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.
Born October 9, 1920 in Kansas, he joined the Army Air Corps on March 30, 1942. During World War II, he served in the European Theater of Operations and was a prisoner of war in Germany after his aircraft was shot down while on a mission over Europe. He died on July 28, 1955 in … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1170-05 November 09, 2005 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Gunnery Sergeant Darrell W. Boatman, 38, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, died on … Read more
David Miles Sells of Iowa Appointed from Iowa, Corporal, Company D, 2nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry, 27 May to 27 August 1861 Second Lieutenant, United States Marines, 25 November 1861 Resigned 17 July 1863 Lieutenant Colonel, 107th United States Colored Infantry, 24 July 1864 Lieutenant Colonel, United States Volunteers, 13 March 1865, for faithful service in … Read more
From a contemporary press report Victor Biskup, 82, a retired Internal Revenue Service intelligence agent who was assigned to embassies in Paris and Tehran, died of congestive heart failure April 5, 2001, at the Hospice of Northern Virginia. Mr. Biskup, an Arlington resident, worked for the IRS from 1946 to 1976. Most of his career … Read more
Warren Thomas Hannum was born in Pennsylvania on 5 March 1880. He was appointed from Pennsylvania, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 5 July 1898, and graduated on 13 June 1902. Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers. Served in the Philippines 31 October 1902 to 15 January 1904. Attached to the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of Engineers … Read more
Tuesday, March 12, 2002 Former Democratic Senator Howard Cannon, who once survived 42 days behind enemy lines after his plane was shot down during World War II, was likened at his funeral Monday to a 21-year-old U.S. Army Ranger who died last week on the battlefield in the war on terrorism. “They are heroes from … Read more
From a contemporary press report Frank Louis Bosch, 81, a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and decorated combat navigator who also was an honored volunteer in exercise and fitness programs for Fairfax County seniors, died of pancreatic cancer January 14, 2004, at his home in Annandale, Virginia. Colonel Bosch, who had lived in Annandale since … Read more
Charles Frederick Hughes (14 October 1866–28 May 1934) was an Admiral in the United States Navy and served as Chief of Naval Operations. Born in Bath, Maine, Hughes was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1884. Upon graduation on 8 June 1888, he went to the Fleet for the customary two years at sea preceding … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 729-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2007 The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sergeant Charles E. Wyckoff Jr., 28, of Chula Vista, California, died June 6, 2007, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from … Read more
The wife of George Hugh Scott, she was born on July 12, 1900 and died on March 9, 1951. She is buried among many other family members in in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery. “The hours part us, but they bring us together again.” Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk … Read more
Courtesy of Mary Remey Wadleigh: 1 July 2006 I am Mary Remey Wadleigh, daughter of George Remey Wadleigh, granddaughter of John Winthrop Wadleigh, great granddaughter of George Collier Remey and great niece of John Terry Remey. I can tell you something about all of these men. My father, George Remey Wadleigh, was born to John Winthrop & … Read more
COMMANDER F. J. LOEGERE Veteran of 45 Years in Navy Dies 3 Days After Retiring PALM BEACH, Florida, November 4, 1945 – Commander Frederick John Legere died in the Naval Concalescent Hospital today, three days after retirement had ended his forty-five years of service. His age was 60. He came here in July from Norfolk, … Read more
Portsmouth, Rhode Island: Colonel Richard E. Bauchspies, United States Army, Retired, died peacefully at home on Monday, March 16, 2009, after a long battle with cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. ‘Dick’ was born on Octoner 2, 1936, in Columbus, Georgia, to Rollin LeRoy and Kathryne Elizabeth (Schmauch) Bauchspies, while his father … Read more
From a contemporary press report Francis M. Farrell, 81, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and psychologist who lived in Silver Spring, died May 16 at Holy Cross Hospital. He had a heart ailment. He was a native of Highland Falls, N.Y., and a graduate of Fordham University, where he also received a master’s degree … Read more
