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.
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 … Read more
Zenas TICHENOR settled on military lands in Lansing in 1789-90, and was the first school teacher of the town. He was one of twelve brothers, all of whom were soldiers of the Revolution; one of his sons was in the War of 1812, and three of his grandsons were soldiers in the war of the … Read more
HERNDON, Virginia – The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) announced today that plans are well under way for the upcoming “Renewal & Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery” on Monday, July 18, 2005 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hundreds of landscape, lawn care and tree care companies from across the nation will bring their crews … Read more
Provided By Tom Barrows Biography of Colonel George Howard Barrows February 27, 1899 – August 13, 1964 A native of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Colonel Barrows enlisted in the Cavalry Squadron of the Rhode Island National Guard in 1916 at age 17 and served with General Pershing’s Mexican Border Campaign. He re-enlisted in the 26th “Yankee … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Caesar Frank Fiore, 88, a retired Army colonel and telecommunications executive, died of pneumonia October 9, 1999 at the ManorCare nursing home in Potomac. He had lived in Arlington for 23 years before moving to the nursing home two years ago. Colonel Fiore, a native of Newark and a 1935 … Read more
Full Name: KENNETH MAURICE WATKINS Date of Birth: 8/11/1948 Date of Casualty: 3/12/1968 Home of Record: WASHINGTON, D.C. Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: LCPL Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG TRI WATKINS, KENNETH M. LCPL USMC DATE OF BIRTH: 08/11/1948 DATE OF DEATH: 03/12/1968 BURIED AT: SECTION 51 SITE 2665 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY … Read more
By John Whitesides Reuters News Service A bill in Congress to tighten burial requirements at Arlington National Cemetery is too restrictive and would not have allowed for the burial of many public servants now interred there, an Army official said Tuesday. John McLaurin, deputy assistant secretary of the Army, told a House subcommittee that former … Read more
Born on November 19, 1878, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1900. He married Alice Nancy Kimball, August 7, 1909 (deceased August 16, 1943) and Mrs. Fleet Murdaugh Carney, April 19, 1953. He was commissioned an Ensign and was advanced through the ranks to Vice Admiral, June 1942. He was commanded of … Read more
David Elmer Shillingburg Born 14 August 1918 at Wallback, West Virginia Died 14 October 1944 Buried In Section 34, Grave 3992, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia SHILLINGBURG, DAVID E PVT US AGF 313TH INF WW II DATE OF BIRTH: 08/14/1918 DATE OF DEATH: 10/14/1944 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 3992 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our … Read more
Retired Brigadier General Joseph Conlon dead at 66 BY KWAME OPAM Courtesy of Newsday June 30, 2009 Retired Brigadier General Joseph F. Conlon III, who served in Saudi Arabia during the first Persian Gulf War and worked for more than two decades as an investigator in the Suffolk district attorney’s office, died June 23 at … Read more
From a contemporary press report Robert M. Bringham, 82, a retired Army Colonel who served in combat operations in the Philippines during World War II and as an adviser to a Vietnamese infantry unit during the war in Vietnam, died of pneumonia April 11, 2001, at the Belvoir Woods Healthcare Center at The Fairfax at … Read more
Awarded the Medal of Honor for services rendered during the Civil War at Millerstown, Pennsylvania, in July 1863 while serving as Sergeant, Company B, 6th United States Cavalry. He was born in Germany on April 28, 1839 and died on June 20, 1924. He was buried in Section 17 of Arlington National Cemetery. NOTE: He … Read more
Courtesy of John D. Mackintosh Henry Rowan Lemly was born in Bethania on January 12, 1851, the son of Henry Augustus Lemly and Amanda Conrad Lemly. The elder Lemly was a native of Rowan County who had attended the University of North Carolina in hopes of becoming a doctor. Poor eyesight spelled an end to that … Read more
William Herbert Bixby was born December 27, 1849, in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He graduated first in the United States Military Academy class of 1873 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. After serving with the engineer battalion at Willets Point and as Assistant Professor of Engineering at the Military Academy, Bixby graduated with honors from … Read more
