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 contemporary press reports: Erle Cocke Jr., 78, an international management consultant who was a heavily decorated combat veteran of World War II and past national commander of the American Legion and who also had served as an aide to two Cabinet officers, died of pancreatic cancer April 23, 2000 at his home in Chevy … Read more
From a contemporary press report: February 8, 1999 Anna E. Graves Manning, 78, of Summerfield, Florida., died Monday, February 1, 1999, in Ocala, Florida. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. Mrs. Manning was born September 3, 1920, in Columbia, Missouri, to John and Beulah Pool Graves. She married Frank Manning on December 2, 1942, … Read more
LESTER EUGENE SIGMON, JR.: Killed in the World War II battle for Gothic Line, Italy. His Division was one of the first to march through Rome. Buried in Arlington Cemtery, Washington, D.C. near General Pershing, Grant Drive (Section 34, Grave 1746). More About LESTER EUGENE SIGMON, JR.: Military Award: 1944, Purple Heart Military service: Bet. … Read more
General Hardy remains alive as of May 2004. His wife, Virginia Doyle Hardy (8 October 1918-6 August 1971) is buried in this gravesite. Courtesy of the United States Air Force LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN S. HARDY Retired August 1, 1970 Lieutenant General John Spencer Hardy was commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, the … Read more
Webster Vinson of the District of Columbia. Born in 1856 in Washington, D.C. Appointed from Virginia, Private,United States Army Signal Corps, 10 July 1878 to 12 June 1885 Major, Paymaster, United States Army, 3 April 1899 Colonel Webster died in 1917 and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. Per the 1880 U.S. … Read more
Courtesy of Derick S. Hartshorn, April 2007: ELLEN, JAMES B., Sergeant, Company D, 30th Regiment, North Carolinas Troops Resided in Wake County where he enlisted at age 17, September 2, 1861. Mustered in as Private. Promoted to Sergeant on August 20, 1862. Present or accounted for until wounded in the right lung and captured at Kelly’s Ford, … Read more
He was born in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on August 11, 1945. During his youth in Clearfield, Pennsylvania,, he became an Eagle Scout and was an honor graduate from Clearfield High School. He graduated from the United States AirForce Academy in 1967. Following graduation he completed Flight Training and earned his wings at Laradeo Air Force Base … Read more
Arthur S. Moura Brigadier General (United States Army (retired) General Moura passed away on October 29, 2008 at the University of North Carolina Hospital of complications from congestive heart failure. He was a resident of Fearrington Village in Pittsboro, North Carolina. General Moura is survived by his beloved spouse of 65 years and his childhood … Read more
James Francis Brittingham (1894-1983) Born in Princess Anne, Maryland on July 4, 1894. B.S. from the University of Missouri in 1915. Enlisted service with the District of Columbia National Guard on the Mexican Border 1916-1917. Commissioned in the Field Artillery in 1917. Served with the 12th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force 1917-1919. Saw action in … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Byron K. Enyart, 91, a retired Air Force colonel and lawyer, died June 10, 1998 at Arlington Hospital of heart ailments and complications related to a stomach aneurysm. Colonel Enyart, a resident of Arlington, Virginia, was born in Indiana and lived on a farm there until 1917, when his family … Read more
Back in the Old Corps, at a time when the average Leatherneck stood 5’8″ and weighed scarcely 148 pounds, young Bo Harllee, a square-jawed, hard-nosed, independent thinker from rural Florida, was already larger than life — a strapping 6’2″, 197 pounds. He came by his commission the hard way, after being discharged from the Citadel … Read more
“Oh, I Have Slipped The Surly Bonds Of Earth … Reached Out And Touched The Face Of God. ” While most people know that Richard Scobee and Michael Smith of the Shuttle Challenger are buried in Arlington National Cemetery, not many know that a number of other Astronauts are also buried there. They are: Charles Arthur Bassett II: Killed in … Read more
Alfred A. Canzian was a trim 165 pounds when he landed on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal as a young Marine during World War II. He weighed about 100 pounds when he left the island months later, hobbled by lack of food and a serious wound. “It took him six months to recuperate,” said … Read more
The 10-man crew of a long-missing bomber from World War II was laid to rest yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery, closing the final chapter of a 57-year-old mystery. About 75 of the crew’s relatives — many of whom were not yet born when the servicemen died — attended a somber funeral at Fort Myer. Only … Read more
