People who die from natural causes or in cases such as accidents, wars or drug abuse are there every day. Therefore, it is important to deal with this issue to understand that life will not always be easy. In this category we will explain in a few words the most important facts about deceased persons, resting places such as the Arlington National Cemetery and who has what right to what resting place.
A deceased person is a human being from the moment of his death until the expiration of his post-mortem personality protection. The memory of the deceased is protected from disparagement under criminal law. After the burial or finding of a lifeless missing person, one (also) speaks of a dead person. The term deceased must be distinguished from the term corpse, which refers only to the body.
When people are dying due to the natural aging process or a serious illness, they go through the incipient dying process. In contrast to the sudden death caused, for example, by a fatal accident in a war to a military service member or veteran, the natural dying process extends over a longer period of time. This is divided into the phases of dying, in which certain signs of impending death can often be identified.
Primarily buried at Arlington National Cemetery are deceased persons who died in a military action, or their family members. However, presidents such as Kennedy family William Howard Taft, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, world boxing champion Joe Louis, the seven Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts and the Tuskegee Airmen are also buried.
From a contemporary press report The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) in charge of the US blockade of Cuba during Soviet missile crisis in 1962, died March 20, 1992, Arleigh Burke Pavilion nursing home in McLean, Virginia. He was 85 years old and lived in Washington, DC. He died of congestive heart failure, his family … Read more
December 29, 2005 Donald Dawson, 97, Dies; Master of Truman Whistle-Stop Donald S. Dawson, who as a presidential aide marshaled Harry S. Truman’s crucial whistle-stop tour in the 1948 election campaign and who later had a long career as a Washington lawyer, died on Sunday at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. He was 97. The … Read more
HENNESSY, DAN ICompany I 8th ALA INF PVT DATE OF DEATH: 08/27/1862 BURIED AT: SITE 258 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 … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 1083-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2007 Airman Missing from WWII is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for … Read more
From a contemporary press report Retired Lieutenant Colonel Walter A. Smith, Jr., 74, of Sun City, Arizona, died November 9. 1998. He was born May 4, 1924, in Philadelphia. After graduation from high school in 1943, he entered pilot training and served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. His awards include the Legion of … Read more
By Christian Davenport Courtesy of The Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 17, 2010 Several mud-caked headstones line the banks of a small stream at Arlington National Cemetery, the country’s most venerated burial ground. Farther upstream in a wooded area, a few others lie submerged with the rocks that line the stream bed. On Wednesday, … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 081-11 January 31, 2011 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sergeant First Class Anthony Venetz Jr., 30, of Prince William, Virginia, died … Read more
Courtesy of the Unied States Air Force: GENERAL TIMOTHY F.O’KEEFE Retired September 1, 1974, Died October 14, 1984 General Timothy Francis O’Keefe was commander, U.S. Support Activities Group, Seventh Air Force, with headquarters at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. General O’Keefe was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1919. He graduated from … Read more
Air Force Print News Hundreds of volunteers gathered at Arlington National Cemetery to place more than 5,000 donated Christmas wreaths on head stones. The 14th annual wreath laying event is the result of Worcester Wreath Company’s owner Morrill Worcester’s, childhood dream of doing something to honor those laid to rest in the national cemetery. Despite … Read more
20 October 2004: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia – Services are scheduled today for a retired Army Major who played a key role in the United States’ attempt in 1980 to rescue more than 50 Americans held hostage in Iran. Peter John Thompson died Saturday at a Charlottesville hospital. He was 56. After a service in Charlottesville, Thompson … Read more
INKFIELD, WILLIAM DATE OF DEATH: 03/15/1867 BURIED AT: SECTION CON SITE 150 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 … Read more
