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: Retired U.S. Navy Commander Harry Edwin Snyder, 80, of the 2100 block of Sandalwood Road, Virginia Beach, died Sunday, March 25, 2001, at his residence after a long illness. Commander Snyder was born September 12, 1920, in Des Moines, Iowa, to the late Harry W. Snyder and the late Beulah … Read more
Please add Colonel Buckley to the list of U.S. Marine buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Colonel Buckley was the Marine Intelligence Officer for General Alexander Vandergrift during the battle for Guadalcanal, 1942. General Vandergrift, then Marine Corps Commandant, attended the Colonel’s funeral and burial at Arlington in 1950 Colonel Edmond John Buckley Birth: February 19, 1900, USA … Read more
A Brief History of the Survey This agency of the Federal Government, although virtually unknown outside of the government, is indeed one of the oldest agencies in our system of government. A review of its brief history below illustrates the contributions that those who served in the Survey have made to our great nation. Some … Read more
ARLINGTON BURIAL FOR R. M. WARFIELD Rites at Fort Myer Tomorrow for Admiral Who Died in Subway Tuesday Night UPPER MONTCLAIR, New Jersey, March 22, 1939 – Funeral services for Rear Admiral Ralph Mervine Warfield, USN, who died last night on a New York subway station of a heart attack, will be held at 3 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Joseph Oronzo Bellino, 81, a retired Army colonel who specialized in transportation, died of leukemia August 24, 2000 at the Falcon’s Landing assisted living facility in Sterling, Virginia. Colonel Bellino served 32 years in the Army before his retirement in 1973. Upon his retirement, he was director of passenger traffic … Read more
15 september 1869-8 May 1926 Chief Surgeon, First Army, American Expeditionary Forces, World War I COLONEL ALEXANDER N. STARK The article by Colonel J. M. Phalen about Col. Stark in the Military Surgeon for October, 1941 is a splendid one and I approve of all that Phalen said. I can add very little to that … Read more
Born at Middleboro, Massachusetts, on November 2, 1946, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving as Hospital Corpsman Third Class, Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, at Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam,on July 28, 1968. “For conspicious gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the … Read more
IN MEMORIAM JOHN TIPTON LONSDALE John Tipton Lonsdale died suddenly, of a heart attack at his home in Austin, Texas, October 5, 1960, at the age of sixty-four. He bad been Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology and Professor of Geology at The University of Texas for fifteen years and was active on the … Read more
Born at Portland, Orgeon, October 15, 1883, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1906, was commissioned an Ensign and advanced through the grades to Vice Admiral, 1941. He was known throughout the Navy as a planner and in 1940 was an observer in London, described in the press as a “mystery man,” … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Jim A. Whitecotton, of Front Royal, Virginia, formerly of Vienna, Virginia, died on Tuesday, October 16, 2001, in Front Royal. Whitecotton retired from Army Intelligence after 24 years, with the rank of Sergeant Major. He fought in World War II, in the Normandy Invasion, and in the Korean War. He … Read more
Defense Secretary William Cohen suggests there may never be another addition to the Tomb of the Unknowns now that the remains of a Vietnam-era serviceman buried there 14 years ago have been positively identified as an Air Force pilot. “It may be that forensic science has reached a point where there will be no other … Read more
Franklin Wilmer Ward was born in 1870. He served as an Infantry Officer in World War I and later as the Adjutant General of the Army. General Ward died in 1938 and was buried with full military honors in Alrington National Cemetery. His wife, Mable Loretta Ward (1871-1934) is buried with him. “Between The Big … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL IRVING L. BRANCH Retired, Died January 4, 1966 Irving Lewis (“Twig”) Branch was born in Keakuk, Iowa in 1912. His father, George Irving Branch, was a civil engineer on major construction jobs that moved the family frequently. He graduated from Stamford High School at Stamford, Connecticut, … Read more
Brigadier Frederick William Coleman III, who died on 6 November 1980, is buried in the same gravesite as his father, Frederick William Coleman, Jr., Major General, United States Army, and near his grandfather, Frederick William Coleman, Major, United States Army. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX … Read more
