People who die from natural causes or in cases such as accidents, wars or drug abuse are there every day. Therefore, it is important to deal with this issue to understand that life will not always be easy. In this category we will explain in a few words the most important facts about deceased persons, resting places such as the Arlington National Cemetery and who has what right to what resting place.
A deceased person is a human being from the moment of his death until the expiration of his post-mortem personality protection. The memory of the deceased is protected from disparagement under criminal law. After the burial or finding of a lifeless missing person, one (also) speaks of a dead person. The term deceased must be distinguished from the term corpse, which refers only to the body.
When people are dying due to the natural aging process or a serious illness, they go through the incipient dying process. In contrast to the sudden death caused, for example, by a fatal accident in a war to a military service member or veteran, the natural dying process extends over a longer period of time. This is divided into the phases of dying, in which certain signs of impending death can often be identified.
Primarily buried at Arlington National Cemetery are deceased persons who died in a military action, or their family members. However, presidents such as Kennedy family William Howard Taft, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, world boxing champion Joe Louis, the seven Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts and the Tuskegee Airmen are also buried.
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 441-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2006 Media Contact: Army Public Affairs – (703) 692-2000 Public/Industry(703)428-0711 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Specialist Armer N. Burkart, 26, of Rockville, Maryland, died … Read more
From a contemporary press report John J. Chernesky, Captain, United States Navy (retired) died on December 13, 2001 at his home in San Pedro, California, after losing his battle with cancer. Captain Chernesky was the Chief Operating Officer of Salick Health Care in Los Angeles. He joined the company in February 1994 as Executive Diector, … Read more
From a contemporary news report: Walter T. Laws, 73, a retired Navy captain and former consultant who served in retirement as volunteer projects coordinator for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, died May 3, 1998 at Inova Alexandria Hospital, Virginia. He had stomach cancer. Captain Laws, a Washington area resident since 1969 who lived in Alexandria, … Read more
From a contemporary press report: COLLINS, HOWARD LYMAN RADM US NAVY VETERAN SERVICE DATES: 11/01/1935 – 11/01/1958 DATE OF BIRTH: 10/26/1903 DATE OF DEATH: 06/03/1984 DATE OF INTERMENT: 06/11/1984 BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 1632-CRH ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Admiral Collins was the husband of Winifred Quick Collins, Captain, United States Navy. They are buried together in … Read more
In April 1980, the first 5,000-niche section of Arlington National Cemetery’s Columbarium for cremated remains was opened for use. Eventually, 50,000 niches will be provided. The Columbarium is in the southeast section of the Cemetery about half a mile from the Memorial Gate. Eligibility Because of space limitation, ground burial in Arlington is quite restricted. … Read more
Research regarding Mrs. Case’s life and career continues. If you have such information, please send it to the Webmaster via e-mail. Mrs. Case is buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. Courtesy of John Heseltine: Cynthia applied for a Civil War pension on September 19, 1892 from Washington, D. C. Reasonably sure this is her husband and … Read more
Full Name: WALTER JOSEPH GUTOWSKI Date of Birth: 6/5/1945 Date of Casualty: 8/5/1969 Home of Record: NAPERVILLE ILLINOIS Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: CAPT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: VINH LONG GUTOWSKI, WALTER J CPT U.S.A. VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF BIRTH: 06/05/1945 DATE OF DEATH: 08/05/1969 DATE OF INTERMENT: 08/14/1969 BURIED AT: … Read more
Contemporary news reports of the Commander’s passing have been removed at the specific request of his wife, G. Michelle Groeschner. I feel that you provide a beautiful gift to uncounted individuals—those you honor, and those who read about them. I know that you are abiding by a specific request from my sister-in-law to remove information … Read more
Robert Hickson Whitney, Jr. Lynbrook, New York Born May 4, 1927 Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps Service Number 054143 Killed in Action Died July 24, 1952 in Korea Second Lieutenant Whitney was a member of 1st Marine Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea on July 24, 1952. Second Lieutenant … Read more
From a contemporary press report: John E. Rowan, 75, died Saturday, October 11, 1997, after a three week illness. Mr. Rowan was born June 20, 1922, in Staten Island, New York. He graduated from Port Richmond High School and attended the College of the City of New York prior to entry in to the US … Read more
