People who die from natural causes or in cases such as accidents, wars or drug abuse are there every day. Therefore, it is important to deal with this issue to understand that life will not always be easy. In this category we will explain in a few words the most important facts about deceased persons, resting places such as the Arlington National Cemetery and who has what right to what resting place.
A deceased person is a human being from the moment of his death until the expiration of his post-mortem personality protection. The memory of the deceased is protected from disparagement under criminal law. After the burial or finding of a lifeless missing person, one (also) speaks of a dead person. The term deceased must be distinguished from the term corpse, which refers only to the body.
When people are dying due to the natural aging process or a serious illness, they go through the incipient dying process. In contrast to the sudden death caused, for example, by a fatal accident in a war to a military service member or veteran, the natural dying process extends over a longer period of time. This is divided into the phases of dying, in which certain signs of impending death can often be identified.
Primarily buried at Arlington National Cemetery are deceased persons who died in a military action, or their family members. However, presidents such as Kennedy family William Howard Taft, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, world boxing champion Joe Louis, the seven Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts and the Tuskegee Airmen are also buried.
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 797-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2005 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Corporal Christopher J. Dyer, 19, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died August 3, 2005, when the amphibious assault vehicle … Read more
AHLMEYER, HEINZ 2ND LT US MARINE CORPS VIETNAM DATE OF BIRTH: 02/06/1944 DATE OF DEATH: 05/10/1967 BURIED AT: SECTION 60 SITE 8239 TYCZ, JAMES N SGT US MARINE CORPS DATE OF BIRTH: 04/10/1945 DATE OF DEATH: 05/10/1967 BURIED AT: SECTION 60 SITE 8239 MILLER, MALCOLM THOMAS HM3 US NAVY VIETNAM DATE OF BIRTH: 11/21/1946 DATE … Read more
From contemporary press reports: October 11, 1994 Marion Wicks Freymann, a Navy veteran of World War I and a former longtime Chapel Hill, North Carolina, resident, has died at the age of 102. She died October 3, 1993 at a convalescent center in Avon, Connecticut. Her long, rich life took Mrs. Freymann on travels across … Read more
George A. Sanderson, Secretary of the Senate, 1919-1925 Just before lunch on May 14, 1919, forty-four high-spirited Senate Republicans boisterously entered a Capitol conference room. Backslapping and handshaking, they made their way to seats prepared for this first party caucus of the soon-to-convene Sixty-sixth Congress. Their triumphal spirit stemmed from the November 1918 congressional elections, … Read more
From contemporary press reports: Selden Chapin was born at Erie, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1899. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1919. He married Mary Paul Noyes, March 30, 1927. Chapin served in the United States Navy from 1919 to 1925. He was appointed a Foreign Service Officer, March 1925. He then served … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Military Academy: Harry Raymond Steffensen, NO. 17852 Died 19 September 1981 in Vienna, Virginia, aged 57 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia. Over thirty years have passed since my USMA roommate, Harry Steffensen, asked me to write his biographical sketch for the Howitzer. By rights, that job should … Read more
Patrick Joseph Donohoe, 80, a retired Colonel who served in the Army Corps of Engineers, died of heart disease May 7, 2008, at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He lived in Annapolis, Maryland.Colonel Donohoe was born in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He received a master’s degree in civil … Read more
From a contemporary press report Andrew Thomas McNamara, 96, a retired Army Lieutenant General who rose through the Quartermaster Corps to serve as the first director of what is now the Defense Logistics Agency, died of pneumonia April 6 at the Fairfax retirement home at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. General McNamara, former quartermaster general and a … Read more
