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.
From a contemporary press report: Oscar Benjamin Beasley, 89, a retired Army colonel who worked as chief of commercial contracting for a Washington area construction company, died of cardiac arrest May 31, 1998 at Calvert Memorial Hospital. He had homes in Lake Barcroft and Scientists Cliffs, Maryland. Colonel Beasley, a native of Florida, was a … Read more
From a contemporary press report: 14 August 2000 Army Sergeant James Higgins was killed November 1, 1950, during the battle of Unsan, in North Korea, while attached to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Calvary Regiment. Friday, his remains were finally buried at Arlington National Cemetery. His brother David Higgins, 63, of Lutz, last saw James … Read more
Born at Middletown, Connecticut, on May 27, 1819, the son of a noted US Navy Officer. He entered the US Naval Academy as a midshipman in December 1836. After a cruise on the USS Independence in 1838-41, he was promoted to passed midshipman in July 1842, and for a short time after that he was … Read more
Courtesy of American Legion Post 50 SAL 50 New York USA Lieutenant (jg) Jason Ard Lodwick Jr., was a parishioner of Christ Church in Pelham Manor, New York, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lodwick, lived at 915 Esplanade. Prior to the start of WWII, Lodwick worked for Pan American Airways, Africa Ltd, … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Royal Bertram Allison, an Oregon native who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General in the US Air Force, died Tuesday, Octtober 30, 1995 in Walter Reed Army Medical Center of cancer. He was 76. Genreal Allison flew 90 combat missions in WWII. He was assistant to the chairman of … Read more
Full Name: EDWARD IRWIN STARR Date of Birth: 5/31/1941 Date of Casualty: 12/30/1966 Home of Record: PATTERSON, NEW YORK Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: CAPT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: PR & MR UNKNOWN Captain Starr was killed in action while serving with Advisory Team 24, Military Assistance Command Vietnam in Kontum Province STARR, … Read more
Age 76, of Naples Florida. He died on May 20, 1998 while visiting England. Formerly of Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia, General McCall moved to Naples in 1996. He was a member of the North Naples United Methodist Church and the Rotary Club of Naples. General McCall is survived by his wife, Mary, two sisters, … Read more
Patrick James Arthur Broken Bow, Nebraska Born 1914 Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army Service Number 37034440 Died while Prisoner of War Died July 31, 1951 in Korea Sergeant First Class Arthur was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. … Read more
Born on February 4, 1914, he was a career Army officer who served in both World War II and Korea. He died on February 6, 1992 and is buried among other family members in Section 30 of Arlington National Cemetery. Research on his career continues. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan … Read more
From a contemporary press report: James Samuel Novy Jr., a retired Air Force Colonel described as a true scholar and a patriot “with a will of iron,” died Friday, 14 May 2004, after a battle with an illness. He was 83. Novy’s life was marked by a distinguished military career that spanned more than three … Read more
Bradford Grow, 99, a retired Navy Rear Admiral who was a naval aviation pioneer and a decorated veteran of the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II, died February 11, 1999, in O’Fallon, Illinois. The cause of death was not reported. Admiral Grow, who became a Navy aviator in 1926, led a squadron of amphibious planes … Read more
From a Contemporary Press Report William Moor Kabler, 87, died Sunday, March 3, 2002 at Woodbridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Home. He graduated from Western High School in Washington, D.C., and the University of Virginia. An attorney formerly with the Home Owners Loan Corporation in the federal government in Washington, he left it in 1941 at … Read more
Michael, Many thanks once again for the information you sent to me regarding the burial of my Confederate ancestor at Arlington National Cemetery. I have compiled for you below what I know of his biographical information.JESSE M. PERRY Jesse was born in 1846, the fifth of eight children, to Joel Walker and Jane Spinks Perry. … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 150-09 March 06, 2009 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Specialist Jessica Y. Sarandrea, 22, of Miami, Florida, died March 3,2009, in … Read more
John Joseph Tominac, Colonel, United States Army, buried in Section 66 Number 5141, July 1998. Citation Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company I, 15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Saulx de Vesoul, France, 12 September 1944. Entered service at: Conemaugh, Pennsylvania. Birth: Conemaugh, Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 20, 29 March 1945. For … Read more