From a contemporary press report: April 1998 A group funeral service at Old Post Chapel on Fort Myer followed by a burial at Arlington National Cemetery closed a chapter for relatives of an aircraft that crashed in Papua, New Guinea, during World War II. The service was for First Lieutenant Owen Buford, pilot; Second Lieutenant. … Read more
Frank D. McMullen, Jr. graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with the class of 1947 spending most of his career in submarine associated assignments. They included tours as Commanding Officer of the USS Hardhead (SS-365), USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), USS James K. Polk (SSBN-645), SUBRON 14 and Commander Submarine Flotilla Two. He completed nine Polaris … Read more
Marvin Joel Naschck was born on April 25, 1931 and joined the Armed Forces while in New York, New York. He served in the United States Navy. In 16 years of service, he attained the rank of Commander. On November 21, 1968, at the age of 37, Marvin Joel Naschek perished in the service of our … Read more
Anthony Thomas Mercurio, retired United States Army Lieuteant Colonel, died peacefully Sunday, July 2, 2006. Funeral services will take place Friday, July 7, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Green Valley Mortuary & Cemetery, 18751 S. La Canada, Green Valley, Arizona 85622. Burial with full distinguished military honors at Arlington National Cemetery will follow at a … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL CALEB V. HAYNES Retired January 1953, Died April 5, 1966 Caleb Vance Haynes, Air Force veteran of both World Wars, and holder of ten military awards, was born at Mount Airy, North Carolina, in 1895. He graduated from Wake Forest College, North Carolina, in 1917 with … Read more
SHARP, ALEXANDER CAPT US NAVY VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 02/09/1910 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown BURIED AT: SITE 1153 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY SHARP, JOSEPHINE HAND W/O ALEXANDER DATE OF DEATH: 09/06/1932 DATE OF INTERMENT: 09/08/1932 BURIED AT: SECTION EAST SITE 1153 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY NOTE: These are the parents of Alexander Sharp, Jr., Vice … Read more
From a contemporary press report Colonel William W. Harvey Jr. of Austin, Texas, died Thursday, February 8, 2001, in Austin. He was 82. Colonel Harvey was born on October 26, 1918, in Jefferson City. He graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in business administration, and played varsity basketball for the Tigers. After … Read more
December 21, 1949 Here in Arlington National Cemetery, in the presence of our war dead, we have come to consecrate a carillon. In their nightly hymn, the bells of the carillon will sing of our faith in the kinship of man and God. Each time they sing that faith, they will proclaim our compact with … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Charles “Tim” Timblin, 88, a retired Navy Captain who spent most of his military career as a lawyer and settled in the Washington area in the mid-1970s, died of complications from renal failure July 29, 2003, at his home in McLean, Virginia. Captain Timblin, a native of Spokane, Washington, was … Read more
Full Name: PERRY HENRY JEFFERSON Date of Birth: 8/18/1931 Date of Casualty: 4/3/1969 Home of Record: DENVER, COLORADO Branch of Service: AIR FORCE Rank: MAJ Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: NIHN THUAN Status: MIA U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1414-07 December … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Thomas A. Pierce, 84, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and former liaison official with the Agency for International Development, died of renal failure June 26, 2001, at the Fairfax Nursing Center, where he had lived the past two months. Colonel Pierce, who was born in Binghamton, New York, was an … Read more
Born at Ashley, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, December 21, 1914, the son of John Andrew and Mary Anastasia Kostks Tomichek, one of eleven children, nine who survived to maturity. He went to work for White Towers Restraurants in April 1939, where he met his future wife, Ruth Evelyn Brooks (the daughter of Joseph Edward and Annie … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 1227-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2006 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Corporal Jesse D. Tillery, 19, of Vesper, Wisconsin, died December 2, 2006, from wounds suffered while conducting … Read more
Retired Lieuenant Colonel Andrew L. Hergenrother, 48, of Stafford County, originally from Smethport, Pennsylvania, passed away Monday, August 28, 2006, after a long struggle with cancer, with his friend, Charles Hof, by his side. He graduated from the University of Albuquerque with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in 1979. After graduating, he … Read more