The following is a list of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were killed in the crash of an Arrow commercial jet liner in Gander, Newfoundland, December 12, 1985, and buried at Arlington National Cemetery (Courtesy Of The Military District Of Washington) December 2005: A somber anniversary was marked in Gander, Newfoundland Monday, 20 … Read more
ARLINGTON, Va. — Like soldiers in formation, neat rows of snow-white stones pour over the lush green hills at Arlington National Cemetery, sanitized reminders of the death toll from all of America’s wars. Just as they have done with veterans from the Revolutionary War to the first Persian Gulf War, these sacred hills are now … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL JOHN L. LOCKE Retired March 1, 1974, Died August 4, 1986 Major General John Langford Locke was commander, Headquarters Command, U.S. Air Force, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. This command is one of the most diversified of the major commands in the U.S. Air Force … Read more
James Barclay McLaughlin of Ireland Served as Private, Troop K, 5th U. S. Cavalry and Company C, 10th U. S. Infantry, 20 May 1869 to 16 April 1875 Private and Sergeant, Signal Corps, 8 May 1875 to 3 June 1898 Second Lieuenant, Signal Corps, U. S. Volunteers, 20 May 1898 Died 6 July 1899 MCLAUGHLIN, … Read more
Lieutenant General Eugene J. D’Ambrosio was born in Yonkers, New York on April 13, 1921. As a young Ordnance officer, he designed the first Army standardized stock accounting system, which was ultimately adopted by all of the technical services. As project manager for the first operations research effort to review and revise rebuild practices for … Read more
The highest-ranking South Carolina State University military alumnus, Lieutenant General Henry Doctor Jr., ’54, has died. His interment will be held on Monday, December 17, 2007, at Arlington National Cemetery. A three-star general, Doctor achieved the highest rank of 13 General Officers who were commissioned via South Carolina State’s Bulldog Battalion. Doctor was born on … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Det Hubbeling; Aviator And Navy Commander Monday, September 22, 2003 Det Hubbeling, 79, a retired Navy Commander who was an aviator and intelligence officer, died September 18, 2003, at the Comfort Cottage assisted-living facility in Fairfax. He had Alzheimer’s disease. Commander Hubbeling served 25 years in the Navy, beginning in … Read more
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Lee, Chew-Mon First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Company H, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Date of Action: November 30, 1950 HQ Eighth US Army Korea; General Orders Number 463, June 26, 1951 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to First Lieutenant Chew-Mon Lee, Infantry, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving … Read more
JOHNSON, RICHARD PVT CO B, 25TH BATTY VA INF CSA DATE OF DEATH: 12/16/1924 BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 136-A Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil 24 Hondrox Prima Kapseln Diaetolin Cardione PHC Beauty C+ … Read more
Member of Congress WESTLAND, Alfred John (Jack), a Representative from Washington; born in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, December 14, 1904; attended the local schools and was graduated from the University of Washington Law School, Seattle, Washington, in 1926; engaged in the cotton goods business in New York City and Chicago, Illinois, 1926-1930; in the investment … Read more
He was born on February 26, 1943 and was from Mobile, Alabama. Courtesy of the Defense News Agency: 26 February 1999: More than 2,000 Vietnam-era soldiers remain missing, and an Army laboratory is working on identifying several hundred sets of remains. The new DNA analysis means that it is theoretically possible to identify virtually any … Read more
MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM H. HOLT Retired Sept. 1, 1974, Died Nov. 7, 2000 Major General William Harvey Holt was chief of staff, Allied Air Forces Southern Europe, with headquarters in Naples, Italy. General Holt was born in 1919, in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was reared in San Diego, California. He entered active military service as … Read more
Obituary: Jack Hanton, World War II fighter pilot, dies at 82 Jack Hanton was training fighter pilots at a military base in Van Nuys, California, in January 1945, when he was reunited with the plane he had named for his wife when he was a new pilot in the Army Air Forces. He had last … Read more