August 23, 1995: The Director of European Affairs for the National Security Council, died August 19, 1995 when the armored vehicle in which he was riding plunged off a mountainside in Bosnia. He was one of three US diplomats killed on their way to Sarajevo to discuss new peace plans in the Balkans. He lived … Read more
Lieutenant Crow was apparently killed-in-action in World War II and was eventually returned to the United States for burial in Arlington National Cemetery on 9 February 1950. CROW, CLARENCE H 1ST LT AUS VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF BIRTH: 05/08/1912 DATE OF DEATH: 08/31/1942 DATE OF INTERMENT: 02/09/1950 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4311 … Read more
Click Here For Arlington National Cemetery Biographies Where Valor Proudly Sleeps” (Click Above For “The Bivouac of the Dead”) Tell them of us and say, For their tomorrows, We gave our today. — The Kohima Epitaph Appears on a monumenterected at the British military cemetery at Kohima, Assam, India, in memory of those who diedin … Read more
Paying one’s respects at Arlington National Cemetery By DONNA MURRAY ALLEN, St. Petersburg Times Published October 10, 2002 ARLINGTON, Virginia — I finally visited Hiram Murray’s resting place a few weeks ago. For many years, I had longed to see it, but as these things go, I had never quite gotten around to making the … Read more
3 KILLED IN B-47 CRASH 6-Engined Jet Bomber Falls on Take-Off in California TestEDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California, November 19, 1951 – A six-engined B-47 jet bomber crashed shortly after take-off here this afternoon, killing its three crew members. The huge Stratojet, a high altitude and high speed Boeing bomber, crashed a quarter of a … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Colonel John H. Carlson, US Army Retired., 76, of the 1100 block of Vera Cruze Court, Gallup, New Mexico, died May 18, 1999, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Colonel Carlson was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Class of … Read more
From a contemporary press report: John F. Howard Sr., 93, a retired Army olonel who spent most of his career as a supply officer in the quartermaster corps, died of pneumonia August 9, 1999 at the Goodwin House West in Falls Church, Virginia. Colonal Howard, who had lived in the Washington area since 1987, was … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1207-07 October 11, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sergeant Eric T. Duckworth, 26, of Plano, Texas, died October 10, … Read more
Born at Hudson, Wisconsin, October 24, 1861, the son of Aaron H. and Margaret J. Frear. He served in the Army Signal Corps for five years. He received his LL.B degree at National Law University and practiced law at Hudson, 1884. He served as City Attorney for several terms of office. He was appointed District … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Jonas M. “Joe” Platt, 80, a retired Marine Corps major general who was a heavily decorated veteran of three wars, died of heart and lung ailments July 28, 2000 at the Falcons Landing retirement community’s nursing home in Sterling, Virginia. He served in the Marine Corps for 30 years before … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 038-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan 13, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Specialist Michael J. Smith, 24, of Media, Pennsylvania, died January 11, 2005, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when his … Read more
E-Mail: June 2006: I find it absolutely appalling that your would include Yeager, writing in his autobiography, described Crossfield as “a proficient pilot, but also among the most arrogant I’ve met.” …on your web site. Scott was a pilot and degreed engineer who broke Yeager’s record. Men with huge egos will walk over a mild … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Mark Robert Richards, 68, a retired Air Force colonel and pilot who flew combat missions in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, died of lung cancer July 30, 1998 at the Hospice of Northern Virginia. Colonel Richards served 31 years in the Air Force before retiring in 1984 as a … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Courtesy of Stars & Stripes: Final Arlington National Cemetery salute for Marine lost in Vietnam By Eric B. Pilgrim and Chuck Vinch, Stars and Stripes In April 1967, Keith Brewer proudly stood next to his uncle, 1st Lt. John Gardner, as their two families gathered in Hawaii for Gardner’s farewell … Read more
Rear Admiral William Sterling “Deak” Parsons (November 26, 1901 – December 5, 1953) was an American military engineer, best known for being the weaponeer on the Enola Gay (at the time, he had the rank of Captain) which dropped the first atomic bomb on the Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. He bridged the gap … Read more
Virginia, where he lived. Colonel. Brown, a native of Oskaloosa, Iowa, who was raised in Oakland, California, enlisted in the California National Guard at 14. His Sergeant discovered his age, Colonel Brown once said, and called his father, who allowed him to stay in the Guard as long as the sergeant kept an eye on … Read more