NOTE: His father, William Renwick Smedberg, Jr., Brigadier General, United States Army, is also buried in Arlington National Cemetery. His son, William Renwick Smedberg IV, died in July 2008 and is also now buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen … Read more
His private monument in Section 8 of Arlington National Cemetery reads: “Jet fighter pilot Distinguished Flying Cross – Vietnam You will always be the wind beneath our wings March 16, 1938 – September 26, 1992 Updated: 21 June 1999 – Updated: 21 August 2003 Updated: 6 January 2007 Read our general and most popular articles … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 527-09 July 19, 2009 DoD Identifies Air Force Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two airmen who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died July 17, 2009, in a F-15E crash near Ghazni … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 751-10 August 21, 2010 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Corporal Cody S. Childers, 19, of Chesapeake, Virginia, died August 20 … Read more
On 12 September 2002, five sets of unidentified remains, along with partial remains of others which were discovered after the person had already been buried separately, were laid to rest in Section 64 of Arlington National Cemetery. We are most grateful that Ms. Katrina Garland, noted professional photographer, has shared the following photos of those … Read more
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 2d Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division. Place and date: Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 14 March 1945. Entered service at: New Jersey. Born: 6 November 1924, Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Private First Class Franklin Earl Sigler won the Medal of Honor during the Iwo Jima campaign in … Read more
She was a member of the United States Coast Guard Reserve and was the Senior Officer in SPARS (the Women’s Coast Guard unit), founded during World War II. She is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Section 8, Grave 115. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS … Read more
Retired Army Colonel Winton O. Etz, 87, of Rotonda West, Florida, died March 27, 1998. Colonel Etz was born December 4, 1910, in Dayton, Ohio, and he entered the Army Air Corps in 1928. His assignments included the Philippines, Japan, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He retired in 1961. … Read more
GENERAL WHARTON KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE WASHINGTON, August 17, 1944 – Brigadier General James E. Wharton has been killed in action in France, where he was on an unannounced assignment. General Wharton is the seventh General to be killed in action since Pearl Harbor. The War Department said it had no details. An officer … Read more
YEATMAN, JAMES E PVT C, 47 VA INF CSA-CIVIL DATE OF DEATH: 08/15/1923 BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 161-A His wife: YEATMAN, CHARLOTTE I DATE OF DEATH: 04/04/1939 BURIED AT: SECTION 16 SITE 161-A Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong … Read more
E-mail message: 10 June 2006: Attached is a photo for Private First Class Robert W. Pastor. You don’t see many tombstones at Arlington National Cemetery that are in a tree. Roxsanne Wells-Layton PASTOR, ROBERT W PFC USA DATE OF BIRTH: 08/29/1923 BURIED AT: SECTION 12 SITE 6050 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our general and most … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Fred A. Grohgan Jr., 74, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who in the 1970s worked for government anti-narcotics agencies and in the 1980s was a real estate broker, died of a heart attack November 12, 1999 at his home in Warrenton, Virginia. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Colonel Grohgan served … Read more
Jesse H. Strickland, Colonel, United States Army. 8th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Died March 27, 1899. Buried with full military honors in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Corinne Reeves Strickland, who died on November 18, 1913, is buried with him. Research regarding his career continues. STRICKLAND, JESSE H COL 8TH TENN CAV VETERAN … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 450-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 17, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Private First Class Aaron M. Genevie, 22, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, died April 16, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, of … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL HOWARD E. KREIDLER Retired March 1, 1971 Brigadier General Howard E. Kreidler is deputy director of operations (J-3), U.S. Strike Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. General Kreidler was born in Tilden, Nebraska, in 1920. He graduated from Madison Public High School, Madison, Neb.; Compton Junior … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Age 81, of North Palm Beach, Florida, and formerly of Arlington, Virginia, passed away Thursday morning, August 13, 1998 after a brief illness. Lieutenant Commander Melchior was born September 19, 1916 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of the late Ralph Stotz Melchior and Ada Lily Grosh. He attended high school … Read more