THREE DIE IN QUANTICO FIRE Lieutenant Holderby of Marines, Daughter And Guest Are Victims WASHINGTON, February 5, 1927 – Three persons lost their lives last night in a fire in a house at the Marine Barracks in Quantico, Virginia. The dead are Lieutenant Andrew R. Holderby 3rd of the Marine Corps, in whose home the … Read more
From a contemporary press report Leonard F. Chapman Jr., 86, a retired general and former commandant of the Marine Corps who supervised the corps’ withdrawal from the Vietnam War and led it through a period of heightened social and racial tensions, died of cancer January 6, 2000 at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Virginia. After his military … Read more
16 May 2003: Courtesy of The Washington Post: Airman’s Service Honored at Arlington Tactical Air Specialist Killed in Afghanistan The C-130’s low thrum could be heard before the plane was spotted, flying over the freshly readied grave of Airman First Class Raymond Losano. “Airplane!” his 2-year-old daughter, Alorah, cried excitedly, pointing at the clear sky … Read more
Born at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on December 17, 1944, he was declared killed in the crash of his fixed-wing aircraft in Laos during the the Vietnam War on January 19, 1973. He had been missing-in-action in that theater since December 5, 1969. His remains were recovered in 1997 and on November 21, 1997 he was … Read more
Colonel Jordan was born on 5 March 1895 and died on 6 December 1972. His nephew, Herbert Lee Jordan, First Lieuenant, United States Army, was killed-in-action in Korea in 1950 and is buried in an adjacent gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery. JORDAN HERBERT S COL HQ 3RD ARMY FT MCPHERSON, GA FC U.S.A. DATE OF BIRTH: … Read more
Robert B. Carleson, former Reagan aide, dies 25 April 2006: Robert B. Carleson, who changed California’s welfare system under Governor Ronald Reagan and undertook similar initiatives as a special assistant to the president during the Reagan administration, has died at 75. Carleson died Friday after a brief illness, said his wife, Susan, of Alexandria, Virginia. … Read more
Thomas Duncan Ill of Illinois Appointed from Illinois, First Lieutenant, Mounted Rifles, 27 May 1846 Captain, 15 March 1848 Major, 10 June 1861 3rd U. S. Cavalary, 3 August 1861 Lieutenant Colonel 5th U. S. Cavalry, 28 July 1866 Retired 15 January 1873 Brevetted Lieutenant Colonel, 8 April 1862 for gallant and meritorious in action … Read more
John V. Powell was born on 14 July 1947 in Jackson Heights, New York. Folloiwng graduatuion from high school he attended St. Leo’s on a baseball scholarship. Before entering the United States Army he played minor league baseball. John trained in the Army as an aviator and was assigned to the Republic of Vietnam during … Read more
Age 82, the first administrator of the General Services Administration, a Washington attorney and a retired major general in the Air Force Reserve, who was president and chairman of the Air Force Association, died of cancer February 25, 1987 at George Washington University Hospital. Mr. Larson, a resident of Arlington, was born in Mill Creek, … Read more
Courtesy of the Congress of the United States: Senator from Oregon; born on a farm near Jefferson, Marion County, Oregon, October 13, 1883; attended the public schools; graduated from Oregon State Agricultural College at Corvallis in 1902 and from the University of Oregon at Eugene in 1906; studied law; was admitted to the bar in … Read more
Rowan Parker Lemly was the son of Henry Rowan Lemly, Major, United States Army. He was born in 1884 and died on 4 March 1938. He is buried in the same plot as his parents in Arlington National Cemetery. NOTE: He is the grandson of Innis Newton Palmer, Brigadier General, United States Army, who is also buried in … Read more
Captain Washington Irving Chambers, USN (1856-1934) was a United States Navy officer who played a major role in the early development of Naval aviation, serving as the first officer to have oversight of the Navy’s aviation program. Chambers was born in Kingsport, New York in 1856 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in … Read more
Robert F. Kennedy’s widow Ethel (R) and Senator Ted Kennedy’s wife, Victoria, pause at the gravesite of slain President John F. Kennedy, June 6, 2003, at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. They earlier paid their respects at Robert F. Kennedy’s grave, who was assassinated on this date in 1968 while campaigning for the presidency … Read more
Full Name: TERRY LYMAN BALDWIN Date of Birth: 3/29/1945 Date of Casualty: 8/7/1968 Home of Record: FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: PFC Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: LONG AN TERRY LYMAN BALDWIN Killed in action August 7, 1968 by ground casualty by an explosive device hostile, died in Long An South Vietnam. … Read more
