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 in Athens County, Ohio, in 1850, he earned the Medal of Honor during the Indian Wars while serving as Private, Company C, 5th United States Infantry, at Cedar Creek, Montana, in October 1876 and January 1877. He died on February 26, 1929 and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. CALVERT, JAMES S. Rank … Read more
PAYNE, IRA M. Sergeant, U.S. Army Home: Washington, D. C. Company A, 372d Infantry Regiment, 93d Division, A.E.F. Date of Action: September 29, 1918 General Orders No. 13, W.D., 1919 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ira M. Payne, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sechault, France. September 29, 1918. … Read more
Throckmorton, Charles Beaujoilais of Virginia Appointed from Maryland, Second Lieutenant, 4th US Artillery, 16 March 1861 First Lieuenant, 14 May 1861 Captain 18 July 1864 Major, 2nd US Artillery, 1 December 1883 Breveted Major, 13 March 1865, for gallant and meritorious conduct during the war Retired 8 March 1894 His private memorial in Section 1 … Read more
Born in 1891, he was a longtime government official. After serving as High Commissioner to the Philippines, he was appointed in 1939 as Federal Security Administrator, with administrative control over the Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Youth Administration, the Office of Education, the National Public Health Service, the Social Security Board and Employment Service. In … Read more
From a contemporary press report Richard Klemm Boyd, 92, an Army Colonel who retired in 1961 from a military advisory post in Athens, died of sepsis July 9, 2001, in the nursing unit of the Maplewood retirement facility in Bethesda. Colonel Boyd, a former resident of Gibson Island, Maryland., was born at Fort Ethan Allen, … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Coast Guard: Date of Action: 9 May 1942 USCG Units Involved: USS Icarus, CG Sinking/Capture/Assist: Sinking Location: 34.21N x 76.35W Credit by U.S. Navy: Yes Enemy Warship’s Commanding Officer: Kapitänleutnant Hellmut Rathke Enemy Casualties: 15 killed in action; 33 survivors USCG Casualties: None Misc: First German prisoners of war taken … Read more
I received this article from George on August 1997. Following a visit to Arlington National Cemetery, George did his “homework” and compiled this wonderful tribute to Arlington National Cemetery. George, many thanks for sharing it with me and for giving me permission to post your portion of it here. This lovely tribute to Arlington was … Read more
SPANISH FORT – ALABAMA – Retired U.S. Army Colonel Roy Clayton Brewer, 89, died Sunday, September 3, 2000, at a local health care facility. He was a native of Bigbee, Alabama, and a resident of Spanish Fort. Brewer was an Army veteran of World War II. He was awarded the Silver Star Medal and the … Read more
DAYMOND, GEORGE CONFEDERATE POW BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 104 Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil 24 Hondrox Prima Kapseln Diaetolin Cardione PHC Beauty C+ Kapseln Colon Broom HHC Blüten Liba Kapseln Gélules Figur LB … Read more
Walter N. Jenkins was born in 1832 in Tennessee, one of five children of Walter S. Jenkins and Agnes P. Stone. He enlisted in Company I, 19th Mississippi on March 8, 1862. He married Eleanor (Ellen) Peel on February 19, 1864 in Chulahoma, Marshall County, Mississippi, while on furlough. He was captured at Spotsylvania Courthouse … Read more
Born on February 2, 1903, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving as Chief Boatswain’s Mate during the salvage of the USS Squalus on May 23, 1939. He died on May 10, 1960 and was buried in Section 48 of Arlington National Cemetery. Orson Leon Crandall was born on 2 February 1903 at St. Joseph, Missouri. … Read more
9 March 2007: Retired Lieutenant Colonel Edgar W. Boggan had many claims to fame that he never talked much about. “He had Elvis Presley in his 4-H class when he and his first wife lived in Tupelo, Mississippi,” said his wife, Helen Francis Boggan. “He was extremely patriotic as well as a great father and … Read more
From a contemporary press report: William W. “Buffalo Bill” Quinn, 92, a retired Army lieutenant general who was an intelligence officer in Europe in World War II and a frequently decorated regimental commander in the Korean War, died September 11, 2000 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He had congestive heart failure. General Quinn’s peacetime … Read more
Major General Ewing E. Booth Born February 28, 1870 in Bower Mills, Missouri Died February 19, 1949 Captain (USV) 1898 1st Lieutenant 1901 Captain 1904 Major 1917 Brigadier General (NA) 1918 Colonel 1920 Brigadier General 1924 Major General 1929 Served with 7th Cavalry Regiment 1901-04 Served with 10th Cavalry Regiment 1904-05 Served with 7th Cavalry … Read more