John was born and raised in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was married to my aunt (Arlene Rhodes) in 1942. I believe he was a cargo pilot in the Army Air Forces during World War II. After the war he remained on active duty and intergrated into the United States Air Force in 1948. One of the … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Joseph Jacob Bogart died at the National Naval Medical Center, on Wednesday, December 23, 1998, of Chevy Chase, Maryland. He was the beloved husband of Rita F. Bogart; devoted father of Beth A. Bogart and Mrs. Bogart’s son, Eric A. Fountain, Jr; grandfather of Alexander and Adrian Howe, Tripp, Andrew … Read more
MARBLE, Colorado — A second block of marble cut at a quarry near here has been deemed unsuitable to replace the cracked Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument outside Washington. Rex Loesby of Sierra Minerals Corp. said Thursday the 55-ton block cut last month at the Yule Quarry initially looked good. But more research revealed … Read more
CAPTAIN R. F. M. CULVER DEAD Marine Officer Killed In Action On Saipan June 16 November 28, 1944 – Captain Robert F. M. Culver of the Marines, 27-year-old son of Mrs. Milton C. Whitaker of the Hotel Ambassador, was killed in action on June 16 at Saipan by a direct shell hit as he was … Read more
Larry Gene Harrison was born on January 3, 1948 and joined the Armed Forces while in Williamston, North Carolina. He served in the United States Army, Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th United States Cavlary, 1st Cavalry Division, and attained the rank of Staff Sergeant. Larry Gene Harrison was listed as Missing in Action until 2002 … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates United States Military Academy Class of 1946 John Thomas Jones No. 15615 Class of 1946 Died 2 September 1991 in Arlington, Virginia, aged 67 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery John Thomas Jones was born 28 September 1923 in Decherd, Tennessee. He was always known as Tom except to a few close … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Military Academy Born in San Francisco in 1875, Robert Halford Peck came to the United States Military Academy after working for a coffee and tea company and teaching school in California. After graduation from West Point in 1899, he joined the 10th Infantry and was stationed in Cuba and then … Read more
Carl O. Petersen Born at Borre, Norway, 14 July 1897, Died 10 November 1941 Joint Resolution Authorizing the presentation of medals to the officers and men of the Byrd antarctic expedition. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, … Read more
John S. Redden entered the United States Army in 1942, and served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy during World War II. He was honorably discharged in 1945. He spent the next two years in the Army reserves, then re-enlisted in the Regular Army until being retired because of a physical disability in May of … Read more
Earnest Lee Cox was born on July 29, 1942 and joined the Armed Forces while in Montgomery, West Virginia. He served in the United States Army. In 6 years of service, he attained the rank of Staff Sergeant. On April 25, 1967, at the age of 24, Earnest Lee Cox perished in the service of … Read more
John Henry Paqe, Jr. of Louisiana Appointed at Large, Second Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Infantry, 1 September 1899 First Lietuenant, 6th U. S. Infantry, 19 March 1901 NOTE: He is the son of John Henry Page, Brigadier General, United States Army, and they are buried near one another in Arlington National Cemetery. PAGE, JOHN HENRY JR … Read more
GULICK, LOUIS M. Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps 5th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Brigade (Nicaragua), Date of Action: Spring 1927 Citation: The Navy Cross is presented to Louis M. Gulick, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, for distinguished service to the Government in a duty of responsibility in command of the Fifth Regiment during difficult and important pacification … Read more
No. 790-03 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct 27, 2003 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Private Jonathan I. Falaniko, 20, of Pago Pago, American Samoa, was killed in action on October 27, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq. Falaniko was near the Al Khadra … Read more
Major Mark Warren Syrkin, United States Marine Corps Reserve, retired, 79, of Charlotte, North Carolina, died Saturday, March 4, 2000. He was a highly decorated WW II and Korean War combat fighter pilot, winner of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal. He was also a member of VMF 422, VMF 211 and the Quiet … Read more