Courtney Edward Weissmueller as born on November 15, 1932 and joined the Armed Forces while in Orlando, Florida. He served in the United States, 306 FS, and attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Courtney Edward Weissmueller is listed as Missing in Action. There is a In Memory of stone in his name in Arlington National … Read more
Guy Harold Goddard, 86, an Air Force Major General who directed the construction of airfields and military housing, died of a blood disorder June 2, 2005, at a hospice in Rockledge, Florida. He had lived in Viera, Florida, since 1995. General Goddard, a 1941 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, was an … Read more
As a teenager, John McCain didn’t talk much about the Navy, but when he did it was evident that he understood he was the inheritor of an uncommon seafaring legacy. “That’s my grandfather, right there,” he would tell friends, pointing excitedly to a framed photograph of the historic Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the battleship Missouri … Read more
On September 9, 1876, a foraging party from Crook’s units met the Indians at the Battle of Slim Buttes near present day Reva, South Dakota. There, Chief American Horse was wounded and, not withstanding efforts by army surgeons using Indian tipis as hospital quarters, died. Thus, the Army had its only victory in 1876. Army … Read more
BROTHERS, ARTHUR AC DATE OF DEATH: 05/29/1944 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4898 SAMSON, ROLAND J TSGT, AAF FOSMIRE, GEORGE A S/SGT USA AAF DATE OF DEATH: 05/27/1944 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4898 SINNOTT, COLFER N S/SGT USA DATE OF DEATH: 05/29/1944 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4898 WILEY, THOMAS B SGT 776 BOMB … Read more
Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and those who died with him on a Croatian mountainside were “the best of America,” President Clinton said during a solemn homecoming ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 6, 1996. “They knew what their country had given them, and they gave it back with a force, an energy, an optimism that … Read more
From a contemporary press report Captain Francis Desmond McGuire, 93, of Sterling, Virginia, who was retired from the U.S. Navy, died May 4, 2003, at the Johnson Center of Falcons Landing in Sterling. Visitation is June 4, 2 to 4 p.m., at the Loudoun Funeral Chapel in Leesburg. Services will be June 5 at 3 … Read more
Thomas A. Parrott, 92, a former official with the Central Intelligence Agency and a member of several hospital boards and citizen groups, died June 14, 2007, of a heart attack at his home in Washington. He had a second home in Fishers Island, New York. Mr. Parrott spent 24 years with the CIA and was … Read more
Chesapeake Bay lay flat and balmy, but corners of the sky looked ugly. Two Navy seaplanes, flying so high they looked like a pair of mating canvas backs, hummed over the reedy bays, bound for Hampton Roads from Philadelphia. Off New Point Comfort they slanted down. The sky was scowling, muttering. Angry lightnings flickered. The … Read more
MILITARY BIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW BILLINGS PADDOCK II by David A. Paddock 23 December 2005 Andrew Billings Paddock II, born 31 July 1891 in Nyack, New York, was the son of Andrew B. Paddock and Gertrude Haviland, and a nephew of Admiral Luther Guiteau Billings who is also interred in Arlington Cemetery. He enlisted in the United States … Read more
Born at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, August 18, 1869, he received a B.A. in Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1892. He married Katherine Cordner, February 14, 1907. During the Spanish-American War, he served as Captain, Commanding Company F, 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, from May 31, 1898. He was honorably mustered out on May 16, … Read more
LORD, ARTHUR J MAJ US ARMY DATE OF BIRTH: 01/06/1941 DATE OF DEATH: 04/19/1968 BURIED AT: SECTION 60 SITE 7955 MILLARD, CHARLES WORTH CWO4 US ARMY SHAFER, PHILIP R SPECIALIST 6, US ARMY WERDEHOFF, MICHAEL R MSG US ARMY DATE OF BIRTH: 09/13/1942 DATE OF DEATH: 04/19/1968 BURIED AT: SECTION 60 SITE 7955 Read our … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 704-06 July 24, 2006 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. First Sergeant Christopher C. Rafferty, 37, of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, died in Sharana, … Read more
Army Lieutenant Colonel John Ellis Steinke, 72, died Wednesday. Funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Laughlin Service Chapel. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Colonel Steinke was born in Los Angeles, California, the first of three children to Oscar and Lillian (Lindgren) Steinke. Colonel Steinke entered the service of our … Read more