Medal of Honor. Rank-Organization: First Sergeant, Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division. Place-Date: Holzheim, Belgium, 29 January 1945. Entered Service: Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. Birth: Braddock Township, Pennsylvania. GO 75, 3 September 1945. Buried Friday November 27, 1992. Died of cancer November 20, 1992, at Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania, his hometown. He enlisted in the Army in … Read more
A military chaplain and two other officers went to Mickey Golinski’s apartment in Howard County on Friday to inform her that there was nothing left to bury of her son, Columbia resident Ronald Golinski. “It’s sad,” Golinski said. “It breaks your heart.” The family had hoped to bury Ronald Golinski, a retired Army colonel who … Read more
Born at New York City, October 29, 1848, he took the name of his grandfather, Nathan Sargent, by Act of Congress, 1866. He received his prepatory education at Emerson Institute and Gonzaga College, Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from Montana in 1866 and graduated in 1870. He married Isabel … Read more
Brigadier General John R. McConnell 1830-1898 Major 3rd Illinois Volunteer Cavalry September 1, 1861 Resigned 1863 Colonel 5th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry May 27, 1864 Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel/Brigadier General March 13, 1865 Honorably mustered out October 27, 1865 John R. McConnell, Captain, United States Army, New York. Major, 3rd Illinois Cavalry, September 11, 1861. Resigned March … Read more
10 November 2008: A former Fort Riley commanding general was buried at Arlington National Cemetery at 1 p.m. Wednesday, 12 November 2008. Retired Major General Linton S. Boatwright was Commanding General at Fort Riley after a tour as Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics, Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Artillery Commander and Chief … Read more
Associated Press Thursday, November. 11, 1999 Republican presidential candidate John McCain will redesign his campaign’s biographical television ad to remove footage of Arlington National Cemetery. The Army said Monday that the Arizona senator’s campaign did not request permission to film him at the cemetery, and if it had, the request would have been denied because … Read more
WILLIAM M. CONNELL, RETIRED COLONEL, 66 Former Chief of Staff of 61st Cavalry Division if Dead NEW YORK, New York – July 27, 1938 – Colonel William Murray Connell, U.S.A., retired, died on Monday at his home, 29 East Ninth Street, after a long illness. Formerly Chief of Staff of the Sixty-First Cavalry Division, United … Read more
Richard C. HOOKER (born about 1850, in New York, or possibly Ohio) married Bessie Stewart (born about 1855) (daughter of Senator William Morris Stewart from Nevada and Annie Foote) Senator William Morris Stewart (born 9 August 1827 in Galen, Wayne County, New York; died 23 April 1909 in Washington D.C. Annie Foote was the daughter … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Charles T. “Terry” Chase, 55, a retired Army Colonel who was a logistics analyst at Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, died November 17, 2001, at his home in Springfield, Virginia. He had a brain tumor. Colonel Chase served in logistics assignments in the Army for 26 years. His postings included … Read more
William Clare Coltman was born on February 24, 1932 and joined the Armed Forces while in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served as a 1115G in the Air force, 430 TFS 474 TFW, and attained the rank of Colonel/O6. He began a tour of duty on September 29, 1972. Colonel Coltman is listed as Missing in Action. … Read more
Flying Nun Fans Lose Author Tere Rios Tere Rios was the author of the Fifteenth Pelican from which the TV Show, The Flying Nun, was based on. Rios passed away on Sunday, October 17, 1999. Here is the information supplied by a family member: Marie Teresa Rios Versace (Pen Name: Tere Rios) ========================= Date of … Read more
Revolutionary War Veteran. Talbot County Militia, Revolutionary War. Born in 1745 and died December 17, 1813. He was first buried in a family plot in Claiborne, Maryland, and was moved to Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery on April 11, 1935. He is buried adjacent to his son, Hugh Auld, Jr. From the life of Frederick … Read more
Sorry for such a long delay in responding – got hit by a virus and my daughter had a tough time getting me back on line. Here’s the data on my brother: Robert Augustus Lewis was born October 26, 1920 in Quantico. Upon graduation from VMI in 1942 he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in … Read more