Sandra Foster Attack Location: Pentagon Age: 41 Home: Clinton, Maryland Sandra Foster, 41, may be already one of the most well-known victims of the attack on the Pentagon, in part because her husband, Kenneth Foster, 48, kept a 44-hour vigil after American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the building. Kenneth Foster began working anonymously next to … Read more
AVIATOR KILLED SAN ANTONIO, Texas, August 1, 1922 – Lieutenant Samuel L. Lunt, Kelly Field aviator, met almost instant death today when his plane crashed. He was attempting to land and was only about 150 feet from the ground when the machine seemed to pass out of control. He is survived by a widow here … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL JOHN H. HERRING JR. Retired March 1, 1973, Died November 15, 1987 Major General John Henry Herring Jr., was commander of the 839th Air Division with headquarters at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. General Herring was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1920. He studied … Read more
From a contemporary news report: 1 July 2004 Master Gunnery Sergeant Charles V. Corrado Served 45 Years in U.S. Marine Band On Saturday, June 26, 2004, Master Gunnery Sergeant Charles V. Corrado passed away after a lengthy battle with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS, often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s disease,” is a progressive neurodegenerative … Read more
Karr, Edward Rudd Karr Captain, United States Army Ossining, New York Killed accidentally during maneuvers, February 27, 1941. Buried in 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 … Read more
Colonel Wetherill and his wife are buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, just a few paces from the gravesite of Major Alexander Macomb Wetherill, United States Army, who was killed in action on San Juan Hill in the battle of Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War. Research continues about their careers as well as … Read more
Edward H. Utley, 78, a retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel who became President and Board Vice Chairman of Geico insurance company, died May 22, 2008, at Suburban Hospital. He had Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare form of skin cancer. Colonel Utley spent 20 years in the Marine Corps before retiring in 1971. He was a … Read more
Oliver McKee, 84, who worked as an advertising industry executive until retiring in 1990, died April 15 at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Washington. He had cardiac and vascular disease related to his World War II service, his son said. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his family moved to Washington because of his … Read more
BRETT, ROBERT ARTHUR JR. Dod dates: Remains recovered 11/20/2000. ID 03/05/2002 Name: Robert Arthur Brett, Jr. Rank/Branch: O2/US Air Force Unit: Date of Birth: 16 April 1948 Home City of Record: Corvallis OR Date of Loss: 29 September 1972 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 213551N 1045921E (VJ989881) Status (in 1973): Missing In Action … Read more
Biography And Photo Courtesy of the Carman Family Website: Ezra Ayres Carman was Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers during the Civil War. He volunteered at Newark, New Jersey on 3 September 1861, and was honorably discharged at Newark on 8 July 1862 (This discharge was to accommodate his taking command … Read more
From a contemporary press report: On Friday, November 27, 1998, FRANK ELMORE WILSON, Brigadier General, USA (Ret.), age 89, of Lenoir City, Tennessee, formerly of Chevy Chase, Washington, DC, passed away. General Wilson was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on January 29, 1909, to Audley Rhea Wilson and Edna Lewis Moore Wilson. Married to Esther-Coleman Hambley … Read more
Vicki P. Lee My brother Vernon H Parker, Jr. was in the Marine Corps and killed by friendly fire in Vietnam. He is presently buried at Arlington National Cemetery. On 25 September 1966, Captain Phillip A. Ducat, pilot; First Lieuenant Dean W. Reiter, co-pilot; Corporal Vernon H. Parker, Jr., crewchief; Lance Corporal Arthur W. Green, … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 248-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2004 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of five Soldiers supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on March 31, 2004,in Habbaniyah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device hit their armored personnel carrier. All of … Read more
From a contemporary press report Alvin C. (Skip) Gross Jr. A.C. (Skip) Gross, former administrative director of the Executive M.B.A. program at the Katz Graduate School of Business, died of cancer at his home in Marshall Township. March 23, 2002. He was 65. A native of Baden, Pennsylvania, Gross was a 1958 graduate of the … Read more