Frank S. Barrows was born 25 February 1843. During the Civil War, he served as Second Lieutenant, Company C, 30th Regiment of United States Colored Troops (USCT). Lieutenant Barrows died on 19 October 1917 and was buried with full military honors in Section 4 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Mary J. Barrows (15 April … Read more
Submitted by his loving daughter, Jan Austin My father, Colonel Edward Supe, passed away on August 13, 1998, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on August 24, 1998. He was 74 years old. He flew B-17’s during World War II, and his plane was shot down over Germany. He was in a prison camp … Read more
A few jobs are simply outstanding. Others stand out because they’re unusual, virtually invisible or incredibly tedious. Most of us go to work five days a week, but just what “work” means has countless definitions. “My job’s just to dig the holes. Dig the holes, then cover ’em back up. That’s what I’m here to … Read more
Biography and photo courtesy of Sam Russell, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, An ancestor of the Whitside family: S. M. Whitside’s other son, Victor, was born in Kansas, and also joined the cavalry when he was appointed a second lieutenant on 25 September 1908. He was promoted to first lieutenant in December 1915, captain in May 1917, and … Read more
DR. PUGH IS KILLED IN WYOMING CRASH Presbyterian Church Leader, Honored as War Chaplain, Dies In Auto-Truck Smash THERMOPOLIS, Wyoming, September 14, 1950 – The Rev. Dr. William Barrow Pugh of Philadelphia, an official of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, was killed this afternoon in a truck-automobile … Read more
Helen Coryn Carter Ida Dawley Carter Leigh Hays Carter Margaret Baker Woodbury Carter William Harding Carter William Harding Carter, Son Of W. V. Carter William Harding Carter II William Vaulx Carter A Family With A Long Involvement With the United States Army Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1028-10 November 09, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died November 7, 2010, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered … Read more
Carolyn Halmon Attack Location: Pentagon Age: 49 Home: Washington, D.C. Carolyn Halmon, 49, worked the day shift as a budget analyst for the Army at the Pentagon. Herman Halmon, her husband of nearly 30 years, worked evenings. But he managed to drag himself out of bed every morning to drive her to the Benning Road … Read more
Kenneth V. Riley, Jr. Born May 17, 1929 – DOW February 9, 1953 Dead! The word has nothing of reality, no sunshine or mid-night stars, nothing tangible, no meaning – until its jaws sneak close to you and snap with a click of finality like the snapping of a steel trap. Then it has a … Read more
No. 017-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan 09, 2004 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of four soldiers who were killed when their UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed January 8, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq. The soldiers were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Killed were: Staff Sergeant Craig Davis, 37, of Opelousas, Louisiana. Davis … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 702-10 August 06, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Master Sergeant Jared N. Van Aalst, 34, of Laconia, New Hampshire, died … Read more
Born at San Francisco, California, June 21, 1858, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving in the Signal Corps at Fort Apache, Arizona, on September 11, 1881 during the Indian Wars. He also wrote “The Apache’s Last Stand In Arizona,” and “The Battle of Big Dry Wash.” He died on December 17, 1936 and was buried … Read more
FUNERAL SERVICE SET MONDAY FOR MAJOR GENERAL LOWELL ROOKS WASHINGTON, May 11, 1973 – A service for Major General Lowell W. Rooks, retired, a member of General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s staff in World War Ii and director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in 1947-48, will be held Monday at 11 A.M. … Read more
Full Name: JOHN H JOYCE Date of Birth: 6/18/1936 Date of Casualty: 12/21/1966 Home of Record: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: MAJOR Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: PR & MR UNKNOWN “Jack” was a member of the Class of `59, Nowich University where he was comissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Armor. While … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Guy Cane, 70, a retired Navy Captain who as a carrier-based fighter pilot during the Vietnam War flew 212 combat missions, died March 1, 2000, at Anne Arundel General Hospital, Annapolis, Maryland, after a heart attack. In 1967 and 1968, Captain Cane flew an F-8 Crusader from the carriers Hancock … Read more
