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.
CARROLL, D L CO D 5 ALA INF DATE OF DEATH: 05/04/1863 BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 255 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
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 652-10 July 22, 2010 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Corporal Joe L. Wrightsman, 23, of Jonesboro, Louisiana, died July 18, 2010, … Read more
From a press report: July 2, 2003 A celebration of life took place June 2, 2003, at Anacortes, Washington, for Dr. Frederick Charles Adams, who died May 17, 2003, at Anacortes. He was 81. Dr. Adams was born June 27, 1921, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He had a 38-year career in education as a teacher, coach … Read more
Colonel Thomas Grier van Slyke (SED’47, GRS’56), CAS professor emeritus, died November 12, 2000 following a lengthy illness. He was 87. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, van Slyke graduated from Kents Hill Prep School in Maine, Colby College, and Boston University, where he earned a master’s degree in education and a master of arts. … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Armin S. Wagner, Lieutenant, United States Navy (retired) died on January 10, 2002 in Centreville, Virginia. He was born in Ulm, Germany, July 13, 1915 to Otto K. Wagner and Pauline Augustine. He grew up and graduated from high school in Meriden, Connecticut. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1933 … Read more
KREAMER, WALTER H., Capt., USN (Ret.) Walter H. Kreamer, Captain, United States Navy (retired) died on September 23, 2003 at age 87. He was the son of Harry H. and Merle Merriam Kreamer, formerly of Beloit, Wisconsin, and was preceded in death by his two wives, Martha Reading Kreamer and Mary Beth Kreamer, both formerly … Read more
Born: Hubbard, Ohio, October 5, 1833. Four years later his family moved to Indiana. There at the age of 16, he started a business at Dupont, a hamlet in Jefferson County. In about 1855 he established himself in Bloomfield, Iowa. He was elected to the Iowa State Senate in 1858 and to the Democratic National … Read more
From a contemporary press report Tallman C. “Tim” Budd, 66, a veteran of two wars and a former associate dean of economic development at the College of Lake County, died of acute leukemia November 10, 1995 at his home in Gurnee, Iillinois. A native of Rochester, New York, he earned a bachelors degree from Middlebury … Read more
82nd Airborne Division: My name is Alan Major. I am the son of Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Major (he went by the name of “Tad” and did not attain this rank until later in his military career). My brother and sister and me have researched U.S. Army service records and his DD-214 indicates he served … Read more
Funeral services for Retired Col. Harold E. “Hal” Mortimore, 76, of 122 Emerson Drive, Carlisle, will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in Ewing Brothers Funeral Home, 630 S. Hanover St., Carlisle. Colonel Mortimore died Sunday, February 20, 2000 in the Church of God Home, North Middleton Township. Born May 23, 1923 in Connellsville, he … Read more
Born on March 11, 1892, at Spring City, Tennessee, he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1914, and two years later was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery. After training at various posts ordered to France with 5th Field Artillery in August 1917 in the temporary rank of Captain. He became a permanent Captain in … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Philip Raymond Burnham, 73, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and decorated Korean War aviator who also worked as a civilian for defense contractors, died of complications from pneumonia October 5, 1999 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. As a civilian, he was vice president and publisher of the Armed … Read more
From a contemporary press report Richard McLeish Lee, 78, a retired Army major who taught in the ROTC program at Howard University and later was a training specialist with Pride Inc. youth program, died July 31, 1998 at the Veterans Affairs Nursing Home in Charlotte Hall, Virginia. He had Alzheimer’s disease. He was a native … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates, United States Military Academy Class of 1946 Walter Burnside, Jr. No. 15698 Class Of 1946 Died 18 October 1949 At Toledo, Ohio, Aged, 23 Years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Walter Burnside, Jr., affectionately known as “Wally” to friends and family, was born 26 October 1925 at Fort Brown, Texas. … Read more
