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: James Morgan Thurmond, 89, a retired Navy lieutenant and music professor who once headed the Navy School of Music in Washington, died June 21, 1998 at Genesis Nursing Facility in Silver Spring, Maryland after a stroke. Mr. Thurmond was a professor emeritus of music from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, … Read more
William Donald Clingempeel, 78, a retired U.S. Army Colonel and resident of Warrenton, Virginia, died January 4, 2006, at his home following a long illness. He was born in Roanoke on April 30, 1928. In 1946, he enlisted in the Army and served with the U.S. occupation forces in Japan. He later attended the Virginia … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates United States Military Academy Class of 1946 Robert Francis Patterson No.15707 Class of 1946 Died 24 December 1986 in Orlando, Florida, aged 65 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia Robert Francis Patterson was born 23 July 1921 in Columbus, Ohio. His family moved to Kentucky when Bob was quite young, … Read more
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He was killed-in-action in the Spanish American War and his private memorial in Section 13 of Arlington National Cemetery reads: “In loving memory of my son, Thomas C. S. Maddux Private, Company B, 1st Regiment of D.C. Volunteers Died September 7, 1898, Aged 17 Years Saved, in the dawn of his noble young manhood, Saved, … Read more
A HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL CEMETERY FROM ITS ESTABLISHMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME, WITH SKETCHES OF THE HISTORIC PERSONAGES WHO OCCUPIED THE ESTATE PREVIOUS TO ITS SEIZURE BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT — PARKE CUSTIS AND HIS TIMES — THE CAREER OF LEE, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF LIFE IN VIRGINIA DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE CENTURY. … Read more
Full military honors will be granted to all enlisted soldiers killed in action and slated for burial or inurnment at Arlington National Cemetery as of January 1, 2009, the Army secretary has decided. In a December 12, 2008, memo obtained by Military Times and confirmed Monday by the Army, Army Secretary Pete Geren said that … Read more
WASHINGTON, June 26, 1940 – Major John H. Burns, editor of the Infantry Journal, died yesterday at the age of 53 in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Attached to the office of the Chief of Infantry, he formerly had edited a military publication, The Mailing List, at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was born in Oswego, New … Read more
Louis Percy Smith of Washington, D. C. Born 10 December 1870 Appointed from the District of Columbia, Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, 9 November 1896 Died 8 January 1901 at Manila, Philippines Islands. WASHINGTON, January 1, 1901 – The War Department has been informed of the death at Manila today of First Lieutenant Louis P. … Read more
WILLIAM W. EAGLES Military Officer, 93 WASHINGTON, February 22, 1988 – Major General William E. Eagles, a decorated infantry commander who led the 45th Infantry Division in the battle for the Anzio beachhead in Italy, died Friday at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. The retired officer, who lived in Washington, was 93 years old. General … Read more
Joseph Chambers McKibbin of Pennsylvania Appointed from California, Colonel & Assistant Aide de Camp, 29 November 1861 Resigned 29 January 1864 Died 1 July 1896 Born at Chamberburg, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1824, he attended Princeton, 1840-42; studied law in California and was admitted to the California Bar in 1852. He practiced in Downleville and served … Read more
The wife of Dwight Dickinson, Jr., she was born in 1898 and died in 1972. She is buried with her husband and other family members in Section 7 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 XR Elixfett Reduslim … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Army Soldier’s Soldier’ Buried At Arlington National Cemetery Major General Thomas Wayne Robison, described as a “soldier’s soldier” when inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame in June, died 1 September 1998 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was interred next to his daughter, Katherine Klimowicz, 9 September 1998, at Arlington National … Read more
Courtesy of the U.S. House of Representatives Representative from Maryland; born in Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, May 11, 1889; attended the public schools; was graduated as a civil engineer from Maryland Agricultural College (now University of Maryland) in 1910; studied law at the University of Maryland at Baltimore; was admitted to the bar in 1912 … Read more