From a press report: October 27, 1992 No one knew, in the early morning hours of June 26, 1940, that a reputation was being born. But when First Lieutenant William T. Ryder stepped forward on that hot summer morning at Fort Benning, Georgia, and volunteered for what to many seemed like another cockeyed scheme dreamed … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Vernon Milton Bailey, a retired Foreign Service Officer with the United States State Department died after a brief illness on October 31, 2002 at Washington Hospital Center. He will be buried with his late wife, Jeanice Bailey on Friday January 3, 2003 at Arlington National Cemetery. Mr. Bailey will receive … Read more
John Caraway Arrowsmith (June 4, 1894 Reno, Nevada – June, 1985 Asheville, North Carolina) was a Colonel in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, commanding the 45th Engineers in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations during World War II. In 1942, Arrowsmith was placed in command of Base Section 3 in Ledo, Assam, British Raj … Read more
KIEFER, DIXIE: The Navy Cross is presented to Dixie Kiefer, Commander, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession as Executive Officer on board the U.S.S. YORKTOWN (CV-5) in action against enemy Japanese forces during the Battle of Midway on 6 June 1942. His conduct throughout was in keeping … Read more
Gloria Lee gently rubs her fingers across the white stars of the folded American flag and shares how her Army helicopter pilot son’s death from a massive coronary may have saved her own life. Clifford “Cliff” Branson, 44, was buried September 11, 2006, at Arlington National Cemetery after he collapsed and died July 22, 2006 … Read more
JOHN FISHER TOBE BURIED AT ARLINGTON WASHINGTON, October 14, 1958 – Funeral services for John Merritt Fisher, a member of the Chicago Tribune Washington Bureau who died Monday night, will be held Thursday afternoon in Washington. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery, burial ground for military veterans. Fisher served in the Army in World … Read more
Navy ends search for 2 Oceana-based F-14 aviators Courtesy of The Virginian-Pilot August 11, 2001 VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA – The Navy stopped searching Friday for two Virginia Beach-based aviators who disappeared along with their F-14 Tomcat in the Indian Ocean. The crew was identified as Lieutenant Commander Robert Wayne Sides, the pilot, who had celebrated his 39th … Read more
Robert Arthur Carney was born on October 1, 1935 and joined the Armed Forces while in Akron, Ohio. He served in the United States Marine Corps. In 16 years of service, he attained the rank of First Lieutenant. On December 3, 1968, at the age of 33, Robert Arthur Carney perished in the service of … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Jack Reiter, 79, a retired Air Force colonel and legislative liaison who also was an airline lobbyist, died of cancer October 29, 1999 at the Washington Veterans Affairs Hospital. He lived in McLean. Colonel Reiter attended New York University in his native state and received a law degree from American … Read more
In 1989, Maryland newspapers published the obituary of “Dr. Jose Albert Rivera, pathologist, analyst, 78,” which read: Dr. Jose Albert Rivera, 78, a retired Army pathologist and research analyst at National Institutes of Health died of pancreatic cancer, Wednesday, August 16, 1989, at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. He lived in Kensington, Maryland [at … Read more
Born in Savannah, Georgia, on February 10, 1913, he was a life-long newspaper reporter. However, he was probably most famous for the news that he flashed to the UPI wires while a passenger in a car in the John F. Kennedy presidential motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 when the President was assassinated. … Read more
“If Chaplain John Brown Frazier could tell us what he thinks of our Corps today, I believe he would be pleased that we indeed provide life-transforming service throughout and beyond the Sea Services.” With these words, the current Chief of Chaplains, Rear Admiral Barry Black, paid homage to the groundwork laid by Frazier as the … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Frank B. Chappell, 85, a retired Air Force Colonel and Fairfax County Public Works Department engineer, died of cancer April 6, 2004, at his home in Falls Church, Virginia. Colonel Chappell was born in Aliceville, Alabama, and graduated from Auburn University in 1940 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. … Read more
“T.S. Eliot once called April the cruelest month,” Gen. Henry Shelton reminded a crowd of 200 who gathered on a cold, rain-soaked day at Arlington National Cemetery last week. April 2000, as Shelton noted, had its share of sad anniversaries for the U.S. military. Most of the attention focused on the 25th anniversary of the … Read more