Conrad Stanton Babcock of Connecticut Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 15 June 1894 Second Lieutenant, 2nd U. S. Infantry, 26 April 1898 Transferred to th 6th U. S. Artillery, 8 June 1898 Transferred to the 1st U. S. Cavalry, 31 October 1898 First Lieutenant, 15th U. S. Cavalry, 2 February 1901 … Read more
18 July 1924: Indianapolis, Indiana: Alleged Slayer Leads Police to Place Where Artillery Officer Was Buried. Samuel H. McLeary, the Army Officer, whose body was found near here today, after his disappearance, while motoring alone from Norfolk, Virginia, to Fort Moultrle; came to his death from gunshot wounds inflicted by Mortimer N. King, and other … Read more
Sean Michael Ryan (1970) Robert Stover sent us Sean’s obituary (without a date of the clipping), a shortened version reads: Funeral services for a Madison College student found dead in a campus lake in Harrisonburg Saturday will be held on Wednesday in Arlington National Cemetery. Ryan, who would have been 18 on Monday, was the … Read more
Lieuenant Colonel Lewis J. Zilka, United States Marine Corps, Retired, age 66, died Thursday, January 6, 2000. He is survived by his wife, Gale Jackman of Albuquerque; son, Daniel Zilka; daughter, Cathy Nusbaum; grandchildren, L. Parker and Pierce Daniel Nusbaum all of Portland, Oregon; the mother of his children, JoLee McNamara of Portland, Oregon; brother, … Read more
Courtesy of the Washington Post 28 September 2001 ‘These Guys Are Heroes Every Day’ Funerals Honor Two Pentagon Navy Officers A caisson carries the casket of Commander Patrick Dunn during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia Navy pallbearers carry the casket of Commander Patrick Dunn during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery … Read more
Captain Charles E. Steel, retired Navy, died Saturday, December 29, 2001. He was the son of the late Charles P. and Frances Bates Steel of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He served in the Navy for 35 years. He graduated form the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and also attended Stanford University. His military career included serving … Read more
Rolland Webster Case (1882-1957) Born in Manchester, Michigan on May 26, 1882. Commissioned in the Infantry from West Point in 1905. Graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1923 and the Army War College in 1929. Brigadier General in October 1940. Commander of Aberdeen Proving Ground and Watertown Arsenal 1942-1943. Retired in August 1943. … Read more
Hampson Boren Gary, soldier, public servant, and diplomat, was born in Tyler, Texas, on April 23, 1873, the son of Franklin Newman and Martha Isabella (Boren) Gary. In 1886, after his parents died, Gary was placed under the legal guardianship of Dr. F. M. Hicks. He attended school in Shreveport, Louisiana, and in 1888 went … Read more
JNO A CURRY E 12TH GA CW DATE OF DEATH: 08/11/1864 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 55 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 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+ … Read more
Born June 21, 1817, native of New York City, James B,. Ricketts was appointed to the United States Military Academy in 1835 and graduated in the class of 1839. His pre-Civil War career as officer of artillery was unexceptional. He received no brevet promotions in the Mexican War, although he took part in battles of … Read more
Sumner Homer Bodfish of Massachusetts Appointed from Georgia, Private, Company D, 46th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 25 September 1862 to 30 May 1863 Private, Company A, 2nd Massachusetts Artillery, 28 July to 16 September 1863 Cadet, United States Military Academy, 16 September 1863 (52) Second Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Cavalry, 15 June 1868 Regimental Adjutant, 27 … Read more
United States Department of Defense No. 1117-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 31, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Private First Class Dillon M. Jutras, 20, of Fairfax Station, Virginia, died in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on October 28, 2005, from … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Golden Linberg Thomas, 69, an Army Colonel who served in the Ordnance Corps for most of his military career before retiring in 1986, died of prostate cancer March 15, 2000 at the Hospice of Northern Virginia. Colonel Thomas, who had lived in Springfield since 1977, was born in Mineral, Virginia. … Read more
Edwin Olney Gibson of New York Appointed from New York, Second Lieutenant, 114th New York Volunteer Infantry, 3 September 1862 First Lieutenant, 1 November 1863 Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 8 June 1865 Second Lieutenant, 17th U. S. Infantry, 23 February 1866 Transferred to the 26th U.S. Infantry, 21 September 1866 First Lieutenant, … Read more