B. S. BULLARD, JR. KILLED Shooting in West of Admiral’s Grandson Laid to an Accident BALTIMORE, August 25, 1931 – B. Saunders Bullard, Jr., 18 years old, son of Lieutenant Commander Beirne Saunders Bullard and grandson of the late Rear Admiral W. H. G. Bullard, was wounded fatally at the Mare Island Navy Yard near Dallejo, … Read more
Pentagon officials recommended today that the remains of a Vietnam casualty be removed from the Tomb of the Unknowns to see if they can be identified as those of a downed Air Force pilot. The recommendation will go to Defense Secretary William Cohen within the next couple of weeks for a final decision. “My position … Read more
Fourteen years after President Reagan presided over the burial of a Vietnam veteran in the Tomb of the Unknowns, the remains will be exhumed to see if they can be identified after all. Relatives of Air Force 1st Lt. Michael J. Blassie, a missing Vietnam War pilot, believe his remains are buried in the tomb. … Read more
As we stand here looking At the flags upon these graves Know these flags represent A few of the true American brave They fought for their Country As man has through all of time Except that these soldiers lying here Fought for your country and mine As we all are gathered here To pay them … Read more
We are seeking information on this individual. We are not certain about the title “Beneficiary,” but there are no other persons by this last name buried in Arlington National Cemetery. HIMMELWRIGHT, CHAS BENEFICIARY U S NAVY DATE OF DEATH: 02/07/1900 BURIED AT: SITE 14023 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan … Read more
August 8, 1954: Wantagh, New York – Residents of this community paid tribute today to the Air Force pilot who stayed with his disabled jet fighter-bomber to crash it into an almost deserted street at noon last Tuesday. A memorial service for Captain William Weiland was held at the site of the recently filled … Read more
Press Report: Saturday, November 29, 2003 Byron A. Schlag, a World War II veteran who escaped from his Nazi captors and became a popular businessman who was involved in real estate development in the North Hills, died Tuesday at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital of complications from respiratory illness. He was 78. Sergeant Schlag, of West … Read more
By Michael Laris Courtesy of the Washington Post Tuesday, May 31, 2005 For families mourning amid the white stone grave markers and the tiny American flags at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday, loss was measured in quiet moments and small, aching gestures. “That’s him,” said Sally Soltes, pointing to a button pinned to her stroller. Her … Read more
Fourteen years ago, at a solemn ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, the Medal of Honor, America’s highest decoration, was awarded to an anonymous representative of the Vietnam War whose remains were interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns, “known but to God.” The remains are now gone from the tomb; they were identified in June … Read more
From a contemporary press report John Lawrence Gildner, 66, a retired Air Force colonel and hospital administrator who had been chief executive officer for 20 years of the Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents in Rockville, died of cancer November 3, 1999 at his Seabrook home. A former administrator of the hospital at Andrews Air … Read more
Born at Cabana, Cuba, on September 20, 1903 into a military family. In 1925 he was commissioned from the ranks and on December 7, 1941 was a Marine Corps Major in command of the First Marine Defense Battalion on Wake Island when it was attacked by the Japanese at the onset of World War II. … Read more
Leroy Hawthorne was born August 9, 1829 in Morgantown Virginia (now West Virginia) to Robert Hawthorne and Nancy Kiger. Harry’s grandfather, Robert was a native of Londonderry Northern Ireland. Robert came to America in the early 1800s, settled in Virginia married Nancy Kiger and moved to Morgantown. Robert Hawthorne was a farmer and manufacturer … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Harold S. Colen, 85, a retired Army colonel who later served as a civilian logistics planning officer for the Navy Department, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease August 1, 1999 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Colonel Colen, a resident of Fairfax, was born in New York and graduated from … Read more
