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.
Sylvester DeWitt Downs (1889-1957). Born on February 28, 1889 in Greenville, Pennsylvania. Commissioned in the Cavalry from West Point in 1914. Transferred to the Field Artillery in 1917. With the Punitive Expedition into Mexico 1916-1917. Served in the U.S. training field artillery units during World War I. Instructor at Field Artillery School 1923-1926. Graduated from … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Public Relations Executive Charles Frank Burlingame Jr., 75, a retired Toyota Motor Sales national media relations manager who also did public relations work while serving in the Air Force, died of carcinoid syndrome, a rare form of cancer, February 13, 1999 at his home in Montclair, Virginia. Mr. Burlingame had … Read more
From a contemporary press report Harold G. Bowen Jr., 87, a retired Navy Vice Admiral who had served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Research and Development and commanded the anti-submarine warfare force of the Pacific Fleet, died of cancer August 17, 2000 at home in Alexandria, Virginia. Vice Admiral Bowen served in 1969 … Read more
Government Official Courtesy of the United States Treasury Department: Donald T. Regan was sworn in on January 22, 1981, as the 66th Secretary of the Treasury. President Reagan nominated him on December 11, 1980, when he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc., the holding company formed by Merrill Lynch, … Read more
Full Name: JAMES W MCCARTER JR. Date of Birth: 4/29/1940 Date of Casualty: 10/14/1967 Home of Record: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: CAPT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG TRI At 0230 on 14 October 1967, enemy mortars shelled Company G. Direct hits by RPGs destroyed a machine gun emplacement … Read more
Retired U.S. Navy Commander Harold W. Jesse, 79, also of Jekyll Island, Georgia, a decorated naval officer, airborne electronics pioneer and entrepreneur, died September 27, 2005, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, of heart failure. He was born in 1926 in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son of Louis and Henriette Jesse. Commander Jesse graduated from Hackensack … Read more
Born at Westminister, Maryland, May 9, 1879, Beck graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1901, the General Staff School, France, 1918, the Army War College, 1926. He was a Distinguished Graduate, School of the Line, 1921. Married: Jessie Hamilton, November 18, 1908 and married a decond time to Mary Kelly Mayer, Nov 1, 1958. … Read more
Clifford Gerald Thuot Sr., 86, a retired Navy Captain who later worked at the Federal Trade Commission, died September 6, 2006, of multiple myeloma at his home in Fairfax City, Virginia. Captain Thuot was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and graduated from high school at 16. He worked in textile mills and then as an … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Died on April 25, 1998, from cancer, at Potomac ManorCare. Colonel Harris was a resident of Washington, DC for the past 50 years. She was a member of the original WAC (Women’s Army Corps) and graduated in its first class. She served as an Executive Officer in the Women’s Army … Read more
Francis Almon Field of Ohio Served in the Army as Private and First sergeant, Company F, 8th U. S. Infantry, 29 August 1859 to 8 May 1862 Second Lieutenant, 11th U. S. Infantry, 14 April 1862 First Lieuenant, 20 June 1863 Regimental Adjutant, 5 December 1863 to 5 December 1866 Unassigned 14 April 1869 Breveted … Read more
From contemporary press reports: Friends and family mourn Hudson Marine Marine Captain Seth Michaud, who was killed last month by friendly fire in Africa, was remembered in his hometown yesterday as a doting husband and father, a gifted student and pilot and a generous man. Michaud, a 27-year-old helicopter commander, died in a military exercise … Read more
From a contemporary press report Elvis J. Stahr Jr., 82, the secretary of the Army during the first two years of the Kennedy administration who also had been a university president, lawyer and president of the National Audubon Society, died of cancer November 11, 1998 at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut. Mr. Stahr had been … Read more
George Platt Tourtellot was born on 5 November 1895 in Wright,Iowa. He was married to Peggy Leota Strane (born 19 January 1894 at Edna, Texas) on 23 April 1921. The General died on active duty at Mount Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan on 26 October 1946. TOURTELLOT, GEORGE P BRIGADIER GEN AIR CORPS A U S … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 1333-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec 30, 2004 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sergeant Nathaniel J. Nyren, 31, from Reston, Virginia, died in Baghdad, Iraq on Dec. 28, when a … Read more
