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.
He led the Flying Tigers (an all-volunteer service) in China before the United States entered World War II. When America entered the war, he took command of all Allied Air Forces in the far east. He was born in Commerce, Texas, on September 6, 1890 and died in Washington, D.C. on July 27, 1958. He … Read more
Hello: We are the regimental museum of The Sherwood Foresters Regiment based at Nottingham in England. I have considerable information and quite a number of photographs of a Lieutenant Colonel Richard Henry Griffiths who was killed in Action 27 April 1918 at Villers Tournelle, France. He was originally buried at Tourni British Military Cemetery, but … Read more
Uriah Yanger of Pennsylvania was serving as a Private in 116th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War when he died on 17 August 1864. He was buried with military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. We are seeking information regarding Private Yanger. Should you possess such information, please contact the Webmaster as the link below. YANGER, … Read more
WASHINGTON – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he is not convinced that Osama bin Laden is alive, but he wishes the al-Qaida leader would appear to answer for his actions — “to God and to mankind.” During a news conference at the National Press Club, Karzai said he doubts the authenticity of recent audiotapes … Read more
The Old Amphitheater, one of the most beautiful buildings on the grounds, was dedicated in 1874. For many years, it was the home to the annual Memorial Day observances as well as to other patriotic meetings. Mostly unused now, it was replace by the Memorial Amphitheater, which is larger and which can seat more guests and participants. … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 1198-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 27, 2006 Media Contact: (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public/Industry(703) 428-0711 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Corporal Nicholas P. Rapavi, 22, of Springfield, Virginia, died November 24, 2006, … Read more
Michael L. DiLegge, 83, a retired Foreign Service officer who managed economic development programs in Third World countries for the U.S. Agency for International Development, died of an intracerebral hemorrhage August 9, 2005, at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Mr. DiLegge worked with the State Department from 1952 to 1985. He served in several capacities, including in … Read more
Brigadier General Peter D. Hidalgo, United States Army (Retired), age 74, passed away Monday, December 15, 2008, in Tallahassee, Florida. He was born November 21, 1934, to Emile and Helena Hidalgo in Raceland, Louisiana, and graduated from Raceland High School in 1953. He was the youngest of 7 beloved brothers and sisters. After attending a … Read more
William E. Horton of Connecticut Appointed from Connecticut, Sergeant and First Sergeant, Company H, 11th Conncticut Volunteer Infantry, 16 December 1861 to 9 April 1864 First Lieutenant, 11th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, 9 April 1864 Resigned 5 October 1864 First Lieutenant, 8th United States Veteran Volunteers, 22 March 1865 Breveted Captain and Major of Volunteers, 13 … Read more
James Leslie Doyle No. 13277 • 15 March 1919 – 7 November 1991 Died in Clearwater, Florida, aged 72 years Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia DURING OUR SHORT COURSE IN MILITARY ART, we were taught that two German generals in World War I were so closely in tune with each other’s thoughts that their … Read more
PINSON, COL. PAUL DeSALES (Age 86) Paul DeSales Pinson, Colonel, United States Army (retired), died on February 11, 2002 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida. Born July 28, 1915 in Middleport, Ohio, he graduated from Lakeland High School 1933, the University of California in 1941 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and served in … Read more
John Van Rennselaer Hoff of New York Appointed from New York, Assistant Surgeon, 10 Novembr 1874 Major, Surgeon, 15 June 1891 Lieutenant Colonel, Chief Surgeon of U. S. Volunteers, 9 May 1898 Honorably discharged from the Volunteer Service, 1 November 1898 Lieutenant Colone, Deputy Suregon General, 1 January 1902 Note: His father, Alexander Henry Hoff, Colonel, United … Read more
Courtesy of the 82nd Airborne Association: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Gallardo of Barefoot Bay was born October 29, 1921, in Tampa, Florida to Christopher and Maria Gallardo. He was the 12th child of a family of 13. There were three girls and 10 boys. At 11 the family moved to New York City. When the war … Read more
Carlos Ogden, WWII hero, dies at 83 PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA — Carlos Ogden, who earned the Medal of Honor for an attack on a German gun emplacement during World War II, has died at a Veterans Administration hospital in Palo Alto. He was 83. Ogden died Monday after several strokes and a long battle with … Read more