James Richard Sanders, Jr. Aberdeen, Maryland Born April 12, 1923 Technical Sergeant, U.S. Air Force Died while Prisoner of War Died August 10, 1951 in Korea Technical Sergeant Sanders was a member of the US Air Force in Korea. He was taken Prisoner of War while engaged with the enemy in Korea on August 10, … Read more
Born in Randolph County, Missouri, June 11, 1848, he graduated from West Point in 1868. He served as Second Lieutenant, 19th Infantry, June 15, 1868; 5th Cavalry, June 14, 1869; First Lieutenant, July 1, 1876; Captain, March 8, 1877; Major, Assistant Adjutant General, April 23, 1904. He served principally on Western Frontier duty until the … Read more
The Lockerbie Memorial Cairn, Section 1, Arlington National Cemetery. Constructed in memory of those who lost their lives on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Click Here For More Photos Of Arlington National Cemetery Return to the Main Entrance Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer … Read more
From a contemporary press report George Earl Bland, age 80, Colonel, United States Army (retired) of Richmond, Virginia, died on December 10, 2003. He was a highly decorated infantry commander with over thirty decorations and awards, including the Distinguished Service Medal, two Silver Stars, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and the Purple Heart. He was preceded … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 581-09 August 04, 2009 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their vehicle with an … Read more
Research Courtesy of Anthony Wilde: Isaac S. Little Service Record: Enlisted as a Captain on 1 October 1862. Commissioned in Company K, 143rd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 1 October 1862. Prisoner of war on 5 May 1864 at Wilderness, Virginoia. Returned on 1 March 1865. Mustered out of Company K, 143rd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 12 … Read more
Air Force Staff Sgt. Moses E. Willoughby, 72; Rescued 6 Men By Patricia Sullivan Courtesy of The Washington Post Sunday, September 28, 2008 Moses E. Willoughby, 72, who as an Air Force Staff Sergeant in 1968 rescued six men from a burning crashed aircraft, died of congestive heart failure September 4, 2008, at his home … Read more
Army Lieutenant Colonel David Allen Douthit killed on May 10, 1991. Buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors (Section 60, Grave 7714). Killed along Tapline Road, Saudi Arabia after the cease fire. He had served in the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon and was assigned to the Pentagon … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 471-11 June 04, 2011 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sergeant Jeffrey C. S. Sherer, 29, of Four Oaks, North Carolina, died … Read more
From a contemporary press report: F. I. Fenton of Peachtree City, Georgia, died Sunday, October 11, 1998, at the age of 76. Colonel Fenton was a combat veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. His many decorations included three Legions of Merit, three Bronze Stars, both the Army and Navy Commendation medals and several … Read more
MCPHERSON GRADUATE IS KILLED IN ACTION Lieutenant Wiley H. Burford, of Ocala, Florida, Reported Slain On February 14 ATLANTA, Georgia, February 19, 1918 – The first reported death of an Army officer who graduated at the first training camp at Fort McPherson has been telegraphed by government officials to the parents of Wiley H. Buford … Read more
Thanks to Edward Tipshus for telling us of this American hero. Full Name: JOSEPH EUGENE MUIR Date of Birth: 5/22/1928 Date of Casualty: 9/11/1965 Home of Record: MEADOW BRIDGE, WEST VIRGINIA Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: LTC Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG NAM The President of the United States of America takes pride in … Read more
Arlington National Cemetery is in the midst of a $15 million technology makeover. And it needs the help. The cemetery’s records are still, for the most part, on paper (and, obviously, in stone). If you go to Arlington and ask at the visitors’ center where a particular person is buried, the good folks there … Read more
Born in Wallace, Nova Scotia, on March 12, 1835, he was educated privately. He came to the United States in 1853 and was appointed computer on Nautical Almanac in 1857. He graduated from Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard College in 1858 and appointed Professor of Mathematics, United States Navy, in 1861, assigned to duty at … Read more
A USAF MC-130H Combat Talon cargo aircraft crashed into a mountainside August 7, 2002, about 15 miles south of San Juan, Puerto Rico. All 10 military personnel on board were killed, according to U.S. Southern Command. The special operations aircraft went down in heavy fog and rain during a nighttime training flight from NAS Roosevelt … Read more