John Alexander Kress of Pennsylvania Appointed from New York, Cadet, U. . Military Academy, 1 July 1858 to 18 October 1861 Major, 94th New York Infantry, 10 Jukly 1862 Lieutenant Colonel, 1 November 1862 Resigned 11 December 1863 Second Lieutenant of Ordnance, 24 November 1863 First Lieutenant, 16 July 1864 Captain, 23 June 1874 Major, … Read more
Born in New York City, December 28, 1842, he enlisted in the Army on August 28, 1855 and served in the 2nd Cavalry in Texas under Colonel Robert E. Lee and Captain Kirby Smith until August 28, 1860. He was promoted to First Lieutenant, 10th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, January 15, 1863, and to Captain, March … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Landon Greaud Cox, 86, an Army colonel who retired in 1969 after having served in the office of the inspector general, died of heart ailments August 30 at his home in Gaithersburg, Maryland. In retirement, Colonel Cox served 15 years as an expediter in the procurement department of the Montgomery … Read more
Walter Henry Gordon, born at Artonish, Mississippi, 24 June 1863, graduated from the Military Academy and was commissioned in the infantry in 1886. During the early part of this century, after fighting in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection, Gordon served on the General Staff and in the Philippines. In 1917 he commanded the … Read more
Biographical Materials Courtesy of Dan McLain REAR ADMIRAL BASIL N. RITTENHOUSE, JR. UNITED STATES NAVY, RETIRED Basil Norris Rittenhouse was born at Fort Riley, Kansas. He was appointed, at large, to the United States Naval Academy in 1924. As a Midshipman, he was a member of the Navy Rifle Team. He graduated and was commissioned an … Read more
3 ARMY OFFICERS DIE IN PLANE CRASH Lieutenant J. A. Willis, Jr., Pilot; His Father, Major Willis, And Major J. A. Parker Killed HIT FOG OVER VIRGINIA March 20, 1933 WASHINGTON, March 19, 1933 – Lieutenant James A. Willis, Jr., and his two passengers, Major James A. Willis, Sr., his father, and Major John A. Parker, were killed … Read more
30 November 2007: A memorial mass will be held Saturday in Mobile for Jane Maury Denton, the wife of former Vietnam prisoner of war and ex-U.S. Senator Jeremiah Denton Jr. She died November 22, 2007 at a Norfolk, Virginia. hospital from heart attack complications. She was 81. The memorial in her hometown will be held … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 136-08 February 19, 2008 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died February 17, 2008, in Diyala Province, Iraq, of wounds suffered … Read more
5 December 2005: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The remains of two Air Force pilots killed when their jet slammed into Mount Rainier in 1968 will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday. Lieutenant Colonel Ivan O’Dell and Colonel Wilfred Crutchfield died while flying from Mather Air Force Base in California to McChord Air Force Base in … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates: United States Military Academy 17293 ARTHUR RUTLEDGE UNDERWOOD, Jr. 21 Jun 1921 – 8 Apr 1996 Died in San Antonio, Texas Interred in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia Late in the evening of 8 April 1996, Arthur Rutledge Underwood Jr., died in his bed from heart failure and complications of cancer. … Read more
Often their duty is done in the dead of night on the tarmac of Dover Air Force Base, far from public view or official scrutiny. No matter. The Dover base honor guard pursues its mission – the dignified transfer of human remains – with precision and painstaking care. The mission of Dover’s 45-member honor guard … Read more
The wife of Samuel Davis Sturgis III, she was born in 1897 and died in 1975. She is buried with her husband 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 Medioxil 24 Hondrox … Read more
COLONEL KILLS SELF AFTER HACKING WIFE R. B. Creecy of Marines, Back From Haiti, Left No Motive For Washington Tragedy ACT HIDDEN FOR 12 HOURS Hatchet Used In Attack And Pistol In Suicide Found In Hotel Room WASHINGTON, September 28, 1930 Lieutenant Colonel Richard B. Creecy of the Marine Corps committed suicide in a room … Read more
It was different this time….. On a cold, damp, gray morning I walked to the “WALL”……. Shivering…………………………… Each breath visable as I crossed the bridge with numb fingers and toes. I passed through the hugh gates and began my long, lonley walk down the cold damp grass….. to that special place……. so like all the … Read more
Military pays tribute to World War II bomber pilot by Technical Sergeant Cohen A. Young, USAF A World War II bomber pilot was laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on Aug 11, 2006. Retired Major General Jack I. Posner was one of the last remaining bomber pilots from World War … Read more