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BARBER, WILLIAM E. Rank and organization: Captain U.S. Marine Corps, commanding officer, Company F, 2d Battalion 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Chosin Reservoir area, Korea, 28 November to 2 December 1950. Entered service at: West Liberty, Kentucky. Born: 30 November 1919, Dehart, Kentucky. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the … Read more
Earnest Ray Byars Lance Corporal, United States Marine Corps 29 April 1948 – 30 July 1967 David Addison Frederick Captain, United States Marine Corps 22 June 1942 – 30 July 1967 Craig Houston Waterman First Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps 14 October 1943 – 30 July 1967 Robert Lynn Biscailuz Lance Corporal, United States Marine … Read more
Brevet Brigadier General, United States Volunteers Born At Washington, D. C. November 11, 1841 Died June 3, 1912 at Hoboken, New Jersey Educated at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania; Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Lawyer and newspaper editor. Great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Duncan Stephen Walker of Washington, D.C. Captain, Assistant Adjutant General … Read more
MAJOR POWELL CLAYTON DIES Cavalry Officer Succumbs To Injuries Received At Sort Sam Houseon WASHINGTON, December 27, 1916 – Major Powell Clayton, Sixteenth United States Cavalry, formerly attache to the General Staff of the Army, died today at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from injuries received on December 16 while taking a young horse over the … Read more
Major General Jean Henry Trahin By Irving T. Shanley Used By Permission of the Author Jean Trahin was born September 12, 1920 in Paris, Arkansas. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant on May 28, 1942 and completed the Basic Infantry Officers Course at Fort Benning, Georgia in September 1942. He graduated from the Parachute School … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Leonard Robert Raish, 83, a retired Navy captain who was a senior partner at the Arlington law firm of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, where he had worked since 1976, died of cancer August 18, 2001, at Inova Alexandria Hospital. He had lived in Alexandria since 1961 and lived off and … Read more
A senior Schofield Barracks commander collapsed while running early Monday morning, and was pronounced dead a short time later at Wahiawa General Hospital, the Army said. Colonel Roderick G. Demps, 45, the Military Police Brigade commander at Schofield, was performing physical training, or PT, at approximately 4:30 a.m. when he stopped to make sure everything … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Charles W. “Pete” Abbott, 79, an Air Force Colonel who in retirement served for 10 years as director of sales at Westpark Hotel in Arlington, died of lymphoma October 17, 2001, at Goodwin House West in Falls Church. Colonel Abbott retired from active duty in 1972 after a career that … Read more
John Wack; WWII Veteran, Landmine Activist By Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb Courtesy of the Washington Post Saturday, January 15, 2005 John Monroe Wack, 82, a decorated World War II veteran who lost both legs on a minefield in Italy and then became a weapons engineer and activist in the Landmine Survivors Network, died of cancer December … Read more
COLONEL H. C. BONNYCASTLE Retired Army Officer Dies Of A Heart Attack In Capital WASHINGTON, December 30, 1933 – Colonel Henry C. Bonnycastle, U.S.A., retired, died today of aheart attack at the age of 61. He was a brother-in-law of Marvin H. McIntyre, Assistant Secretary to President Roosevelt. He had made his home here since … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Army Major General Herman Feldman 33rd Quartermaster General March 1949-September 1951 Herman Feldman was born in New York City, September 10, 1889. He joined the as a Private in 1907, and worked up through the ranks to Second Lieutenant by 1917. He served as an Artillery Corporal, Sergeant and Supply … Read more
BEHRMAN, THOMAS PAUL Lieutenant (jg) United States Navy DATE OF BIRTH: 02/16/1936 DATE OF DEATH: 10/06/1961 BURIED AT: SECTION 46 SITE 550 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY BROWN, DONALD BUCHANAN FOLSOM Lieuenant Commander, USN DATE OF DEATH: 10/06/1961 BURIED AT: SECTION 46 SITE 550 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY HENNESSY, RICHARD EDWARD DENNIS AQB 3 USN DATE OF BIRTH: … Read more
From a contemporary press report: William H. Ayres, 84, a 10-term Republican congressman from Ohio who defeated every Democratic challenger in his heavily unionized district until 1970, died of heart and kidney ailments December 27, 2000 at Vantage House retirement home in Columbia, Maryland. When he left office, Representative Ayres was the ranking Republican on … Read more