The son of Confederate Major General George E. Pickett, who led “Pickett’s Charge” on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. The younger Pickett served in the United States Army for a number of years. He served with the Army in the Philippines during the Philippine Insurrection and died at sea, returning from the … Read more
John Miller, birth date unknown, served as Private, Company C, Maryland-D.C. Volunteers in the Mexican War. He died on 1 April 1900 and was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. MILLER, JOHN PVT CO C, MD DC VOLS MEX WAR DATE OF DEATH: 04/01/1900 BURIED AT: SITE 14028 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read … Read more
The son of Palmer Gaylord Wood, he was born in California in 1876. He served with the 12th United States Infantry. He died at San Juan DeGuvel, Philippines, on November 16, 1900 during the Philippine Insurrection. He is buried among other family members in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. Palmer Gaylord Wood, Jr. of California … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 705-11 August 11, 2011 DOD Identifies Service Members Killed In CH-47 Crash The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of 30 servicemembers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died August 6, 2011 in Wardak province, … Read more
From a news report: 26 November 2002: Service to be held for Marine colonel, wife TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA —- A memorial service will be held Wednesday at the Marine Corps’ desert training base for a Marine Colonel who was killed, along with his wife, in a head-on collision over the weekend. Colonel John M. Taylor, … Read more
Submitted in July 1998 by Dr. James F. White Second Lieutenant Alexander Anderson Blackhall, Jr., and his identical twin brother, First Lieutenant William Melvin Blackhall were born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, on 14 November 1930 of Scottish immigrant parents. The boys were farmers and were very active in 4-H Clubs and F.F.A. They were honor graduates, in … Read more
The granddaughter of General Nelson Appleton Miles and the daughter of Sherman and Yulee Noble Miles, she was the wife of Allyn Richmond Wight. She was buried in the Miles Mausoleum in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery on December 19, 1968. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed … Read more
B. G. Burkett, a military researcher, was co-chairman of the Texas Vietnam Memorial with President George Bush as Honorary Chairman. Mr. Burkett has been the object of an award-winning segment on ABC’s “20/20,” as well as much acclaimed articles in Texas Monthly and Reader’s Digest. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee. … Read more
Humbart Joseph Versace was a 1933 graduate of the United States Military Academy. Following long service in the United States Army, Colonel Versace died on 12 June 1972 at Black Earth, Wisconsin. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. The Colonel’s son, Humbert Roque Versace, Captain, United States Army, United States Military … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1134-10 December 10, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died December 8, 2010, in Balkh province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered … Read more
George U. Strosnider, age 84, passed away on November 28, 2007 at Hospice of Golden Isles, Georgia. He is survived by his wife, Suzanne; and his daughter, Janice (Larry) Lamattina, all of St. Simon Island, Georgia. He also leaves behind two step-sons, Phil (Julie) Currie of Altanta, Georgia, and Doug (Sharon) Currie of Savannah, Georgia; … Read more
Corise P. Varn, Commander, USNR (ret.), 83, died Friday, June 10, 2005, in St. Augustine, Florida. Commander Varn was born in DeLand, Florida, on September 10, 1921. Commander Varn attended Florida State College for Women (now FSU) and was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. In August 1942, she was accepted as midshipman in … Read more
Kime, Joseph G. Captain, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, HHC, First Brigade (Assistant S4) Killed March 1991 when his HMMWV hit a mine on a Main Supply Route (MSR). Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 3d Armored Division. Army Captain Joseph G. Kime III died on March 26, 1991. He was buried with full military honors … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Coast Guard Admiral John Briggs Hayes was born on 30 August 1924 in Jamestown, New York. He entered the US Coast Guard Academy as a cadet from Bradford, Pennsylvania, on 14 July 1943. Though listed as a member of the Class of 1947, Hayes actually graduated and received his commission … Read more