Famous as the first man to pilot a plane over the South Pole, he served with the British following the German conquest of his native Norway until September 1941, and then entered US Army Air Forces. For a time he commanded an airfield in Greenland and engaged in polar rescue operations and with most important … Read more
Reservists remembered for devotion to duty and country, love of flying January 25, 2003 Families of the four Marine reservists killed in an apparent midair collision say they take comfort from knowing the men died flying in the line of duty. Heather Rand, 29, says Captain David Clarke Cross, 34, gladly left behind his beloved … Read more
Joshua Watson slept in the back seat — plagued by nightmares — as the car hummed from Hamilton, Ohio, to Frederick County. “We could hear him speaking out,” his mother, Norma Sechrist, said. “He was in anguish.” He didn’t wake up until the car stopped at Jackie Bain’s house near Gainesboro late Wednesday. Watson, 22, … Read more
A dark crack meanders along all four marble sides of the Tomb of the Unknowns, one of the country’s most hallowed war memorials, and the soldiers who spend their lives guarding the tomb say the fault line is growing. Sergeant Paul Basso of the Army’s 3rd U.S. Infantry “Old Guard” Regiment stood on a temporary … Read more
From a contemporary press report Floyd Fithian, 74, a Democrat who was a former Indiana congressman and chief of staff to then-Senator Paul Simon (D-Ill.), died June 27, 2003, at his home in Springfield,Illinois. He had Parkinson’s disease. Mr. Fithian served in the House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983. During his years in the … Read more
BRIGADIER GENERAL LAWRENCE N. GORDON Retired June 1, 1978. Died March 2, 2004. Brigadier General Lawrence N. Gordon was commander, 1035th Technical Operations Group, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, with additional duties as commander, Air Force Technical Applications Center. General Gordon was born in 1924, in Madison, Indiana. He attended Hanover College, Indiana, for one … Read more
From a contemporary press report: April 2000 Joseph Warren McNab Darling, 91, who retired as an Army Colonel in 1970 and as director of the Office of Foreign Economic Affairs at the Defense Department nine years later, died of congestive heart failure March 22, 2000, at Arlington Hospital. He lived in Lorton. Colonel Darling was … Read more
ARLINGTON MAN DIES IN FIRE Retired Air Force Brigadier General James Samuel Allen, 56, died in a late night fire on August 22, 1998 at his South Arlington, Virginia, town house at 1704 S. 23rd Street. Fire officials said the blaze apparently started in the second-floor kitchen, sending smoke into his third-floor bedroom, where Allen … Read more
Fellow Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen: This day belongs to our soldier dead; not of one war, but of all our wars; and particularly here, in this cemetery, where on these shafts and stones we read names that illumine so many periods of our history. But while it belongs to all who have at any time … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates, United States Military Academy, Class Of 1946 15848 Pence, Arthur William July 29, 1924 – May 13, 1974 Arthur William Pence, Jr. No.15848 Class of 1946 Died 13 May 1974 in Washington, DC, aged 49 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery Art Pence was born and died at Walter Reed. Jack Grady … Read more
Information Provided By His Loving Wife, Betsy Willeford Charles Ray Willeford served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force for twenty years, retiring from the USAF as a master sergeant in 1956. During World War II he was a tank commander with the 10th Armored Division and was awarded the Silver Star, for gallantry … Read more
Roger Dale Mabe was born on July 24, 1948 and joined the Armed Forces while in Haymarket, Virginia. He served in the United Staes Army. In one year of service, he attained the rank of Private First Class. On November 20, 1967, at the age of 19, Roger Dale Mabe perished in the service of … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Friday February 27, 2004 George Knott and his wife, Eileen, bought a tavern in Gothenburg, Nebraska, in 1951, just after he left active military duty. But Knott, a World War II pilot, was back in the air by 1953, when he was recalled to duty. “He just had to fly,” … Read more
Provided By His Son, Thomas Kobus. Adam T. Kobus was born on September 16, 1920 in Braddock, Pennsylvania, and died on his birthday, September 16, 1999, in Munhall, Pennsylavia, at home with his wife of 52 years, Margaret. He was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery with military honors. He was inducted into the United … Read more