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Born at Alameda, California, on December 14, 1896, Doolittle was a junior at the University of California when the United States entered World War I. He enlisted as a flying cadet in the Army Signal Corps, which gave him a commission. he spent the war as a flying instructor in the United States. Remaining in … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Edwin Lamont Barber Jr., 90, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who served with the CIA from 1953 to 1973, died of congestive heart failure January 20, 2001, at Inova Fairfax Hospital. At the CIA, he had worked in the directorate of operations doing military analysis of Eastern Bloc counties, among … Read more
HENRY C. BARROWS Captain – United States Air Force Shot Down December 19, 1972 Released: March 29, 1973 “I was born on September 9, 1946, in Bremerhaven, West Germany. My family emigrated to the United States in September 1958 and I became an American citizen in 1962. I lived in Westfield, New Jersey until mid-1968. … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 519-09 July 15, 2009 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sergeant Michael W. Heede Jr., 22, of Delta, Pennsylania, and Staff Ssergeant David … Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fakuda visited Arlington National Cemetery during his November 2007 visit to Washington, D.C. During his visit he laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and visited Section 60 where he laid a wreath in honor of U. S. Casualties in the international war on terror. Read our general and … Read more
Born on January 28, 1864, he was killed-in-action at Siboney, Cuba, on August 9, 1898 during the Spanish-Amercan War. His private memorial in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery reads:First Lieutenant, Company A, 1st Regiment of D.C. Volunteers January 28, 1864 – August 9, 1898 “I would rather go and die than remain at home … Read more
From a news report: August 20, 2002 Colonel Jackson S. Gouraud,United States Army (retired) died August 17, 2002. He was 83 years old. Jackson Gouraud was born on September 7, 1918 to Powers St. George Gouraud & Irma Schlesinger Hunt in New York City. He graduated from Townsend Harris and the Wharton School of the … Read more
Born in London, England, December 22, 1924, he graduated from Princeton and was appointed a Naval Aviator in 1944. In 1950 he joined the crew of the USS Princeton and was reported missing in action in Korea on June 1, 1950 while on a rescue mission in that country. It was later learned that he … Read more
Colonel Floyd Kramer (1884-1957) and his wife Dorothy Bevans Kramer (1893-1979) are buried together in Section 6 of Arlington National Cemetery among other members of the Bevans family. See James Lung Bevans, Colonel, United States Army and James Milliken Bevans, Major General, United States Air Force, and Stuart Milliken Bevans, Captain, United States Army. Read our general and most popular … Read more
USS Pinckney sailors remembered Three sailors killed in a vehicle collision on March 12 were memorialized March 15 on board the guided-missile cruiser USS Pinckney. Seamen Apprentice Kip Baker, 19, of Pittsboro, Indiana; Gas Turbine System Technician-Electrical 2nd Class Alfred Concepcion, 25, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland.; and Fire Controlman 1st Class Michael Booker, 33, of … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Marine Corps: BRIGADIER GENERAL HARRY B. LIVERSEDGE, USMC (DECEASED) Brigadier General Harry Bluett Liversedge, whose regiment figured in the historic Iwo Jima flag raising, died in 1951 after almost 25 years of Marine Corps service. His last assignment was as Director of the Marine Corps Reserve. The former Olympic track … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 462-11 DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died May 29, 2011, in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces … Read more
Courtesy of Delija Marts: April 2007 Private Marts first entered Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego for training on 20 July 1982. Upon completion of recruit training Private First Class Marts was transferred to Marine Corps Engineer School at Court House Bay, Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. After completing Basic Combat Engineer School, PFC Marts was transferred to … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates, United States Military Academy: Robert I. Weber NO. 17766 • 18 September 1928 – 24 May 2001 Died in Flagstaff, Arizona Cremated and interred in Arlington National Cemetery Robert Irven Weber was born in Fosston, Minnesota, and raised in Minneapolis. His father Irven Frank Weber died when Bob was 14 years … Read more