A 1910 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he was a pioneer Naval Aviator whose early service included duty as pilot of the NC-1 seaplane during the 1919 trans-Atlantic flight of the NC-4. He was Captain of the USS Hornet when Pearl Harbor was attacked, and he commanded that aircraft carrier on the Doolittle … Read more
January 13, 2006 Motorist Killed in Silver Spring Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Collision Reconstruction Unit are investigating a collision that occurred this evening at approximately 5:20 p.m. in Silver Spring. The preliminary investigation indicates that a 1993 Toyota Camry traveling southbound on Norwood Road, collided with a 1995 Cadillac which was attempting to … Read more
To: National and Assignment desks Contact: Anne M. Proctor of the Air Force Association, 703-247-5847 News Advisory: The Air Force Association (AFA) will recognize Jack Metzler, Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery (ANC), and the cemetery staff on September 24, 2006, for the ANC’s 60 years of support to the AFA. AFA is providing bus transportation … Read more
Melvin Abrahams, 85, a retired Navy Captain who later worked for the Atomic Energy Commission, died of emphysema April 11, 2004, at his home in Pompano Beach, Florida. He was born in New York City, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1940 and reported to the Northampton, a heavy cruiser in the Hawaiian detachment. … Read more
On September 29, Oleg Z. Zaleski, an 18-year veteran with the U.S. Customs Service, died of heart failure at the age of 80 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Although few at Customs may be aware of it today, Zaleski was single-handedly responsible for what is now one of our most visible traditions: the … Read more
Lee Otis Wright was appointed from Indiana, Cadet, United States Military Academy in June 1908. Wright graduated from West Point in 1912 and was assigned to the Ordnance Corps. From 1917 to 1919 he was assigned to the Office of Chief of Ordnance. He served as an observer with the American Expeditionary Forces in World … Read more
Born at Cresco, Howard Country, Iowa, December 18, 1889, he was a 1915 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He earned theMedal of Honor during World War I while serving as a Lieutenant and as a captive aboard the German Submarine U-90 from May 21, 1918. From a contemporary news report: “E.V.M. Izac, a … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 521-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 08, 2006 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Mark T. Smykowski, 23, of Mentor, Ohio, died June 6, 2006, while conducting combat operations in Al … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 734-08 September 01, 2008 DoD Identifies Navy Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Harris, 36, of Lexington, North Carolina, died … Read more
Clarence Edmund Bennett of New York Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Milirary Academy, 1 July 1851 (25) Brevet Second Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Infantry, 1 July 1855 Second Lieutenant, 10th U. S. Infantry, 16 August 1855 Regimental Adjutant, 1 October 1858 to 30 April 1860 Regimental Quartermaster, 30 April to 16 July 1860 … Read more
The grandson of a surgeon in Revolutionary Army, and the great-grandson of a Lieutenant in the French and Indian Wars, he was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1824. He graduated from Washington College and then in 1849 from the United States Military Academy, ranking 9th in a class of 43. Assigned to the Artillery, … Read more
Courtesy of Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The photo tells one story: brothers Chad and Ian Weikel, all smiles, arms around each other on Ian’s wedding day. The tattoos now on Chad’s forearms tell another — about his anguish over his brother’s death in Iraq. Words like “rage” “alone,” and “fury” are interwoven in the tattoos … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1170-07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant First Class Randy L. Johnson, 34, of Washington D.C., died September 27, 2007, in … Read more
GENERAL LEW ALLEN JR. Retired July 1, 1982. Died January 4, 2010. General Lew Allen Jr. was the tenth Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C.. As Chief of Staff, he served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the administration, … Read more
Arthur Charles Ducat of Ireland Appointed from Illinois, Second Lieutenant, 12th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 2 May 1861 First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 11 May 1861 Captain, 1 August 1861 Major, 24 September 1861 Lieutenant Colonel, 1 April 1862 Lieutenant Colonel, 14 November 1862 to 19 February 1864 Breveted Colonel and Brigadier General of Volunteers, 13 March … Read more