Frank Taylor of Iowa Private and Sergeant, General Service, 24 October 1860 to 1 April 1863 Second Lieutenant, 2nd United States Infantry, 29 October 1867 Unassigned 17 April 1869 Assigned to the 14th United States Infantry, 31 July 1869 First Lieutenant, 25 February 1876 Captain, 23 March 1892 Transferred to the 8th United States Infantry, … Read more
From a contemporary press report Captain Stephen Stafford Mann Jr., United States Navy, Retired, 87, of Punta Gorda, Florida, died Thursday, May 30, 2002, at his residence after a long illness. Captain Mann was born August 5, 1914, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Stephen Stafford and Rosalie U. Baxter Mann. Captain Mann was educated and graduated … Read more
John Birdsell Oren, Rear Admiral, United States Coast Guard, died in Harrisonburg on December 22, 2006, at the home of his caregiver, Vaunda Brown. A former resident of northern Virginia, he moved to Harrisonburg in August 2004. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on December 27, 1909, a son of Lucile Comfort and Arthur Baker … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Daphne, Alabama – Lieuteant Colonel Peter Joseph Casella Jr. died Thursday, July 6, 2000, at a local health care facility. Casella, 71, was retired from the United States Air Force. The Daphne resident graduated from Farregutt Naval Academy in Toms River, New Jersey, and received his bachelor’s degree in science … Read more
Lyman Walter Vere Kennon of Rhode Island Appointed from Rhode Island, Cadet, United States Military Acadmey, 14 June 1876 (50) Additional Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Infantry, 11 June 1881 Second Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Infantry, 19 July 1881 First Lieuenant, 16 July 1889 Captain, 7 July 1897 Major, Assistant Adjutant General of U. S. … Read more
Oscar Mauterer was born on August 24, 1925 and joined the Armed Forces while in Charlottesville, Virginia. He served in the United States Air Force, 602nd TFS, and attained the rank of Colonel. Oscar Mauterer is listed as Missing in Action. There is a “In Memory Of” stone in his name in Arlington National Cemetery. … Read more
Garland Nelson Whistler of New York Appointed from New York, Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Arillery, 9 October 1867 First Lieutenant, 7 October1874 Captain, 1st U. S. Artillery, 8 March 1898 Transferred to the 5th U. S. Artillery, 7 May 1898 Artillery Corps, 2 February 1901 Major, 2 August 1901 WHISTLER, ELEANOR W/O G N … Read more
Courtesy of Derick S. Hartshorn: April 2007 JACOB BARNES. Served in Company D, 2nd Regiment, North Carolina, but survived the war. The grave marker inscribed “Jacob Barnes” may be that of his brother, Jesse. BARNES, JESSE, Corporal, Company DA, 2rd Regiment North Carolina Troops. Resided in Wilson County and enlisted in Wayne County at age 19. … Read more
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Adam Kramer of Germany Appointed from Pennsylvania, Private, Troop F, 2nd U. S. Dragoons, 16 May 1857 to 16 May 1862 Private, Sergeant and First Sergeant, Troop I, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 25August 1862 to 1 March 1863 First Lieuenant, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1 March 1863 Captain, 8 May 1863 Honorably mustered out 21 June 1865 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: August 19, 1998 Two silver coffins rested head to toe in the sanctuary of a quiet church in Mitchellville, separated by white flowers and a yellow ribbon, draped with American flags, carrying the remains of a father and son — “national treasures and American heroes” — who were killed by … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 709-10 August 09, 2010 DOD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. The following Marines died August 7, 2010, while supporting combat operations in … Read more
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Courtesy of the United States Military Academy 24 April 2003: Meighan Adamouski, wife of Army Captain James Adamouski, is escorted behind the coffin at the funeral service for Adamouski at Arlington National Cemetery, April 24, 2003. Adamouski, 29, from Springfield, Virginia, was killed when his Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq The coffin containing … Read more
From a contemporary press report provided by Judy Campbell, February 2000: Army Captain Robert E. Hoy, 23, a 1963 graduate of Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, was killed in action on April 27, 1969, by enemy mortar fire in Vietnam. Captain Hoy was commander of Company B, 69th Engineer Battalion, which was maintaining a communications … Read more