Roger Nelson Stembel was born at Middleton, Maryland, December 27, 1810. He entered the United States Navy as a midshipman, March 27, 1832. He served in a cruiser that was wrecked near Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1833 and then on duty at the United States Naval School, NY, 1834-38. He was a Passed Midshipman, June 23, … Read more
Glen Dean Belnap Born in Ogden, Utah on 18 January 1923, Glen Belnap was a professional soldier having joined the United States Army during World War II. After his graduation from the U.S. Amy War College in 1967, he was assigned to duty in Vietnam as the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, 8th United … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Harry Barclay Fisher, 86, a retired official of the CIA, where he was deputy director of communications and later director of personnel, died of cancer December 25, 2000 at his home in McLean, Virginia. Mr. Fisher joined the CIA in 1949. On his retirement in 1973, he received the Distinguished … Read more
Harry E. Sears, 91, a retired Navy Vice Admiral, aviator and highly decorated World War II veteran who pioneered wartime low-level bombing tactics against Japanese targets in the South Pacific, died January 29, 1998 at the Bethesda Naval Hospital after a stroke. Admiral Sears flew 65 combat missions. As commander of VB-104, a patrol bombing … Read more
ELMORE, Arthur T. Lieutenant of Marines, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Honor Roll Died of Wounds – The World War ELMORE, ARTHUR T 1ST LT 5TH USMC 2ND DIV WORLD WAR VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 07/13/1918 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown BURIED AT: SECTION SW H SITE LOT 4371 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our general … Read more
My great uncle, Frank Hiram Miller Cash, Second Lieuteanant, Company C, 61st Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, was killed in France on 2 August 1918, during World War I, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Lieutenant Cash’s father was a U.S. Marshal in Washington D.C. He left his younger sister, my grandmother Marie Cash … Read more
Retired U.S. Army Major General Eugene Carmen Renzi, father of U.S. Representative Rick Renzi, died Saturday at his home. He was 74. He was president of Mantech International Corporation Defense Systems Group. General Renzi was born and grew up in East Boston and in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he holds records in football, track and field, … Read more
William Watson Fiscus, Jr. was born in Apollo, Pensylvania, on 7 June 1875. He won his appointment to the Academy on his 17th birthday and joined the United States Military Academy Class of 1898 a week after graduating from high school. He chose Infantry as his branch and soon was in Cuba. As a Cadet … Read more
On a Virginia hillside rising above the Potomac River and overlooking Washington, D.C., stands Arlington House. The 19th-century mansion seems out of place amid the more than 250,000 military grave sites which stretch out around it. Yet, when construction began in 1802, the estate was not intended to be a national cemetery. The mansion, which … Read more
GIVES PLACE TO HERO’S WIDOW WASHINGTON, June 22, 1923 – One of the last acts of President Harding before he started on his Western trip was to sign an executive order placing permananently in the Government service Mrs. Amelia V. Briscoe, widow of Captain William J. Briscoe, who lost his life in saving two natives … Read more
One of 33 men that were rescued by an experimental diving bell when the submarine USS Squalus sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 1939. He was the commanding officer of the vessel when the two-day rescue operation off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, captured worldwide attention. He was a 35-year-old Lieutenant when the vessel … Read more
James T. Petty was born in 1941 in Virginia. During the 1880 United States Census he resided at Washington, D.C. He resided with his wife, Mattie A. Petty, age 35 and norn in Virginia; their daughter, Mary Petty, age 13 and born in Virginia; their son, Willie Petty, age 8 and born in Virginia; their … Read more
Charles Henry Muir of Michigan Appointed from Michigan, Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, 1 July 1881 (8) Second Lieutenant, 17th U. S. Infantry, 14 June 1885 First Lieutenant, 14th U. S. Infantry, 8 January 1892 Transferred to the 2nd U. S. Infantry, 9 February 1892 Captain, 2 March 1899 Major, 38th U.S. Volunteers, 17 August … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Eugene Gordon Drouillard, 84, an Army Colonel who retired in 1969 as inspector general of the Military District of Washington, died of congestive heart failure December 25, 1997at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Colonel Drouillard began his military career in 1940 when he was called to active Army service with … Read more