William Beatty Rochester, Jr. of Washington, D.C. Appointed from Washington, Cadet, United States Milirary Academy, 16 June 1887 to 1 November 1888 Major, Additional Paymaster, United States Volunteers, 17 May 1898 Honorably discharged from the volunteer service, 12 June 1901 Captain, Paymaster, United States Army, 6 February 1901 Major, Paymaster, United States Army, 23 July … Read more
George Kolt, 66, a retired CIA officer and well-known authority on Russian, European and Eurasian geopolitics, died of cancer July 18, 2005, at his home in Arlington, Virginia. Colonel Kolt became the Central Intelligence Agency’s chief Soviet watcher, testifying at Senate hearings about Soviet reforms in the early 1990s and often lecturing on the political … Read more
From a contemporary press report Vietnam-Era Fliers Buried in Arlington A military honor guard on May 25, 1999 laid to rest the recently discovered remains of Major Thomas H. Amos, a U. S. Air Force F-4 pilot, and Captain Mason I. Burnham, his navigator, killed when their F-4 plunged into a Laotian forest near the … Read more
From a contemporary press report Retired Colonel Thomas C. Cock, a medical doctor who is believed to be the last World War II combat veteran to retire from the Air Force, died January 27, 2005, in Washington state. He was 79. Cock served 45 years in the military, starting — he told United Press International … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Paul Autrey, 82, a retired Army Colonel died at his home in Arlington, Virginia, January 9, 2002 of congestive heart failure. Colonel Autrey was a native of Alabama where he graduated from Auburn Univeristy. He joined the Army in 1942. During World War II he served in the Aleutin Islands … Read more
From a contemporary press report Services for Thomas S. Oliver Jr., who served with the Marines in the Vietnam War and later rose to Brigadier General of the New York National Guard, will be held at 1 pm Monday in Bury and Roberts Funeral Home, 3070 Delaware Ave., Kenmore, New York. Burial will be in … Read more
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Michigan and is the son of a former career United States Army officer. During his formative years, Michael lived in Michigan, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arkansas and New York. During his travels with his family he became interested in American History, and particularly in American Military history. These two interests drew … Read more
Leonard Lee Kaster was born on September 24, 1938 and joined the Armed Forces while in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He served in the United States Air Force and in 4 years of service, he attained the rank of First Lieutenant. Leonard Lee Kaster is listed as Missing in Action. Source: Tribune Chronicle, (Ohio) May 26, 2002 … Read more
Celebrating the life of Robert Edmund Visscher Colonel (Ret.) U.S. Army February 5, 1931 – July 8, 2001 A Man Of Faith When I was a young boy, my English teacher introduced me to reading. I read before, but not simply for the joy of reading. Miss Crissman introduced me to the wonderful world of … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 039-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Navy Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Petty Officer First Class Michael Anthony Jordan, 35, of Augusta, Ga., died in an automobile accident Friday, Janurary 13, 2006, in … Read more
Lieutenant Sessions was an early Army aviator who was killed in the crash of his airplane. SESSIONS, HENRY F LT AIR CORPS DATE OF DEATH: 07/08/1929 BURIED AT: SECTION 6 SITE LOT-8465 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed … Read more
In the months before he died from lung cancer, retired U.S. Army Col. Earle A. Johnson Jr. outlined for his family his plans for a funeral service with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Johnson, 75, had lived a full military life, starting at West Point. During World War II, where he saw combat in the … Read more
The battle’s over, The victory’s won. A soldier makes his journey home. He fought so hard, He fought so long. And now he sings a victor’s song. It was not easy. It was not slight. But it was such a worthy fight. The battle scars, They tell the tale, That war sometimes can be like … Read more
Article published Jan 22, 2006: Jim Schlosser Courtesy of the News & Record GREENSBORO — William McBryar was a military hero who lived in our midst in the early 1900s, unrecognized except by a few in the black community. He had been one of the Buffalo Soldiers, black enlisted men in the segregated Army who … Read more
