary press report: A graveside service for Frederic Champlin, 76, a retired Air Force veteran of three wars who shot down 14 enemy planes, will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a time to be announced. The Buffalo-born fighter pilot and ace died March 7, 1995, in Northside Hospital in Atlanta after a … Read more
Born in Sussex County, New Jersey, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving as First Sergeant, Company L, 8th United States Cavalry during the Indian Wars at Hell Canyon, Arizona, on July 3, 1869. He died on December 7, 1911 and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Bertha E. Corbett Bradbury … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 586-11 DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died July 5, 2011, in Paktia province, Afghanistan of injuries suffered when enemy forces … Read more
‘CHUTE JUMP PROVES FATAL WIESBADEN, Germany Major General John K. Hester, Commauderof the U.S. 17th Air Force, died today of brain damage suffered in a parachute jump. Hester, 48, had been in a coma since the accident April 2,1965. Hester was injured when he landed with a partly inverted chute after jumping from an altitude … Read more
In honored remembrance of Lieutenant Fulco, whose tragic loss symbolizes the dangers that the young men and women of the American military face each and every day in our behalf. February 24, 2001 Pilot’s body is identified Memorial services here will be Monday Friends, family, fellow pilots and students on Monday will honor a career … Read more
Courtesy of George W. Dodge: April 2007 James Saxon was wounded and captured at Rappahannock Station, Virginia on November 7, 1863. His headstone incorrectly states he died on December 4 — that was the day he was buried as he died on December 3, 1863 from a bullet wound to his right knee. His leg was … Read more
Thomas Barron Owen, 86, a Navy Rear Admiral who retired in 1970 as Chief of Naval Research and had a long civilian career in scientific research and business, died October 14, 2006, at the Wilson Health Care Center at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He had chronic monomyelocytic leukemia. Admiral Owen settled in the … Read more
Born at Rockville, Maryland, on August 6, 1853, the son of Commodore Oscar Charles and Margaret M. (Johnston) Badger. He was appointed to the United States Naval Acaemy at large by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869, graduating in 1873. He married Sophia J. Champlin, October 4, 1882. He was promoted to Captain, July 1, 1907. He served as Superintendent … Read more
Stanley M. Umstead, Jr. Born September 29, 1928 – Died February 21, 2005 Stanley M. Umstead was born in Fort Totten, New York, on September 29, 1928. Following graduation from high school at Manlius, New York, he spent a year at Virginia Military Institute before entering the US Military Academy at West Point. As such … Read more
Our cousin evidently inhaled a large amount of gas. First his throat tightened, followed by bronchitis. Pneumonia quickly dealt a killing punch and our cousin simply suffocated. Neither all the king’s horses and all the king’s men, nor the daring of Colonel Clopton in his tank nor Dr. Clopton’s medical skills, could put them all … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 573-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2006 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died in Pech River Valley, Afghanistan, on June 16, 2006, when their all terrain vehicle struck an … Read more
PEYTON, P BARBOUR JR CAPT USA RET VA DATE OF DEATH: 02/25/1933 BURIED AT: SECTION SOUTH SITE 4133 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY PEYTON, VIRGINIA W/O P BARBOUR JR DATE OF BIRTH: 10/23/1891 DATE OF DEATH: 02/16/1961 BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 4133 NS ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY WIFE OF PB PEYTON, CAPT QMC, USA PEYTON, S/O BARBOUR … Read more
Many, Robert P., Private and Corporal 3rd Battalion, Washington Artillery of Lousiana. Enlisted May 26, 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana. Rolls July 1861, to February 1863. Present. Roll March and April, 1863, Present. Promoted to Corporal April 1, 1863. S. O. 8th Battn. Rolls May, 1863, to October, 1863. Absent, wounded at Battle of Fredericksburg, May … Read more