Brigadier General Clifford Pershing Hannum Born December 7, 1912 in Indiana Second Lieutenant (Reserve) February 10, 1941 Served to Lieutenant Colonel (AUS) May 27, 1946 Second Lieutenant (Cavalry) August 22, 1949 Captain October 29, 1954 Student, University of Arkansas 1948-49 Transferred from Cavalry to Infantry 1950 Student, Command & General Staff College 1952-53 Silver Star … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Kenneth F. Dawalt, 89, an Army brigadier general who retired in 1970 as deputy chief of Army research and development for international programs, died December 15, 2000, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after a heart attack. General Dawalt served 34 years in the Army after his graduation from the … Read more
C.A. ‘Mack’ McKinney; Marine Veteran, Advocate For Members of Military By Patricia Sullivan Courtesy of the Washington Post Wednesday, November 23, 2005 C.A. “Mack” McKinney, 80, a Marine veteran of three wars who became a Capitol Hill advocate for the enlisted military, died of complications from cancer November 15, 2005, at Inova Alexandria Hospital. He … Read more
Allan Whitlock Markham, 72, an attorney who specialized in aviation law and public service, died after an apparent heart attack July 16 at his country home in Morgan County, West Virginia. A resident of Washington for the past 35 years and a longtime member of the Massachusetts Avenue Heights Citizens Association, Mr. Markham worked for … Read more
By BRIAN BLOMQUIST, The New York Post December 7, 1997 A fat-cat pal of President Clinton who never served in the military but gave $10 million to Democrats got special permission to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery , it was learned yesterday. Big donor Larry Lawrence’s special waiver touched off a furor among veterans, … Read more
From a contemporary press report Retired Brigadier General Robert E. Chapman, loving husband, devoted father, and CEO of Shalimar-based B3H Corporation passed away unexpectedly on May 29, 2002. General Chapman was born in Russellville, Arkansas, in 1932. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, in 1954. The general earned a master’s … Read more
Born at Townsend, New York, on March 12, 1862, she graduated from the Bellevue Hospital of Nursing, New York City, in 1886. She worked as Superintendent of Nursing at a hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, 1887; at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing, 1891-96; Director, Girls Department, House of Refuge, Randall’s Island, New York, … Read more
Retired Air Force General Dean Coldwell Strother, 92, died September 24, 2000, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Services were held at 12:30 p.m. September 29 at the Air Force Cadet Chapel. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Strother was born February 12, 1908, in Winfield, Kansas. He retired as commander-in-chief of the North … Read more
Berkeley Enochs, the son of William Henry Enochs, was born at Ironton, Ohio, November 9, 1876. He graduated from West Point in 1898 and served in both the Spanish-American War and in World War I. He earned the Distinguished Service Medal and the Silver Star. He retired from the Army in 1929 and resided in Miami Beach, … Read more
James Walker Benet of Kentucky Appointe from the District of Columbia, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1875 (34) Second Lieutenant, 15th U. S. Infantry, 12 June 1880 Transferred to the 5th U. S. Artillery, 18 March 1881 First Lieuenant, 18 July 1886 Transfered to the Ordnance Department, 26 October 1886 Captain, 12 June … Read more
Constance Bennett was an American actress. She appeared in 21 movies, including “Topper,” in which she starred opposite Cary Grant. She was also a businesswoman who designed a line of clothing for a Cincinnati dressmaker. Constance Bennett was born on October 11, 1905 and died on July 25, 1965. She was buried in Section 3 … Read more
On Monday, the nation’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor, will be given to a soldier who served in Iraq, the first such award for that conflict. Sgt. First Class Paul Ray Smith, a veteran of the first Gulf War, was 33 when died in combat in the early days of the current hostilities … Read more
Morgan Lewis Smith, the elder brother of General Giles A. Smith, was born in Mexico, New York, and in infancy was taken by his parents to Jefferson County, New York. He left home at age 21 and became something of a wanderer, occupying himself successively as school teacher (New Albany, Indiana), a professional soldier in … Read more
Walter Kerwin, Army General Instrumental in Ending Draft By Matt Schudel Courtesy of the Washington Post Sunday, July 20, 2008 Walter T. Kerwin Jr., 91, a retired four-star General who was the Army’s second-highest-ranking officer in the mid-1970s and an architect of the all-volunteer Army, died July 11, 2008, of respiratory failure at the Washington … Read more