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Courtesy of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum Brigadier General Rufus Ingalls 16th Quartermaster General February 1882 – July 1883 General Rufus Ingalls was born at Denmark, Oxford County, Maine on August 23, 1819. He was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy in 1839, and entered it with a remarkable class that included President Grant and … Read more
His private headstone in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery reads: Captain, United States Army Company D, 17th Kentucky Infantry. Died November 9, 1891, In The 73rd Year Of His Age. Rest Wearied Frame, The Stars Shall Keep A Loving Watch When Thou Dost Sleep. Mary Swift Gist Wife of George Washington Gist. June 1864-January … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 412-10 May 19, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of five soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died May 18, 2010, in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when … Read more
Robert Milton Preston, 83, who died September 12, 2006, of arrhythmia at his daughter’s home in Monrovia, Maryland, spent most of his life as an electrician working for construction and electrical firms on numerous government buildings in Washington. But before that, he was a reluctant hero in World War II’s fierce Battle of the Bulge … Read more
Born at Martinsburg, West Virginia, February 22, 1891, he was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in the class of 1912. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for service at Vera Cruz, Mexico, on April 22, 1914. He was the next to the last Vera Cruz recipient to die when he passed away on … Read more
Member of Congress Born near Middleburg, Ohio, March 29, 1842, he attended Ohio University at Athens and graduated from Cincinnati Law School in 1866. He joined the Army as Private, Company B, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served with it April 17-August 9, 1861. He was then appointed First Lieutenant, 5th West Virginia Volunteers, September … Read more
The wife of Palmer Gaylord Wood, she was born in 1845 and died on November 16, 1938. She is buried among other family members in Section 1 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 XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 064-06 January 24, 2006 DoD Identifies Air Force Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two airmen who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The airmen were killed January 22, 2006, when their vehicle struck … Read more
Colonel Patrick S. Madigan, known as “The Father of Army Neuropsychiatry” was assistant to the Surgeon General of the United States Army from 1940 to 1943. He died in 1944 and in that year, on September 22, Madigan General Hospital was named in his honor Colonel Madigan was born February 14, 1887, in Washington, D.C. … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Robert J. Low, 84, a decorated Army colonel who flew rescue missions during some of the Korean War’s harshest fighting and retired in 1963 as chief of the office of aviation affairs at the Pentagon, died December 4, 2001, at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. He had emphysema and had … Read more
Frank Kehoe was born in 1872 and was an early Army aviator (Baloon or Lighter-Than-Air). He was serving as a First Lieutenant in the Air Corps when he died in 1926. INFORMATION NEEDED Frank Kehoe Jr. was born 26 April 1872 in New York, New York, the son of Frank and Hattie Draper Kehoe. He … Read more
Born at Keweenaw, Michigan, October 22, 1874, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving as Captain, Troop K, 1st United States Cavalry, at Aqua Prieta, Mexico, on April 13, 1911. The Medal was issued to him on November 23, 1915. He remained in the Army, dying on April 7, 1938. He was buried in Section 6 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: William Frank “Bill” Williams, 72, a retired Army colonel and former Arlington resident who also was an executive with a national nonprofit agency that promotes job training for people with severe disabilities, died of cancer May 30, 2000 at his home in Garland, Texas. Colonel Williams’s 33-year military career included … Read more
Jack Jay Schwartz March 19, 1922 – February 21, 2001 Columbus, Georgia: Lieutenant Colonel Jack Jay Schwartz, 78, U.S Army Retired of Columbus, Georgia, died Wednesday, February 21, 2001. Graveside funeral services with military honors will be at 1:00 pm, Friday, March 2, 2001 in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virignia, according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Ridgley Gaither, a pioneer paratrooper who served as Police Commissioner of Annapolis, Maryland, after retiring in 1962 as commander of the 2nd Army at Fort Meade, Maryland, died Monday, October 26, 1992, of heart failure at the Fairfield Nursing Center in Crownsville, Maryland. Services for General Gaither, who was 89 … Read more