From a contemporary press report Robert Patrick Tracy, 66, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who later became a civilian systems analyst, died of cancer February 15, 1999 at the Veterans Hospital at Fort Howard, Maryland. Colonel Tracy was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Pennsylvania State University. He retired from the Air Force … Read more
Served as Major, 2nd US Artillery and Brevet Brigadier General during the Civil War. He died on June 22, 1881, aged 63 years and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. He was born in New York in 1818, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842, 13th of a class … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Leon Grabowsky, 82, a retired Navy captain who won the Navy Cross while commanding a destroyer during the battle of Okinawa during World War II, died July 28, 2000 at a hospital in Danville, California. He had Parkinson’s disease. He brought his ship alongside another destroyer to assist in fighting … Read more
The following information is courtesy of the General’s Grandson, Stephen G. Johns, whose great information has gone unattributed for for too long. We deeply apologize to Mr. Johns for this inadvertent error. Michael Patterson, 25 January 2010. I am the Grandson of Brigadier General Crawford F. Sams, who is mentioned in this article. My Grandfather died … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Herbert Field Woodbury, 82, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel who was an administrator at Control Data Corp. in Rockville, Maryland, from 1962 to 1977, died of a cardiovascular disorder July 19, 2000 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. At Control Data, he was manager of administration in its professional services … Read more
Born November 7, 1837 at Muncy, Pennsylvania, he enlisted as a Private in the Chicago Dragoons in April 1861 and in September was appointed First Lieutenant in the 8th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. Throughout the Civil War, he served with the Army of West Virginia, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Shenandoah. … Read more
Tower builder Thomas Ottenstein dies Thomas R. Ottenstein, died Tuesday in Washington, D.C. His death came a month after National Park Service officials demolished the tower under controversial eminent domain proceedings. Thomas R. Ottenstein, the entrepreneur who persevered in his vision to build a tower that afforded millions a sweeping view of the Gettysburg battlefield, … Read more
29 April 2003: Body of Lejeune Marine returns to home in North Carolina The body of Camp Lejeune Marine Lance Corporal Alan D. Lam of Snow Camp was returned to Alamance County on Monday night. Lam, 19, was killed in an accident in Iraq on April 22. A memorial service will be held for him … Read more
John Lynn Powers was born on October 13, 1949 and joined the Armed Forces while in Mackay, Idaho. He served in the United States Army, Company C, 159th Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, and attained the rank of Specialist 4th Class. John Lynn Powers is listed as Missing in Action. A funeral, At Last Orange … Read more
Colonel Bushey was from Peoria, Illinois. Have more information on Orin Bushey. He was killed in airplane crash at Roswell Air Base on a routine sortie. He was also Commandant of that Air Base. He is the son of E.S.. Bushey 1217 Knoxville Ave, Peoria, Illinois, and also has a son Lieutenant Robert Bushey in … Read more
J.T. Looney Confederate Section 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 Slimming Gummies Nucific Bio X4 Diaetoxil … Read more
Wyburn Dwight Brown (1899-1981) Born in Marion, South Carolina on June 23, 1899. Commissioned in the Field Artillery from West Point in 1919. Instructor there 1924-1929, then Professor 1932-1936. Graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1937. Instructor at the Field Artillery School 1937-1941. With Operations Division at the War Department General Staff 1941-1942. … Read more
From a contemporary press report: James Hampden Howard, 90, a retired Navy Rear Admiral who had taught courses in computer science at American University and Northern Virginia Community College in the 1960s, died of cardiac arrest November 12, 1998 at his home in Goodwin House in Alexandria, Virginia. Admiral Howard, who was born in Washington … Read more
Born at St. Vincent, Virgin Islands, in 1855, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving aboard the USS Adams at Mare Island, California, on November 14, 1879. He died on May 20, 1903 and was buried in Section 23 of Arlington National Cemetery. JOHNSON, WILLIAM Rank and organization: Cooper, U.S. Navy. Born: 1855, St. Vincent … Read more