Eben Swift of Texas Appointed from Kentucky, Cadet, United States Miltiary Academy, 1 July 1872 (29) Second Lieutenant, 14th U. S. Infantry, 15 June 1876 Transferred to the 5th U. S. Cavalry, 28 July 1876 Regimental Adjutant, 4 June 1878 to 9 March 1887 Captain, 11 December 1893 Major, 7th Illinois Infantry, 19 May 1898 … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Arthur I. Mahler, 80, an Army lieutenant colonel who retired from the Medical Service Corps in 1965, died of pulmonary fibrosis January 15, 1999 at Columbia Reston Hospital Center. On his military retirement, Colonel Mahler founded Masar Industries and M&K Construction in Fairfax County. Since then, he had been in … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Francis Drake Foley, 89, a retired Navy rear admiral who served aboard aircraft carriers in the Pacific during World War II and later commanded Task Force 77 in the Pacific, died of heart ailments November 8, 1999 at Anne Arundel General Hospital in Annapolis, Maryland. Admiral Foley, a naval aviator, … Read more
Full Name: DAREL DEAN LEETUN Date of Birth: 12/24/1932 Date of Casualty: 9/17/1966 Home of Record: HETTINGER, NORTH DAKOTA Branch of Service: AIR FORCE Rank: LTC Casualty Country: NORTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: NZ Status: MIA AIR FORCE CROSS LEETUN, DAREL DEAN (MIA) Captain, U.S. Air Force 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron Date of Action: September 17, … Read more
Frank W. Carpenter relieved General Pershing on December 16, 1913, to become the first civil governor of the new department. The Moros made great strides during the governorship of this capable man. In 1913, the peace-loving Mr. Frank W. Carpenter became the first civil governor of Mindanao and Sulu. The Moros, convicted of Carpenter’s sincerity … Read more
BUCK, LELAND S JR 2ND LT KAHN, RAYMOND 2ND LT AAF USA BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4942 494 KORAN, ALEX SGT AAF BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4942 FINN, JOHN R 2ND LT AAF USA BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4942/494 KOEBERL, WALTER C SGT AAF USA DATE OF DEATH: 04/22/1945 BURIED AT: SECTION … Read more
Information submitted by a loving daughter, Peggy Lee Zink, April 1998. John W. Lee, Sr. was born January 18, 1920 in Bay City, Michigan, where he lived his entire life. He served as a Sergeant in the 1st Marine division, 1st tank battalion in World War II. His bloodiest battles were fought in the south … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 267-10 April 05, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of one soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sergeant Scott W. Brunkhorst, 25, Fayetteville, North Carolina, died March 30, … Read more
Courtesy of Diane Heap, Mrs. Hickey’s Great-Great Niece, August 2007: Mrs. Fannie Baird Hickey, 76 years old, will be buried tomorrow morning in the same grave with her husband, Captain John M. Hickey, at the base of the Confederate Monument in Arlington National Cemetery, which Captain Hickey helped to erect to the memory of his Civil … Read more
James Patrick McWilliams Jr., 72, a highly decorated Marine Corps Colonel who became an authority on southern Africa, died December 16, 2007, at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He had cancer. Colonel McWilliams spent 30 years in the Marine Corps before retiring in 1987 from the Pentagon, where he formulated crisis scenarios for the Joint Chiefs of … Read more
Born at Grantsville, West Virginia, on December 29, 1911, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving in World War II with Company I, 142nd Infantry, 36th Infantry Division at Mittelwihr, France on December 18, 1944. He died on January 11, 1971 and was buried in Section 25 of Arlington National Cemetery. BELL, BERNARD PIOUS United States … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Carl William Thomas, 77, a retired grain marketing specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a Navy pilot who served in the Pacific in World War II, died of congestive heart failure December 2, 1997 at his home in Falls Church, Virginia. Mr. Thomas was born in Springfield, Missouri. … Read more
Carole Baab Zabadah: September 2004 My brother, Lieutenant Harry Baab, United States Navy Aviator was buried there in November 1949. Had been MIA in the Phillipines since March 1945. BAAB, HARRY LEWIS USNR VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 03/22/1945 DATE OF INTERMENT: 09/20/1949 BURIED AT: SECTION 11 SITE 542 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read … Read more