Weighing the sanctity of one of the country’s most hallowed grave sites against the military’s obligation to identify its war dead, Defense Secretary William S. Cohen yesterday ordered the exhumation of remains of the Vietnam veteran buried at Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknowns. The decision to open the crypt was made to allow … Read more
Donald J. Rander Dies; Was POW in Vietnam for 5 Years By Patricia Sullivan Courtesy of the Washington Post Sunday, May 1, 2005 Donald J. Rander, 66, who spent five years and two months in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp and then made a career in Army counterintelligence work, died of complications of lung cancer … Read more
Cipriano Andrade was born at Tampico, Mexico, 1 September 1840, the son of Cipriano and Elizabeth (Edwards) Andrade. His early education was in the public and private schools in Philadelphia. Studied engineering at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Connected with a practical course at Southwark Foundry in Philadelphia from 1858 to 1861. He married Annie … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL TURNER A. SIMS JR. Retired October 31, 1947, Died November 19, 1987 Turner Ashby Sims Jr., was born in 1904 at Little Rock, Arkansas. He was appointed cadet, U.S. Military Academy August 17, 1921, and served as such to June 12, 1926 when he graduated and … Read more
On 20 February 1998 Herbert Benjamin Ringsdorf, Captain, United States Air Force, was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with Full military honors. Captain Ringsdorf was held prisoner by the Vietnamese for more than six years before his return in 1973. Rest in peace Herbert, your sacrifice will never be forgotten. Thanks to Keith … Read more
The remains of an unidentified American serviceman from the Vietnam War, buried beneath the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery 14 years ago, are no longer unknown. They belong to First Lt. Michael Blassie, an Air Force pilot whose attack jet crashed on May 11, 1972, near a village in South Vietnam called … Read more
Born in 1909, he graduted from the United States Naval Academy in 1929. He was an early Naval Avitor. During World War II he served in the Aleutian Command, earning the Bronze Star and Legion of Merit. He was a polo partner of Army General George S. Patton, Jr. in Hawaii before World War II. … Read more
Courtesy of his friends on the Internet: Pete Bonacchi served on a Tango Boat with River Assault Squadron 11, Task Force 117, during 1966-1967. He was seriously wounded and lost a leg during a B-40 rocket attack on the brown waters of the Mekong Delta out of Dong Tam. Pete died of cancer related to … Read more
From a contemporary press report Sidney Theodore Daniel, 81, who practiced law in Falls Church after he retired as personnel research director with the Bureau of Naval Research, died of a liver ailment and emphysema July 2, 1998 at his Falls Church, Virginia, home. He was a native of New York and a graduate of … Read more
Wife of Robert Todd Lincoln and daugher of United States Senator James Harlan of Iowa. She met Robert in Wshington while his father was President. They were married in 1866 at Senator Harlan’s home. She was very good friends with Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, under whom Robert served as Minister to Great Britain. She died in Washington, DC, … Read more
STAFF SERGEANT, U.S. Army Air Forces Service # 39563633 776th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group, Heavy Entered the Service from: California Died: 17-Dec-44 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart 12 April 2005: The remains of a World War II … Read more
WASHINGTON (Army News Service) — For some soldiers life’s a circle. They do their duty and in time they move on to greener pastures. But someday, somehow, they always seem to go back to the beginning. Retired Master Sgt. William Daniel returned to the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery Nov. 1, partly … Read more
PANNILL, JOHN B PVT C 39TH VA CAV CSA BN DATE OF DEATH: 04/02/1929 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 113-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
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 152-11 February 24, 2011 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Corporal Johnathan W. Taylor, 23, of Homosassa, Florida, died February 22, 2011, … Read more
Harol Dever Coburn of West Virginia Appointed from Wyoming, First Lieutenant 1st Wyoming Infantry, 8 May 1898 Honorably mustered out, 23 September 1899 Second Lieutenant, 25th U. S. Infantry, 5 October 1899 First Lieuteanant, 8th U. S. Infantry, 1 July 1901 COBURN, HAROL D COLONEL US ARMY RETIRED DATE OF DEATH: 11/18/1944 BURIED AT: SECTION … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Anne Barnett, 80, a World War II Navy WAVES veteran who was a member of American Legion Post No. 176 in Springfield, Virginia, died of lymphoma March 10, 2003 at Walter Reed Army Hospital. She lived in Springfield. Mrs. Barnett, a Rochester, New York, native who settled in this area … Read more