GENERAL DELANEY DIES; PHYSICIAN TO TAFT Assistant Surgeon General of Army Was a White House Aide for Four Years Honored For Work In War Commanded the Medical Field Service School Was Health Adviser In Philippines WASHINGTON, November 2, 1936 – Brigadier General Matthew A. DeLaney, USA, retired, who was White House physician throughout the Taft … Read more
If I were blind, I could still find you here, here at your home on the hill, My long walk of one thousand tears I make with a very heavy heart. Down Eisenhower, past McCleallan with it’s Civil War Arch. Past York to that familar black sign. I turn on Bradley and I find myself … Read more
Marian G. Clow, 92, a retired Capitol Hill staffer, died June 23, 2005, at the Washington House in Alexandria, Virginia, where she lived. She had Alzheimer’s disease. Miss Clow was born in Rose, New York, and grew up in Syracuse. She joined the Women’s Army Corps during World War II, attaining the rank of Master … Read more
Captain Thibadeau was the son of Joseph H. Thibadeau, a Civil War Veteran from Maine, who committed suicide in Washington, D.C. in 1903 while working at the Paymaster General’s Office in that City. THIBADEAU, LOUIS CAPT FINANCE DEPT US ARMY DATE OF DEATH: 08/20/1924 BURIED AT: SECTION W E SITE 3048 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY THIBADEAU, NEVADA … Read more
Thanks to Keith Barnes for helping us to remember this true American hero. Grayford C. Payne, 78, a retired Army Chief Warrant Officer who served in three wars and survived five Japanese prisoner-of-war camps in World War II, died of emphysema May 1, 1998 at his home in Annandale, Virginia. An ordnance technician, Mr. Payne … Read more
James A. P. S. Binfield, Major, United States Marine Corps, was born in Scotland 18 July 1920. He died in California on 14 November 1970 and was buried in Section 30 of Arlington National Cemetery. His daughter, Virginia Bond Binfield (23 August 1948) is buried with him. We are seeking infomration regarding these individuals. Should … Read more
John Sullivan of Clifton, Virignia, formerly of Charles City, Iowa, died at his home in Clifton on Thursday, May 22, 2003 after a long illness. He was 77. Miles “Bud” Sullivan was born in Charles City on November 7, 1925, the son of Frank and Kathryn Sullivan. He and the former Mavis Jung of Charles … Read more
In 1945, Warner Brothers released a movie titled Pride of the Marines, based on a book by Roger Butterfield, starring John Garfield, Eleanor Parker and Dane Clark. Both the book and the film were based on the life and experiences of a unique American hero, Marine Sergeant Albert “Al” Schmid. Al Schmid fought at Guadalcanal, and when … Read more
Charles Allen Nash Charles Allen Nash of Stuarts Draft, Virginia, died October 14, 2001 after illness associated with malignant melanoma. He was born November 27, 1933 in Bristow, Oklahoma. He served 10 years in the U.S. Air Force and 13 years in the U.S. Army. He retired in 1976 as Sergeant Major. He was awarded … Read more
From a contempoary press report William Lindsey Flake, 83, a retired Marine Corps Brigadier General, died of congestive heart disease and hypertension October 22, 2003, at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. General Flake was born in Snowflake, Arizona, a town co-founded by his grandfather, William Jordan Flake, and Erastus Snow. He graduated from the … Read more
The first of a series of history walks was held Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery. Fort Myer Historian Kim Holien led about 20 people on the walk, designed to allow civilians to “learn the story behind the story” of the cemetery. Holien first stopped at the monument dedicated to the union troops of the 2nd … Read more
Reynolds Hayden was born on 30 September 1883 at Elizabeth City, Virginia, the son of Edward Everett Hayden, Rear Admiral, United States Navy, and Kate Reynolds Hayden. He served in the United States Navy Medical Department. He was married to Belle H. Hayden, who died on 8 November 1923. Captain Hayden died on 5 February 1952 … Read more
First Sergeant, 12th United States Infantry Killed In Action, Spanish-American War, 1 July 1898 MILLER, RAIMUND SGT CO F REGT 12 US INF VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 07/01/1898 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown BURIED AT: SITE 15154 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan … Read more
Decorated Marine Robert Taplett Dies By Joe Holley Courtesy of the Washington Post Saturday, January 8, 2005 Robert D. Taplett, 86, a heavily decorated Marine Colonel who led his 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, in the grueling strategic retreat at Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War, died December 17, 2004, of congestive heart failure at … Read more
Lieutenant Gen. David Ott; Authority on Field Artillery David E. Ott, 81, a retired Army Lieutenant General who served in combat in the field artillery during three wars, and who in retirement worked to help military families, died June 21, 2004, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. He had contracted Legionnaire’s disease at … Read more