John Scali, the ABC News reporter who became an intermediary in the Cuban Missile Crisis and later a part of the Nixon Administration, passed away on October 9. Scali gained fame after it became known in 1964 that in October 1962, a year after he joined ABC News, he had carried a critical message from … Read more
Full Name: DOYLE WILMER LYNN Date of Birth: 11/3/1926 Date of Casualty: 5/27/1965 Home of Record: ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA Branch of Service: NAVY Rank: CDR Casualty Country: NORTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: NZ Status: MIA Name: Doyle Wilmer Lynn Rank/Branch: O5/US Navy Unit: Fighter Squadron 111 (in 1964) Date of Birth: 03 November 1926 Home City of … 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
Capt. Lawrence D. Getzfred Attack Location: Pentagon Age: 57 Home: Silver Spring, Maryland Captain Lawrence D. Getzfred, 57, was one of seven Nebraska brothers, five of whom joined the Navy. According to his brother Mark, he enlisted in 1963, a year after graduating from St. Boniface High School in Elgin. After four years, he shifted … Read more
Francis W. Stover, 88, a lawyer who worked for the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and advocated G.I. bills for post-World War II generations, died January 30, 2007, at Inova Alexandria Hospital. He had congestive heart failure. Mr. Stover was legislative director of the VFW national office in Washington … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 571-02 VIETNAM MIAS IDENTIFIED The remains of three U.S. soldiers previously unaccounted for from the war in Vietnam have been identified and will be buried as a group at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, November 8, 2002. They are Captain Ronald D. Briggs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, … Read more
By Donald H. Newton, Gunnery Sergeant, US Marine Corps (World War II) I’ve come here again today to say good-bye, As unseen birds do sing nearby. I don’t come here too often, since it’s not in my hometown. But a more peaceful place, I have not found. They have tours and buses here today, But … Read more
Dwight H. Kelton of Vermont Private, Company B, 98th New York Infantry, 29 January 1864 Captain, 115th U. S. Colored Infantry, 15 October 1864 Honorably Mustered Out 10 February 1866 Second Lieutenant, 10th Infantry, 20 July 1866 First Lieutenant, 26 March 1868 Unassigned, 19 May 1868 Assigned to 10th Infantry, 15 December 1870 Captain, 16 … Read more
Margaret Joyce Williams, “Maggie” left her life with us here on earth. After nearly a five year battle against cancer, she passed April 24, 2009 at the age of 56. Her irrepressible spirit now soars with the angels, including her dear, departed daughter, U.S. Army Private First Class Sam Williams Huff. A Tucson resident since the … Read more
HANNON, JOSEPH P 2ND LT US AAF BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4758 HANKINS, WILLIAM E TSGT US AAF, AC DATE OF DEATH: 10/02/1944 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4758 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 … Read more
Brainard Spencer, Higley, Jr. of Ohio Appointed from Ohio, Assistant Surgeon, 6 November 1897 Died 3 February 1900 HIGLEY, VRAINARD S 1ST LT ASS SURGEON USA DATE OF DEATH: 02/03/1900 BURIED AT: SITE 325 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen … Read more
Suggested By, And Gravesite Photo Courtesy Of Russell C. Jacobs, July 2007 Biography Courtesy of the United States Air Force LIEUTENANT GENERAL CLARENCE S. IRVINE Died September 7, 1975. Beginning his career as an enlisted airplane engine mechanic in 1918, Lieutenant General C.S. Irvine has advanced through engineering and flying assignments to become the Deputy … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1040-08 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died December 24, 2008, in Baghdad, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. The … Read more
Full Name: GARY EUGENE WHIPPLE Date of Birth: 7/14/1946 Date of Casualty: 4/8/1967 Home of Record: PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: SP4 Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: BINH DINH WHIPPLE, GARY EUGENE SP4 USA VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF BIRTH: 07/14/1946 DATE OF DEATH: 04/08/1967 DATE OF INTERMENT: 04/18/1967 BURIED AT: … Read more
From a press report: June 2000 Medical scholar and World War II hero Dr. Robert Benjamin Burton, a prominent Brighton internist who pioneered the idea of health maintenance organizations, died Wednesday after a two-year struggle with colon cancer. He was 81. In 1962, Dr. Burton became medical director for the 6-year-old Sidney Hillman Health Center, … Read more