FARMER, NOAH G 24TH VA INF DATE OF DEATH: 05/25/1862 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 166 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 … Read more
Commander of all Forces in Europe during the early stages of World War II, serving with General Dwight D. Eisenhower at times. He was an outspoken proponent of air power. He was born on February 3, 1884 in Nashville, Tennessee and was killed in an aircraft accident in Iceland on May 3,1943. He was buried … Read more
Robert Edward Rocky was born on November 12, 1939 and joined the Armed Forces while in Lincroft, New Jersey. He served in the United States Air force and in four years of service, he attained the rank of Captain. On September 17, 1966, at the age of 26, Robert Edward Rocky perished in the service … Read more
Born on July 20, 1935, he was killed in action, with Major Charles Lovelace, while on an air mission in Laos on June 22, 1965. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart. He and Lovelace are each buried in Section 46 of Arlington National Cemetery, … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Military Academy: Clifton, New Jersey was the home of Charles Wesley Exton. He was born there on 25 December 1872 and he was working as a railroad clerk and studying to be a school teacher when he received his appointment to West Point. Following early graduation, Exton joined the 20th … Read more
Courtesy of Dale Nichols: January 2008: MUSTER ROLL OF *COMPANY B, 19th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY Boyle, Patrick, Private, 1862. Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864. Captured at Weldon Railroad, Virginia, August 19, 1864. Died in Carver U. S. A. General Hospital at Washington, D. C., result of amputation of left leg and wounds, September … Read more
Colonel Carried On His Family’s Military Tradition With Fervor By Mark Berman Courtesy of The Washington Post Sunday, August 9, 2009 The Madigan family has seen a lot of military service. Four generations have served, suiting up for the major conflicts of the past century. Retired Army Colonel John J. Madigan III, who died May … Read more
Joseph Payson Wright of Pennsylvania Appointed from Pennsylvania, Assistant Surgeon, 28 May 1861 Major, Surgeon, 28 July 1866 Lieutenant Colonel, Surgeon, 23 April 1889 Colonel, Assistant Surgeon General, 16 May 1894 Brevetted Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel 13 March 1865 for faithful and meritorious services during the warDied 8 October 1900 COLONEL JOSEPH P. WRIGHT: … Read more
ALL CREEDS AND COLORS Major Tailof Made Point of This In Charity Bequests NEW YORK, May 18, 1913 – The will of Major Ivan Tailof, who when 18 years old fled from Riga, Russia, and joined the Army of the Union in the Civil War, was filed for probate yesterday in the Surrogates’ Court. After … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Brigadier General (Army National Guard retired) Herman F. Schuster, 91, Siloam Springs, Arkansas, died Thursday, June 8, 2000, at a West Siloam Springs nursing home. General Schuster served in the 35th Division in Europe throughout World War II and saw action in all engagements from the D-Day landing in Normandy … Read more
From a contemporary press report: December 29, 1984 The silence outside Arlington National Cemetery’s Columbarium was broken yesterday as a bus pulled up and more than 50 homeless men and women milled across the plaza, some mumbling and a few shouting incoherently. The group grew still when six military escorts snapped to attention, unfolding an … Read more
From a contemporary press report: On July 25, 1998, in a Virginia Beach, VA hospital, CAPT. GEORGE IRVING GARNER, USCG (Ret.), age 88. Born in Clay County, Texas, he was a resident of Virginia Beach for the last 22 year. A 1934 graduate of the University of Texas, Somerville (Dallas) School of Law, he was … Read more
From a contemporary press report Colonel Robert K. Sawyer, Colonel, United States Army (Retired) died on February 24, 1999, at Strafford, New Hampshire. He was the husband of Eleanor; father of Robert K. Sawyer, Jr., William H. Sawyer of Columbia, Maryland, Peter A. Sawyer of Fairfax Station, VA, Janice E. Gabriel and the late Captain Kenneth … Read more
He was one of a handful of American soldiers killed-in-action while taking part in a U.S. expedition to Siberia, Russia, in August 1918. The expedition, which is literally unknown the the majority of Americans today, was sent in order to keep the peace between the Rusian “Red” and “White” forces immediately following World War I. … Read more
By Terry M. Neal and Stephen Barr Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, December 10, 1997 Republican leaders yesterday promised to keep pushing for an answer into why M. Larry Lawrence, the late ambassador to Switzerland, was allowed to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, even though his widow said Monday she plans to remove his … Read more