FORT DIX, New Jersey – The government car pulls up in front of the house, and two people get out. A uniformed soldier and a chaplain head up the sidewalk, rap on the door, and offer devastating words: “The secretary of the Army regrets to inform you…” This is the moment that families of military … Read more
Thaddeus Sandord Kirtland of Connecticut Served in the Army as Private, 18th U.S. Infantry, 1 October to 7 November 1861 Second Lieutenant, 18th U. S. Infantry, 30 October 1861 First Lieutenant, 22 July 1862 Transferred to the 3th U. S. Infantry, 21 September 1866 Captain, 28 July 1866 Transferred to 7th U. S. Infantry, 19 … Read more
Dear Webmaster: I was a young Navy Petty Officer assigned to the Navy Public Relations Office, Community Relations Division in 1978-1979. Captain Coupe was a Cmdr at that time. No Officer of the U.S. Navy had more impact on me as a person and member of our armed forces. I am deeply saddened to know … Read more
Captain Bertholf is buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. He is buried next to his father, Charles Mariner Bertholf, Captain, United States Navy, and his father’s uncle, Ellsworth Price Bertholf, Commodore, United States Coast Guard. Research regarding the Captain continues. BERTHOLF, CHARLES MARRINER JR United States Marine Corps VETERAN SERVICE DATES: 05/27/1966 – 05/14/1969 DATE OF … Read more
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Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL PAUL E. RUESTOW Retired, Died August 10, 1990 Paul E. Ruestow was born, the second of five children, in Rockville Center, Long Island, New York, in 1908. He graduated from Lynbrook, Long Island, High School in 1926. He received a Congressional appointment to the U.S. Military … Read more
April 29, 2005: A military jury has sentenced U.S. Army Sergeant Hasan Akbar to death for killing two officers in a grenade and rifle assault in Kuwaiit. Akbar, a former 101st Airborne Division soldier, was found guilty a week ago on two counts of pre-meditated murder and three counts of attempted pre-meditated murder after a military … Read more
Full Name: GERALD DALY GEOGHEGAN Date of Birth: 11/24/1942 Date of Casualty: 9/18/1966 Home of Record: VERONA, NEW JERSEY Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: 1LT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG TRI From a contemporary press report: Gerald Daly Geoghegan (1942 – 1966) Gerald Daly Geoghegan was born on November 24th 1942 to … Read more
His private memorial in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery reads: United States Navy Medical Corps United States Navy Night Fighter Pilot, World War II White House Physician Presidential and Vice Presidential Service Medals Purple Heart Medal Legion of Merit Air Medal March 21, 1921 – February 20,1991 Read our general and most popular articles … Read more
OGDEN, Utah – Gerry Van Dam, (Geraldine Stokes Van Dam), 89, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt has died at her home of causes incident to age on February 23, 2006. Geraldine Stokes Van Dam was born on April 25, 1916, at Draper, Utah, to Mary Lupton Heward and Archibald LeGrande Stokes. She was … Read more
At the time of the 1880 United States Census he resided at Gainesborough, Frederick County, Virginia. Residing with him were his wife, Sarah A. Herrell, age 35 and born in Virginia; their daughter, Bertha B. Herrell, age 12 and born in Virginia; their son, Hollis L. Herrell, age 10 and born in Virginia; the son, … Read more
WASHINGTON — The superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery for the past 19 years is retiring. John C. Metzler Jr. has worked for the government for 42 years and says his last day will be July 2, 2010. The 62-year-old’s father was also superintendent at the cemetery outside the nation’s capital. He says the high … Read more
From a contemporary press report: A career Army officer, Captain Benita died March 4, 1996 of heart failure at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.. The Odenton resident was 80. He served 25 years in the Army before retiring in 1966 with the rank of captain. He served with the 5th Armored Division … Read more
Born on February 14, 1870 and graduated from West Point in 1891, he died at Camp Wikoff, Long Island, on August 23, 1898 after having served throughout the campaign at Santiago, De Cuba in the Spanish-American War. NOTE: He was the son of Edwin Sylvanius Osborne, Major General, United States Army and Member of Congress from Pennsyvlania. … Read more