Major Nolan died while on active duty with the 3rd United States Cavalry in Texas amd was buried in the San Antonio, Texas, National Cemetery. His widow, who died in 1907, was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. Nicholas Nolan of Ireland Appointed Private, Corporal Battery M, 4th Artillery, 9 December 1852 to … Read more
Full Name: ERIC MARVIN BARNES Date of Birth: 5/4/1942 Date of Casualty: 3/25/1967 Home of Record: WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: CAPT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG NAM Marine Captain Eric M. Barnes, 24, of Waterbury, Connecticut, formerly of Windsor, recently awarded the Silver Star Medal in Vietnam, was killed … Read more
JOHN ANTHONY FELDHAUS was born on October 3, 1938 and joined the Armed Forces while in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. He served as a Naval Aviator in the United States Navy and attained the rank of Commander. He was listed as Missing In Action on October 8, 1966. Vietnam War MIA Identified, Laid to Rest at Arlington … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL JAMES F. PHILLIPS Retired March 31, 1953, Died February 5, 1973 James F. Phillips was born in Cambridge, Idaho, in 1900. After graduating high school in Des Moines, Iowa, he received a scholarship to the University of Iowa, from which he graduated in 1922, with a … Read more
PRESTON GIBSON, 57, YALE ATHLETE, DIES Had Part in Famous Football Tie Game with Harvard Also On Baseball Team Cited For War Heroism Won Croix de Guerre – Wrote Many Plays Burial in Arlington This Afternoon February 15, 1937 Preston Gibson, who played on the Yale varsity football and baseball teams and won the Croix … Read more
VENICE, FLORIDA – Shortly after graduating from a trade school in Chicago in 1934, Jess Butler signed up for the National Guard, launching a 38-year commitment that culminated in his promotion to Brigadier General. Butler, who retired from U.S. Steel in 1978 and moved to Englewood and later to Venice, died Wednesday of heart failure … Read more
Royal L. Gervais was born in 1878 in Kingston, Wisconsin. He served in World War I and World War II and earned the Silver Star Medal and the Legion of Merit. GERVAIS, ROYAL L COL. U.S.A. DATE OF BIRTH: 04/01/1895 DATE OF DEATH: 07/19/1967 BURIED AT: SECTION 4 SITE 2722-E ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our … Read more
Son of Christopher Raymond Perry and Jane Slidell Rodgers, he was born at Morristown, New Jersey, on August 18, 1858. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1878. Appointed Ensign on December 1, 1881 and promoted through the ranks to rear admiral, June 13, 1916. He remained unmarried throughout his life. He retired from active … Read more
Information Courtesy of Roger H. Nelson, September 2006: Horace Logan McBride, Lieutenant General, US Army (Ret) U. S. Military Academy, June 13, 1916 28 June 1894 – 14 November 1962 Lieutenant General Horace L. McBride, United States Army (retired) died on November 14, 1962, at the U. S. Air Force Hospital, Orlando Air Force Base, … Read more
Full Name: MICHAEL NELSON SULLIVAN Date of Birth: 5/10/1949 Date of Casualty: 3/11/1970 Home of Record: FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: CPL Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG NGAI You got a “Dear John” letter a few weeks before you died and I hoped you could go home and make things OK … Read more
Arthur F. Eastman Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces Service # 0-678001 5th Service Squadron, 27th Air Depot Group Entered the Service from: New Jersey Died: 19-Aug-45 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense … Read more
Private Barrow’s parents, Major and Mrs. Eric B. Barrow, United States Air Force, are buried with him in Arlington National Cemetery. Full Name: ERIC B JR BARROW Date of Birth: 12/29/1944 Date of Casualty: 8/19/1966 Home of Record: ORLANDO, FLORIDA Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: PFC Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG TIN BARROW, ERIC … Read more
Rear Admiral James Henry Gillis (14 May 1831-6 December 1910) was an officer in the United States Navy. His active-duty career extended from the 1850s through the 1890s, including service in the American Civil War. Born in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, Gillis graduated from the Naval Academy in 1854. Three years later, while serving in store ship … Read more
From a contemporary press report: George Lee Smith, 70, a retired captain in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps and Vietnam War veteran who for the past 18 years was a facilities engineering consultant, died of cancer April 28, 2000 at Bethesda Naval Medical Command. He lived in Vienna, Virginia. Captain Smith retired in 1981 after … Read more