Courtesy of the United States House of Representatives GUDGER, Vonno Lamar, Jr., a Representative from North Carolina; born in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, April 30, 1919; attended the public schools of Asheville; B.A., University of North Carolina, 1940; LL.B., same university, 1942; admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1942 and commenced practice in … Read more
From a press report of September 30, 1998 Seattle, Washington Every summer for nine years, members of the Stevens family took an overnight hike along the peaks and rock-strewn gullies about a mile west of the Alpental Ski Area. Ignoring the glorious views, they kept their eyes to the ground, searching for a bone or … Read more
Leonard, John William, Major General 1890-1974 1942 – 1945 Commanding General 9th Armored Division, North-West Europe 1945 Commanding General 20th Armored Division, North-West Europe 1946 – 1948 Commandant Armor School 1948 – 1951 Military Attaché to London 1951 – Commanding General V Corps 1952Commanding General XVIII Airborne Corps 1952 Retired Read our general and most … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS D. MILLING Retired July 24, 1946. Died November 26, 1960. Brigadier General Thomas DeWitt Milling was one of the pioneers of military aviation. He received his flying instructions from the Wright Brothers and was awarded FAI pilot certificate No. 30 on July 6, 1911. Thomas … Read more
It was long ago — 40 years ago — but Don Latham still remembers watching Rodney Strobridge pitch. It wasn’t that he was a great player; Torrance High School had better pitchers than this junk-balling righthander. What Latham remembers is Rod Strobridge’s hands. “He used to have a fungal infection on his hands,” says Latham. … Read more
Full Name: JOHN LUCIUS HOUSTON Date of Birth: 11/6/1941 Date of Casualty: 7/6/1964 Home of Record: WINTER PARK, FLORIDA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: SGT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: PR & MR UNKNOWN Retired Army Captain Roger Donlon talked about two men in his special unit who died in his arms during the … Read more
Courtesy of the U.S. House of Representatives: Representative from Illinois; born in Carlinville, Macoupin County, Ill., November 1, 1916; attended the public schools and Blackburn College in Carlinville, Ill., and St. Louis (Mo.) University; took special courses in aviation at Springfield (Ill.) Junior College and St. Louis (Mo.) University; engaged in the automotive sales and … Read more
11 Feb 1931 Captain Asa J. Etheridge, Group Headquarters, transferred to Hawaiian Department. ETHERIDGE, ASA J CAPT AIR CORPS USA NC DATE OF DEATH: 12/15/1932 BURIED AT: SECTION 7 SITE 10024 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY ETHERIDGE, ELLA M W/O ASA J DATE OF BIRTH: 10/17/1878 DATE OF DEATH: 09/16/1959 BURIED AT: SECTION 7 SITE 10024 WS … Read more
Henri E. Rioux was born 8 May 1871. He served as a Captain, Quartermaster Corps, when he died in France on 5 Febraury 1919 (after World War I). His wife, Mayme S. Rioux, who was born on 10 April 1877 is presumably buried with him, although there is no date of death on the headstone … Read more
OLANSON, ARTHUR W. Sergeant, U.S. Army Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Company K, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, A.E.F. Date of Action: September 29, 1918 General Orders 81, W.D., 1919 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur W. Olanson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Nantillois, France, September 29, 1918. Sergeant Olanson, … Read more
TODD MORRISON, SPECIAL TO THE NEWS ARLINGTON, Virginia – What is now a yearly tradition in which Mainers leave thousands of Christmas wreaths on the cold, hard headstones of Arlington National Cemetery might never have come to pass if it weren’t for a young boy’s paper route. Back when Morrill Worcester was 12 and a … Read more
Presley Marion Rixey, Rear Admiral, United States Navy. Born in Culpepper County, Virginia, 14 July 1852, the son of Presley Morehead and Mary F. (Jones) Rixey. He received his primary education in Culpepper and Warrenton Counties, Virginia, before attending the University of Virginia from which he received a Medical Doctor (MD) degree in 1873. Attended … Read more
The wife of John Oscar Skinner she was born in 1845 and died in 1928. She is buried with her husband in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemtery. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett Reduslim Medioxil 24 Hondrox Prima … Read more