Courtesy of Dale Nichols: January 2008: MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY C, 12th REGIMENT, GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA, MACON COUNTY, GEORGIA, (“DAVIS RIFLES”) Dyess, William H. (or William J.) Private, June 15, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Virginia, August 30, 1862. Captured at Mine Run, Virginia, November 28,1863. Died of disease in … Read more
Caroline Louise Morgan, 82, of Clearwater, Florida, who was well-known in the Marienville, Pennsylvania, area, died Thursday, July 21, 2005, in her home. Born November 13, 1922, in Marienville, she was the daughter of Calvin and Carrie Kuhl Aul. She was a 1941 graduate of Jenks Township High School in Marienville. Mrs. Morgan was married … Read more
Memorial to the American-Armenian Volunteers who died in the battle of the Argonne Forest (World War I) Memorial site. Section 18, 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 Prima Kapseln Diaetolin … Read more
Vice Admiral Marmaduke G. Bayne, (USN, Ret.), formerly Commander, U.S. Middle East Naval Forces and Commandant, U.S. Middle East Naval Forces and Commandant, National War College; first President, National Defense University; Irvington, Virginia. Vice Admiral Marmaduke Bayne, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Vice Admiral Marmaduke “Duke” Gresham Bayne 84, died of cancer January 27, 2005, at Rappahannock … Read more
From a contemporary news report: Retired United States Air Force Colonel Curtis Royal, 83, of Gautier, Mississippi, died on Sunday, December 16, 2001. He was born August 5, 1918 in Hopewell, Virginia, and grew up in Lincoln Park, Michigan. He had been a resident of Gautier since 1976. He attended the University of Michigan and … Read more
Brigadier General Arthur Pulsifer Born in Kansas July 25, 1895 Died May 21, 1996 Cadet US. Military Academy 1916-18 (War Emergency Course) Graduated as No. 6226 Class of 1918 Second Lieutenant 1918 First Lieutenant March 5, 1923 Captain ? Major July 1, 1940 Lieutenant Colonel (AUS) September 18, 1941 Colonel (AUS) June 4, 1942 Lieutenant … Read more
HENRY W. DALTON, ARMORED UNIT MAJOR, MISSING Former Insurance Broker Lost On Western Front Chicago Daily Tribune, January 31, 1945 – Major Henry William Dalton, former broker for Standard Insurance Company, has been missing in action on the European front since December 18, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Dalton, 1029 Chestnut Avenue, Wilmette, … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 625-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on June 18, 2005, in Baqubah, Iraq, from injuries sustained on June 17, 2005, in Buritz, Iraq, when they … Read more
On July 29, 1967 the USS Forrestal was operating on Yankee Station off the coast of North Vietnam conducting combat operations. This was the fifth such day of operations and at 10:52am the crew was starting the second launch cycle of the day, when suddenly a zuni rocket accidentally fired from an F-4 Phantom into … Read more
Information Provided By Charles Purser: April 2007 Clark Kinchen, Private, Co C, 44th NC Inf, born in Pitt County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Pitt County at age 40, February 21, 1862. Present or accounted for until wounded and captured at Bristoe Station, Virginia, on or about October 14, 1863. Confined … Read more
Retired Marine Colonel Robert F. Overmyer, was interred in Arlington Nationa Cemetery (Section 23, Grave 22469) following his death March 22, 1996. Overmyer piloted STS-5, the first fully operational flight of the space shuttle, November 11, 1982, when the Payload Assist Module was first used, launching two commercial satellites. He commanded STS 51-B, a Spacelab … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 723-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jul 29, 2004 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant DeForest L. Talbert, 24, of Charleston, West Virginia, died July 27, 2004, in Baladruc, Iraq, when an improvised explosive … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Charles J. Arnold, 82, an Army press and public affairs officer who retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1961, then served in a similar capacity for civilian agencies, died November 16,2000, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center of complications related to Parkinson’s disease. Colonel Arnold, who lived in Arlington, Virginia, … Read more
After 205 walks and 115 guard changes, Specialist Jason N. Vincent posted his orders and paid final respects to the Tomb of the Unknowns at the Arlington National Cemetery August 11, 1998. Originally assigned to the Caisson Platoon at Fort Myer, Vincent was influenced to volunteer for a position as a tomb guard by his … Read more
ARMY AVIATOR KILLED Lieuenant Call Drops 1,000 Feet, Breaks Both Legs And Died Instantly HOUSTON, Texas, July 8, 1913 – Lieutenant Loren H. Call of the Second Division, U.S.A. Aero Squadrom, dropped nearly 1,000 feet at Texas City this morning and was instantly killed. More than 200 soldiers watched the practice flight in which he … Read more