EMORY, JAS CITIZEN PRISONER DATE OF DEATH: 11/16/1867 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 197 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+ Kapseln Colon Broom … Read more
Courtsy of Brian H. Mahoney President, Heritage League of the Second Air Division (USAAF) When young Enrico Schwartz, a businessman originally from the old East Germany, was asked in the mid 1990s by an American colleague to place a wreath in the Netherlands American Cemetery (Margraten) at its Wall of the Missing, he became intrigued at the … Read more
From a contemporary press account: Arthur J. DeBorger Sr., 74, a retired Air Force Colonel and pilot who went on to a second career as an agent for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., died of bladder cancer October 3, 1998 at Andrews Air Force Base Hospital. Colonel DeBorger, a New York City native, was … Read more
MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY H, 9th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY Cannon, C. M: Private, March 1, 1862. Roll for April 1864, last on which borne, shows him “Considered a deserter since November 1, 1862.” Died, date and place unknown. Buried at Arlington, Virginia. C.M. Cannon Confederate Section Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Martin M. “Mike” Casey Jr., 80, a retired Navy Captain who for most of his career was an aircraft pilot, died November 23, 2002, at Fairfax Commonwealth Care Center, Virginia. He had Parkinson’s disease. Captain Casey served 32 years in the Navy before retiring in 1972. He fought in three … Read more
The son of Robley Dungliston Evans and Charlotte Taylor Evans, Franck Taylor Evans was born in 1875 and died in 1934. He is buried with his family in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, under a private memorial which reads: “Brave and brilliant and kind. Hail and farewell.” CAPTAIN F. T. EVANS, WAR VETERAN, DEAD Son of Noted … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Henry F. Prysi, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (retired), age 86, of San Gabriel Way, Naples, Florida, died October 22, 2001 in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Colonel Prysi had lived in Jupiter, Florida before moving to Naples in 1997. Originally from Ohio, he played football for Woody Hayes, both at the … Read more
No offense to the Confederate Memorial Committee of the District of Columbia, but we always chuckle when reading our annual invitation to the Confederate Memorial Ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, site of the 90-year-old Arlington Confederate Monument. “This year we have expanded our program … and we will now increase the number of verses of … Read more
James Ewe 11 Brown Stuart of Kansas Appointed from Virginia, Captain, Commissary Subsistance, United States Volunteers, 9 June 1898 Honorably discharged from the volunteer service, 13 June 1899 James Ewell Brown Stuart II was born at Fort Riley, Kansas, on 26 June 1860. His parents were James Ewell Brown (J.E.B.) Stuart, United States Military Academy, … Read more
By Mike Barnicle At the same time a couple Marines knocked on Claire Farrar’s door in Weymouth, Massachusetts, Friday to tell her that her son, Sergeant Andrew Farrar Jr. 31, serving with the 2nd Marines in Iraq— had died there on his birthday, I stepped off a plane in Washington and got stuck in traffic … Read more
From a contemporary press reportL January 4, 2000: Cyril M. Brown, who made a national name while working at the Detroit Free Press as the “grandpappy of co-op advertising,” died Friday of cancer at his Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, home. He was 77. Known by his peers as Cy, Mr. Brown pioneered a practice in which … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Arthur W. Fletcher, 86, an industrial engineer who retired in 1974 from the Navy Department, died of congestive heart failure December 4, 1999, at his home in Springfield, Virginia. He had lived in the Washington area for 38 years. Mr. Fletcher was a native of Baltimore and a graduate of … Read more
President Bush Presents Medal of Honor to Private First Class Ross Andrew McGinnis The East Room 9:50 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Welcome to the White House. A week ago on Memorial Day, the flag of the United States flew in half-staff in tribute to those who fell in service to our country. Today … Read more
COMMANDER W. C. OWEN WASHINGTON, August 31, 1902 – Funeral services for Commander William Cook Owen were held at St. Margaret’s Church at 2 o’clock this afternoon. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. Commander Owen died early Monday while en route to Washington from Charleston, where he was in charge of … Read more
Victor Lee Malick December 2, 1922 – December 20, 2002 On Friday, December 20, 2002 of Rockville, Maryland, after a long illness. Beloved husband of 48 years to Elaine E. Malick. Father of Vicki Malick, of Gaithersburg, Maryland and David Malick, and his wife Carla, of Kensington, Maryland; grandfather of his beloved Kristen Malick. Brother … Read more