From a press report: April 4, 1999 Walter Addison Moore Jr. ”Tex” was born on May 29, 1912 in Weldon, Texas and died on April 3, 1999 at Arlington Court Nursing Home. He is survived by 4 children, Carol Moore Hershey Durell of Worthington, Ohio, Mrs. Connie Moore Offutt of Nedrow, New York, Dr. Roger … Read more
Thanks for your quick response. I am happy to provide you with information on both my father and brother-in-law who were Marines buried in Arlington. My father was Augustus Theodore Lewis born June 17, 1884. He enlisted in the Marine Corps August 7, 1905 and retired July 1945 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He died September … Read more
Chairman Bob Stump, 335 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C. 20515 IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: DAN AMON MARCH 23, 1999 https://veterans.house.gov House Approves More Consistent Regulations for Burial at Arlington National Cemetery WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House approved by a 428-2 vote Tuesday a measure preserving Arlington National Cemetery as the most hallowed burial ground of … Read more
Kloth, Marion J. Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, Military Adviser. Died May 17, 1952, 42 years of age, in an accident due to battle fatigue suffered in Korea. Died in Alexandria, Virginia. Next of kin: Mrs. Sally Kloth (wife), Alexandria, Virginia; Robert E. and Cecil L. (brothers) Seattle and Arthur O. of San Francisco. Place … Read more
Bruce Cooper Clarke graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1925 after entering on a National Guard appointment from his home state of New York. After an outstanding record in Europe during World War II, General Clarke served as Commanding General of the 2d Constabulary Brigade and the 1st Armored Division. He was Commanding … Read more
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Diviney, John C. Born February 3, 1915 Died December 26, 1943 US Marine Corps, First Lieutenant Section 34, Grave 1151, buried February 17, 1949 Diviney, Dorothy M. Born August 23, 1915 Died April 12, 1999 Section 34, Grave 1151, buried June 9, 1999 Dorothy M. Diviney, formerly of Peirson Avenue, died Monday, April 12, 1999, … Read more
From a contemporary press report: George Clements Blackwell, 87, a retired Army Colonel who taught business classes at two Fairfax County high schools, died May 27, 2003, at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital. He had pneumonia. Colonel Blackwell, a Fairfax, Virginia, resident, taught at Herndon High School in the early and mid-1970s and then at Chantilly … Read more
Laying Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Secretary Weinberger, Harry Walters, Robert Medairos, reverend clergy, ladies and gentlemen, a few moments ago I placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and as I stepped back and stood during the moment of silence that followed, I said a small prayer. And it occurred … Read more
Sandra White Attack Location: Pentagon Age: 44 Home: Dumfries, Virginia It was at a Miss Black America contest in Williamsburg nearly two decades ago that Oscar White met his soon-to-be wife, Sandra. Even with all those beauties around, he couldn’t take his eyes, or mind, off her. “That night I knew,” Oscar White said yesterday … Read more
We fix our gaze upon you now~~proudly holding our heads up high. For which Freedom stands and Old Glory waves many have had to die The crimson tides of blood are shed as haunting reminders of our foes White so pure as the innocent lives whose destiny is unknown With passionate heart and noble grace … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 929-10 October 12, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died October 10, 2010, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their … Read more
MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY G, 4th REGIMENT, GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA, C. S. A., JASPER COUNTY, GEORGIA, GLOVER GUARDS Person, Benjamin F. – Private, April 25, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. Wounded in foot, resulting in amputation, and captured at Silver Springs, Maryland, July … Read more
From a contemporary press report The Fort Myer Military Community bade a final farewell to one of its own Tuesday with a hero’s salute in Arlington National Cemetery. Infantry soldier Colonel Daniel M. Shamanski, 60, FMMC commander from 1987 to 1991, died December 24, 2000, at his home in Fayetteville, Georgia. A 35-year Army veteran, … Read more
John Harold Branic Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps Service # 250921 United States Marine Corps Entered the Service from: New York Died: 19-Aug-42 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines Awards: Purple Heart NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 757-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE … Read more