Born on August 5, 1915, he was the Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief of the Chicago Daily News and one of the nation’s best-known journalists. He appeared frequently on television. He died on December 10, 1976 at the Northern Virginia Veterans Administration Hospital. He was 61 and had been suffering from cancer since February. He was … Read more
Born on February 18, 1878, he was killed in action while serving with the 18th United States Infantry in the Philippines Insurrection near Jaro, Island of Panay, Philippines, November 22, 1899. He was returned to the U.S. and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. Smith, Charles Maurice Smith of the District of … Read more
Royce Hatfield was born in Missouri on 12 July 1919. Served in the Navy during World War II and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. He died on 12 February 1988 at River Grove, Illinois. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer … Read more
Biography Courtesy of: https://www.home.earthlink.net/~blowstandard/GPBbio.html George Preston Blow, son of Judge George Blow Jr and Elizabeth Taylor Allmand was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1860. He was enrolled in the United States Naval Academy at the age of 15 – one of the first Southerners allowed to matriculate after the War Between the States – as … Read more
William Henry Jackson (April 4, 1843 – June 30, 1942) was an American painter, photographer and explorer famous for his images of the American West. He was a great-great nephew of Samuel Wilson, the progenitor of America’s national symbol Uncle Sam. Jackson was born in Keeseville, New York, on April 4, 1843 (the year, when … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 290-09 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The following Marines died April 30, 2009, while supporting combat operations in Al Anbar province, … Read more
Awarded the Medal of Honor for sacrificing his life in repated acts of heroism during the Korean Conflict. The nation’s highest decoration for valior was awarded to the youthful Marine for extraordinary heroism on September 12, 1951 at Songnap-yong, Korea, where he was killed-in-action while leading an assault on enemy positions. He was the 20th Marine to … Read more
From a contemporary press report: James Edwin Webb, the hard-charging and immensely capable administrator who was head of National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1961 to 1968, died March 27, 1992 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. after suffering a heart attack. He had Parkinson’s disease. Mr Webb, 85, had a long career in … Read more
(a) The erection of markers and monuments at private expense to mark graves in lieu of Government headstones and markers is permitted only in sections of Arlington National Cemetery in which private monuments and markers were authorized as of 1 January 1947. These monuments will be of simple design, dignified, and appropriate to a military … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates United States Military Academy Class of 1946 Ralph Allen Starner No. 15891 Class of 1946 Died 9 September 1970 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, aged 49 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Ralph Allen Starner was born on 19 August 1921 at Omaha, Nebraska. The Starner family soon moved to Hoffman, … Read more
Alexander Henry Hoff of Pennsylvania Appointed from New York, Surgeon, 3rd New York Infantry, 14 May to 1 September 1861 Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, 3 August 1861 Breveted Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel of U. S. Volunteers 13 March 1865 for faithful and meritorious services during the war Honorably mustered from the Volunteers Service, 1 March … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Harold Medberry Bemis was born at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 15, 1884. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1906, USN, from the War College, 1934. He married Hazel Haynes, November 20, 1926. He was commissioned as Ensign, September 12, 1906, and advanced through the grades to Rear Admiral, … Read more
Thomas B. “Smitty” Smith, 96, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, died July 17, 2006, at his home in Reston, Virginia. He was born October 21, 1909, in Georgia to the late Reuben and Rose Smith. He received a bachelor’s degree from Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio; a master’s degree from the University of Michigan; … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES A. MOLLISON Retired June 1948, Died February 1, 1970 James Alexander Mollison was born in 1897, at Smith Center, Kansas. He enlisted as a flying cadet November 3, 1917, and was appointed a second lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Reserve on May … Read more