M. Larry Lawrence, the late owner of San Diego’s Hotel Del Coronado and a major donor to President Clinton, is a focus of a House panel’s investigation into whether the administration rewarded contributors with burial plots in Arlington National Cemetery, congressional officials said Thursday. As the allegations of special waivers inflamed veterans’ groups, members of … Read more
From a contemporary press accout: A former commander of the 1100th Air Base Wing at Bolling, retired Air Force Colonel Edward Rutledge Maney, died of a heart attack May 5, 2001, at his home in Matthews, Virginia. He was 62. Maney served in the military for 27 years, beginning as an enlisted Marine. He was … Read more
George Pennington Borden was born at Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 24, 1844. He was educated in public schools and at Fairfield Academy, New York, to 1862. He married Elizabeth Reynold, May 25, 1869. He enlisted as a Private, Company C, 121st New York Volunteer Infantry, July 23, 1862 and was discharged October 12, 1863. He was … Read more
By Roger C. Davis Courtesy of The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia Cornelia Elizabeth Thornton (19 May 1893-28 Sept. 1918) was a World War I casualty from Bena, Virginia. Cornelia was the eldest daughter of eight children of Harry Lee and Virginia Lee Rowe Thornton, Sr. of the Thornton Creek area of Achilles in Gloucester … Read more
Colonel Bushey was from Peoria, Illinois. MACMILLAN, JULIAN M LT COL INF USA DATE OF BIRTH: 04/25/1891 DATE OF DEATH: 09/18/1944 BURIED AT: SECTION SOUTH SITE 2000-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
The wife of Guy Vernon Henry, Jr., they were married on October 29, 1920. She was born in 1882 and died in 1967. She is buried with her husband in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed … Read more
Charles Irving Wilson of the District of Columbia Appointed from New York, Assistant Surgeon, 28 May 1861 Breveted Captain, 13 March 1865 for meritorious and distinguished service in the battles of Todds Tavern and Yellow Tavern, Virginia; Major, 13 March 1865 for highly meritorious and distinguished service in his Department in 12 engagements in the … Read more
26 February 2003: From Thalia Tsantes-Panos Terrorism all too familiar to Lewes woman By Bruce Pringle Coast Press Reporter Stephanie Tsantes, then 17 years old and a senior in high school, was in bed when her father left for work on the morning of November 15, 1983. “I had to go to school,” Tsantes, now an … Read more
Ramsay Douglas Potts Brigadier General, US. Army Lieutenant Colonel, Artillery Corps July 19, 1903 Colonel, Artillery Corps June 8, 1905 Brigadier General August 31, 1908 Commandant, Artillery School of the US. Army 1904-06 Commander, 3rd Field Artillery 1907 Commander, 5th Field Artillery 1907-08 Commandant, General Service & Staff College 1911-13 Ret. September 1, 1914 Ramsay … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates United States Military Academy, Class of 1946 Harry Arthur Floyd * 1946 – 15984 23 Jul 1921 – 5 Nov 1997 Died in Arlington, Virginia Interred in Arlington National Cemetery HARRY ARTHUR FLOYD was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1921 and spent his youth there. He graduated from Lynn Classical High … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Lawrence H. Bosshard, 71, a former financial officer with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of the National Capital Area, died of congestive heart failure Saturday, June 3, 1989 at the Veterans Hospital in Bay Pines, Florida. Colonel Bosshard moved to Pinellas Park, Florida, in 1984 after retiring from the National … Read more
Colonel Neil Snyder, Jr, Generous Scout Volunteer and Army Colonel Colonel Neil Snyder, Jr. passed away peacefully at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on October 8th, 2006. He was 88 years old and had been in declining health since suffering a stroke in July 2003. He is survived by a large and devoted family. The funeral service … Read more
WASHINGTON YESTERDAY: Afghan war planners operate in shadow of Civil War quartermaster 18 February 2002 The military planners supplying America’s Afghan War with troops and arms probably haven’t spared a thought for the Civil War career of Montgomery C. Meigs. But they are operating in his shadow. As the Union Army’s quartermaster general, dispatching men … Read more
Edward D. Rehil was born in 1843 in Ireland. He died on 25 September 1914 and was buried with military honors in Arlinton National Cemetery. During the 1880 United States Census he and his wife, Annie Rehil, age 31 and born in Virginia in 1849, were residing at Farnham, Richmond County, Virginia. His occupation was … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 369-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Captain James C. Edge, 31, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was killed April 14, 2005, by enemy small-arms fire while conducting combat … Read more