Army Officer Rallied Troops In Vietnam At Great Risk Ronald Scott Taylor, 64, a highly decorated Vietnam War veteran who became a lawyer in the Justice Department’s criminal division, died January 18, 2009, at the Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home in Washington. He had complications from diabetes as a result of exposure to Agent … Read more
Lieutenant Colonel Tom Baker, a well loved, widely known and highly respected 16 year veteran of the United States Marine Corps died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack Monday, 12 June 2002. He was a first year Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) student of Systems Acquisition Management Curriculum. A consummate professional, devoted ‘family man’ and … Read more
Born at Gordo, Alabama, Colonel Davis earned the Medal of Honor during World War II while serving as a Major, 25th Infantry Division on Guadalcanal Island on January 12, 1943. Davis received the Medal for distinguishing himself by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of duty in action … Read more
TWO GENERALS DIE AS PLANE CRASHES Fort Ord Commandant and Deputy Among 6 Victims OAKLAND, California, September 30, 1960 – An Army plane carrying six persons crashed today in the Orinda Hills today, killing all aboard including Major General Carl F. Fritzsche, Commandant of the Fort Ord Training Center. Also killed in the crash was Brigadier General … Read more
ROLF FRED LENZSCH was born on December 25, 1935 and joined the Armed Forces while in Ventor, New Jersey. He served in the United States Army. In 10 years of service, he attained the rank of Staff Sergeant. He began a tour of duty in Vietnam on October 1, 1966. On June 28, 1967, at … Read more
Closure for kin of slain official Greece convicts 15 from November 17 9 December 2003 ATHENS, GREECE — Twenty-eight years ago, Tim Welch accompanied the body of his father, a prominent CIA officer, on a US military transport plane to Washington. Although a noncombatant, Richard Welch was buried, by order of President Ford, in Arlington … Read more
By Stephen Barr Washington Post Staff Writer Some of Washington’s political elite would lose their claim to a final political perk under bipartisan, draft legislation to clarify and tighten eligibility standards for burial at Arlington National Cemetery. The vice president, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, Cabinet officers and ambassadors with honorable military backgrounds no … Read more
Born on August 17, 1929 in Montclair, New Jersey, he was a regular Marine Corps Flight Officer. He began his tour of duty in Vietnam on November 25, 1967 and became a casualty of that war on February 9, 1968 when his fixed-wing aircraft was shot down over the land in Vietnam. His body was … Read more
BLAUM, RICHARD LAVONNE AF United States Air Force DATE OF BIRTH: 04/11/1930 DATE OF DEATH: 09/20/1953 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4803 STEVENS, HAROLD 2ND LT USAF DATE OF BIRTH: 01/20/1928 DATE OF DEATH: 09/20/1953 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4803 Gloria Blaum (nee Stroud), 77, died Sunday, January 16, 2005, in Port Huron after … Read more
VIETNAM WAR MIAS IDENTIFIED The remains of two U.S. Air Force servicemen killed in action during the Vietnam War have been identified and are being returned home to their families. They are Master Sergeant Thomas E. Heideman and Captain Craig B. Schiele, both of Chicago. On October 24, 1970, Heideman and Schiele were crewmembers of a CH-3E … Read more
Submitted By His Wife, Barbara Inge, and his Friend Steven R. Polk, Lieutenant General, United States Air Force December 2005 Colonel Leon (Lee) S. Inge was born 9 July 1928 in New York City, the son of Leon G. and Elena Morales Inge. He was an ROTC graduate from Fordham University in New York in … Read more
A Senator from Alabama; born in Champion, Jefferson County, New York, November 1, 1836; pursued classical studies; attended Montreal College, Canada; moved to Iowa; secretary of the State Senate in 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and practiced; during the Civil War entered the Union Army as a captain, and when … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Colonel Glenn R. Long, United States Marine Corps (retired) died Saturday, December 13, 2003, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. He is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth Lynne Franz; son-in-law, Captain Rodney C. Franz; grandson, Lieutenant George F. Franz and wife, Carol; grandchildren, Jared, Tristan, Zoie, … Read more