Information is being sought regarding this individual. Should you have such information available to you, please contact the Webmaster. FREMONT, JOHN COL USAF VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF BIRTH: 06/10/1926 DATE OF DEATH: 12/23/1971 DATE OF INTERMENT: 12/28/1971 BURIED AT: SECTION 23 SITE 22022-21 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan … Read more
KEMP, Lloyd Richard July 18, 1925-Feb 25, 2008 Age 82 of Sacramento, California. He was born in Dunsmuir, California. He earned a Silver Star for his gallantry in World War II. He is survived by his two daughters Cathy Periman and Pamela Lawrence, one sister Mary Rigby, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Burial will be … Read more
From a contemporary press report Robert L. Morris, 85, a retired Army colonel and banker, died of kidney failure March 24, 2001, at Arlington Hospital. He lived in College Park, Maryland. Colonel Morris was a native of New York and a graduate of Columbia University. He began his 22-year military career during World War II, … Read more
Since I began this website, I have received a number of beautiful poems which pay tribute to Arlington National Cemetery and those interred there. I have now received approval to publish some of them here and hope that you will enjoy them as much as I have. Comments may be shared with the authors by … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Martin L. Green died peacefully at home in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday, May 25, 2004, surrounded by family and friends. He would have been 92 years old this August. Originally born in the Philippines, where his mother was serving as a U.S. Army nurse, his family moved to Washington, DC and … Read more
Full Name: HAROLD DOUGLAS MARTIN Date of Birth: 5/24/1943 Date of Casualty: 10/23/1968 Home of Record: SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: 1LT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: LAM DONG MARTIN, HAROLD D 1LT USA DATE OF BIRTH: 05/24/1943 DATE OF DEATH: 10/23/1968 BURIED AT: SECTION 13 SITE 472 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY … Read more
MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY D, 4th REGIMENT, GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA, C. S. A., TROOP COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEST POINT GUARDS Stanley, Ezekiel P – Private, July 21, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Wounded and captured at Monocacy, Maryland, July 9, 1864. Died of wounds in Mount Pleasant U. S. A. General Hospital at Washington, D. … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Military Academy: Harold E. McCoy, NO. 17839 8 January 1928 – 19 April 1975 Died in Bethesda, Maryland Interred in Arlington National Cemetery Twenty-five have passed since the death of Harold Eugene “Real” McCoy, husband of Evelyn and father of Karen, Michael, and Patrick. His eight-year battle with cancer … Read more
Dill, Arthur Thomas Born May 31, 1890 Died March 7, 1962 WAGGONER, United States Army Section 34, Grave 793-A Buried March 12, 1962 Dill, Margaret Maude Born January 28, 1908 Died December 26, 1999 Residence: Jefferson, Maryland Section 34, Grave 793-A Buried December 29, 1999 Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan … Read more
From a contemporary press report: William W. McNamara A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Torbert Funeral Chapel South, 1145 East Lebanon Road, Dover, for William W. McNamara, 77, of Dover. Mr. McNamara died Friday, April 19, 2002, at his daughter’s home in Manassas, Virginia. Mr. McNamara was … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 1004-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died August 11, 2007, in Arab Jabour, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. They … Read more
Born January 13, 1831 at Gelena, Illinois, his family originated in Virginia and came to Illinois by way of Kentucky. When his father went to California for the gold rush there in 1849, he maintained the family, at the same time obtaining a law education and admission to the State Bar in 1854. He served … Read more
Robert Donohue joined the Coast Guard in 1913 and was one of the members of the first class at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. He was sent against liquor smugglers in the late 1920s and in 1935 served on the Permanent Board of Avition of the Coast Guard and set up bases around the country. … Read more
To whomever this may concern: I would like to inform you that as I was reviewing the list of U.S. Army Personnel buried in Arlington National Cemetery, I found that some one has been omitted from your list. His name is Milan Percic, and I know that he is there because I visited the cemetery … Read more
One of America’s most famous Army officers, Pershing was born in Missouri on September 13, 1860. He graduated from West Point in 1886 and served in the Spanish-American War, the Philippines Insurrection, the Mexican Expedition and was the overall American Commander in Europe during World War I. Following the war, he served as Army Chief … Read more