Donald A. Ryberg, a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and a life member of Post 8469 who joined in 1992, died of cancer April 30 at Fair Oaks Hospital with Post Surgeon Ed Ashley and his wife Gerry Ashley at Don’s side. He was 93. Don had been a popular member of the Post, taking … Read more
In 1882, after many years in the lower courts, the matter of the ownership of Arlington National Cemetery was brought before the United States Supreme Court. In the opinion rendered below, the Court affirmed a Circuit Court decision that the property in question righfully belonged to the Lee Family. It was shortly thereafter that the … Read more
Lieutenant General Alvan C. Gillem, Jr. Commanding General Third Army June 19, 1947 to August 31, 1950 Lieutenant General Alvan Cullom Gillem, Jr., started and completed his illustrious military career at Fort McPherson, Georgia. After enlisting in the Regular Army in January, 1910, he served as a Private and a Corporal with the 17th Infantry … Read more
FRED WIESE “Doc”, MSgt (Retired) Distinguished Korean War and Vietnam War Veteran Our beloved father and grandfather died on April 22, 2003 at his daughter’s home in Arlington, Virginia. Dad was one of the first Green Berets at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and his Army tours included the Korean War, Vietnam, Germany and Thailand. He … Read more
3 April 2007: Alden P. Colvocoresses, 88, a decorated Army Colonel and U.S. Geological Survey mapmaker who unsuccessfully challenged the federal government for ownership of a duck-hunting island in the Potomac River, died March 27, 2007, at Inova Fairfax Hospital after a stroke. Dr. Colvocoresses, known by many as Colvo, served in the Army Corps … Read more
No. 847-03 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Specialist Robert A. Wise, 21, of Tallahassee, Florida, was killed on November 12, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq. Wise was on a mounted patrol when an improvised explosive device exploded. Wise … Read more
From a contemporary press report NORFOLK, VIRGINIA — Retired U.S. Navy Captain Jerry R. McDonald, 59, of the 1200 block of Botetourt Gardens, passed away Saturday evening, February 3, 2001 in his residence. Jerry was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from Linden-McKinley High School. He graduated from Ohio State University with a … Read more
Samuel White Small was born at Knoxville, Tennessee, on 3 July 1851. He served for a time as a secretary to then-Senator Andrew Johnson. He was also a newspaper reporter before being converted to the church. During the Spanish-American War, he served as Captain (Chaplain) of the 3rd United States Volunteer Engineers and subsequently as … Read more
William Shakespeare King of Pennsylvania Appointed from Pennsylvania, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, 29 July 1837 Major, Surgeon, 29 August 1856 Lieutenant Colonel, Surgeon, 26 June 1876 Colonel, Surgeon, 17 March 1880 Retired 30 June 1882 Breveted Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, 13 March 1865, for Faithful And Meritorious services during the War. Died 2 August … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Army WILLIAM HENRY FORWOOD (Sept. 7, 1838 – May 12, 1915), Surgeon General, June 8, 1902-September 7, 1902, was born at Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, the son of Robert and Rachel Way (Larkin) Forwood. He received his preliminary education in the public schools of his native community and in Chester Academy … Read more
Charles J. Huneycutt, Jr. was born on June 20, 1943 and joined the Armed Forces while in Charlotte, North Carolina. He served in the United States Air Force, and attained the rank of Major. Charles J. Huneycutt, Jr. is listed as Missing in Action. HUNEYCUTT, CHARLES JEROME JR. Remains Returned 10 November 1988, ID Announced … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force: MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH J. KRUZEL Retired August 1, 1970 Major General Joseph J. Kruzel was deputy director of operations, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. General Kruzel was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1918. He graduated from the University of Scranton, Scranton, … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Captain Joseph Robert Geary, 81, of Bluffton died Wednesday, December 3, 2003, at his home. He was born November 10, 1922, in Boston, the son of the late William T. and Mary Alice Wilson Geary. Captain Geary entered the Navy’s flight training in 1943 and was commissioned and designated a … Read more
Born in Fairfax County, Virginia, February 13, 1812, the grandson of Senator Richard Henry Lee, he entered the United States Naval Academy as a Midshipman in November 1825 and then served on the USS Hornet in the West Indies, the USS Delaware and USS Java in the Mediterranean between 1827 and 1830, and on the … Read more