Joseph Powell Tracy of Washington, D. C. Appointed from Pennsylvania, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 15 June 1892 (12) Additional Second Lieutenant, 1st Artillery, 12 June 1896 Second Lieutenant, 5th Artillery, 30 April 1897 First Lieutenant, 2 March 1899 Artillery Corps, 2 February 1901 Captain, 1 August 1901 GENERAL JOSEPH P. TRACY WASHINGTON, May 22, … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 125-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Stephen R. Sherman, 27, from Neptune, New Jersey, died February 3, 2005, in Mosul, Iraq, from wounds sustained when an improvised … Read more
The son of U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Treasury. He was born in 1895 and died in 1960. Buried with his father in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery. His brother, Robert H. McAdoo, Ensign, United States Army, is also buried in this site. MCADOO, WILLIAM GIBBS JR LT USNR VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF BIRTH: … Read more
Alexander B.”Chip” Komoroske Alexander B. “Chip” Komoroske, 92, died March 11, 2005 at the Goodwin House in Alexandria of congestive heart failure. He was the father of John Komoroske, Vice Chairman of the Alexandria Planning Commission. A veteran of two wars, he served as a communications engineer for the U.S. Government for nearly six decades … Read more
Full Name: DAVID EMERSON HALL Date of Birth: 11/14/1944 Date of Casualty: 8/16/1966 Home of Record: EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: LCPL Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG TIN HALL, DAVID E LCPL USMC DATE OF BIRTH: 11/14/1944 DATE OF DEATH: 08/16/1966 BURIED AT: SECTION 37 SITE 4312 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY … Read more
PASCHAL, PAUL C. Major, U.S. Army Home: Goldstone, North Carolina 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, A.E.F. Date of Action: July 15, 1918 General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Paul C. Paschal, Major, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois d’Aigremont, France, July 15, 1918. … Read more
Bill Ernest Clary was born on 27 January 1891 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He served as a Gunner with the United States Marine Corps and died on 13 December 1926 in Port Au Prince, Haiti. Faithful And Loyal. We are actively seeking addtional information regarding this individual. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Joseph Anthony Bookhamer, 83, died Monday, March 20, 2000, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, at a later date. Bookhamer, a native of Columbus, Ohio, had retired as a lieutenant colonel from the Army and was a veteran of … Read more
HOWELL, FRANCIS ASBURY PVT H 17 VA INF CSA DATE OF DEATH: 02/15/1919 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 190-A Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil 24 Hondrox Prima Kapseln Diaetolin Cardione PHC Beauty C+ Kapseln … Read more
Test results awaited in death of Germany-based soldier By Charlie Coon, Stars and Stripes European edition, Thursday, July 17, 2008 A coroner is awaiting test results on a Grafenwöhr, Germany-based soldier who died June 27, 2008, while on leave in Guntersville, Alabama. Specialist Toney L. Goble II, 24, was found dead in the bedroom of … Read more
Heading into the fourth year of the war in Iraq, Americans have become all too familiar with the military rituals of death – the uniformed officers going to the family home to break the sad news, the flag-covered coffin and the dignified funeral, complete with honor guard and three rifle volleys in salute of the … Read more
From a contemporary press report: April 26, 1956 Planes and helicopters from four coastal stations searched yesterday for a Washington Panther jet pilot missing from Chincoteague Naval Air Station since 9:45 a.m. Tuesday. Pilot of the plane was Lieutenant (jg) Alan Montgomery Gunn, 24, son of Colonel Damon Mott Gun (Retired) of 4418 Lowell Street, N.W. Lieutenant … Read more
Born at Millsboro, Delaware, January 12, 1843, he graduated from West Point in 1865. He married Minnie Larrabee on November 24,1870. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant, 12th United States Infantry, June 23, 1865, and thereafter promoted through the grades to Brigadier General, Inspector General, United States Army, April 12, 1903. He … Read more
If God would grant me one more minute So we could say goodbye And try to put a lifetime In a time too short to try I dont know how to let you go It hurts too much this pain To know whenever I walk through our door I’ll never find you home again If … Read more