Raymond Potter Campbell was born in California on 12 March 1892. He served in the United States Army in both World War I and World War II. He was a Quartermaster officer and a recipient of the Legion of Merit. Colonel Campbell died on 28 August 1953 and was buried with full military honors in … Read more
FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — They call him the Unknown Soldier, but Michael Blassie has never been unknown. Not to his friend and flight leader, Jim Connally, who saw Blassie’s plane nose-dive into the jungle after dropping a load of napalm in Vietnam. Not to his girlfriend, Lou Pennebaker, who would have married him in a heartbeat when … Read more
enemy positions and whose men considered him lucky and would immediately follow him. During his combat career he earned three (3) Purple Heart Medals for injuries sustained in combat and three Bronze Star Medals for valor. He died in January 1998 and was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery (Section 59) on … Read more
Born in Germany on April 16, 1872, Hans Anton Hansen was awarded the Medal of Honor for service during the China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion) on April 13-22, 1900. Hansen died on May 9, 1915 and was buried in Section 17 of Arlington National Cemetery. HANSEN, HANS A Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: … Read more
Born at Memphis, Tennessee, April 7, 1905, the son of Nathan Bedford and Mattie Patterson (Patton) Forrest. He was a student at Georgia Tech, 1923-24 and graduated from West Point in 1928. He married Frances Brassler, November 22, 1930. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, 1928, and advanced through the ranks to Brigadier General in … Read more
SCOTT, W A 2LT C 12 GA ARTY CSA VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 12/27/1914 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 255-A ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Charles William Walson, 85, a retired Army Colonel and member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Bethesda, Maryland, who settled in the Washington area in 1965, died August 15, 2001, at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a stroke. He lived in Bethesda. Colonel Walson, who was born in Hawaii, was a … Read more
4 Aug 1934 – 7 May 1998 My father enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1952. He served as a Drill Instructor at Paris Island just before attending OCS in Quantico. He served two tours in Vietnam with Infantry units. The first was in 1968 as a Captain with G-2/26. The second tour, I think, … Read more
Through the generations, America’s men and women in uniform have defeated tyrants, liberated continents, and set a standard of courage and idealism for the entire world. On Veterans Day, our Nation pays tribute to those who have proudly served in our Armed Forces. To protect the Nation they love, our veterans stepped forward when America … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 1027-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sergeant Timothy J. Roark, 29, of Houston, Texas, died in Balad, Iraq, on October 2, 2005, of … Read more
Basil Manly Parks, Colonel, United States Army, was born on 2 May 1888 and died on 2 May 1954. He served in both World War I and World War II and was the brother of Floyd L. Parks, General, United States Army. He is buried near his brother and his newphew, Basil Manly Parks II, Colonel, United States … Read more
The Right Place, The Right Time — If he was going to have a heart attack, Robert Oberle chose the right place and the right time. He had it at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., by the grave of the late President John F. Kennedy. And he had it on a day when members of … Read more
CAPTAIN KAUTZ, USN, DEAD IN BERLIN American Embassy Attaché Succumbs to Hiccoughs After An Operation Won Many Honors In War Conveyed Allies’ Shipping in European Waters Former Commander of Battleship Wyoming BERLIN, Germany, September 10, 1927 – Following an operation for ulcer of the stomach, performed at a hospital here ten days ago, Captain Austin … Read more
Submitted by his son-in-law, Colonel Jack Lichtenstein, Army of the United States (Retired). Colonel Demaria was born on December 27, 1917 at Bayonne, New Jersey. The Colonel entered active duty in 1940 and graduated from Tank Destroyer School in 1943. Colonel Demaria’s World War II service was as a Tank Destroyer platoon leader in XXth US … Read more