Even if the mystery remains whether 1st Lt. Michael Joseph Blassie is buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns, one thing is clear — his family has gained from the experience. They have pored over government documents, talked to everyone from classmates of Blassie to his commander in Vietnam and rummaged through their own memories. … Read more
The daughter of William Jennings Bryan and Mary Baird Bryan and the wife of a Beverly Hills, California, banker. She was at her mother’s bedside when she died. She was born in 1891 and died in California in 1945. She is buried with her parents in Arlington National Cemetery. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan … Read more
Michael Steiner walks the mat at the Tomb of the Unknowns recently. Steiner has completed 300 “walks.” Corvallis man protects unknowns By Wendy Geist Gazette-Times reporter Around 4.5 million people visit the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery near the nation’s capitol each year, and many come away talking about the incredible discipline … Read more
Archibald Henry Sunderland was born in Illinois on 2 Dec 1876 and attended the University of Illinois before being appointed to the United States Military Academy. After graduation, he was assigned to Columbus Barracks and then to the Philippines in 1901. He participated in several encounters with the Moros near Lake Lanao. Sunderland then served … Read more
During the Civil War (or the War Between the States or the War of the Northern Aggression — whichever the wounded or the starving people called it), Clara Barton organized and distributed supplies to the front lines and nursed those in need, no matter which side of the Mason-Dixon line they came from. She went … Read more
Marine’s holiday visit to Maryland home turns tragic Iraq veteran, friend were killed in crash Thanksgiving night By Melissa Harris Courtesy of the Baltimore Sun November 28, 2006 Brian Mathews called his mother from the plane Thanksgiving morning, gleefully reporting that Southwest Airlines had let him board first in San Diego and thanked the uniformed … Read more
Courtesy of Noel Garland: December 2006 Writte By Carl Matthews THE FUNERAL OF JOHN A RODRIGUEZ Sergeant Major – USMC Arlington National Cemetery December 7, 2006 It was almost 1300 hours when we joined family and friends for the funeral of Sergeant Major John A Rodriguez with whom I had served in the Pacific during World War … Read more
Corporal David Rakes, Bravo Company body bearer, salutes the grave of Lieutenant General John A. Lejeune, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, during a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetary, November 10, 2005 Distinguished Marines (4): The achievements of John Basilone, Daniel J. Daly, John A. Lejeune and Lewis B. Puller—four legendary Marines who … Read more
Harry Newton Cootes of Virginia Appointed from Virginia, Private, Sereant, and First Serveant, Company L, 4th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, 7 June to 3 October 1898 Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 8 June 1899 First Lieutenant, 35th Volunteer Infantry, 5 July 1899 Captain, 21 February 1900 Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, … Read more
General Donald R. Keith was born 31 January 1927 in Ludington, Michigan. During World War II, he served in the Army as an enlisted soldier. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1949 and was commissioned a field artillery Second lieutenant. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Academy and a … Read more
Norman Utitus Algard, Jr. was born September 18, 1935 at Norwood, Pennsylvania. His parents were Norman and Sarah Algard. He attended Glen-Nor High School, Glenolden, Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Military College of Chester, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in June 1957. He was going through Officer Training at Fort Benning, Georgia, was was killed on August … Read more
September 15, 2005 – A memorial service for the late Colonel Leroy D. Hammond, whose association with Virginia Military Institute covers more than 50 years, has been scheduled for September 26 at the Virginia Military Institute. He died September 13, 2005, at the age of 69. A 1957 graduate of the Institute, Colonel Hammond held … Read more
Full Name: RONALD VICTOR KOLB Date of Birth: 10 November 1943 Date of Casualty: 2 April 1970 Home of Record: WASHINGTON, D.C. Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: FIRST LIEUTENANT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: TAY NINH Lieutenant Kolb was buried with full military honors in Section 5 of Arlington National Cemetery. Read our general … Read more
From a contemporary press report: For They Also Serve… Ann O’Hara Baer, 74, an Army Lieutenant General’s wife who accompanied her husband to posts in Germany, Japan and across the United States when he was on active duty, died July 11, 2002, at the Hospice of Northern Virginia of emphysema. Mrs. Baer, who lived in … Read more