A Marine Corps Lieutenant General who earned his first Distinguished Service Medal for heroic work as Marine Corps aviator in France in 1918, died November 11, 1973. He was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal for skillful leadership and outstanding initiative as Commander of Allied Air Forces during a … Read more
War: WWI Last Name: Roby First Name: John Middle Name or Initial: G Sex: M County: Grant, West Virginia Community: Branch of Service: Army Rank: Private Service Number: 3174693 Date of Death: 6 October 1918 Place of Death: France Cause of Death: KIA Unit: HQ Co.- 58th.Inf. Date of Birth: 16 June 1893 Place of … Read more
BOATRIGHT, WILLIAM G AR United States Army DATE OF DEATH: 10/02/1944 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 1064 SEATON, CARLTON G T/SGT AAF USA BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 1064 KILLOREN, EUGENE R 2ND LT AAF USA BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 1064 SMITH, LOUIE M 2ND LT AAF USA BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 1064 … Read more
Herren Thomas Wade, Lieutenant General, 1895-1985 1936 – 1942 Instructor Cavalry School 1942 – 1943 Commanding Officer 106th Cavalry regiment 1943 – 1944 Commandant of Cavalry School 1944 – 1945 Assistant Commanding General 70th Division 1945 – 1946 Deputy Chief of Staff 4th Army 1950 – 1952 Commanding General Military District of Washington 1954 – … Read more
Ada Davis Attack Location: Pentagon Age: 57 Home: Camp Springs, Maryland Nolton Davis was playing with his granddaughter when a friend called to tell him that terrorists had crashed a plane into the Pentagon — where his wife, Ada, worked. The friend had called Ada an hour earlier after the first hijacked airliner crashed into … Read more
Member of Congress From a contemporary press report: James D. “Mike” McKevitt, 71, a partner in the Washington government affairs firm of McKevitt & Schneier who was a former congressman and U.S. assistant attorney general, died September 28, 2000 at Sibley Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. He lived in McLean, Virginia. Mr. McKevitt served … Read more
Larry Alan Thorne was born on May 28, 1919 and joined the Armed Forces while in Norwalk, Connecticut. He served in the United States Army, 5th Special Forces. In twelve years of service, he attained the rank of Major. Larry Alan Thorne is listed as Missing in Action. From various contemporary press reports: Thorne was … Read more
My uncle, Lieutenant (j.g.) David Malcom Loyd, was the only casualty in a ZPG-2 Blimp accident on May 14, 1959, at Lakehurst, New Jersey, Naval Air Station. He was pinned in the gondola which struck the hanger as they were attempting to land in a very heavy fog. Six others were injured and hospitalized. There … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Clark Clifford, the silver-haired Brahmin of the nation’s political establishment who advised presidents across half a century of American history, died Saturday (October 10, 1998) morning at the age of 91 at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. A secretary of defense for one president, friend and confidant of three others, … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 390-09 June 03, 2009 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died June 1, 2009, in Nerkh, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when … Read more
Born in 1844, he won the Medal of Honor during the Civil War while serving in Company D, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry at Hawkes Shoups, Virginia, on May 28, 1864. The Medal was actually issued on October 10, 1892. He died on December 18, 1899 and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. CHRISTIANCY, JAMES … Read more
George E. Pickett, Sr. was born in Palestine, Texas 26 May 1918. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1939. His military career began 12 June 1939 when he was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corps of the Regular Army. His first … Read more
COURTESY OF THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, October 24, 2004 “Hotel Bemelmans,” by Ludwig Bemelmans, Overlook, $24.95, 302 pages. Ludwig Bemelmans came to the United States in 1914, supposedly after he had shot and nearly killed a fellow employee of his uncle’s hotel in his native Austria, bearing two pistols (presumably one of them being that with … Read more
Courtesy of Noel Garland: December 2007 Compiled from a Phoenix Society release: With his death on August 11, 2007, at the age of 93, the cryptologic community lost one of its most treasured members, Arthur J. Levenson, 93. His loss will be felt keenly by all who were privileged to know him, to work with him, or … Read more