Arthur Woods was born at Boston, Massachusetts, January 29, 1870, he received an A.B. degree from Harvard in 1892. He completed his post-graduate work at Harvard and at the University of Berlin. He received an honorary M.A. degree from Harvard in 1916, and a LLD degree, Trinity College, Connecticut in 1910. He married Helen Morgan … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Richard Stedman Green, 84, a member of the U.S. Public Health Service for 32 years before retiring in 1973 as its chief engineer and assistant surgeon general with the rank of rear admiral, died of a heart ailment October 19, 1998 at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland. He joined the PHS … Read more
Stephen Vernon Long Attack Location: Pentagon Age: 39 Home: Georgia Army Major Stephen Vernon Long, 39, entered active duty as an enlisted soldier 20 years before he was killed in the Pentagon attack. He started with a stint as a gunner at Fort Lewis, Washington, in July 1981, and as with many longtime servicemen, his … Read more
No. 767-03 IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2003 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Both soldiers were killed in action on October 18, 2003, in Taza, Iraq, when enemy forces ambushed their patrol using rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire. … Read more
Henry Jackson, Major by brevet, was English born and enlisted as a Private in the 14th Illinois cavalry in the Civil War. He became an officer and in July, 1866, was appointed a Second Lieutenant in the Seventh cavalry. As he was with Custer in the summer of 1867 he was a witness at his … Read more
When John Stanford is buried tomorrow, the funeral procession through Arlington National Cemetery will include a single, riderless horse, wearing an empty saddle. In one stirrup will be a cavalry boot, turned backward – an indication the retired Army major general will never ride again. From beginning to end, a funeral with full military honors is a … Read more
Courtesy of Dale Nichols: Hickman, Benjamin H. Rank, Private, Enlisted December 14, 1861. Wounded and captured at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. Died of wounds in Douglas Hospital at Washington, D. C. February 8, 1863. Buried at Arlington, Virginia. HICKMAN, B H F 38TH GA INF DATE OF DEATH: 02/08/1862 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE … Read more
Born at Winthrop, Maine, May 26, 1832, the son of General Samuel and Florena Sweet Wood, he received his AB degre from Bowdoin College in 1854, and AM degree from Norwich University, 1874 and he read both medicine and law, beginning in 1854. He was admitted to the Maine Bar and practiced at Augusta, Maine, … Read more
John Henry Page of Delaware Appointed from Illinois, Private, Company A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery, 25 August 1861 to 24 october 1861 Second Lieutenant, 3rd United States Infantry, 5 August 1861 First Lieutenant, 12 March 1862 Captain, 6 May 1864 Major, 11th United States Infantry, 12 September 1885 Lieutenant Colonel, 22nd United States Infantry, 24 … Read more
NAVY AIR VICTIMS BURIED Funerals at Arlington for Akron Officer and Two From the J-3 WASHINGTON, April 7, 1933 – Funeral services for a victim of the Akron disaster and two others who lost their lives in the search for survivors were held today in Arlington National Cemetery. Services for Lieutenant Commander Harold E. MacLellan of the … Read more
Charles Ewing was the youngest of three brothers who became Union Generals and brother-in-law of William T. Sherman, was born March 6, 1835, in Lancaster, Ohio, the son of Thomas Ewing, Senator from Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of the Interior. His education was obtained at local schools, at a Dominican college, and … Read more
LIEUTENANT GENERAL GORDON T. GOULD JR. Retired August 1, 1974, Died August 7, 1979 Lieutenant General Gordon T. Gould Jr., was director, Defense Communications Agency. As director, General Gould is responsible for the management and direction of the worldwide Defense Communications System. He was also responsible for the system engineering and technical support to the … Read more
From a contemporary press report Lyman N. Fairbanks, a retired Air Force Officer, business founder and aviation enthusiast was born in Washington, DC, he moved to Arlington, Virginia at an early age, residing there until his death, April 16, 2000. After his combat tour flying B-24 Liberators in WW II, he was stationed at Bolling … Read more
Vietnam War remains taken from the nation’s Tomb of the Unknowns are those of St. Louisan Michael J. Blassie, an Air Force lieutenant who was shot down while on a low-level bombing run in 1972, press and official reports said Monday. Blassie’s family had asked that the Defense Department return the remains for burial at … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL FREDERICK M. HOPKINS JR. Died March 1, 1978. Frederick M. Hopkins Jr., was born in New York City in 1895. He graduated from high school in Yonkers, New York, and attended Columbia University in New York City before entering the New York National Guard as a … Read more