(The Custis-Lee Mansion) Arlington National Cemetery 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 … Read more
From a contemporary press report Edward Ellis Hastings II, 76, a retired Navy Captain and former fighter pilot who was also administrator of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, died of cancer December 25, 1999 at his home in Bethesda. Captain Hastings retired in 1974 from the personnel review council of the Office … Read more
Born in Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania, in 1877, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving in Company A, 43rd United States Infantry, United States Volunteers, in the Philippines Insurrection on May 6, 1900, at Hilongas, Leyte, Philippine Islands. The Medal was actually presented to him on March 11, 1902. He died on July 31, 1943 … Read more
Courtesy of Michael Stein Brigadier General Owen Jay Sweet, U.S.Army Born 4 September, 1845 in Kent, Connecticut Died 4 January 1928 Lieutenant Colonel 1901 Colonel 1903 During the Civil War he participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was the first officer to enter enemy´s fortifications at the capture of Savannah. Served … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force LIEUTENANT GENERAL GERALD W. JOHNSON Retired September 1, 1974 Lieutenant General Gerald W. Johnson was the Inspector General of the U.S. Air Force. He provided the secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff an evaluation, through inspections, of the effectiveness of Air Force units, and … Read more
Everett Parker Pope, 90, died July 16, 2009 at Hill House. Born in Milton, Massachusetts, on July 16, 1919, he was the son of Laurence E. Pope and Ruth (Parker) Pope. He attended local schools and graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Bowdoin College. After graduation, he joined the Marine Corps and married … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 014-02 January 09, 2002 DOD IDENTIFIES SEVEN MARINES KILLED IN KC-130/R CRASH The Department of Defense announced that the following Marines were killed as a result of the crash of a KC-130/R aircraft in Pakistan today: Command … Read more
After years of often contentious debate, the federal government has agreed to transfer 45 acres to Arlington National Cemetery, which is filling up so rapidly that officials say it will be at capacity within 25 years if it is not expanded. The $289 billion defense bill signed by President Clinton on Tuesday includes a provision … Read more
Guy Furnando (Fernando) Keithley was a U.S. Army Private who served in the 28th United States Infantry Regiment during the Philippine Insurrection. Private Keithley was killed in action against Moro tribesmen November 14, 1903 and buried in the Army post of Marahui on the Island of Mindinao, Philippines. At some later date he was re-interred … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Januario Samortin Sevilla, 92, a retired Navy chief petty officer who in the late 1930s worked as a White House cook, died August 23, 1999 at his home in Washington after a heart attack. Mr. Sevilla, who was born in the Philippines, served 31 years in the Navy, beginning in … Read more
THOMPSON, GEO E MUSIC K 9TH V INF CSA DATE OF DEATH: 12/06/1921 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 125-A Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil 24 Hondrox Prima Kapseln Diaetolin Cardione PHC Beauty C+ Kapseln … Read more
During a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia\, Monday, November 11, 2002, Senator-elect Elizabeth Dole R-NC., center, smiles while talking with her husband at left, former Sen. Bob Dole, a wounded World War II veteran. At right is Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta who served in Japan and Korea after joining … Read more
Should you care to list my brother-in-law and sister, please do. I would certainly be appreciative as might their daughter and grandchildren. Captain Donald C. Luckhardt, United States Air Force) was born in Connecticut in 1938, served enlisted tour in the Navy, then attended the University of Connecticut, graduating in 1960. Upon completion of Air … Read more
From a contemporary press report: William Kenefick Jones, 81, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant general and a highly decorated veteran of three wars, died April 15, 1998 at the Integrated Health System center in Alexandria, Virginia after a stroke. He had lived in Alexandria since 1972. General Jones, who retired from active duty in 1972, … Read more