SEEDLOCK, HORTENSE NORTON (AGE 81) Hortense Norton Seedlock died on Saturday August 26, 2000, peacefully at home in Melbourne, Florida. Mrs. Seedlock was born in Savannah, Georgia and attended Savannah High School, St. Mary’s Junior College, in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Pennsylvania College for Women and received her Masters Degree in English from the American … Read more
The first graduate of the United States Military Academy Class of 1901 was Edward Neele Johnston. Hailing from St. Louis, Missouri, Johnston came from a very distinguished family line. His ancestors founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and one relative built the first church organ of New England in Salem in 1714. Another relative, Samuel Johnston, … Read more
Auer, Charles Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps Date of Action: June 6, 1918 Citation: The Navy Cross is awarded to Corporal Charles Auer, United States Marine Corps. Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry, France, June 6, 1918, Corporal Auer gave the supreme proof of that extraordinary heroism which will serve as an example to hitherto untried troops. … Read more
For quiet man, actions spoke volumes Jim Galloway, 83 Courtesy of the Flint (Michigan) Journal Sunday, March 06, 2005 By Christofer Machniak Family members say Jim Galloway’s quiet manner wouldn’t tip you off that he was a decorated World War II aviator and prisoner of war, who once escaped from prison camp, or a local … Read more
Courtesy of the West Virginia Veterans Database: War: WWII Last Name: Messer First Name: Jennings Middle Name or Initial: B County: Mingo, West Virginia Community: Branch of Service: Army Rank: Sergeant Service Number: 15040321 Date of Death: 15 September 1943 Place of Death: Cause of Death: Place of Burial: Arlington National Cemetery Unit: 65 Bombardment Squadron, … Read more
This is a card record for a headstone provided for Civil War Veteran Joseph Raboch whose remains were disinterred, brought from “Porto Rico” (Puerto Rico) to the U.S., and reinterred in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. This sample image represents one of several types of forms found on the Card Records of Headstones Provided for … Read more
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to express my appreciation to you and the Subcommittee’s Ranking Minority Member, Mr. Clyburn, for holding this hearing today. I also want to recognize the hard work you put in over the past couple of months when you could have been on recess. As you stated, Mr. Chairman, it … Read more
Courtesy of The Washington Post: Washington has lost one of its last links to the Great War. Cesar Pares, the last World War I veteran at the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home in Washington, was buried December 5, 2000, at Arlington National Cemetery. Pares died November 16, 2000 at the age of 99 years and … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 019-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Adam L. Cann, 23, of Davie, Florida Corporal Albert P. Gettings, 27, of New Castle, Pennsylvania Lance Corporal Ryan S. … Read more
NICKS, W L CPL 61ST ALA CSA CW DATE OF DEATH: 07/19/1864 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 36 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 … Read more
William J. Ryan, Colonel Born September 2, 1925 – Died August 7, 2003 William Joseph “Pat” Ryan was born in Paducah, Kentucky on 2 September 1925 and was appointed to West Point from the 1st Congressional District. His West Point classmates recall: “Pat came to West Point after serving with the 8th Air Force during … Read more
Reynolds Johnston Burt of Nebraska Appointed from Ohio, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 15 June 1891 (55) Assitional Second Lieutenant, 25th U. S. Infantry, 12 June 1896 Second Lieutenant, 10th U. S. Infantry, 4 November 1896 Transferred to the 25th Infantry, 4 February 1897 First Lieutenant, 1 January 1899 Captain, 9th U. S. Infantry, 23 … Read more
The Old Guard, Third United States Infantry A member of the Third United States Infantry (“The Old Guard”) patrols the area where the Vietnam Unknown awaits removal to a military laboratory for DNA testing and possible identification. May 14, 1998. Click Here To Enter Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 671-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 02, 2005 DoD Identifies Army and Navy Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of eight soldiers and eight sailors who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Soldiers killed were: Staff Sergeant Shamus O. Goare, 29, of Danville, Ohio. Chief … Read more