Courtesy of the Washington Post 28 September 2001 ‘These Guys Are Heroes Every Day’ Funerals Honor Two Pentagon Navy Officers Commander Tolbert being taken to his rest Commander Tolbert was a former college football running back who wrote intelligence briefings for the chief of naval operations. He was such an astute football expert that he … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Edward Donald Mateik, 80, a Navy captain who retired in 1981 as director of administration of the Armed Forces Radiobiological Research Institute, died of congestive heart failure January 4, 2001, at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. Captain Mateik served largely as a medical corps financial officer and was posted to … Read more
Born on July 4, 1826 at Richmond, Kentucky, the nephew of General Cassius M. Clay. After serving a year in the Army during the Mexican War as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry, he entered Translyvania University from which he graduated at age 18. Three years later he took a law degree from the Lexington Law … Read more
6.0 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 6.1 General. All personnel of the national cemeteries under Army jurisdiction will be employed and administered in accordance with applicable laws. Civil Service and Department of the Army regulations, and policies of the Personal Affairs Directorate. The selection of the Superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery, will be made by the Director, Personal Affairs. … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force LIEUTENANT GENERAL WILLIAM E. HALL Retired Sept. 30, 1961, Died May 28, 1984 Lieutenant General William E. Hall was commander of the nationwide Continental Air Command. Continental Air Command – ConAC – trains the 15-wing Air Force Reserve, supervises the training and inspects the 24-wing Air National Guard, … Read more
Born on July 12, 1924, Commander Bigler died on 25 December 2003 and was laid to rest in Section 7-A of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Bernice Rains Bigler (October 27, 1920-February 28, 1989) is buried in his gravesite in Section 7-A of Arlington National Cemetery. The inscription on their stone is certainly indicative of … Read more
17 March 2007: Early in his career, Jack Derry got used to dealing in code words on top-secret projects. The Army reservist was one of the top military assistants in Washington, D.C., assigned to the Manhattan Project, which produced the atomic bombs that ended World War II. Before that, Derry was involved in the Army’s … Read more
Adolphus Sylvester Rumreich Born: December 31, 1894 in Pisek, North Dakota Married: June 7, 1935 Died: August 17, 1964 in New Jersey, buried in Arlington National Cemetery Occupation: Doctor Enlisted in the Reserve Corps, at St. Louis, Missouri; called into active service February 2, 1918; served in Medical School Unit, Students Army Training Corps, Washington … Read more
Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, he attended North Carolina State College in 1898 and 1899 before entering the United States Naval Academy in 1900. After graduating on 4 February 1904, he went to sea in Missouri (BB-11) attached to the North Atlantic Fleet. In December 1905, Passed Midshipman Bagley was reassigned to the Asiatic Fleet … Read more
Frederic William Boye Jr was born on 16 December 1916 in Fort Bliss, Texas. He died on 10 October 2004 in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was buried on 29 November 2004 in Arlington National Cemetery. He married Margaret Page Aleshire on 19 October 1940 in Ft Bliss, Texas. Margaret Page Aleshire was born on 14 March … Read more
No. 522-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2004 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, Florida. He was assigned to … Read more
A former friend, Navy Seal Seal, Brad O’neil is buried in Arlington Cememtary and is not mentioned on your site. Please give honor this and post this on your website. Thanks. CW2 James D. Onstott, December 2005 Counter Strike Task Force, United States Army 17 August 2001: We read all the time about violent crimes … Read more
William Morgan, 85, Part of Famed Child-Custody Case, Dies 5 March. 1996, William J. Morgan, a psychologist who fought the Germans and Japanese behind enemy lines in World War II, outfoxed Soviet spies in World War II and later thwarted American courts by keeping his granddaughter away from a father whom her mother had accused … Read more