GENERAL WILLIAM SCHEYER OCEANSIDE, California, May 16, 1956 – Major General William J. Scheyer, retired, former assistant director of personnel of the Marine Corps in Washington, died Monday night in the Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton. He was 56 years old. He participated in the landing at Guadalcanal and other major offensives in the Pacific … Read more
Michael John Wallace was born on November 21, 1939 and joined the Armed Forces while in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He served in the United States Army, Company B, 228th Aviation Batallion, 1st Cavalry Division, and attained the rank of Sergeant First Class. Michael John Wallace is listed as Missing in Action. There is an “In … Read more
Rear Admiral Anthony R. Maness Rear Admiral Maness was born in Long Beach, California on 13 April 1940. He attended elementary and high school in Bellflower, California, and entered the Naval Academy in June 1958. He graduated from the Academy and was commissioned an Ensign in June 1962. In September 1964, Rear Admiral Maness joined … Read more
H. SPENCER MATTHEWS, JR. REAR ADMIRAL US NAVY (Ret.) Died on Tuesday, September 24, 2002. He was the first Naval Aviation Pilot (NAP) to be promoted to flag rank in the Navy. Born in Clarksville, Arkansas, on May 5, 1921. Following two years in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), he enlisted in the Navy on … Read more
Member of Congress Courtesy of the U.S. House of Representatives: Representative from Indiana; born in Jackson, Mich., February 5, 1914; moved with his parents to Flint, Mich., in 1916; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1935; entered Infantry Reserve training in 1935; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., … Read more
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Born on December 17, 1897 into the renowned Biddle family of Philadelphia, he served in World War I with the Army and later began a diplomatic career, which included Minister to Norway, Ambassador to Poland in the crucial years from 1937 to the outbreak of World War II, and Ambassador to a number of governments … Read more
Honor guard members lead the way as pallbearers from the Army’s 10th Mountain Division carry Shawn Mayerscik’s casket into St. Stephen Church on Thursday morning before funeral services. Mayerscik was among 11 soldiers killed when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a training exercise near Fort Drum, New York. One day after coalition forces launched … Read more
Thomas Jackson Grayson was born in Mississippi on 5 May 1897. He served in the United States Army through to the rank of Brigadier General. He died on 10 April 1962 and was buried with full military honors in Section 34 of Arlington National Cemetery. His son, Thomas Jackson Grayson, Jr., Sergeant, United States Army, was … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL HERBERT M. KIDNER Retired March 1956, Died July 18, 1992 Herbert Miller Kidner was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, in 1901. He graduated with honor from Harvard University with a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1926. He was commissioned a captain … Read more
From the book “Broken Fortunes” by Randolph W. Kirkland Jr.: Barber, Hilliard A., Private, age 25, 6th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Company F, From Chester County South Carolina, died of wounds at Washington D.C, Buried Arlington National Cemetery Section 16. BARBER, H A CO G) 6TH SCCSA DATE OF DEATH: 05/25/1862 BURIED AT: SECTION 16 … Read more
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Harold S. Lund, Palm Beach, Florida, Born 1926. Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army Killed in Action – Died September 14, 1950 in Korea Sergeant First Class Lund was a member of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed In Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 14, 1950. Read … Read more
From a contemporary press report: George Ureke, 82, a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who was Secretary-treasurer of International Bank in Washington from 1971 to 1985, died February 1, 2002, at Reston Hospital Center, Virginia. He had a respiratory ailment and cancer. He lived at Falcons Landing in Sterling, Virginia. Colonel Ureke was a native … Read more
John W. Walsh was born in 1847 in Virginia. During the 1880 United States Census he resided in Washington, D. C. He resided with his wife, Alice M. Walsh, age 26 and born in Virginia; their daughter, Georgie E. Walsh, age 9 and born in Washington, D. C.; their daughter, Maggie R. Walsh, age 7 … Read more
Seeking information on my mother’s cousin who was a Private First Class in the United States Army and killed in France in 1944. My understanding has always been that he was buried at Arlington. Here is what I know: Name: John Kenneth Zahn, Jr Rank: PFC, US Army DOD: 9/11/44 (France) Home: 120 Donaldson Avenue … Read more