Courtesy of Michael Stein: Brigadier General Archelaus Lewis Hamblen Born July 25, 1894 in Gorham, Maine Died October 8, 1971 Graduated from University of Maine 1916 Second Lieutenant 1916 First Lieutenant 1916 Captain 1917 Major (NA) 1918 Major 1928 Lieutenant Colonel 1938 Colonel (AUS) 1941 Brigadier General (AUS) 1942 Colonel 1946 Served with 15th Machine Gun … Read more
Charles Adam Dempsey of Virginia Appointed from Virginia, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 September 1861 (68) Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant, 17th United States Infantry, 23 June 1865 Transferred to the 35th United States Infantry, 21 september 1866 Unassigned 12 August 1869 Assigned to the 2nd United States Infantry, 3 June 1870 Regimental Adjutant, … Read more
BROWN, William H CSA DATE OF DEATH: 04/05/1913 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 219A 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 … Read more
Did you serve in “The Old Guard” at any time in the past? Have you ever wondered where those you served with ended up? What are they doing now? Would you like to share your memories of service with some of them?Well, now you can through membership in “The Old Guard Association,” a group made … Read more
Monmouth Signal March 25, 1942 This article was supplied by The Office of the Command Historian – Dr. Richard Bingham. The photo of Lieutenant Colonel Paul W. Evans was supplied by his family. Colonel Paul W. Evans committal services, with full military honors, were at Arlington National Cemetery on April 28, 1936. His obituary can … Read more
Samuel L. Barr of Delaware Appointed from Delaware, Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Infantry, 24 October 1861 First Lieutenant, 4 April 1863 Captain, 31 October 1866 Unassigned 19 May 1869 Honorably mustered out 1 January 1871 Died 10 October 1892 BARR, SAMUEL L 5TH U.S. INF DATE OF DEATH: 10/10/1892 BURIED AT: SECTION 1 SITE … Read more
George Thorpe Date of birth: 7 January 1875 Place of birth: Minnesota George Thorpe was appointed a Naval Cadet at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1894 but resigned in November of 1896. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War he applied for a commission with the Marine Corps and was appointed a Second … Read more
Full Name: ROBERT GRANTHAN LAPHAM Date of Birth: 2/18/1927 Date of Casualty: 2/8/1968 Home of Record: MARSHALL, MICHIGAN Branch of Service: AIR FORCE Rank: MAJOR Casualty Country: LAOS Casualty Province: LZ U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1231-07 October 18, 2007 Air Force … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1281-07 November 05, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sergeant First Class Johnny C. Walls, 41, of Bremerton, Washington, died November … Read more
Since the time of the American Revolution these two families have long contributed to the military and political scene in the United States. Click on the individual names for more detailed information. George Graham George Richard Graham Jane Love Watson Graham Henry Kallock Davenport Henry Kollock Davenport II Jennie Brent Graham Davenport Richard Graham Davenport … Read more
William Dodge Sample was born in Buffalo, New York, on 9 March 1898. Following graduation from the Naval Academy in June 1918, he reported for duty in USS HENDERSON. For meritorious service during a fire on board that ship, he received a letter of commendation from the Secretary of the Navy. Detached in August, he … Read more
Chester H. “Chet” Smith, a former Nevada newspaperman who witnessed the flag-raising at Iwo Jima as a Marine Corps war correspondent in World War II and went on to become a top aide to Nevada Senators Ted Carville, Pat McCarran and Alan Bible, died last week in Alexandria, Virginia. He was 85 and died at … Read more
Carroll, Joseph Francis Carroll a retired Air Force Lieutenant General and the first head of Defense Intelligence Agency has died at a nursing home in Alexandria, Virginia, at the age of 80. He had lived in Alexandria. He died of pneumonia, said wife May Ann. He was a US Air Force officer who was involved … Read more
Shirley Wayne O’Boyle was born on July 11, 1944 and joined the Armed Forces while in Beckley, West Virginia. He served in the United States Army. In 4 years of service, he attained the rank of Staff Sergeant. On March 25, 1966, at the age of 21, Shirley Wayne O’Boyle perished in the service of … Read more