David Goodwin Barr (1895-1970). Born in Myrtlewood, Alabama on June 16, 1895. Attended Alabama Presbyterian College. Graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1936 and the Army War College in 1939. Commissioned in the Infantry reserve in 1917. Saw action in France with the 18th Infantry, 1st Division 1918-1919. With Washington Provisional Brigade 1936-1938. … Read more
Full Name: DANIEL ROBERTS POYNOR Date of Birth: 6/12/1946 Date of Casualty: 12/19/1971 Home of Record: ENID, OKLAHOMA Branch of Service: AIR FORCE Rank: CAPT Casualty Country: LAOS Casualty Province: LZ Status: MIA Full Name: LEO TARLTON JR THOMAS Date of Birth: 12/24/1940 Date of Casualty: 12/19/1971 Home of Record: GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY Branch of Service: AIR … Read more
Reynold “Rey” Kaufmann, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (Retired), age 71, of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, passed away unexpectedly surrounded by his family, July 18, 2008 at St. John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. Colonel Kaufmann was born February 18, 1937 in New York, New York to Reinald R. and Wilma Kaufmann. Rey was a Distinguished Military … Read more
Carlos Rafael Cruz was born on October 29, 1941 and joined the Armed Forces while in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. He served as an aviator in the United States Air Force, Regiment 606 AIR CMDO, and attained the rank of Major. On December 29, 1967, at the age of 26, Carlos Rafael Cruz perished in the … Read more
Courtesy of the New York Daily News September 12, 2007: Retired Passaic, New Jersey, Police Captain and U.S. Army Silver Star recipient Harry Anthony Swan, 86, the father of the New York Daily News online entertainment editor Lisa Swan, died peacefully at his home in Austin, Texas, of natural causes Monday. At Swan’s side was … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 1274-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2004 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Captain Mark N. Stubenhofer, 30, of Springfield, Virginia, died December 7, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, when his unit … Read more
Father and son together once more BY SUZANNE ULBRICH Courtesy of the Jacksonville Daily News December 3, 2007 Joyce Boatman will fulfill her husband’s dream today. Father and son, Roy Boatman and Darrell Boatman, will be inurned side by side with full military honors in the presence of their family and many close friends in Arlington … Read more
Born in New York City, July 26, 1862, the son of Lawrence Sprague and Fannie McDougall Babbitt, he graduated from West Point in 1884, from the Heavy Artillery School, 1889. He married Maud Ainsworth, February 23, 1924. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, June 15, 1884, and promoted through the grades to Brigadier General, National Army, October … Read more
From a contemporary press report Tax Collector Allen C. Clark died on Friday night, September 6, 1991, after being hospitalized since August 12 for treatment of cancer. He was 70. Colonel Clark headed Palm Beach County’s tax office since 1974, when he was appointed by then-Governor Reubin Askew to succeed Warren Kramer, who also died … Read more
Born in 1859 in Hew Hempshire, he married Gulielma (Gulie) Bostick of Allendale, Barnwell County, South Carolina in Washington, D.C. in January 1888. He served as an Ensign in the United States Navy and died on 9 January 1934. He was buried in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery, near his son, Thomas Starke Wilkonson, Vice … Read more
Newspaper Correspondent FURTHER TRIBUTE PAID TO LEVIERO Eisenhower Expresses ‘DEEP REGRET’ AT PRESS SESSION RIDGWAY VOICES SORROW WASHINGTON, September 5, 1956 – President Eisenhower opened his morning news conference this morning with a tribute to Anthony Leviero, New York Times Correspondent and former White House reporter, who died of a heart attack on Monday. A … Read more
Henry Welles Baird (1881-1963). Born in Kent Island, Maryland on August 13, 1881. Enlisted service with 15th Cavalry 1904-1907. Commissioned in the Cavalry in 1907. Graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1923. Commanding Officer of 1st Cavalry November 1938-October 1940. Brigadier General in October 1940, Major General in July 1941. Commanding General of … Read more
The grandson of a Revolutionary War veteran, he was born in Scott County, Kentucky, August 19, 1831. He attended Georgetown College and Kentucky Military Institute, then practiced law and engaged in farming. He was commissioned Colonel of the 26th Kentucky (Union) Infantry on August 27, 1861, and Brigadier General of Volunteers to rank from June … Read more