Charles Lane Flitzhugh of New York Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1859 to 4 September 1861 First Lieuenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, 24 October 1861 Colonel, 6th New York Volunteer Cavalry, 18 February 1865 Transferred to the 2nd New York Provisional Cavalry, 17 June 1865 Honorably mustered out of … Read more
WINTHROP S. WOOD, RETIRED GENERAL Assistant to Quartermaster General in 1929 is Dead in Washington at 72 Fought at San Juan Hill Saw Service in Philippines and China – At Marseilles Base During World War WASHINGTON, April 12, 1937 – Brigadier General Winthrop S. Wood, retired, former assistant to the Quartermaster General, died at Walter … Read more
BASS, PETE Sergeant, United States Air Force DATE OF BIRTH: 10/21/1929 DATE OF DEATH: 12/14/1952 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4807 BURKE, HENRY L CAPT A F 85TH BOMB SQ L JET DATE OF BIRTH: 06/03/1917 DATE OF DEATH: 12/14/1952 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 4807 GOALBY, LOUIS A 1ST LT A F 85TH BOMB … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 014-02 January 09, 2002 DOD IDENTIFIES SEVEN MARINES KILLED IN KC-130/R CRASH The Department of Defense announced that the following Marines were killed as a result of the crash of a KC-130/R aircraft in Pakistan today: Command … Read more
Curtis Gantt Rorebeck of Illinois Appointed from Illinois, Private, Corporal, Sergeant and First Sergeant, Company A, 31st Volunteer Infantry, 11 July 1899 to 15 July 1900 Second Lieutenant, 31st Volunteer Infantry, 28 June 1900 Honorably Mustered Out 18 June 1901 Second Lieuetnant Artillery Corps, 1 July 1901 Also Served In World War I HOTE: His … Read more
Frank Alfred Braisted, Rear Admiral, United States Navy, was born on 12 February 1889 and died on 24 December 1981. He and his wife, Margaret Buzard Braisted (18 August 1893-23 November 1985) are buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. They are buried near Frank Braisted, First Lieutenant, United States Army (1828-1891). See below for additional … Read more
Complacency and confusion contributed to the March 27, 1971, disaster at Fire Support Base Mary Ann. By Kelly Bell Running down the hallway of the battalion tactical operations center (TOC), Captain Paul S. Spilberg charged into a cloud of tear gas just as he reached the commander’s quarters. Staggering blindly back the way he had … Read more
George Brown Dandy of Georgia Appointed from Georgia, Private, Company I, 10th U. S. Infantry, 28 April 1847 to 24 August 1848 Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1849 to 10 July 1852 Private, Sergeant and First Sergeant, Company A, 1st U. S. Artillery, 14 November 1852 to 22 March 1857 Second Lieutenant, 3rd … Read more
Shortly before claiming a peaceful space here, Casey Joyce was half a world away from his wife, DeAnna, desperately missing her and searching for words to say it in a letter that was never mailed: “I want you to know that I want to grow old with you.” The U.S. Army ranger now lies under a standard … Read more
ACKLEY, FRANCIS Corporal, U.S. Army Home: Elmira, New York Company D, 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, A.E.F. Date of Action: October 14, 1918 General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Francis Ackley, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 14, 1918. After his … Read more
BG Harrison Shaler United States Army • No. 6072 • Class of November 1918 Died November 18, 1976, in Laguna Hills, California, at the age of 78 Harrison Shaler was born on February 17, 1898, in Washington, DC. His father was General Charles Shaler, Class of 1867, a Civil War veteran. Harrison entered West Point in June … Read more
We’ve compiled a should biography of Jacob Kochley with the few details known about him and his family, trusting that it will be of value to our National Cemetery as a remembrance of his life and sacrifice for our great country. Courtesy George & Mary Koechley Cooper KOCKLEY, JACOB, PRIVATE, 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Comany … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Frank John Mattia, 80, a native Washingtonian who retired in 1980 after more than 40 years as manager of old Zoltrow’s Fish Market, formerly at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Newton Street in Northwest, died of a heart ailment June 18, 1999 at his home in Silver Spring, Maryland. … Read more
His private memorial in Section 15 of Arlington National Cemetery reads: “Troop H – Sixth United States Cavalry Son of Christian and Elizabeth Bangerter, Lyss, Switzerland. May 7, 1871 – June 25, 1897” BANGERTEN, GOTTFRIED PVT H 6 US CAV VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 06/25/1897 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown BURIED AT: SITE … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 309-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Apr 12, 2004 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Specialist Peter G. Enos, 24, of South Dartmouth, Massachuetts, died April 9, 2004, in Bayji, Iraq, when a … Read more