COMMANDER T. W. RYAN, GRANT’S AIDE, DIES With Late President on World Trip Served in Two Wars and Boxer Rebellion NEW YORK, June 9, 1930 – Commander Thomas W. Ryan, U.S.N., retired, who was an aide to President Grant during the latter’s trip around the world, died on Friday night in the Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, … Read more
CAPTAIN THADDEUS CRAPSTER Head of Norfolk District, 40, Years in Coast Guard Service July 27, 1941 – Captain Thaddeus G. Crapster, Commander of the Norfolk District, United States Coast Guard, died on Friday in Norfolk, Virginia, according to word received here yesterday. His age was 63. Captain Crapster was born in Taneytown, Maryland, became a … Read more
Willard Stewart Paul was born at Worcester, Massachusetts, February 28, 1894. He was a student at Clark University, Dartmouth. Massachusetts, and attended American University, 1942, LLD, 1958. LLD, Roanoke, Virginia College, 1959. He married Ruth Sieurin, April 14, 1919 (died 1953). He married a second time to Louella Musselman Arnold, August 12, 1958. He enlisted … Read more
Full Name: ALTON CRAIG ROCKETT JR Date of Birth: 1/20/1932 Date of Casualty: 6/2/1967 Date of Death: 6/2/1967 Home of Record: BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA Branch of Service: AIR FORCE Rank: LTC Casualty Country: NORTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: NZ Status: MIA ROCKETT, ALTON CRAIG JR. Name: Alton Craig Rockett Rank/Branch: O3/US Air Force Unit: Date of Birth: … Read more
Born at Albany, New York, August 17, 1896, he attended the University of Washington for one year and the Massachuetts Institute of Technology for two years before entering West Point from which he graduated in 1918. He was commissioned in the Engineers and took courses at the Engineer’s School, Camp Humphreys (now Fort Belvoir), Virginia, … Read more
Henry Clark Corbin of Ohio Appointed from Ohio, Second Lieutenant, 83rd Ohio Infantry, 28 July 1862 Transferred to the 79th Ohio Infantry, 29 August 1862 First Lieutenant, 11 May 1863 Resigned 13 November 1863 Major, 14th U. S. Colored Infantry, 14 November 1863 Lieutenant Colonel, 4 March 1864 Colonel, 23 September 1865 Breveted Brigadier General … Read more
Major General Thomas Henderson Scott Jr, U.S. Army Cadet, U.S. Military Academy 1936-40 Graduated as No. 11936, Class of 1940 Second Lieutenant 1940 First Lieutenant (AUS) 1941 Captain (AUS) 1942 Major (AUS) 1944 Captain 1948 Lieutenant Colonel (AUS) 1950 Major 1952 Advanced through grades to Major General 1967 Served with 3rd Quartermaster Battalion, Fort Lewis … Read more
Joseph Gales Ramsay of Pennsylvania Appointed from the District of Columbia, Second Lieutenant, 2nd U. Artillery, 5 August 1861 First Lieutenant, 12 November 1861 Regimental Adjutant, 4 November 1863 to 17 November 1864 Captain, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, 17 November 1864 Honorably mustered out of the Volunteer Service, 3 August 1865 Regimental Quartermaster, 23 … Read more
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From a contemporary press report: John H. “Jake” Schuffert, 79, a retired Department of Defense graphics supervisor who was creator of “Here’s Jake,” a popular cartoon feature in Airman magazine, died of cancer November 2, 1998 at his home in Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Schuffert’s single-panel cartoons, which appeared in Airman for the last 50 years, … Read more
Reuben William Hendrickson born May 12, 1921 in Tamarack Hill, Michigan and graduated from Dollar Bay High School in May 1939 with a partial scholarship to Michigan College of Mining and Technology. He attended MTU until the outbreak of World War II, when he signed up with the “Traveling Aviation Cadet Examining Board #1” on … Read more
From contempory news reports: Berton Everett Spivy Jr., 85, a retired Army four-star general and former defense industry consultant who had lived in the Washington area for more than 20 years before moving to Dallas in 1994, died of cancer November 26, 1997 in a Dallas, Texas, hospital. He served in the Army for 37 … Read more
BROWN, HARRY H JR AAF DATE OF DEATH: 12/02/1944 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4753 COWAN, HENRY JR SGT AAF USA DATE OF DEATH: 12/02/1944 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4753 HOBBS, JOHN C 2ND LT AAF U S A DATE OF DEATH: 12/02/1944 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4753 COOPER, WARREN H 2ND LT … Read more