July 27, 2001 Panel Endorses Military, Housing Funds A House Armed Services panel on Friday endorsed a $10.3 billion military construction and family housing authorization for next year while recognizing that some of the repair work it calls for may not be needed if Congress approves a base-closings bill. “`To put military projects on hold … Read more
NELSEN, ADOLPH Private, U.S. Army Company H, 131st Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, A.E.F. Home: Iowa Date of Action: August 9, 1918 General Orders 81, W.D., 1919 Citation The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Adolph Nelsen, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chipilly Ridge, France, August 9, 1918. Although severely wounded, Private … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Joseph Francis Enright Sr., 89, a retired Navy captain and submariner who was a highly decorated combat veteran of World War II, died July 20 at his home in the Virginian Retirement Community in Fairfax, Virginia, after a stroke. As commanding officer of the submarine Archerfish, Captain Enright achieved what … Read more
Arlington National Cemetery’s deputy superintendent has retired before Army officials could compel him to meet with a Senate Homeland Security subcommittee investigating contracting irregularities, including over $5 million paid to a series of minority-owned start-up companies that failed to produce a digitized system for cataloging remains. Thurman Higginbotham, the cemetery’s longtime second-in-command, submitted paperwork last … Read more
Born at Bradford, Vermont, on August 10, 1834 he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1863. He married Marie L. Davis. He was promoted to Ensign on October 1, 1863 and then promoted through the grades to Rear Admiral on June 16, 1902. He served aboard the USS Ossippee, West Gulf Blockading Squadron … Read more
Courtesy of Bill Furr: October 2006 Edward Willoughby Anderson was born January 1849 in Florida, the son of Captain James W. Anderson who served in the Seminole and Mexican Wars and was killed in action at the battle of Cherubusco. His grandfather, Colonel William Anderson, served with Decatur, and his maternal grandfather, Captain Elihu D. … Read more
Courtesy of the West Virginia Veterans Database: War: World War II Last Name: Kendall First Name: Thurl Middle Name or Initial: Sex: M Race: W County: Calhoun County, West Virginia Community: Branch of Service: Army Rank: Corporal Service Number: Date of Death: 1949/12/03 Place of Death: VA Hospital, Perry Point, Maryland Cause of Death: DNB Place … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1145-07 September 23, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Command Sergeant Major Jonathan M. Lankford, 42, of Scottsboro, Alabama, died September … Read more
Aaron La Rue Christie of New Jersey Appointed from New Jersey, Captain, 4th New Jersey Infantry, 30 June 1898 Honorably mustered out of the Volunteer Service, 6 April 1899 First Lieutenant, 47th Volunteer Infantry, 17 August 1899 Honorably mustered out of the Volunteer Service, 2 July 1901 First Lieutenant, 8th United States Infantry, 2 February … Read more
COWAN, THOMAS, Jr.. 1st Lieutenant, Company B, 3rd Regiment, N.C. Troops. Resided in Brunswick County and appointed 2nd Lieutenant to rank from May 16, 1861. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on July 1, 1862. Wounded and captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862, and died in hospital at Washington, D.C., October 4, 1862. .” [North Carolina … Read more
This information has been provided by his loving relatives, Carrie Eldridge and Judy Clark Johnson. Thank you for providing this remembrance. Leslie Armstrong Allison was born 13 June 1917 near Saltwell, Nicholas County, Kentucky. the son of Earl Armstong & Gerturde (Thomas) Allison. He married Mary Jane Sales 16 March 1942, and had one daughter, … Read more
Full Name: DAVID WILLIAM WALSH Date of Birth: 8/17/1940 Date of Casualty: 6/10/1969 Home of Record: WASHINGTON, D.C. Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: CAPT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG NGAI 11 June 2007: The Army labeled Captain David Walsh’s body “unviewable” when it was returned from Vietnam. His wife, Bonnie, at first thought … Read more