From a contemporary press report A.B. Metsger, 89, an Arlington resident and retired Navy Rear Admiral who had served on active duty as an aviator and aviation engineer, died August 4, 2000, at the Cherrydale Health Care Center in Arlington, Virginia. He had heart and kidney ailments. When the United States entered World War II, … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 344-11 April 25, 2011 DOD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. The following Marines died April 23 while conducting combat operations in Helmand … Read more
COLONEL ROSS B. BRETZ Commander at the Camp Butner Hospital, in Army Since 1917 ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, August 6, 1943 – Colonel Ross Bradley Bretz, commanding officer of Camp Butner, North Carolina, Army Hospital, died at Moore General Hospital here yesterday, hospital authorities announced tonight. Colonel Bretz, son of the late judge and Congressman John … Read more
David Dawson Mitchell of Missouri Appointed from Missouri, Second Lieutenant, 15th United States Infantry, 29 February 1876; First Lieutenant, 31 January 1882 Captain, 13 July 1896, Major, 1st Territorial Volunteers, 11 July 1898 Lieutenant Colonel of same, 8 September 1898 Mustered out of the volunteer service, 15 February 1899 Killed on 17 September 1900 in … Read more
From contemporary press reports William B. Rosson, a retired four-star Army general and a former board member of the National D-Day Memorial Foundation, died of a heart attack December 12, 2004. He was 86. General Rosson, whose military honors spanned World War II to the Vietnam War, suffered a heart attack at his home in … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Navy Academy Commander Russell Mark Blythe, United States Navy (Retired), died on 23 August 1982 in Mountain View, California. Memorial services were held on 26 August at the Chapel of Moffett Naval Air Station with interment on 31 August in Arlington National Cemetery. Appointed to the Naval Academy from the … Read more
17 July 2003: Courtesy of the Kansas City Star Sailor with Kansas City connection among four killed in helicopter crash Son’s Iraq service chronicled in parents’ Web log, columns Four crew members were killed Wednesday in the fiery crash of a U.S. Navy helicopter in Italy, a Pentagon spokesman said. The MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter … Read more
Courtesy of Buzz Solomon: October 2009 DeLeon was born Isaac DeLeon Moses in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1841. He attended the College of South Carolina in 1858. He left Federal service (details unknown) in 1860, returning to Charleston. He joined Hamptons Legion in 1861 and served with his brother Abraham from First Manassas through the Peninsula … Read more
In Washington, D.C., on one snowy January night in 1871, Vinnie Ream became famous. On that night her white marble statue of President Abraham Lincoln was unveiled in the United States Capitol building. She was only 23 years old. Lavinia Ellen Ream was born on September 25, 1847, in a simple log cabin in Madison, … Read more
Reynolds, William F., Private, Company F, 1st (Nelligan’s) Louisiana Inantry. Enlisted April 25, 1861 at New Orleans, Louisiana. Roll to June 30, 1861, Present. Rolls September 1861, to December 1861, Present. Reduced from Corporal October 25, 1861. Rolls January 1862. to April. 1862, Present. Reduced from Sergeant, April 28. Roll May and June, 1862. Present. … Read more
From a contemporary press report: John F. J. Stinson, 80, a retired Navy commander who was a highway safety data specialist at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from 1970 to 1981, died of respiratory failure December 2, 1999 at Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart, Florida. He lived in McLean 34 years before moving … Read more
Courtesy of the U.S. House of Representatives Representative from Illinois; born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, January 9, 1899; attended the public schools; during the First World War served overseas as a Private in the United States Marine Corps in 1918 and 1919; was graduated from Illinois College at Jacksonville in 1921 and from the … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 033–10 January 15, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Kyle J. Wright, 22, of Romeoville, Illinois, died January 13, 2010, … Read more
From a contemporary press report January 3, 1916 – August 20, 1998. ARIEL passed away in Seattle, Washington, where she was born and raised. She was an early enlistee in the WAC’s retiring in 1969. She graduated from the Commmand and General Staff College. She received the Legion of Merit, Army Commendation Medal and the … Read more