William Emery Merrill of Wisconsin Appointed from Wisconsin, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1854 (1) Brevet Second Lieutenant of Engineers, 1 July 1859 Second Lieuenant, 20 February 1861 First Lieutenant, 6 August 1861 Captain, 3 March 1863 Colonel, 1st U. S. Veteran Volunteer Engineers, 30 August 1864 Honorably mustered out of volunteer service, … Read more
Paul P. Burns Major General, US Army Retired Born: March 17, 1933 Place of Birth: Alliance, Ohio Death: September 29, 2008 Place of Death: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Paul Patrick Burns, 75, of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, passed away Monday, September 29, 2008 at his home after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was commissioned a … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Archibald W. Lyon, 88, an Army Brigadier General who served as a transportation officer for most of his military career, died of pneumonia July 4, 1998 at Integrated Health Services of Alexandria, Virginia. General Lyon served 36 years in the Army, retiring in 1964 after two years as deputy director … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Leo Bruce Warring, 76, a retired Navy Commander whose career included command of destroyers and liaison work with the Naval Sealift Command and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died of cancer May 22, 2003, at a hospital in Palm City, Florida. Commander Warring was born in Washington and graduated from … Read more
My father, Captain Robert Joseph Lucas, disappeared on November 24, 1962 piloting a F-102 out of Paine Field Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington, where we were stationed. They searched 10 days in the Olympic National Peninsula and then sent us packing to my mother’s birth place here in North Carolina. Captain Robert Joseph Lucas has … Read more
From a contemporary press reports Richard Henry Free, 87, a retired Major General of the Army Corps of Engineers who helped oversee completion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel between Norfolk and the lower Eastern Shore, died of cancer July 15, 2001 at Mount Vernon Nursing Center. General Free, who served for 32 years and … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 150-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2007 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Corporal Brandon J. Van Parys, 20, of New Tripoli, Pennsylvania, died February 5, 2007, while conducting combat … Read more
Warrant Officer Carter was the aircraft commander of a UH-1D helicopter lost during a command and control mission over Quang Nai Province, South Vietnam, on June 13, 1968. Warrant Officer Johnson, Specialist 4 Milton, and Private First Class Weamer were crewmembers on the helicopter; and Lieutenant Colonel Barker, Captain Michles, and First Lieutenant Phillips were … Read more
Retired Lieutenant Gemeral DeWitt C. Smith Jr., the longest-serving commandant of the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, died yesterday in New London, Connecticut. He was 84. Smith served as war college commandant from 1974-77 and again from 1978-1980. He was also a student there in the 1960s. Major General David H. Huntoon Jr., … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Naval Academy Rear Admiral Alex Sinclair, United States Navy, Retired, age 82, of Great Falls, Virginia, died on September 14, 2009 at Arleigh Burke Nursing Center. He was born on January 30, 1927 to the late Alexander M. and Dorothy Smith Sinclair. He was born and raised in Santa Cruz, … Read more
From a contemporary press report Retired Army Colonel Thomas J. Cunningham Jr., 76, who handled media relations for General William Westmoreland in Vietnam, was editor of Army Digest and European editor of Stars and Stripes, died Jun 26, 1995 at Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. No cause of death was given. Born in Pittsburgh, he graduated … Read more
He enlisted in the Navy at the age of sixteen when the Civil War broke out. During the War, he served in both the Navy and the Army. After the war, he embarked on a career of inventing and manufacturing, his first invention being the device to replace derailed railroad cars and the air brake. … Read more