GENERAL MICHAEL KERWIN DEAD Ex-Police Commissioner and Revenue Collector Was Almost 75 NEW YORK, New York, June 21, 1912 – General Michael Kerwin, veteran of the Civil War, Collector of Internal Revenue under President Harrison, and formerly Police Commissioner of New York City, died from senile infirmities yesterday at his home, 487 West 145th Street. … Read more
By Rick Maze Courtesy of the Army Times Thursday Feb 15, 2007 Funding constraints have forced Arlington National Cemetery to reduce by half its program to regularly clean and straighten headstones. The cleaning and realigning is part of a regular maintenance program. For 2008, the Bush administration is proposing a $300,000 increase in the cemetery … Read more
From a contemporary press report Terence Corning, age 70, an Army Lieutenant Colonel who served from 1954 until 1982, died November 14, 2002 at his home in Springfield, Virginia. He had prostate cancer. Colonel Corning was a native of Troy, New York and a 1954 graduate of Siena College in New York. Colonel Corning began … Read more
While Colonel Cappelletti remains living at this time (the Colonel passed away on 28 February 2007, see below for details), his future stone and that of his wife (see below) is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful in the entire cemetery. His side of the stone reads: “Oh, I have slipped the surly … Read more
Born in Parkerville, Kansas, on April 17, 1887, Glen E. Edgerton was the son of John Edgar and Alice Edgerton. He graduated from Kansas State College in 1904, from the Military Academy at West Point, in 1908, and from the U.S. Army Engineering school in 1910; he advanced through the grades to major general in … Read more
DANIEL Z. HENKIN, TOP PRESS AIDE FOR PENTAGON IN THE VIETNAM ERA WASHINGTON, April 8, 1987 – Daniel Z. Henkin, chief spokesman for the Defense Department in the tumultuous days of the Vietnam War, died Tuesday of complications after surgery for a kidney transplant. He was 63 years old. Mr. Henkin, a strapping man of … Read more
Courtesy of the Congress of the United States: The son of James Beauchamp Clark, a Senator from Missouri; born in Bowling Green, Missouri, January 8, 1890; attended the public schools at Bowling Green, Missouri, and at Washington, D.C.; graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1912, and from the law department of George … Read more
National Aeronautice And Space Administration Industry Pioneer Edelson Dies Dr. Burt Edelson, 75, director of the Institute for Applied Space Research, died Sunday. He had been in a coma after a massive heart attack and life support systems were removed after all hope for recovery was gone, said Scott Chase, the president of Strategis Group … Read more
CAPTAIN W. C. TREMAINE DIES AT FORT TOTTEN, NEW YORK Secretary-Treasurer of Army and Navy Club Will Be Buried in Arlington on Tuesday WASHINGTON, February 1, 1930 – William C. Tremaine, U.S.A., retired, died in the military hospital at Fort Totten, New York, today according to notification received by the War Department. Born at Watertown, … Read more
The youngest man ever to be elected to our nation’s highest office, he had served as a United States Naval Officer in the South Pacific during World War II and there commanded the PT-109. During an attack by a Japanese cruiser, he is credited with saving the lives of his crew. On his return home … Read more
From a contemporary news report “Army General Sylvan E. “Salty” Salter died March 14, 1993 of cancer at his home in Homestead, Florida. A resident of McLean, Virginia in 1961-65 and 1967-81, he was Director of the Army Air Defense Missile Research Center at the Pentagon in the 1970s. A 1945 graduate of West Point, … Read more
From a contemporary report Colonel Howard Porter, a member of the class of 1957, died following complications of Alzheimer’s Disease, at Loudoun County Hospital, Leesburg, Virginia 20 September 2001. He was 83 years old. Colonel Porter, a native of Chesterfield, South Carolina, graduated Phi Beta Kappa, with a degree in Civil Engineering and Geology from … 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
Born at Detroit, Michigan, July 2, 1928, he won fame for piloting the Bell X-2 research rocket plane to a world’s record of 126,200 feet on September 7, 1956, and for which he received the Mackay Trophy the next year. He grew up in Cassopolis, Michigan, where he went to high school. He graduated from … Read more
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHAIRMAN EVERETT FOR CALLING THIS IMPORTANT HEARING TO DISCUSS THE WAIVER PROCESS FOR BURIALS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. UNTIL RECENTLY, THE ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY BURIAL ISSUE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL STORIES OVER THE CONGRESSIONAL RECESS. I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE TESTIMONY WE HEAR TODAY WILL HELP TO … Read more