James Madison Lancaster of Kentucky Appointed from Kentucky, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1857 (15) Second Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Artillery, 17 June 1862 First Lisutenant, 24 June 1864 Regimental Adjutant, 26 March to 24 September 1867 Captain, 20 March 1879 Breveted Captain, 13 March 1865, for good conduct and gallant service in … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 276-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 21, 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 Lee A. Lewis, Jr 28, of Norfolk, Virginia, died March 18, 2005, in Sadr City, … Read more
Hallowed ground gets wired Higginbotham brings Arlington National Cemetery into the 21st century My goal is … so people can look up a grave from home and print out a map that will show exactly where the grave site is.” —Thurman Higginbotham Thurman Higginbotham, deputy director of operations at Arlington National Cemetery, never misses an … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Harry Fredrick Painter, 80, who retired from the Marine Corps in 1970 as a Colonel and who was a biology professor emeritus at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, died of pancreatic cancer October 13, 2001, at the Hospice of Northern Virginia. Colonel Painter spent 26 years in the Marine … Read more
Justus Morris Brown, was born in Ohio, December 8, 1840. He received his Medical Degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1862. He was appointed from Ohio, Assistant surgeon, United States Army, July 11, 1862; he was promoted to Captain, Assistant Surgeon, July 28, 1866; Colonel, Assistant Surgeon General of the Army, February 2, 1901. … Read more
Edwin S. Green Colonel, U.S. Army Air Forces Service # 0-022330 Headquarters, XIII Bomber Command Entered the Service from: California Died: 18-Feb-44 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, … Read more
Born October 31, 1863 he served as United States Senator from California and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States in both 1918 and 1924. He served in the Senate from 1933 to 1938 when he resigned after having failed to … Read more
From a contemporary press report: 15 May 2000 At age 73, Mary Jane O’Neil of Steilacoom, Washington, is reassured to know that her husband is receiving his last rites 34 years after he was shot down over Southeast Asia. Air Force Colonel George W. Jensen was flying a reconnaissance mission over Laos when his AC-47D … Read more
William D. Bushong, Jr. was born in Tennessee on 5 September 1892. During World War I he served with Company K, 326th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Infantry Division. He was killed in action on 15 October 1918 in the Argonne (France). BUSHONG, WILLIAM 2ND LT K 326TH INF 82ND DIV WW DATE OF DEATH: 10/15/1918 BURIED … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 1245-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 1, 2005 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Corporal Joshua D. Snyder, 20, of Hampstead, Maryland., died November 30, 2005, of wounds sustained from small-arms fire … Read more
The FIRST person ever buried on the grounds which would become Arlington National Cemetery. She was a cousin of Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, wife of George Washington Parke Custis, the builder of Arlington. She died in 1828 and buried on the estate in what would become Section 45. Grave stone inscription: “In the memory of Mrs. … Read more
And Arlington National Cemetery officials have decided to replace it Cracks in the marble of the Tomb of the Unknowns can be seen running horizontally along the middle of the 71-year-old monument as U.S. Marines stand at attention during Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery Monday, May 26, 2003. Arlington National Cemetery officials are … Read more
Scot Allen Scurlock To all that may have known, it is with my greatest sympathy and sadness to pass that on April 14, 2002, the young life of Scot Allen Scurlock was passed. Not only a fellow shipmate, but the very best friend anyone could ask for. Not only is he missed greatly, but the … Read more
From a contemporary press report: April 16, 1997 Irene Feagin Scott, 84, a senior judge of the U.S. Tax Court, died of cancer April 10, 1997at St. Judes Medical Center in Fullerton, California. A resident of Arlington, Virginia, she had been in California for medical treatment. Judge Scott was named to the Tax Court in … Read more
Private Naeseth served in World War II and was killed-in-action at the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. His body was eventually returned to the United States for burial in Arlington National Cemetery. NAESETH, FRANZ G PVT US AGF CO A 317 INF BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 2568 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our … Read more