Joseph S. Loughran Chaplain (Captain) United States Army 1887 – His Wife Elizabeth Horsley 1901 – 1930 A few chaplains conducted religious services for prisoners of war (World War I). While serving in Siberia, Chaplain Joseph S. Loughran organized a choir and orchestra of German and Austrian prisoners. Loughran also was given the responsibility of … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1039-07 August 23, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of 14 soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died August 22, 2007, in Multaka, Iraq, of injuries suffered when … Read more
KNOWLES, B A GA DATE OF DEATH: 01/03/1863 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 236 Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil 24 Hondrox Prima Kapseln Diaetolin Cardione PHC Beauty C+ Kapseln Colon Broom HHC Blüten Liba … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 522-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died May 29, 2004, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when their vehicle hit a land mine. Killed were: Captain Daniel W. Eggers, 28, of Cape Coral, … Read more
Wilmot Alfred Danielson (1884-1966) Born in Des Moines, Iowa on July 25, 1884. B.S. from Iowa State College in 1907. Enlisted service with the Iowa National Guard 1905-1908. Commissioned in the Field Artillery in 1918. Served with the 131st and 133rd Field Artillery in France October 1918-March 1919, then in the Philippines July 1919-July 1922. … Read more
(c) 1944 By Karl Shapiro “The time to mourn is short that best becomes The military dead. We lift and fold the flag, Lay bare the coffin with its written tag, And march away. Behind, four others wait To lift the box, the heaviest of loads. The anesthetic afternoon benumbs, Sickens our senses, forces back … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 630-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 01, 2004 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Corporal Patrick R. Adle, 21, of Baltimore, Maryland Sergeant Alan D. Sherman, 36, of Brick, New Jersey … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Ermoye Avise Stoll, 87, who retired from the Air Force in 1970 as a lieutenant colonel and had worked as a nurse at Air Force hospitals worldwide during her 15-year service, died Febryary 5, 2000 at her home in Istanbul. She had Alzheimer’s disease. After retiring, Colonel Stoll lived in … Read more
JOHNSON, ROBERT, Private, Company I, 11th Regiment, North Carolinas Troops. Resided in Lincoln County where he enlisted on March 3, 1863, for the war. Present or accounted for until captured at or near Chester Gap, Virginia, July 21, 1863. Confined at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D. C. Died in hospital at Washington on August 25, … Read more
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., left, commemorates his brother, President John F. Kennedy, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000, on the eve of the anniversary of JFK’s assassination Nov. 22, 1963. Ethel Kennedy, right, and Rory Kennedy, center, respectively widow and youngest child of Sen. Robert Kennedy, whose birthday is Nov. … Read more
Thursday December 13, 2001 House Committee OKs Arlington Bill A House committee on Thursday approved legislation that would expand burial privileges at Arlington National Cemetery by removing an age requirement for reservists. The bill would eliminate the requirement that retired reservists who would otherwise be eligible be at least 60 years old to qualify for … Read more
Courtesy of Michael T. Stein: Lieutenant General Joseph May Swing Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, February 28, 1894 Died December 9, 1984 Cadet U.S. Military Academy 1911-15 Graduated as No. 5350, Class of 1915 Second Lieutenant 1915 First Lieutenant 1916 Captain 1917 Major (National Army) 1918 Major 1924 Lieutenant Colonel 1936 Colonel (Army of the … Read more
Courtesy of The United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL RICHARD C. COUPLAND Retired August 1, 1951. Died January 10, 1988. Richard Cox Coupland was born at West Point, Virginia, in 1893. He graduated from Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia, in 1915, and two years later enlisted as a flying cadet. He graduated from the … Read more
Courtesy of The Major’s Son, Chuck Waring: August 2006 Major Geaorge Baden Waring was killed in action in Vietnam on August 26, 1972 while directing airstrikes from his O-1 spotter plane. Dad flew jets early in his Air Force career, later flying the B-52 (Vietnam in 1968), and then becoming an instructor pilot for the B-52. He … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 956-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Private Eric M. Kavanagh, 20, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, died of injuries suffered in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 20, 2006 when … Read more