Full Name: MICHAEL JOSEPH S DEPAUL Date of Birth: 8/1/1947 Date of Casualty: 3/17/1971 Home of Record: SEASIDE PARK, NEW JERSEY Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: CWO 2 Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: VINH LONG CW2 Michael J.S. DePaul (Aircraft Commander) CPT Robert C. Green (Co-Pilot) On 17 March 1971 an AH-1G COBRA, tail … Read more
Donald John Drust Birth: Sepember 2, 1929 Bethlehem (Clearfield County), Pennsylvania Death: November 13, 1950 A decorated Korean War Veteran Burial: Arlington National Cemetery Section 34 Site 484 Donald John Drust Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Born September 2, 1929 Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps Service Number 1071298 Killed in Action Died November 13, 1950 in Korea Corporal Drust … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Ralph Herbert Carnahan, 76, a Navy rear admiral who retired in 1978 and spent the last two years of his career as commandant of the Naval District of Washington, died of cardiac arrest February 19, 2001 at Bethesda Naval Medical Command, Maryland. Admiral Carnahan, a McLean, Virginia, resident, had previously … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 705-11 August 11, 2011 DOD Identifies Service Members Killed In CH-47 Crash The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of 30 servicemembers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died August 6, 2011 in Wardak province, … Read more
To Whom it may concern: On the page for Thomas Tingey Craven, is mention of one “Frank W. Jackett” as his son-in-law. His real name is Frank W. Hackett, my great grandfather, He was the “future Assistant Secretary of the Navy” referred to in the bio. Incidently, he is buried nearby with his wife Ida Craven Hackett. … Read more
Thanks to the Colonel’s son, Kenneth Cooper, for the following information: Colonel William James Cooper, United States Marine Corps 26 January 1938 – 14 March 1996 Following two years of college at the University of Maryland, Colonel Cooper entered the Naval service through the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in November 1958. The Colonel received his Marine … Read more
James Joseph O’Meara, Jr. Detroit, Michigan Born December 31, 1929 Airman Second Class, U.S. Air Force Service Number AF16354305 Missing in Action – Presumed Dead Died January 29, 1953 in Korea Airman Second Class O’Meara was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 28th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group. On January 29, … Read more
DIRK VAN BEUSEKOM RITES Burial at Arlington for Officer in Royal Netherlands Navy WASHINGTON, June 15, 1943 – The United States accorded burial in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors today to Lieutenant Commander Dirk van Beusekom of the Royal Netherlands Navy, who died on Saturday of injuries received in an accident in the … Read more
From a contemporary press report: A pair of dog tags and an Army Corps ring unlocked a 25-year-old mystery for the Army. On Independence Day, 1945, a B-24 set out on a bombing mission. The plane and its ten-man crew were never heard from again. The bomber left Morotai, Netherlands East Indies, to bomb Mandai … Read more
Vice President Cheney Delivers Remarks on Veterans Day, Arlington National Cemetery Friday, November 11, 2005 SPEAKER: RICHARD B. CHENEY, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Members of the Cabinet, members of Congress, members of the armed forces, veterans, fellow Americans, thank you for the warm welcome. It’s a high honor to join you in this … Read more
You may be interested to know that Marriner Bertholf’s father, Wallace, is buried elsewhere in Arlington. A younger brother of Ellsworth Price Bertholf (buried next to Marriner), Wallace was also a graduate of the USNA. Unfortunately father and son were estranged and Marriner’s widow elected to have him buried by his uncle rather than his father. Wallace, I have … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 087-05 January 27, 2005 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of 16 Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Captain Paul C. Alaniz, 32, of Corpus Christi, Texas, Lance Corporal Jonathan … Read more
HENDERSON, A PVT CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY CIVIL WAR DATE OF DEATH: 12/26/1864 BURIED AT: SECTION CSA SITE 1292 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 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Delmar A. Pugh, 86, an Army Colonel who in retirement served seven years as manager of the federal credit union at the Naval Research Laboratory, died of cancer July 15, 2003, at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. Colonel Pugh, who lived in Alexandria, Virginia, was born in Frank, Pennsylvania. He served … Read more