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William Robert Dashiell of Virginia Appointed Cadet, United States Military Academy, 15 Jun 1884 (38) Additional Second Lieutenant, 8th U. S. Infantry, 11 June 1888 Second Lieutenant, 17th U. S. Infantry, 15 July 1888 Transferred to the 8th U. S. Infantry, 3 January 1895 First Lieutenant, 24th U. S. Infantry, 4 December 1895 Captain, 25 … Read more
This item is an open letter sent via me to the family of Michael Blassie, a lieutenant in the Air Force who was shot down over Vietnam in 1972. For 26 years, his body remained unidentified; for the past 14 of those years, Blassie was the Vietnam Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. DNA tests … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force: GENERAL GEORGE SCRATCHLEY BROWN Retired June 21, 1978. Died December 5, 1978 General George Scratchley Brown was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. In this capacity, he served as the senior military adviser to the President, the National Security Council and the … Read more
ARLINGTON, Virginia – Staff Sergeant Travis Nielsen had no idea when he joined the U.S. Army that his duty would include one of the most solemn and hallowed ceremonies in the military. John F. Kennedy’s funeral in 1963 included a riderless horse with boots facing backwards in the saddle. During funeral processions at Virginia’s … Read more
Colonel Gibson is one of the few officers who took part in the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II. We are actively seeking additional information with regard to he and his wife. GIBSON, ADELNO COL US ARMY SPANISH AMERICAN WAR, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II DATE OF BIRTH: 06/18/1879 DATE OF … Read more
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Edward Benjamin Young, Jr Birth: February 18, 1919 At New Jersey Death: March 25, 1958, Germany Captain in the US Army, serving in WW II and Korean War. Burial: Arlington National Cemetery Leonilla Thornton Ketchen Young Birth: April 3, 1923 Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina Death: July 5, 1997 At South Carolina Burial: Arlington National … Read more
Known to his classmates as “Brace,” Ralph Elliot Ingram of Massachusetts was number 35 in the United States Military Academy class of 1898. He achieved the rank of Cadet Lieutenant and was considered a good friend by all. Within 6 months of graduation he was commanding a company in Cuba, where he remained until 1900. … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 686-10 August 01, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Michael L. Stansbery, 21, of Mount Juliet, Tenneessee, died July 30, … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force Suggested By Russell C. Jacobs, June 2007 MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM L. RICHARDSON Retired July 31, 1954. Died March 21, 1973. William Lloyd Richardson was born at Saginaw, Michigan, in 1901. After attending the University of Michigan for a year, he entered the U.S. Military Academy, graduated June 12, 1924, … Read more
MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES R. LANDON Retired August 31, 1954. Died September 1, 1970. Charles Raeburne Landon was born in Auburn, Illinois, in 1900, and graduated from high school there in 1918. He then enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving in the United States and France, and was honorably discharged as a Corporal December 3, … Read more
From contemporary news reports: “The Navy Admiral who played an important role in negotiations that led to the exchange of wounded and ill Korean War prisoners and to the end of the war itself, died on November 23, 1992 at North Beach Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he lived. He was 93 years old and … Read more
Joseph Medill Patterson was born on January 6, 1879 into the American family that founded the Chicago Tribune. He worked in the newspaper business and volunteered for service in the United States Army at the outbreak of World War I. He served throughout the war, and received high praise from Douglas MacArthur who called him … Read more
RELEASED: March 4, 2002 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IDENTIFIES SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION The Department of Defense announced today that Army Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman, 34, of Wade, North Carolina, was killed in action in Afghanistan on Saturday, March 2, 2002, as the result of enemy fire. Harriman was assigned to the 3rd Special … Read more