William Francis Ryan was born in New York on 16 April 1908 and was appointed to the United States Military Academy Class of 1933 from that State. He was assigned to the Field Artillery and served with the 42nd Division during World War II, where he was decorated with two awards of the Bronze Star … Read more
Dr. George M. Shafer, physician, Bloom Center, was born September 5, 1834, at Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio. He was the son of Henry Shafer, of Kentucky, and Amy (Benham) Shafer, of Ohio. They were amongst the early settlers of this State. Dr. Shafer was educated at Lebanon, Ohio, in 1857-58, enlisted as a private soldier … Read more
The wife of John Sidney McCain and the mother of John Sidney McCain, Jr., she was born on January 9, 1876 and died on May 22, 1959. She is buried among other family members in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX … Read more
Information submitted by Frank Arthur Davis From the Muster Roll Company G, 35th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A. Walton County, Georgia, Walton Sharpshooters Warren Hill Brand born 29 March 1841 Walton County Georgia. Son of Isaiah C. Brand and Charity Rawlins, both from Walton county Georgia. Warren was enlisted as a … Read more
Full Name: EUGENE DAVID HAMILTON Date of Birth: 12/18/1934 Date of Casualty: 1/31/1966 Home of Record: PEPPERALL, ALABAMA Branch of Service: AIR FORCE Rank: LTC Casualty Country: NORTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: NZ Status: MIA Vietnam MIA’s remains on way home Lorinda Woods glances at photographs of her father, Col. Eugene Hamilton, at her home in … Read more
Ron Bennett yesterday remembered his father, Roland Murphy Bennett, as “a very successful life insurance broker” and a “personable and charitable” man. But Bennett had not seen his father for more than 15 years and until two days ago did not know if he was alive. Bennett and other family members gathered yesterday at 25th … Read more
Frank A. Clark served in the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery during the Civil War. We are currently seeking additional information about him. CLARK, FRANK A 1ST LT 1ST HA CW VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 09/21/1903 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown BURIED AT: SECTION SOU D SITE LOT 1416 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY CLARK, JESSIE … Read more
Retired Brigadier General Edward A. Pagels, a former Mahwah, New Jersey, school board president who received numerous medals for his World War II Army service, died Friday. He was 91. “He had a great sense of humor,” said his youngest daughter, Marie Pagels Sullivan of Northvale. “He was very friendly, outgoing, well-liked.” Born January 26, … Read more
The wife of Augustus Francis Fechtelerand the mother of William Morrow Fechteler and Frank Caspar Fechteler, she was both on July 25, 1873 and died on March 28, 1928. She is buried with her husband in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS … Read more
Andrew Ernandis Brooklyn, New York Born 1931 Sergeant, U.S. Army Service Number 12304137 Missing in Action – Presumed Dead Died November 2, 1950 in Korea Sergeant Ernandis was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was injured in South Korea on September 10, 1950 and returned to duty … Read more
In 1948, he took part in the Berlin Airlift which helped that German city to survive when the Russians attempted to cut it off from the West. He was awarded Humane Actions Medal by the Air Force for his actions there. He died in a plane crash just outside of Washington, D.C. in 1964 and … Read more
Frederick Henry Morhart of Ohio Appointed from Washington, D.C., Captain & Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, 11 March 1901 Honorably discharged 30 September 1901 MORHART, FREDERICK HENRY CAPTAIN ASS SURGEON US VOL DATE OF BIRTH: 02/03/1875 DATE OF DEATH: 03/05/1947 BURIED AT: SECTION 11 SITE SS 310 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY MORHART, MAMIE H. (WIDOW OF … Read more
On a late September afternoon last year, Captain James Pope climbed a hill that offered a sweeping view of the Arghandab Valley. He gazed on thousands of acres of irrigated farm fields and orchards that faded into a dusty, mountain-ringed desert. Pope, a North Carolinian with a reputation as a hard charger, commanded a company … Read more
From a contemporary press report: General Charles I. Bennett, Jr. died on October 16, 1998, at his home in Jacksonville, Florida. General Bennett’s career spanned assignments as personal pilot to General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower; Executive Officer to Air Force Chief of Staff, General J.P. McConnell; Chief of Staff, 7th Air Force, Tan … Read more
Thomas Jefferson Brady born at Muncie, Indiana, February 12, 1839. He was educated at Asbury College (now De Pauw University). He studied law but did not practice. He married Emmeline Wolfe, 1864. He served as Superintendent, Muncie Schools, then Captain and Major, 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, 1861-63, as Colonel 117th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, 1863-64, as … Read more