Please note that the remembrance for Colonel Friedberg has been removed at the request of his family. 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
Courtesy of his classmates, United States Military Academy, Class of January 1943 John Winthrop Armstrong No. 13296 • 12 August 1919 – 23 May 1994 Died in Fairfax County, Virginia Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia JOHN “JACK” WINTHROP ARMSTRONG, “the All American,” was born on Staten Island, New York, the second of four sons … Read more
James Gibson Taylor of South Dakota Appointed from Washington, D.C., Private, Corporal and Sergeant, Company M, 2nd North Carolina Infantry, 20 May t0 7 November 1898 Private, Sergeant and First Sergeant, Company E, 27th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, 12 July 1899 to 20 August 1900 Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service 11 June 1901 … Read more
Major Palmer was born at Grapeville, Greene County, New York, on 6 April 1869 and served as a Medical Officer in the United States Army. While he was serving in the Philippines in 1925 his son, Elbert Alonzo Palmer, Jr., Ensign, United States Navy, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, drowed off the coast … Read more
Born at Louisville, Kentucky, June 6, 1846, he was a student at Indiana University for two years and then graduated from West Point in 1868. He married Mary E. Lynch, October 27, 1880. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, 5th United States Infantry, June 15, 1868; promoted to First Lieutenant, March 20, 1879; to Captain, … Read more
Grady Poindexter Oakley was born in Alabama on 29 January 1890. He is listed as a Midshipman, United States Naval Academy. He died on 7 February 1960 and was buried in Section 30 of Arlington National Cemetery. He is listed in the 1920 census as living in Washington D.C. We are seeking information on this … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Deral E. Willis, 61, a retired Army Colonel and Vietnam veteran who for seven years, until 1997, worked for Senator Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.) as a legislative aide for national security issues, died of cancer June 4, 2000 at a hospital in New York. Colonel Willis, a former Annandale resident, … Read more
By Stephen Barr, Washington Post, Monday , May 29, 2000 These are Tom Sherlock’s duties today: Arrive at Arlington National Cemetery before 5:30 a.m. and open the gates. Spend most of the morning at the Memorial Amphitheater, escorting officials, helping check the sound system and making sure all the folding chairs are in the right … Read more
Frank Peck Tate of Tennessee Appointed from Texas, Secont Lieutenant, Signal Corps, 27 May 1898 First Lieuenant, 8 July 1898 Honorably Discharged 12 April 1899 Frank Peck Tate was born on 30 January 1872, in Grainger, Tennessee, the son of Allen Senter Tate and Arianna Peck. He served in the Spanish-American War. He died on … Read more
WILMINGTON, North Carolina – Celia Mary McMenamin, wife of Brigadier General Joseph James McMenamin, who served as commanding general at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island for five years, died Saturday, July 16, 2005. Mrs. McMenamin died in New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, after a 17-year battle with cancer. “Marine Corps … Read more
From a press report: 7 March 2003: Columbia mission specialist Anderson buried at Arlington Shuttle crew member Michael P. Anderson had tried to prepare his daughters for his darkest hour, should it come aboard the Columbia. This week, one hugging a teddy bear, they helped lay him to rest. Anderson, who died February 1, 2003, … Read more
Thornton Alexander Jenkins, naval officer, born in Orange county, Virginia, 11 December, 1811. He was prepared for college, but entered the Navy as a Midshipman, 1 November, 1828, and in the following spring sailed on the “Natchez” for Cuba, where he performed hazardous services in breaking up nests of pirates. In 1831 he assisted in … Read more
LORD, FREDERICK PVT 2ND NY ART DATE OF DEATH: 06/01/1864 BURIED AT: 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 HHC Blüten … Read more
Hoel Smith Bishop of Wisconsin Appointed from Wisconsin, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 September 1869 (36) Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Cavalry, 13 June 1873 First Lieutenant, 14 June 1879 Captain, 12 December 1892 Major, 5th U. S. Cavalry, 8 July 1902 He progressed through the ranks to Colonel, retiring in 1913, and died … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Retired U.S. Air Force Major John Edward Brettell, 42, of 3404 Lake Shore Drive, Winfield, died April 7, 1998, at Medicalodge East in Arkansas City. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church. Burial will be held later in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. … Read more