Captain John Joseph Bach III was from Petersburg, Virginia and born on 7 April 1939. He was 30 and single when he died. Captain Bach had eight years service and had been in combat 259 days. He was a Raven Forward Air Controller in Laos and his body was recovered. Captain Bach was assigned as … Read more
Lieutenant Claude A. Diffenderffer, Jr. was born on May 28, 1921 in Baltimore, Maryland. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps at the age of 20. After extensive pilot training, he was commissioned a First Lieutenant and sent to the Pacific Theater. He was part of the 82nd Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Reconnaissance Group. He flew … Read more
Commander Stirling was the son of Yates Stirling, Rear Admiral, United States Navy, and the brother of Yates Stirling, Jr., Rear Admiral, United States Navy, each of whom are also buried in Arlington National Cemetery. We are actively seeking additional information concerning Commander Stirling’s life and career. STIRLING, A G CDR USN DATE OF BIRTH: 07/05/1884 DATE OF DEATH: … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force GENERAL F. MICHAEL ROGERS Retired January 31, 1978 General Felix Michael Rogers was commander of the Air Force Logistics Command, with headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The command mission is to provide worldwide technical logistics support to all Air Force active and Reserve force activities, Military … Read more
James Cooper Ayres of Wisconsin (Born 24 August 1849) Born 24 August 1849 at Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Appointed From Wisconsin, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 September 1867 (3) Second Lieutenant, 3rd United States Infantry, 12 June 1871 First Lieutenant of Ordnance, 1 November 1874 Captain, 15 March 1881 Accidentally Killed 8 December 1899 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Laverne E. Rohrbaugh, 75, who was minister of Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church from 1974 to 1983 and retired in 1986 from Cheverly United Methodist Church, died of cancer September 21, 1999 at the Washington Veterans Affairs Hospital. He lived in Beltsville. Dr. Rohrbaugh was a native of York … Read more
Brigadier General Robert F. Travis was a tall handsome man whose primary characteristic was an intense determination do what it took to win. Large and muscular, he was an expert at skeet, squash, and poker. He was strongly competitive in his professional life as well, and achieved high rank at an early age. Personally commanding … Read more
Robert William Crichlow, Jr. (1897-1972) Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on October 6, 1897. Commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1919. Graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1937. President of the Antiaircraft Artillery Board 1942-1943. Brigadier General in June 1943. Commanding General of 57th Antiaircraft Brigade 1943-1944. Deputy Chief of … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Lieutenant General Oren Edwin DeHaven, Lieutenant General, United States Army (Retired) died on Monday, January 8, 2001, in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was born November 8, 1924 in South Haven, Michigan, where he attended high school. He joined the Navy as an enlisted man in March of 1942 and served in … Read more
Totten historian dies BY VICTOR G. MIMONI Courtesy of the Queens Courier Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Jacob (Jack) Meyer Fein of Bayside, a retired U.S. Army Warrant Officer and curator of the Fort Totten Museum, passed away in the Veterans’ Hospital at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn on Friday, March 28, 2008, after a brief illness. He … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 001-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 2, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died December 29, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near … Read more
“I once was lost, but now am found.” Fitting words of the hymn Amazing Grace opened and closed the service in the chapel at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday for Air Force Captain Jon T. Busch of Columbus, Ohio, missing in action in Vietnam for 21 years. Busch’s remains were found, sent to the United States … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force: BRIGADIER GENERAL PAUL C. WATSON Retired July 1, 1972, Died December 29, 1998 Brigadier General Paul C. Watson was director for personnel, J-1, the Joint Staff, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C. In this capacity he provided manpower and personnel planning assistance to the Joint … Read more
Thomas William Lord of Massachusetts Appointed from Maine, Sergeant, Company K, 17th Maine Infantry, 21 July 1862 Second Lieutenant, 23 February 1862 Honorably mustered out 8 September 1863 Second Lieutenant, Volunteer Reserve Corps, 8 December 1863 First Lieutenant, 5 June 1865 Brevetted Captain of Volunteers, 13 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious service in the … Read more