10 January 2009: 30 year old Staff Sergeant Kenneth Jason Wilburn was participating in a training exercise in a pool at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Jason was stationed a Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta, Georgia, but was training at Lackland to become a Forward Air Controller, one of the elite in the … Read more
Lloyd Baxter Liebler was born on 25 November 1896. He served in World War I as Second Lieutenant, Company H, 320th United States Infantry. While serving in the capacity of Acting Intelligence Officer, he was killed in action in the Argonne Forest in France on 11 October 1918. He was subsequently returned to the United … Read more
This information provided courtesy of Sven Dorsey. I would like to add two persons to your list. They are Herman W. Dorsey, Colonel, World War II, who died in 1984. His son, and my brother, John C. Dorsey, Captain, 53rd TFS,who died in a skiing accident in 1986. Both are at Arlington National Cemetery. Herman W. … Read more
Pearl Harbor survivor, historian dies at 88Clifton Lokey went on to watch surrender of Japanese Clinton Kenneth Lokey, who escaped death at Pearl Harbor by a matter of seconds and later witnessed the surrender of the Japanese aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II, died Monday at the age of 88. A Wilmington, Delaware, … Read more
Gray Beachy was born in 1863 at Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho. Her parents were William C. and Margaret Earley Beachy. She was married to Robert Edward Lee Michie, Brigadier General, United States Army, who was killed-in-action in France in June 1918, during World War I. He is buried Suresnes, France. She died in New York … Read more
He was born on November 13, 1891 in Maryland. and won the Medal of Honor while serving at Vera Cruz as as junior officer. He had graduted from the United States Naval Academy in 1912 and progressed through the ranks to Admiral. He was killed in the crash of a commercial airliner at Bolivia, South … Read more
Colonel Patrick Gerald Collins, who as a retired Marine Officer advised the service and other organizations about the tactics, training needs and battlefield doctrine of tomorrow died July 17, 1997 in Fairfax, Virginia, at the home of one of his daughters. He was 64 and lived in Hampton, New Hampshire, near Portsmouth. The cause was … Read more
James Brattle Burbank of Connecticut First Lieutenant, 20th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, 19 November 1862 Captain, 4 June 1863 Brevet Major of Volunteers, 13 March 1865 for gallant conduct in the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia Resigned 17 December 1863 Private and Sergeant Major, 3rd U. S. Artillery, 14 May 1864 to 31 March 1865 Second Lieutenant, … Read more
Robert L. Guillaudeu of McLean, Virginia, died February 29, 2000. Dr. Guillaudeu earned his Ph.B. from the University of Chicago in 1943 and his M.D. in 1949 from Georgetown University School of Medicine. Surviving family includes his children and wife, Virginia Ide Guillaudeu. In recognition of Dr. Guillaudeu’s career as a Colonel in the United … Read more
Born on January 19, 1895, he graduated from West Point in 1917 and was commisioned in the Field Artillery. He served in France during World War I. His other assignments included service with the 2nd, 3rd, 11th, 13th and 18th Field Artillery Regiments; ROTC duty as Professor of Military Science & Tactics, Iowa State University … Read more
MICHAEL CREAMER, A CASUALTY OF 2 WARS By: Tom Brokaw 18 February 1991 All of us, in one way or another, have been living first with the prospect of war and then with the reality of it since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. For many veterans of Vietnam, this has been an especially anxious time. … Read more
From a contemporary press report: On June 13, 1997 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia; beloved husband of Margaret A. Oden; father of Delk Oden of Irving, Texas, Peggy Hamaker and Ray Oden, both of Arlington, Virginia. He is also survived by seven grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Fort Myer Post Chapel on Monday, … Read more
October 31, 1922 – July 7, 1988 From a contemporary news report: “David Atlee Phillips, who spent 25 years undercover for the CIA and resigned as Chief of Latin American and Caribban Operations to plead the Agency’s case in print and on the lecture circuit, died at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. He had been … Read more
James Fingal Gregory of New York Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, I July l861(16); Commissioned Second Lieutenant of Artillery, 23 June 1865 Transferred to the Corps of Engineers, 1 May1866 First Lieutenant, 1 May 1866 Captain, 13 January l874 Colonel and Aide-de-Camp to General Sheridan, 15 July 1881 to 30 October … Read more
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