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak visited Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday, 5 March 2002. During his visit he laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. 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 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Frank O’Beirne, 94, a retired Navy Vice Admiral whose last post was as commander of the Atlantic Fleet’s Navy air forces, died of multiple organ failure October 19, 1998 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Admiral O’Beirne, who lived in McLean, Virginia, was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, and raised in Elgin, Illinois. … Read more
Full Name: JOHN ALBERT B JR DILLARD Date of Birth: 9/1/1919 Date of Casualty: 5/12/1970 Home of Record: LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: MGEN Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: PLEIKU Major General John A. B. Dillard, the U.S. Army, Vietnam, Engineer and senior Army engineer in Vietnam, was killed when his … Read more
From a contemporary press report: James Chester Day Jr., 77, who spent 25 years in the Navy and retired in 1967 as a commander of a mobile construction battalion in Vietnam during the war there, died of renal failure January 3, 2002, at his home in Front Royal, Virginia. Commander Day, a civil engineer by … Read more
He served with the 12th United States Infantry and died during the Spanish-American War at Santiago de Cuba on August 12, 1898. He is buried among other family members in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. WOOD, WILLIAM LT CO G 12 US INF DATE OF DEATH: 08/12/1898 BURIED AT: SECTION OFFI SITE 731 ARLINGTON … Read more
Full Name: SCOTT DOUGLAS KETCHIE Date of Birth: 8/19/1947 Date of Casualty: 4/9/1972 Home of Record: BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: CAPT Casualty Country: LAOS Casualty Province: LZ Status: MIA KETCHIE, SCOTT DOUGLAS Name: Scott Douglas Ketchie Rank/Branch: O2/US Marine Corps Unit: VMA 224, Detachment C Date of Birth: 19 August 1947 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Gordon Richard Nagler, 73, a Navy vice admiral whose 39-year military career included seven sea commands, died of a heart attack July 11, 1998 at his home in Alexandria. Admiral Nagler retired from the Navy in 1984 after having served four years as director of command and control on the … Read more
Born July 2, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, he graduated from Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He served as counsel and chief counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and argued the groundbreaking case of Brown vs. Board of Education before the United States Supreme Court which effectively made segregration of … Read more
LEONARD, CHARLES F III CAPT US ARMY DATE OF BIRTH: 10/10/1938 DATE OF DEATH: 04/05/1967 BURIED AT: SECTION 1 SITE 304-E ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY INFORMATION NEEDED 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 … Read more
JACKSON, ELISHA 2ND LT US ARMY VETERAN SERVICE DATES: 08/01/1899 – 07/15/1903 DATE OF DEATH: 08/01/1903 DATE OF INTERMENT: 08/08/1903 BURIED AT: SECTION 1 SITE 124-D-RH NOTE: We are actively seeking information about Lieutenant Jackson. Should you possess such information please contact the Webmaster. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer … Read more
Courtesy of the National Security Agency (NSA): Agnes Meyer Driscoll 1889-1971 Agnes Meyer Driscoll’s work as a navy cryptanalyst who broke a multitude of Japanese naval systems, as well as a developer of early machine systems, marks her as one of the true “originals” in American cryptology. She was born in 1889, and in 1911 … Read more
Thank you. Thank you very much. Please be seated. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for those kind remarks. Secretary Princippi, General Shelton and members of the joint chiefs of staff, General Jackson, members of the Cabinet, members of the United States Congress, honored guests, we have a lot of generations represented here today, but … Read more
Remains of Two Korean War MIAs Being Returned to U.S. Families Federal News Release June 28, 2000 The remains of two American soldiers who were missing in action from the Korean War have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial in the United States. They are identified as Army Sergeant Hallie … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 368-03 (703)697-5131(media) IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 26, 2003 DOD IDENTIFIES ARMY CASUALTY The Department of Defense announced today that Private David Evans, Jr., 18, of Buffalo, New York, was killed May 25, 2003, in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. Evans was killed in an explosion at a facility … Read more