William H. Consla, 81, a veteran of two wars and a civilian communications specialist with the Navy, died September 12, 2006, of cardiovascular arrest at the Fountains at Washington House, a retirement community in Alexandria. Virginia. Consla was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and served in the Navy from 1943 to 1946. He was part of … Read more
Bernard N. Thompson; former Buffalo Soldier chauffeured dignitaries Bernard N. “Tommy” Thompson, 86, one of the last of the Buffalo Soldiers and a chauffeur for five secretaries of agriculture, died November 7, 2005, of complications from diabetes at Providence Hospital in the District of Columbia. He as 86. Sergeant Thompson was born November 12, … Read more
Born: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, October 12, 1880. Parents: Edwin Proctor & Marie Josephine (Birdwell) Andrus. Graduated from Cornell University, 1912, Army Field Artillery School, 1927-28, Command and General Staff School, 1928-30, Army War College, 1933-34, Naval War College, 1934-35, 1939-30. DSc (hon) Drexel Institute of Technology, 1951. Married: Eleanor Lightfoot, February 15, 1918. Commissioned Second … Read more
HARRIS, JOHN CO H 24 NC INF DATE OF DEATH: 09/12/1862 BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 175 Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil 24 Hondrox Prima Kapseln Diaetolin Cardione PHC Beauty C+ Kapseln Colon Broom … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Donald Alfred Gruenther, 78, a retired Army colonel who in the late 1970s became a founding member of the National Capital Tandy Computer User’s Group, now called the NCTCUG Inc. computer club, died of pulmonary fibrosis February 25, 2002, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He lived in Falls Church, … Read more
U. S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 296-08 April 10, 2008 DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Technical Sergeant Anthony L. Capra, 31, of Hanford, California, died … Read more
Joseph Prentice Sanger was born at Detroit, Michigan, May 4, 1840. He was a student at the University of Michigan, 1858-60 (honorary AM, Bowdoin College, 1872). He married: Frances E. Kent, December 27, 1877. He served as Second Lieutenant, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry, May 1, 1861. He was mustered out of the Volunteer service, August … Read more
From a contemporary press report: George Stuart Simmons III, Captain, United States Navy (Retired), 85, died March 10, 2001 at Atlantic Shores Health Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Simmons was born in Belvedere, California. He was appointed to the US Naval Academy from San Francisco and graduated in the class of 1939. Captain Simmons attended submarine … Read more
Click Below To Read About The Service Members Who Rest In Honored Glory In Section 60 Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan The saddest acre in America: Hooper mother to share son’s story on documentary about Arlington National Cemetery’s Section 60 Monday, October 13, 2008 By NANCY VAN VALKENBURG Courtesy of The Standard-Examiner … Read more
Contemporary Press Report: September 20, 2001 As director of the current operations and plans branch of the Navy Command Center, Captain Gerald F. DeConto, 44, was organizing the Navy’s response to the World Trade Center attack when he died in the crash at the Pentagon. The weekend before he died, DeConto drove his green Ford … Read more
PATTERSON, ROBERT P. Captain, U.S. Army 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, A.E.F. Date of Action: August 14, 1918 General Orders No. No. 35, W.D., 1920 Citation The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert P. Patterson, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. Captain Patterson, accompanied by two … Read more
Born at Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 3, 1897, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving aboard the USS May on November 5, 1917. He died on January 26, 1967 and was buried in Section 7 of Arlington National Cemetery. Courtesy of the United States Navy: Tedford H. Cann was born on 3 September 1896. He served in … Read more
Danny Lee, is a nephew of Sergeant Dale Schilling. My uncle, Staff Sergeant Anthony Korkuc, and Dale Schilling flew together only once. The mission was with the 381st Bomb Group and unfortunately both were killed on February 25, 1944. When I contacted the Schilling family they were kind enough to send me a crew picture of Dale. … Read more
I Am a Soldier By Neal T. Lesh I am a soldier born to follow or lead. To serve my country in time of its need; To protect our great nation with my heart and my soul To preserve our new freedoms was one of my goals. I joined in the struggle [a new nation to … Read more