Richard Jarrett Sexton II was born on June 23, 1943 and joined the Armed Forces while in Easton, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Marine Corps. In 4 years of service, he attained the rank of Captain. On February 15, 1970, at the age of 26, Richard Jarrett Sexton II perished in the service … Read more
Texas soldier, 22, given hero’s burial A March wind, cold and gusty, tugged at the barren trees of Arlington National Cemetery as Tommy Don Butler, a 22-year-old Texan killed in the Persian Gulf, was buried in a muddy plot next to the fresh graves of four other soldiers. With jets rumbling across the sky, Major … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Ephriam M. Goss, 68, an Army lieutenant colonel and aviator who retired from the Pentagon in 1973 and then was a real estate broker, died August 13, 1998 at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Virginia. He had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He joined the Army in 1954 and was later posted to Korea and … Read more
ADMIRAL RABY KILLED IN AUTO WRECK IN SOUTH Aide and Wife Hurt as Car Turns Over SAVANNAH, Georgia, January 15, 1934 – Rear Admiral James Joseph Raby, 59 years old, who took out the first merchant convoy under American escort in the World War, was killed today in an automobile accident 31 miles south of … Read more
GROVER, ALBERT S CSA DATE OF DEATH: 02/24/1913 BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 218A Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil 24 Hondrox Prima Kapseln Diaetolin Cardione PHC Beauty C+ Kapseln Colon Broom HHC Blüten Liba … Read more
Harvey B. Barnett was born about 1840 in Itawamba County, Mississippi. He and his father, Joseph Barnett, both enlisted in Company K, 10th Mississippi Infantry. Joseph enlisted as a musician but was discharged in August 1861 because of a disabling wound. Harvey was wounded in the right leg on May 12, 1864 during the Battle … Read more
William Cannon Rivers of Tennesses Appointed from Tennessee, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1883 (24) Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Cavalry, 12 June 1887 First Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Cavalry, 18 August 1894 Transferred to the 1st U. S. Cavalry, 7 November 1895 Captain, 11th U. S. Cavalry, 2 February 1901 Transferrd to … Read more
Courtesy of Appleton’s Enclclopedia: Richard Coulter Drum, soldier, born in Pennsylvania, 28 May 1825. He studied at Jefferson College, entered the army as a private in the 1st Pennsylvania volunteers on 8 December 1846, was engaged at the siege of Vera Cruz, and appointed a Second Lieutenant of U. S. infantry on 18 February 1847. … Read more
Less than seven weeks ago, with profound reluctance we disturbed the hallowed ground of the Tomb of the Unknowns in an effort to identify the Vietnam Unknown and ease the lingering anguish of one American family. We took that somber step only because of our abiding commitment to the fullest possible accounting for every warrior … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 102-11 February 07, 2011 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Corporal Lucas T. Pyeatt, 24, of West Chester, Ohio, died Feb 5, … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Arthur Joseph Kingdom, Jr., Colonel, United States Army (retired), 1 1949 graduate of the United States Military Academy, died on Sunday, March 14, 2004, at Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia. He was the husband of Barbara Lee Kingdom; father of Arthur J. Kingdom, III and Douglas M. Kingdom; brother of Robert … Read more
Courtesy of Neil King: June 2005 The following appeared in the Goldsboro (N.C.) News-Argus on February 16, 1968, two days after Albert’s death: A Goldsboro native, U.S. Marine Corp Major Karl (Skip) Vernon Albert, was one of four who died Wednesday in Galesburg, North Dakota, after a helicopter he was piloting crashed into the guy wire of … Read more
Full Name: THOMAS BROWN DOWD Date of Birth: 5/30/1944 Date of Casualty: 3/1/1967 Home of Record: MANHASSET, NEW YORK Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: 2LT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG NAM DOWD, THOMAS S 2ND LT USMC DATE OF BIRTH: 05/13/1944 DATE OF DEATH: 03/01/1967 BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 2060-B ARLINGTON … Read more
Brenda Lynch, of Manassas, learned that investigators had determined there are no identifiable remains of her husband, James T. Lynch, a civilian electronics technician who worked in the Navy’s command center, an office that lost 26 workers. “Considering the massive destruction of the area he was in, it’s not surprising, but we were holding out … Read more