U.S. EMBASSY BOMBING Beirut, Lebanon – 18 April 1983 Occurred at about 1300 (1:00 pm Lebanon Time) on April 18th, 1983. It was carried out by a terrorist driving a van, reportedly stolen from the Embassy in June 1982. The van carried a 2,000-pound load of explosives, tearing through the front portion of the seven … Read more
Fron a contemporary press report: Charles Goodwin Whitmire, 84, an Army Colonel and Soviet expert who retired in 1972 as executive officer of the Defense Intelligence Agency, died of heart disease November 25, 2003, at Virginia Hospital Center-Arlington. Colonel Whitmire was a Greenville, South Carolina, native who began his Army career after graduating from The … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 235-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 21, 2006 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on March 18, 2006, when they came under small arms fire by … Read more
Rear Admiral William Harrington Leahy was born on 27 October 1904 in San Francisco, California. He appeared in the census on 29 January 1920 in Washington, D.C. He was the son of Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy, United States Navy. He graduated in 1927 from the US Naval Academy. He was an Ensign in the US … Read more
From a contemporary press report: John Andrew Mikuluk, 87, an Army colonel and hospital administrator who retired in 1972 as executive officer of the reserve recruiting center in Rockville, Maryland, died of pneumonia August 19, 1999 at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He had been a resident of the Washington area since the 1950s and lived in … Read more
William Joseph Hever was born on 28 December 1890. He was in the Class of 1917 at Harvard University. During World War I, he served as First Lieutenant, 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division. In this capacity he was killed in action in the Argonne Forest in France on 5 October 1918. He was originally buried … Read more
Harold Raymond Cody, 86, a retired Navy Captain who saw action as a pilot during World War II and in Korea and Vietnam, died of congestive heart failure August 16, 2005, at Fairfax Nursing Center. He was a Springfield, Virginia, resident. Captain Cody, a voting member of the Cherokee Nation, was born in Collinsville, Oklahoma. … Read more
James M. Davidson, 83, who retired in 1971 as a Colonel with the Army and Army Reserve, died of a massive coronary, 24 December l994 at Zurbrugg Memorial hospital in Riverside, New Jersey. Colonel Davidson began his military career in 1929 when he enlisted in the New Jersey National Guard. He was promoted to Second … Read more
Captain Simmers served in World War II. He is apparently the son of Clayton Miller Simmers, Captain, United States Navy. SIMMERS, CLAYTON ROGERS CAPT USN DATE OF BIRTH: 10/06/1907 DATE OF DEATH: 10/01/1966 BURIED AT: SECTION 35 SITE 3447 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY SIMMERS, DOROTHY KINCADE W/O CLAYTON ROGERS DATE OF BIRTH: 06/02/1910 DATE OF DEATH: 05/03/1966 … Read more
Robert S. Widdocimbe First Lieutenant, United States Army SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT S. WIDDICOMBE Late First Lieutenant, Company A, 29th Missouri Volunteers Who Departed This Life June 12, 1891 Aged 32 Years At Rest First Lieutenant R. S. WIDDICOMBE of Washington, Missouri, was the original First Lieutenant for Company A, and served until … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 511-10 June 21, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Nathan W. Cox, 27, of Fremont, Calif., died June 16, 2010, … Read more
Frank Howard Adams of Indiana Appointed from Indiana, Private, Corporal, Serveant and First Sergeant, Companies G, H, and I, 17th U. S. Infantry, 17 August 1893 to 16 November 1896 and 27 July 1897 to 12 August 1900 Second Lieutenant, 16th U. S. Infantry, 25 July 1900 ADAMS, FRANK H. Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Home: … Read more
No. 762-03 IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 2003 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 16, 2003, in Karbala, Iraq. The soldiers were attempting to negotiate with armed men who were congregating on a road near a mosque after curfew. … Read more
CHARLES LIBBEUS HODGES March 13, 1847 – 1911 Private, Corporal, Sergeant, 65th New York Infantry 1861-65 Served with 18th United States Infantry 1869-75 Served with 25th United States Infantry 1875-00 Regimental Quartermaster 1882-87 Served with 17th United States Infantry 1900-01 Served with 23rd United States Infantry 1901-07 Commanding Officer 24th United States Infantry 1907 Assignments … Read more