From a contemporary press report: William W. Wanamaker, 101, a retired brigadier general in the Army Corps of Engineers whose career included a tour as district engineer in Baltimore, died of a blood disorder February 8, 2000 at his home in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. General Wanamaker, a Washington area resident since 1972, was a 1918 … Read more
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Georgia A jet from the Navy’s Blue Angels precision flying team crashed during a training flight Thursday while trying to land under clear skies. Both people aboard were killed. The F/A-18 Hornet went down around midday on a farm near Moody Air Force Base in southernmost Georgia, plowing into a stand … Read more
Hanson Edward Weaver of Pennsylvania Appointed from the District of Columbia, Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry, 25 June 1861 First Lieuetnant, 27 February 1862 Resigned 9 January 1866 Hanson Edward Weaver was born at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on 29 August 1841. He was christened on 16 January 1842, at Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Gettysburg, Adams County, … Read more
BY JEFF KASS Courtesy of Newsday Joe Matejov’s remains are at Arlington National Cemetery, according to his tombstone. But his family believes the 1970 graduate of East Meadow High School has lived out his last days in Laos, Russia or somewhere in between, and might even still be alive. His brother, John, and three lawyers … Read more
ARLINGTON, Virginia (Army News Service, December 2, 2009) – Medal of Honor recipient Leonard B. Keller was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, 32 years after he and another Soldier performed acts of bravery in Vietnam that merited the United States’ highest military decoration. Keller died October 18, 2009, from injuries suffered in … Read more
John Huston Church (1892-1953) Born in Glen Iron, Pennsylvania on June 28, 1892. Attended New York University 1915-1917. Commissioned in the Infantry in 1917. Served with the 28th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force at Cantigny, Montdidier-Noyon, Aisne-Marne and Muese-Argonne in 1918. Aide-de-camp to Brigadier General F.C. Marshall in 1920. Instructor with the Maryland National Guard 1922-1926 … Read more
William J. Fano New York, New York Born May 24, 1929 Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps Killed in Action Died July 14, 1953 in Korea Second Lieutenant Fano was a member of Company H, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea on July 14, … Read more
Howard Lyman Prince, a 22 year old school teacher from Cumberland, Maine, was born on 17 May 1840, in Cumberland, Maine. He was initially the Regimental Quartermaster of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, but was promoted to First Lieutenant in February of 1864 and then to Captain of Company A in December of that year. … Read more
From a contemporary news report: David Anthony Quinlan, 65, a retired Marine Corps Colonel who became a businessman specializing in Russian high-tech companies, died November 7, 2003, at a hotel in Moscow after an apparent stroke. He had been a Washington area resident since 1970 and lived in Alexandria. He was on a business assignment … Read more
7 March 2007: Joe B. Vogel, 88, a former college journalism professor and press attache for the U.S. Information Agency, died of congestive heart failure February 22, 2007, at Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, D.C.. A recent resident at Ingleside at Rock Creek in the District, he previously lived in Glen Echo, Maryland. Dr. Vogel joined … Read more
Full Name: ROBERT EMERSON TAYLOR Date of Birth: 10/22/1942 Date of Casualty: 3/14/1966 Home of Record: TAKOMA PARK, MARYLAND Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: 2LT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: PR & MR UNKNOWN Let us not forget Second Lieutenant Robert Emerson Taylor, casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Army, … Read more
From contemporary press report Rolf Christenson was born in Decorah, Iowa, and entered service in the U.S. Army on July 27, 1983. In addition to his Regular Army Infantry training, Rolf graduated from Airborne, Jumpmaster, Pathfinder, and Air Assault schools and was the Honor Graduate of Ranger Class 8-88. SFC Christenson served with distinction with … Read more
With more burials and a finite amount of space, Arlington National Cemetery struggles with expansion. By David Schultz Courtesy of the Arlington Connection Tuesday, August 19, 2008 As one looks out over the flowing rows of gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery, it’s easy to imagine that the grounds of the country’s most hallowed military monument … Read more