Benjamin Franklin Rittenhouse was born December 15, 1839 at Berwick, Columbia County Pennsylvania, and died on March 6, 1915 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War he assumed command of Battery D, 5th United States Artillery at the battle of Gettysburg upon the death of Lieutenant Charles Hazlett during the action on Little Round Top … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 678-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died May 29, 2007, in Ilbu Falris, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated … Read more
Full Name: SAMUEL ARTHUR JR SHARP Date of Birth: 2/9/1947 Date of Casualty: 5/10/1967 Home of Record: SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS Rank: LCPL Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: QUANG TRI Status: MIA Name: Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr. Rank/Branch: O1/USMC Unit: H & S Co., 3rd Recon BN, 3rd Marine Division, Khe … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 260-11 March 31, 2011 DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died March 29, 2011, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked … Read more
From contemporary press reports: EVELYN NORTON LINCOLN, 85, who was the personal secretary to President John F. Kennedy, died Thursday (May 11, 1995) in Georgetown University Hospital of complications after surgery for cancer. Mrs. Lincoln was Kennedy’s personal secretary from January 1953, when he started his first term in the Senate, until his death November 22, … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force Suggested By Russell C. Jacobs, June 2007 BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH T. MORRIS Died May 21, 1980. Joseph Theodore Morris was born in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in 1894. He graduated from high school at Corvallis, Oregon, in 1912 and from Pennsylvania State College with a bachelor of science degree in 1917. … Read more
From a contemporary press report: George B. Warren III, 76, a former Marine Corps captain who retired in 1979 after nine years as director of sales for Contractors’ Register, an annual directory of contractors in the building industry, died of heart disease September 15, 1998 at Washington Adventist Hospital. Mr. Warren, a native of Massachusetts, … Read more
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Chief Petty Officer Louie Carlyle Hinson, Jr., 52, of the 200 block of Cortland Lane, Virginia Beach, Virginia, passed away on February 22, 2006. Chief Hinson was born in Oakland, California, and resided most of his younger life in Jacksonville, Florida. He retired from the U.S. Navy as an Electricians Mate Chief Petty Officer after … Read more
PARENTS LOCATE SOLDIERS GRAVE Couple Searched for 3 Years for Body of Son Shot Down Over Arnheim September 2, 1948 – Mrs. And Mrs. Ellis M. Middleton of Stamford, Connecticut, came home esterday after visiting the grave of their son in the United States military cemetery in Belgium. Theor eight-week journey to Europe was the … Read more
The wife of Samuel Davis Sturgis and the mother of Samuel Davis Sturgis, Jr., she was born in 1827 and died in 1915. She 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 … Read more
Julius Augustus Furer, Naval Constructor, inventor, administrator, and author, was born 9 October 1880 at Mosel, Wisconsin. Appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1897, he graduated at the head of his class in 1901. After sea duty in INDIANA (Battleship No. 1) and SHUBRICK (Torpedo Boat No. 31), he acquired a Master of … Read more
FUNERAL OF MAJOR T. C. TOTMAN ARLINGTON, Virginia, December 2, 1947 – Major Theodore C. Totman of Jamestown, New York, one of fourteen persons killed in a plane crash in Iceland in 1943, was reburied this afternoon in Arlington National Cemetery. The plane crashed against an Iceland mountain on May 3, 1943. Lieutenant General Frank M. … Read more
Born in Washington, D. C. on December 28, 1866, he earned the Medal of Honor during the Spanish-American War, while serving in Troop H, 10th United States Cavalry at Tayabacoa, Cuba, on June 30, 1898. He was a member of the all-black 10th Cavalry, five of whom received the Medal of Honor. He died on September 25, … Read more
Born at Koenigsberg, Germany, July 14, 1869, he earned the Medal of Honor on April 1, 1899 while serving in the Philippine Insurrection at Savoa, Philippine Islands. The Medal was actually issued to him by General Orders 55, July 1901. He died on June 13, 1957 and was buried in Section 53 of Arlington National Cemetery. FORSTERER, … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 370-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Department of Defense Identifies Navy, Coast Guard Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two sailors and one coast guardsman who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died April 24, 2004, in the Northern Persian Gulf as a result … Read more