Niceville native killed in Army helicopter crash Wendy Victora and Andrew Gant Courtesy of the Southwest Florida Daily News Thursday September 13, 2007 A Niceville, Florida, native was killed when his Army helicopter crashed Tuesday evening during a training flight in northeast Alabama. Chief Warrant Officer 3 David M. Stanley was one of three who … Read more
The Honorable William Hubbs Rehnquist On Saturday, September 3, 2005, The Honorable William Hubbs Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States. Beloved husband of the late Natalie Cornell Rehnquist; devoted father of James C. Rehnquist of Sharon, Massachusetts, Janet Rehnquist of Arlington, Virginia and Nancy Spears of Middlebury, Vermont; loving brother of Jean Laurin of … Read more
Born at Leavenworth, Kansas, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving in the Philippine Insurrection with Troop B, 6th United States Volunteer Cavalry at Patian Island, Philippines, on July 2, 1909. He died at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on December 19, 1938 and was buried in Section 20 at Arlington National Cemetery. HENDERSON, JOSEPH Rank … Read more
Kenneth L. Roberts was born in Maine on 8 December 1885. He served in World War I as a Military Intelligence Officer. He was an author and received the Pulitzer Prize 1957). He wrote “Arundel”, “Northwest Passage”, “Rabble in Arms”, “The Lively Lady”, “Battle of the Cowpens” and “Boon Island.” Roberts, who was born in … Read more
GAGNON, PAUL EMILO PVT USMC DATE OF BIRTH: 09/09/1923 DATE OF DEATH: 10/09/1942 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 5015 JOHNSTON EUGENE PFC U.S.M.C. DATE OF BIRTH: 06/20/1925 DATE OF DEATH: 10/09/1942 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 5015 JOHNS, DAVID WILLIAM PFC U S M C DATE OF BIRTH: 03/29/1923 DATE OF DEATH: 10/09/1942 BURIED AT: … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Joseph W. Stasiak, 84, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and an ordained deacon who had served as a deacon of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Annandale since 1981, died November 23, 1999 at the Hospice of Northern Virginia after a stroke. He lived in Springfield. He was ordained in … Read more
March 30, 1918-May 8, 2001 Lionel J. “Hans” Hansen, 83, of Escondido, California, died May 8, 2001. He was born om March 30, 1918 in Omaha, Nebraska, and was a manager for United Airlines. Mr. Hansen served in the Army during World War II. He was a prisoner-of-war in a German prison camp for 2 … Read more
Gustave Toutant Beauregard Captain, United States Army, Military Intelligence Born in Louisiana in 1880. Died 3 January 1931, at Staten Island, New York, interred 6 January 1931, Section 7, Grave 9003, Arlington National Cemetery. As of the 1880 United States Census, he was 3 months of age and born in, and living in, Louisiana. Grandson … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Lamar McFadden “Mac” Prosser, 77, a retired Army major and Agency for International Development Foreign Service officer, died of pulmonary disease July 21, 1998 at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C.. A native of Kingston, South Carolina, Mr. Prosser began his military service in 1940 when the South Carolina National Guard … Read more
Lieutenant Phillips was born in California on 24 October1928 and died on 31 July 1951. He is buried in Section 15 of Arlington National Cemetery. Buried with him is his brother, Richard Henry Phillips, Corporal, United States Marine Corps, who was born in Calironia on 9 September 1931 and who was killed-in-action in Korea on 27 September … Read more
Frank Reynolds (November 29, 1923–July 20, 1983), was a TV journalist for ABC. He served in the United States Army but is best remembered as anchor of the ABC Evening News (now World News Tonight) from 1968 to 1970. His body is interred in Arlington National Cemetery. He originally co-anchored with Howard K. Smith and … Read more
Tall, completely bald, with a profile often compared to that of weathered Indian Chief, “Big Simp” was an impressive leader of troops. Born May 18, 1888, at Weatherford, Texas, he graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1909, and commisioned in the Infantry. After few months at Fort Lincoln, North Dakota, he served two … Read more
Courtesy of Dale Nichols: January 2008: MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY B, 12th REGIMENT, GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA, C. S. A., JONES COUNTY, GEORGIA, (“JONES VOLUNTEERS”) Jackson, John A. – Private, June 9, 1861. Wounded in neck and right side and captured near Washington, D. C. July 12,1864. Died of wounds in Mount Pleasant, … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT N. GINSBURGH Retired July 1, 1975, Died February 3, 1992 Major General Robert N. Ginsburgh was deputy director of the Joint Staff, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C. General Ginsburgh was born at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1923. He graduated from Phillips … Read more