Robert Lee Longstreet was son of Lieutenant General James Longstreet, Confederate States of America. He was born at Petersburg, Virginia, on 20 October 1863. He served for a time with the United States Army Quartermaster Corps. He enlisted on October 1, 1917 and was discharged from duty on September 20, 1919. He died on 1 … Read more
Information Provided By Charles Purser: April 2007 Levi Reinhardt was removed Oct 1883, along with 106 other soldiers to the Confederate Section of Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, NC. Courtesy of Derick S. Hartshorn, April 2007: REINHARDT, LEVI, Private, Company F, 23rd Regiment, North Carolinas Troops. Resided in Catawba County where he enlisted on March 10, 1863, for the … Read more
No. 646-03 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sep 02, 2003 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today that Sergeant First Class Mitchell A. Lane, 34, of Lompoc, California, died on Aug 29, 2003, in Afghanistan. Lane fell approximately 25 feet when he was conducting a fast rope infiltration into a known enemy cave complex. Lane … Read more
Donald C. Trent Raleigh, West Virginia Born 1930 Sergeant, U.S. Army Service Number 15272715 Died while Prisoner of War Died March 31, 1951 in Korea Sergeant Trent was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy in South Korea on September 1, 1950 … Read more
There are a number of memorials that have been placed throughout Arlington National Cemetery over the years. Please click below to see and learn about these memorials. Americal Division Memorial (United States Army) The Armenian-American Volunteer Memorial Argonne Cross WWI Memorial The Battle of the Bulge Memorial Beirut Memorial Canadian Cross of Sacrifice The Catholic … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Keith Michael Witt, 56, a Sergeant Major who retired in 1993 from the Army Personnel Command in Alexandria, died September 25, 2001, at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Virginia. He had multiple sclerosis. He was a native of San Diego and a resident of Springfield. He graduated from the Army Sergeant Major … Read more
CARTIER, EDGAR N PFC AGF USA DATE OF DEATH: 04/01/1945 BURIED AT: SECTION 12 SITE 6275 STEVENS, WILLIAM S PFC AGF USA DATE OF DEATH: 04/01/1945 BURIED AT: SECTION 12 SITE 6275 SHORT, IRA M PFC AGF USA DATE OF DEATH: 04/01/1945 BURIED AT: SECTION 12 SITE 6275 STEWART, JOHNY E PFC AGF USA DATE … Read more
Born in Minnesota, May 14, 1898, he was afflicted with arthritis, diabetes, ulcers and heart ailments, but still traveled extensively during his ten years as Chairman of a Presidential Committee on the Handicapped. He nearly became an Army officer and had received an appointment to West Point. However, in 1917, eager to get into World … Read more
Osmun Latrobe, Jr. of Maryland Captain, 4th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, 31 May 1898 Major, 8 December 1898 Honorably discharged, 17 May 1899 Captain, Puerto Rico Regiment, 13 May 1899 Honorably mustered out 30 June 1901 Captain, Puerto Rico Provisional Regiment, 1 July to 18 October 1901 First Lietuenant, 8th U. S. Cavalry, 2 February … Read more
The wife of Douglas M. Scott, she was born on August 9, 1861 and died on January 20, 1913. She is buried among many other family members in Section 2 of 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 … Read more
Oliver W. Bagby was born in 1916 in Washington, D.C. and graduated with the class of 1938 from the United States Naval Academy. His first assignments were aboard the battleship USS Maryland and the destroyer USS Montgomery. After Submarine School he served on board the USS Marlin and the USS Herring. LCDR Bagby served as … Read more
HOPE MILLS, North Carolina –A Hope Mills father and his two daughters were killed early Tuesday morning after their home erupted in flames. Crews were called to the home on 4151 Pecan Drive around 1:50 a.m. The mother and father had escaped the fire by jumping through a window, but according to Cumberland County Sheriff’s … Read more
Born in Virginia on March 4, 1837 and graduated from West Point on July 1, 1857, He died on September 15, 1890 and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. His stone there reads: “Bore distinguished part in the Civil War as Chief Ordnance Officer of the Army of the Cumberland and the … Read more