From a contemporary press report: John R. Hoover, 78, an Air Force Colonel who retired as Inspector General of the Georgia-based Continental Air Command, died of cancer December 24, 1999, at his home in Alexandria, Virginia. Colonel Hoover served 29 years in the Air Force before retiring in 1969. His career included 90 combat missions … Read more
From a press report:Thursday, May 27, 1999 The last time anyone saw the chaplain and his aide alive was on an airstrip in Khe Sanh. As they came under attack from the North Vietnamese army, they waved off a helicopter set to take them away and prepared instead to do their jobs. For three long … Read more
Army Colonel Shirly Ray Trumps; Led Commando Units in WWII By Joe Holley Courtesy of the Washington Post Tuesday, December 5, 2006 Shirly Ray Trumps, 84, a retired Army Colonel who led commando operations behind German lines in support of the Normandy invasion, died of lymphocytic leukemia November 15, 2006, at his home in Annandale, … Read more
Born at Liberty, Indiana, January 20, 1835, he served as Private, 3rd Battalion, D.C. Infantry, April-July 1861; Captain, 19th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, August-December 1862; Paymaster, U.S. Volunteers, December 18, 1862 to April 8, 1867. Appointed Major, Paymaster, U.S. Army, January 17, 1867; Lieutenant Colonel, Department of the Paymaster General, March 15, 1890; Colonel, Assistant Paymaster … Read more
ROBERT EDWARD LEE, AVCM E-9 (Rretired 1969) United States Navy 1925 – 1989 Columbarium inurnment, Arlington Natational Cemetery, April 5, 1989 Air Medal with two Combat Stars Navy Unit Commendations Navy Good Conduct Medal w/1 gold star (20 yrs.) American Campaign Medal Asiatic Pacific Medal w/3 Combat Stars. World War II Victory Medal National Defense … Read more
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1844, he was awarded the Medal of Honorfor service aboard the USS Juniata on August 24, 1876. He died on April 23, 1920 and was buried in Section 17 of Arlington National Cemetery. OSBORNE, JOHN Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1844, New Orleans, Louisiana. Accredited to: Louisiana. … Read more
Remains of the nine airmen who perished September 13, 1997 in a mid-air collision between an Air Force C-141 and German Tupolev 154 off the coast of Africa were laid to rest April 2, 1998 in a group burial at Arlington National Cemetery. In a full-honors funeral, a stream of airmen followed the horse-drawn carriage … Read more
As “the only unusual incident” of her girlhood, “Nellie” Herron Taft recalled her visit to the White House at 17 as the guest of President and Mrs.Hayes, intimate friends of her parents. Fourth child of Harriet Collins and John W. Herron, born in 1861, she had grown up in Cincinnati, Ohio, attending a private school … Read more
James Blair Glennon Jr., 90, a retired Marine Colonel, insurance underwriter and stockbroker, died of congestive heart failure March 22, 2008, at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington. He lived in Arlington County for the past 46 years. Colonel Glennon co-owned and operated the brokerage firm Smith & Lawrence in Arlington until 2006. He previously worked … Read more
The Justice Department is investigating whether the Clinton administration did anything improper to aid the late Ambassador M. Larry Lawrence in exchange for his large donations to the Democratic Party, according to documents and interviews. The matter has been referred to the department’s task force investigating campaign finance irregularities, a federal law enforcement official told … Read more
Born at Coles County, Illinois, December 24, 1842, he was educated at schools and academies in Illinois. He graduated from the Infantry and Cavalry School, 1883. He married Cynthia L. Bowman, November 20, 1864. He served as Corporal, Company B, 7th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, April 25, 1861. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant, 41st Illinois … Read more
Sean H. Doran, 40, a U.S. Air Force Major assigned to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, died of accidential drowning November 4, 1999, in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Major Doran, who lived in Potomac Falls, Virginia, was born in St. Louis and reared in Overland Park, Kansas. He graduated with honors from the University … Read more
Story by Sergeant Jamelle A. Colbert Courtesy photos by the Caisson Platoon Fort Myer, Virginia, April 18, 2002 Monday, soldiers of the 3d U.S.Infantry (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon performed “above and beyond the call of duty,” or certainly beyond what their typically long and arduous days bring in the way of work. … Read more