Born at New Hampton, New Hampshire, April 10, 1807, at age 19 he moved to Wheeling, in what is now West Virginia, in 1851 and became a freight agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line. In May 1861 he raised the 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry,a 90-day regiment which he led at the Battle … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Lewis Wayne Thorne, 79, an Army major who retired in the mid-1960s and spent about a decade as sports director of the Military District of Washington, died of lung cancer March 15, 2000 at his home in Alexandria. He was born in Fairmont, WestVirginia, and received bachelor’s and master’s degrees … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Barbara (Bobbie) Burgess Lee of Williamsburg, Virginia, age 96, died on May 25, 2001. She was the widow of Major General Robert Vernon Lee who retired as The Adjutant General, United States Army and the daughter of the late Colonel Louis Ray Burgess and Florence Davis Burgess. She is survived by her … Read more
Born in 1897, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1920. He is yet another member of the famous Wilkes family. He died in 1966 and was buried in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery. His two wives, Mary Glen Wilkes and May Latta Wilkes are buried with him. Nearby are buried Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes (1798-1877) and … Read more
KINGSPORT TENNESSEE – Captain John Keith Leasure, 80, of Winchester Lane, died suddenly Tuesday (April 10, 2001). John Keith Leasure was born in Sidell, Illinois, on November 2, 1920. He earned an M.S. degree from Michigan State University and a B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. During his professional career he taught in … Read more
From a press report: Saturday July 13, 2002 Airman’s Death Brings Outpouring Of Admiration Since his death Tuesday, family members say, there has been an outpouring of support and admiration for Lieutenant Colonel Bertram W. Wilson, a decorated World War II pilot who fought in Europe and North Africa as a member of the … Read more
Henry F. Putsche was born in Washington, D. C. on 17 September 1876, the son of Carl and Adeline Putsche, both of whom were born in Austria. He served in Company C of the 1st Washington, D.C. Volunteer Infantry and died on 14 December 1899. He was buried with full military honors in Section 13 … Read more
U .S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1357-07 November 28, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died November 27, 2007, in Amerli, Iraq, of wounds suffered … Read more
Government Official From a contemporary press report: Colonel (James) Bryant Hemenway, Colonel, United States Army (retired) of Springfield, Virginia, died April 25, 2003 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He was 65. Colonel Hemenway was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 20, 1937. He attended the College of St. Bonaventure’s located in Middletown, NY in 1954-55 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Fred A. Morley, 75, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who was director of materiel at Melpar Inc., died of a heart attack September 13, 1998 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. He lived in Alexandria, Virginia. Colonel Morley was a native of Chicago and a graduate of Indiana University. He … Read more
From a press report: March 1997 Brian Kent McGar left Modesto a generation ago, a mystery in the making, a teenager bound for war. Now, prompted by high-tech tools, the South Vietnamese earth has yielded some final answers about the soldier called Kent. And in two weeks, his remains will be set, for good, in … Read more
Government Official ANDREW TYLER HUNTINGTON WASHINGTON, January 27, 1915 – Andrew Tyler Huntington, Chief of the Division of Loans and Currency of the Treasury for twenty-five years, died at his home here tonight. He was 73 years old and a veteran of the Civil War. He had been connected with the Treasury Department for thirty-six … Read more
MAJOR GENERAL JERSEY, OFFICER FOR 54 YEARS Decorated For Work as Chief of Operations, General Staff in Last War – Dies At 76. CHARLESTON, South Carolina, September 30, 1942 – Major General Henry Jervey, U.S.A., retired, died at his home here today. He was 76 years old. General Jervey served in the Philippines and during … Read more
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Walter Robert Stacy was born on September 14, 1946 and joined the Armed Forces while in Salamanca, New York. He served in the United States Army and in one year of service, he attained the rank of Warrant Office One. On May 15, 1969, at the age of 22, Walter Robert Stacy perished in the … Read more
The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to HORNER, FREEMAN V. Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company K, 119th Infantry, 30th Infantry Division. Place and date: Wurselen, Germany, 16 November 1944. Entered service at: Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Birth: Mount Carmel, Pennsvania … Read more
Courtesy of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum Brigadier Charles G. Sawtelle 19th Quartermaster General August 1896-February 1897 Charles G. Sawtelle was born at Norridgewock, Maine, on May 10, 1834. Sawtelle studied at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., before receiving an appointment to the Military Academy at 16. Graduating in 1854, he was brevetted second lieutenant of … Read more