Born in 1891, he died while on active duty commanding the 84th Infantry Division at Camp Howie, Texas, on October 13, 1943, during the height of World War II. He was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery on October 18, 1943. While he was certainly named after the Confederate General of the Civil … Read more
First Lieutenant Frank Braisted (1828-1891) served in the Civil War with the 84th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He is buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Helen Fish Braisted (1831-1917) is buried with him. They are buried near Frank Alfred Braisted, Rear Admiral, United States Navy (1889-1981). Their relationship is unknown at this time. Information … Read more
The son of William Wohlsen Behrens, Jr., he was born on September 1, 1951 and died on June 28, 1957. He is buried among other family members 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 Hondrostrong Slim … Read more
Dean Garland Crowell North Bend, Oregon Born April 30, 1921 Captain, U.S. Air Force Service Number 15969A Killed in Action Died October 1, 1950 in Korea United States Military Academy, Class of 1944, Captain Crowell was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 6146th Air Base Unit, U.S. Air Force and an … Read more
Rear Admiral James Meredith Helm (16 December 1855-28 October 1927) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War. Born at Grayville, Illinois, Helm graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1875. He served in various ships and abroad until the Spanish-American War, when he commanded gunboat Hornet. In the blockade … Read more
Edgar William Sheppard was born on September 8, 1888, and was killed in the crash of the United States Navy Airship USS Shenandoah on 3 September 1925. in Ohio. Lieutenant Commander Lansdowne and the following men of his crew were lost: Lieutenant Commander Lewis Hancock, Lieutenants John Bullard Lawrence, Arthur Reginald Houghton, and Lieutenant Junior Grade Edgar William … Read more
Full Name: WILLIAM EDWARD DILLENDER Date of Birth: 10/6/1951 Date of Casualty: 3/20/1971 Home of Record: NAPLES, FLORIDA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: SGT Casualty Country: LAOS Casualty Province: LZ Status: MIA NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 136-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2006 Media Contact: (703)697-5131 Public/Industry(703)428-0711 Army MIA Soldiers … Read more
Born in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, February 28, 1832, he was awarded theMedal of Honor for service in the Civil War while with Company K, 13th Pennsylvania Reserves at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, May 7, 1864. He died on May 21, 1924 and was buried in Section 17 of Arlington National Cemetery. LOWER, CYRUS B. … Read more
SOUDER, JACOB 1ST LT 29TH US COL INF DATE OF DEATH: 12/20/1935 BURIED AT: SECTION S SITE 4584 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY SOUDERS, FANNIE W/O JACOB DATE OF DEATH: 02/20/1920 BURIED AT: SECTION SE SITE 4584 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY WIFE OF JACOB SOUDER, 1ST LT 29TH US COL INF Read our general and most popular articles … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Mary-Agnes Brown Groover, 96, a Veterans Administration lawyer who headed the Women’s Army Corps in the South Pacific during World War II and retired in 1952 from the Board of Veterans Appeals, died of a stroke July 22, 1998 at Ingleside at Rock Creek, the former Presbyterian Home. Mrs. Groover, … Read more
Raymond McDonald Phillips, was born in Sylacauga, Alabama July 24, 1908 and died on June 6, 2001. Received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama, 1930. During his years at the University, he was an Assistant Professor of Physics, a member Tau Beta Phi, Pi Nu Epsilon, Chi Beta Phi, and … Read more
Emerson Hamilton Liscum of Vermont Corporal, Company H 1st Vermont Volunteer Infantry, 2 May to 15 August 1861 Private, Corporal, Sergeant and First Sergeant, Company E and Company A, 2nd Battalion, 12th United States Infantry, 1 February 1862 to 22 March 1863 Second Lieutenant, 12th United States Infantry, 19 February 1863 First Lieutenant, 4 May … Read more
On December 1, 1936, Major General John H. Russell, U. S. Marine Corps, was retired from active duty, having attained the age of 64 years on the 14th of November. That closed the active service of a distinguished officer who throughout his career from second lieutenant to the sixteenth Major General Commandant. General Russell was … Read more
Hugh M. Elmendorf, for whom Elmendorf AFB was named, was never assigned to Alaska, nor is there any record of his visiting the Great Land. Yet his presence is felt still throughout the Air Force. He pioneered high altitude formation flying tactics during the 1920s and early 1930s and wrote several scientific papers on the … Read more