July 17, 2008: Colonel Merwin Hancock Silverthorn, Jr., United States Marine Corps (Retired) On July 12, 2008, God called home his child, Colonel Merwin Hancock Silverthorn, Jr. Colonel Silverthorn had been waiting to meet his Maker and join his wife of 63 years, who had preceded him. Colonel Silverthorn entered this world on September 24, … Read more
By BRIAN BLOMQUIST, Washington Post Larry Lawrence’s body and coffin were quietly dug up at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday and flown home to San Diego for a burial better suited to a rich hotel owner. Military and park police, including snipers, were brought in to provide security during the four-hour exhumation, which began at … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates United States Military Academy, Class of 1946 John Edward Stannard No.15850 – Class of 1946 Died 31 October 1993 in Sumner County, Tennessee, aged 71 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery He earned the Purple Heart and three Silver Stars; commanded in combat on every level from squad to brigade; and achieved … Read more
Lieutenant Colonel Dennis M. Johnson Attack Location: Pentagon Age: 48 Home: Wisconsin Dennis Johnson was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army. JOHNSON, DENNIS M., LT. COL. U.S. ARMY On September 11, 2001. Lieutenant Colonel Dennis M. Johnson, beloved husband of Joyce (Zastrow) Johnson; loving son of Robert and Elva (Rodock) Johnson; devoted father … Read more
COLONEL W. R. WINSLOW Engineer With Ninth Army Dies – Son of Brigadier General PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania – March 13, 1945 – Colonel Williamson Randolph Winslow, a Wet Point graduate who formerly was stationed here with the United States Engineers, died of pneumonia on February 24 while serving with the Ninth Army in Europe, the War … Read more
February 1981 issue of State Magazine “Michael P. Hammer, 42, director of the Agrarian Union Development Department of the American Institute for Free Labor Development, was killed by gunmen in San Salvador on January 3, 1981. Also killed in the incident, which took place in a hotel dining room, were Mark Pearlman, recently employed by … Read more
Warren Webster Whitside is the son of Warren Webster Whitside, Colonel, United States Army, and the grandson of Samuel Marmaduke Whitside, Brigadier General, United States Army. WHITSIDE, WARREN WEBSTER JR CPT USN DATE OF BIRTH: 07/13/1906 DATE OF DEATH: 05/22/1969 BURIED AT: SECTION L SITE 300-B ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan … Read more
Brian T. Craig, 27, died handling large caliber rockets confiscated from former Taliban ammunition dumps. Also killed were Staff Sergeant Justin J. Galewski, 28, of Olathe, Kansas; Sergeant Jamie O. Maugans, 27, of Derby, Kansas; and Sergeant First Class Daniel A. Romero, 30, of Longmont, Colorado. The accident is under investigation. Craig, Galewski, and Maugans were part of 710th … Read more
Gregory Hoisington, Colonel., United States Army. Taught at West Point. Colonel Gregory Hoisington, Seattle, who had been commander of the garrison at Chilkoot Barracks, assumed command of the regiment when it went to Alaska, holding that post for about a year and a half until he was succeeded by Colonel P. E. Le Stourgeon, Lexington, … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Captain John Richard Sweeney Sr., United States Navy, 85, a resident of 2740 Reynolds Drive, died Monday morning, July 2, 2001, at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. He was born in Keene, New Hampshire, December 5, 1915, the son of Edward C. Sweeney and Olive Smith Sweeney. He was married in … Read more
Talbot Marion Malcolm, Jr. Class of 1946, Harvard University. It was just a little before midnight on 27th May 1944 when a B-24 Liberator four engined bomber lifted into the darkened skies on another training mission from Westover Air Base, Only minutes later the aircraft was a mass of burning debris on a dense wooded … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force LIEUTENANT GENERAL ERNEST C. HARDIN JR. Retired June 1975, Died October 10, 1986 Lieutenant General Ernest C. Hardin Jr., was deputy commander in chief of the U.S. Readiness Command with headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The USREDCOM, one of seven unified commands in the United States … Read more
Joseph Dean Black was born on 8 January 1909. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1931. He served through the ranks to Rear Admiral. He died on 23 June 1997 and was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Jane Morris Black (11 June 1911-21 February 1981) is … Read more