Ames T. Brown (1890-1961) Born in Boston, Massachusetts on November 3, 1890. Commissioned in the Infantry, New York National Guard in 1915. Served with the 106th Infantry at Ypres-Lis and Somme engagements in 1918. Discharged in 1919 then commissioned in the New York National Guard again in 1924. Brigadier General in February 1940 as Adjutant … Read more
Lieutenant Thomas William Greer was born in 1877 and died in 1944. He and his wife, Margaret B. Greer (1898-1984) are buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. Their son, Thomas William Greer, Jr., First Lieutenant, United States Army, who served in World War II and who was killed in action in the Korean War, is … Read more
ADMIRAL JANNOTTA, 77, WAR HERO, IS DEAD Won Navy Cross for Action Aboard Flaming Ship WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, June 2, 1972 – Rear Admiral Alfred Vernon Jannotta, Naval Reserve, retired, a veteran of both World Wars and winner of the Navy Cross and Silver Star for gallantry, died here Wednesday. He was 77 years … Read more
Dunham, Robert Batten January 16, 1924 – August 30, 1952 United States Military Academy, Class of1946 Robert Batten Dunham NO. 16136 CLASS OF 1946 Died 30 August 1952 north of Yonchon, Korea, aged 28 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery. Robert Batten (Bob) Dunham was born 16 January 1924 at Fort Totten, New York. His father, … Read more
SCHLEGEL, ROBERT ALLAN (Age 38) COMMANDER, USN On Thursday, September 11, 2001, as a result of a terrorist act on the Pentagon, ROBERT A. SCHLEGEL, COMMANDER, UNITED STATES NAVY, of Alexandria, Virginia. Husband of 13 years of Dr. Dawn Marie Schlegel; son of Elvin and Patricia Schlegel and brother of David and Richard Schlegel. Friends … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Retired Navy Captain Raymond D. Fusselman, a decorated World War II veteran, died December 10, 2000, in San Francisco at age 90. He had suffered from emphysema and cancer. Captain Fusselman, a native of West Farmington, Ohio, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933 and served on the destroyers Selfridge … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Catherine Dodson “Cay” Callahan, 78, a retired Navy lieutenant commander and World War II veteran whose duties included service as a legislative liaison officer to the U.S. Congress, died of pneumonia November 7, 1998 at Suburban Hospital, Washington. Commander Callahan, who lived in Washington, was born to a Navy family … Read more
Courtesy of their son, Robert L. Ward, November 2006 Colonel Gerald Charles Ward, United States Air Force, was born 16 December 1901, Babcock, Wisconsin, and died 7 November 1978, Winter Park, Florida. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in the class of 1929, with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, and a commission as a … Read more
Colonel Alvin Lee Reeser, United States Air Force (retired) passed away on May 8, 2004 in Huntsville, Alabama. He was born on February 28, 1928 in Lakeland, Florida to Ernie and Susie Reeser. Al was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Don, and his grandson, Rex. He was raised in Vero Beach, Florida … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates, United States Military Academy, Class of 1946 MEMORIAL ARTICLE Published Assembly July 1991 Robert Webb Tribolet No.15703 Class of 1946 Died 25 January 1989 in Sarasota, Florida, aged 63 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Early afternoon of a cool, misty February day in 1989, a truly patriotic American, who … Read more
24 November 2005: Soldier fatally injured in parachute training FORT BENNING, Georgia – An airborne student was fatally injured when he hit his head upon landing on his fifth parachute jump at Fort Benning, authorities said Thursday. Sergeant First Class Matthew A. Ritz died at The Medical Center in Columbus on Wednesday, the day after … Read more
Valentino J. Malleus was born in New York State on 27 December 1917. He served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He was the recipient of two awards of the Air Medal. The Colonel died on 18 August 1970 and was buried in Section 46 of Arlington National Cemetery. Should … Read more
From a contemporary press report Ernest Roland Morgan, General, United States Army (retired) was born March 29, 1932, and he was called back home November 21, 2001, following knee surgery in Huntsville, Alabama. He made national headlines in 1975 when he was captured in Beirut, Lebanon by Lebanese terrorists and released 13 days later. He … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Harry Louis Berman, 91, an Army physician and specialist in radiology who retired as a colonel in 1960, died of pneumonia February 25, 2000, at Suburban Hospital. After his military retirement, Dr. Berman served until 1983 as chief of the radiation oncology center at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. In this … Read more