Charles Frederick Humphrey, Major General, USA Charles Frederick Humphrey, Jr., Brigadier General, USA Evan Harris Humphrey, Brigadier General, USA Marion Bell Humphrey, Colonel, USMC 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 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Carl Homer Cathey, 69, a Lieutenant General who retired in 1986 as vice commander in chief of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and then was a defense consultant, died of a heart attack November 12, 2000 at his home in Annandale, Virginia. In the Washington area, General Cathey was … Read more
WHALEY, GEORGE DATE OF DEATH: 11/19/1867 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 196 Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil 24 Hondrox Prima Kapseln Diaetolin Cardione PHC Beauty C+ Kapseln Colon Broom HHC Blüten Liba Kapseln Gélules … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Oliver B. Patton, 81, a retired Army Brigadier General who was Executive Secretary of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society from 1974 to 1979, died of congestive heart failure September 15, 2002, in his home at Fort Belvoir. He lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland, from the early 1970s until moving in … Read more
James F. Lawrence, 88, a Marine Corps brigadier general who was a hero of the epic Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War and later a lawyer and Pentagon legislative liaison, died September 18, 2006, of pneumonia at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda,Maryland. He lived at The Fairfax, a military retirement community near … Read more
Born: Owego, NY, July 8, 1835. He raised the first company of Volunteers for the Civil War on the day of President Lincoln’s call for 75,000 troops. Served as Captain, 3rd New York Infantry, May 14, 1861; resigned March 14, 1862; appointed First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 109th New York Infantry, August 2, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel, … Read more
War: WWII Last Name: Stotler First Name: James Middle Name or Initial: L Sex: M Race: W County: Morgan, West Virginia Community: Berkeley Springs, West Virginia Branch of Service: Army Rank: PFC Service Number: 35749757 Date of Death: 7 September 1944 Place of Death: France Cause of Death: KIA Place of Burial: Arlington National Cemetery … Read more
Services were held on 16 November 1966 at Arlington National Cemetery for United States Air Force Colonel Jack P. Voigt, 49, United States Attaché to Czechoslovakia, who died on 31 October 1966 after suffering a heart attack on the grounds of the United States Embassy in Prague. Colonel Voigt was assigned to the Defense Intelligence … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Public Relations Executive Charles Frank Burlingame Jr., 75, a retired Toyota Motor Sales national media relations manager who also did public relations work while serving in the Air Force, died of carcinoid syndrome, a rare form of cancer, February 13, 1999 at his home in Montclair, Virginia. Mr. Burlingame had … Read more
Full Name: JOHN FRANCIS III CONLON Date of Birth: 2/18/1941 Date of Casualty: 3/4/1966 Home of Record: WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Branch of Service: AIR FORCE Rank: MAJ Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: PROV UNKNOWN, MR II Status: MIA Name: John Francis Conlon III Rank/Branch: O2/US Air Force Unit: 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron, Pleiku AB … Read more
Beverley, William William Beverley, a retired Army Major General died, age 77, April 13, 1994 of pulmonary fibrosis in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. General Beverley was commission a Second Lieutenant of Field Artillery in 1938. When he was a Major and commanded 2 batteries in 73rd Field Arty Battalion, 2nd Cavalry Division. During WWII, he was a … Read more
COLONEL ALONZO GRAY Was Graduated At West Point In 1887 – Served In Philippines WASHINGTON, May 20, 1943 – The War Department accounced today that Colonel Alonzo Gray, U.S.A., retired, died here on Monday in Walter Reed Hospital, at the age of 62. He will be buried tomorrow in Arlington National Cemetery. Born in Wisconsin, … Read more
MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS S. JEFFREY JR. Retired May 1, 1970. Died March 14, 2008 Major General Thomas Stanley Jeffrey Jr. was born in Arvonia, Virginia, in 1917. He graduated from Arvonia High School, in 1934 and graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1938 with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and a reserve … Read more