David Earl Russell, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Armu (Retired) of Annapolis, Maryland, died on Sunday, January 11, 2009, at Anne Arundel Medical Center surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was the brother of Jacqueline L. Russell of Redding, California. Colonel Russell was born in Los Angeles, California on Aug. 31, 1940, the son … Read more
Vance Duncan Chapline (1887-1970) Born on September 19, 1887 in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Graduated from Annapolis in 1909 and commissioned in 1911. Commanding Officer of the Preble October 1914-May 1916. Commanded the Burrows, Harvard and Fairfax during World War I in Irish waters. Aide to Commander Squadron Five, Patrol Force Atlantic Fleet then aide for … Read more
From a contemporary press report: PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Arthur Maxwell Murray, 86, died Tuesday, February 1, 2000, at the Clipper Home after a lengthy illness. Born July 27, 1913, in San Francisco, California, the son of Maxwell and Phyllis M. (Howard) Murray. He was a 1938 graduate of West Point. He made the Army his career … Read more
John Carroll Delaney was born in Ireland on April 22, 1848, and entered the service at Honesdale, Pennsyvlania. He earned the Medal of Honor during the Civil War while serving as Sergeant, Company I, 107th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Danby’s Mills, Virginia, on February 6, 1862. The Medal was actually issued to him on August 29, 1894. … Read more
Courtesy of Dale Nichols: January 2008: MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY H, 16th REGIMENT, GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA, C. S. A., GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA, FLINT HILL GREYS Smith, J. A. – Private, January 4, 1864. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Died in Lincoln U. S. A. General Hospital at Washington, D. … Read more
Steven Lucas Johnson City, New York Born 1931 Corporal, U.S. Army Service Number 12114532 Missing in Action – Presumed Dead Died November 30, 1950 in Korea Corporal Lucas was a member of the Heavy Mortar Company, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North … Read more
Jonathan Tarbell of New York Appointed from New York, Major, 24th New York Infantry, 17 May 1861 Lieutenant Colonel, 91st New York Infantry, 16 December 1861 Dismissed from the volunteer service, 23 August 1862 Resinstated 16 June 1863 Colonel, 11 February 1865 Brevetted Brigadier General, U. S. Volunteers, 13 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious … Read more
Champion Equestrian (Captain of US Olympic Team during WWII, when we didn’t participate). Died at Cairo, Egypt, 13 June 1956. Buried in the sames gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery as Willard Gordon Wyman, General, United States Army. Also see Margaret Finch Wyman, wife of John M. Wyman, Major, United States Army. WYMAN, LESLIE HAYNES COL USA DATE OF … Read more
By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 22, 2009 – More than 3,000 servicemembers officially kicked off the Memorial Day commemoration last evening as they placed more than 250,000 miniature flags at every grave at Arlington National Cemetery. The tradition, known as “Flags In,” dates back to 1948, when soldiers of 3rd U.S. … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force Suggested By Russell C. Jacobs, June 2007 MAJOR GENERAL ALVAN C. KINCAID Died February 1, 1968 Alvan Cleveland Kincaid was born at Orleans, Indiana, in 1892. He graduated from Franklin College in Indiana in 1915. In November 1917, he was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the Infantry Reserve and … Read more
Thomas Wilson of Washington, D.C. Appointed from Washington, D.C., Cadet, Unied States Military Academy, 1 July 1849 (29) Brevet Second Lieuenant, 6th U.S. Infantry, 1 July 1853 Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Infantry, 26 October 1854 First Lieutenant, 1 April 1857 Captain, 25 October 1861 Lieuenant Colonel, C.S., Assigned 26 December 1863 to 1 August … Read more
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PATRICK HILL WASHINGTON, October 22, 1953 – Lieutenant Commander Patrick Hill, USN, retired, a veteran of forty-four years active duty and who served on the Concord at the Battle of Manila Bay under Admiral Dewey, died Monday night in the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland. His age was 82. Born in Ireland, he came … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Gary W. Long spent much of his life immersed in all things military: After leaving active duty in the Army, he spent the rest of his career as a civilian employee in the Army Reserves. And when he wasn’t working, he was reading military history, and, once a month, re-enacting … Read more