Deceased Persons

TURNER, EDWARD ”Joe” Of District Heights, Maryland, a World War II Naval veteran and former boxing champion, died on September 4, 2001 at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. He was 95 years old and died of natural causes. During his years in the Navy, Joe was responsible for an important mine sweeping mission in the … Read more

A Senator has introduced legislation that would prohibit the Army from replacing the 71-year-old marble sarcophagus marking the Tomb of the Unknowns before submitting to Congress a report on the feasibility of repairing the monument. Senator Daniel K. Akaka, Hawaii Democrat and chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced the measure Thursday as an amendment … Read more

From a contemporary news report Friday, October 13, 1989 A former Kirkwood, Missouri, resident killed in a naval accident was remembered by his family Thursday as a dedicated officer who loved to fly. Lieutenant Commander Timothy W. Kirtley, 32, was killed Wednesday by shrapnel or projectiles fired from another ship in a gunnery exercise, the … Read more

James Martin Worthington, 89, who was Commanding General in the early 1960s of the brigade based at Fort Meade responsible for the air defense of the Washington region, died of complications of brain surgery March 29, 2002, at Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, D.C. After retiring from the Army in 1965 as a Brigadier General after … Read more

Daniel Albert Harvey Melrose, Massachusetts Born December 13, 1930 Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps Service Number 661467 Died of Wounds Died September 19, 1950 in Korea Corporal Harvey was a member of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was seriously wounded while fighting the enemy in Korea and died of those wounds … Read more

From a contemporary press report: Clement Kennedy Miller, 80, an Air Force Colonel who was assistant for international research and development programs at the Pentagon before retiring in 1971, died of cancer Feb. 1 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He lived in Arlington for more than 30 years. Colonel Miller, who served in the … Read more

From a contemporary press report: On Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, retired United States Navy Commander Charles J. Zadd of Vienna, Virginia, died in his sleep after a one-year battle with cancer. He was born October 25, 1930 in New York City. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1955, and also received … Read more

From a contemporary press report John L. Hackett Sr., 57, a retired Army colonel who since 1992 had been director of the Medical College Admission Test for the American Association of Medical Colleges, died September 12, 2000 at a hotel in Orlando after a heart attack. Colonel Hackett, a resident of Alexandria, Virginia, was on … Read more

Courtesy of Her Loving Husband, Richard M. Levy, Captain, United States Navy (retired) Audrey Jeanne Levy, 53, of Chesapeake, Virginia, passed away at home with her family around her on July 18, 2004. Audrey bravely battled pancreatic cancer for two years before peacefully succumbing during an afternoon nap. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, she was the daughter … Read more

The second wife of LeRoy Lutes, she was born on May 2, 1902 and died on February 12, 1955. She is buried among other family members in Section 30 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 … Read more

Defense Secretary William Cohen has ordered the remains of a Vietnam veteran buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns exhumed to settle questions about whether he can, in fact, be identified Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said Cohen made the decision “after weighing the sanctity of the tomb with the need for the fullest possible accounting.” … Read more

Born on December 3, 1953, he died on August 9, 1987 and is buried next to his brother, Charles Richardson McGuiness, and next to the spot that his father will also occupy at the time of his death. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen … Read more

Philip Henry Sheridan Irene Rucker Sheridan Irene Sheridan Louise Sheridan Mary Sheridan Michael Vincent Sheridan Philip Henry Sheridan, Jr. An American Military Family, Commencing With “Little Phil” In The Civil War The History of the Sheridan Gate At Arlington National Cemetery Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra … Read more

From a contemporary press report: Commander Walter John Dixon, Jr., United States Navy (retired) of Roanoke County, Virginia, died Monday (October 18, 1999). He was born June 13, 1921 and grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota. He attended the old Cochrane-Bryan Prep School in Annapolis, Virginia and was appointed to the Naval Academy in September … Read more

Albert Smith Baker was born at Hanson, Massachusetts, 31 March 1843, the son of Josiah and Eliza (Cushing) Barker. He was educated at Pierce Adacemy. He married Ellen Blackman Maxwell in 1894. Admiral Baker died 30 Jan 1916 in Washington, D.C. He was appointed Acting Midshipman, 25 Oct 1859, and advanced through the ranks to … Read more

INDIANA ARMY OFFICER KILLED BY LIGHTNING FORT KNOX, Kentucky, September 10, 1955 – Lieutenant Arthur P. Mooney, 32, of Evansville, Indiana, was struck and killed by lightning today.  He was standing with three other Fort Knox officers on a rifle range when the bolt struck the group.  The other three were hospitalized and released later. … Read more

Courtesy of his classmates, United States Military Academy: Donald Eugene Wilbourn No. 13215  •  10 October 1918 – 13 April 1996 Died in El Paso, Texas, aged 77 years Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia Donald Eugene Wilbourn was born in Kennett, Missouri, but he spent most of his childhood in El Paso, Texas. He … Read more

On a rainy Memorial Day 14 years ago, six gray horses slowly pulled a black caisson from Capitol Hill to Arlington National Cemetery, where the remains of an unidentified American killed in Vietnam were laid to rest in the Tomb of the Unknowns, as an emotional President Reagan looked on. The tomb, inscribed after World … Read more

Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL NORMAN S. ORWAT Retired September 1, 1969, Died March 21, 1991 Major General Norman Stanley Orwat was the deputy director for plans and policy (J-5), Joint Staff, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Orwat was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 3, 1920. He is … Read more

Portions Of This Haunting Poem Are Inscribed On Placards Throughout Arlington, As Well as On The McClellan Gate There The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat The soldier’s last tattoo; No more on Life’s parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame’s eternal camping ground Their silent tents to spread, And glory guards, … Read more

Oliver Edwards of Masachusetts Appointed from Massachusetts, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 June 1890 (40) Second Lieutenant, 11th United States Infantry, 12 June 1894 First Lieutenant, 26 April 1898 Transferred to 6th United States Infantry, 28 April 1899 Captain, 28th United States Infantry, 2 February 1901 Transferred to 23rd Untied States Infantry, 30 October … Read more

Captain Charles Edward Franklin, USAF.  SS#292-28-9366 DOB 09/14/34, in Ohio. Shot down over North Vietnam, 08/14/66. Listed as MIA. Declared PKIA — 04/1978 By the time he was formally declared deceased in 1978, he had been advanced in rank to Lieutenant Colonel. Remains returned by Vietnamese in 1988.  Interred at Arlington National Cemetery in 1988. … Read more

29 January 1964: U.S. PLANE VANISHES A U.S. Air Force T39 trainer with three officers aboard vanished into Red-ruled East Germany yesterday with two presumably hostile planes accompanying it. The plane had taken off from Wiesbaden on a training flight and was last heard from, according to an Air Force spokesman, flying near Frankfurt. T39 … Read more

From a contemporary press report: Died April 3, 1998, at his residence in North Charleston, South Carolina. Born on August 18, 1925, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Colonel Monyhan gave over 33 years of dedicated service to his country. He enlisted in the Navy during World War II, where he served in the Pacific as a … Read more

Full Name: JOHN W COOK Date of Birth: 12/13/1946 Date of Casualty: 2/29/1968 Home of Record: LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: WO Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: PLEIKU E-Mail From: Robert Gladson, February 2005 Thank you, Sir, for the outstanding tribute you have made to our finest men and women who have given … Read more

From a contemporary press report: Frank J. “Bud” Crowne, 76, who served in the Army for 20 years and later was a management analyst with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, died of kidney failure August 17, 1998 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He lived in Annapolis. Mr. Crowne served as an armored division … Read more

From a contemporary press report Henry N. Weggeland, 79, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who also engaged in a career as a marketing director for large corporations, died of cancer November 25, 1999 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Colonel Weggeland, who lived in Springfield, served 24 years in the Army beginning in 1942. He … Read more

Courtesy of a proud son, Howard Witterman Benn H. Witterman, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force (retired) died Friday, July 7, 2000 in Batesville, Arkansas. Born in 1928, in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was the son of Asser and Olga Witterman. Colonel Witterman’s military career spanned more than 27 years and included over eight years of … Read more

The tombstones of 270,000 veterans and family members stood as silent witnesses to the Easter Sunrise Service in the Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery Sunday morning at 6:30. An estimated crowd of 3,000 enjoyed a warm and sun-filled morning. The festivities began with a pre-service concert by The U.S. Marine Band, “The President’s Own,” at … Read more

WSO killed in F-15E accident SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB, N.C. (AFNS) — Capt. Dennis M. White, a weapon systems officer with the 336th Fighter Squadron here, was killed when the F-15E in which he was flying went down off the North Carolina coast April 18, 1995. Captain Brian J. Udell, pilot, was rescued by the Coast … Read more

MOFFETT, WILLIAM ADGER, JR. (Age 91) RAdm., USN (Ret.) Rear Admiral William Adger Jr., United States Navy (retired) died on July, 23, 2001, at Westminster-Canterbury in Virginia Beach, Virginia. His wife of 39 years, Marie Spence Moffett, died in 1996. The Moffetts had lived in the Tidewater area since 1960. He was the son of … Read more

From a contemporary news report: September 10, 1997 Daniel F. Yesko was a Chinese prisoner of war for nearly three years before he returned to Milwaukee to earn a college degree and start the special education department at Pulaski High School. “He expected the most out of his students,” said his friend and fellow teacher, … Read more

Friday September 21, 2001 The attack on the Pentagon has Army brass grappling with yet another wrenching problem: Some survivors of civilian employees who were killed want them laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery despite rules making them ineligible. With the burial ground at Arlington filling up, there are tighter rules about who can … Read more

Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL EDWIN B. LYON Retired December 1, 1952.  Died Aug. 12, 1971. Edwin Bowman Lyon was born at Las Cruces, New Mexico, in 1892. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy and was appointed a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry June 12, 1915. His first assignment was at … Read more

LAST HONOR PAID TO PRIVATE HILL Reading Boy Among Heroic Dead Buried at Arlington Senator Walsh, John J. Rogers Mourners at National Cemetery WASHINGTON, October 20, 1921 – More than 100 bodies of American soldiers who died overseas in the World War were buried with full military honors in the National Cemetery at Arlington this … Read more

From a news report: February 2000 After a half-century, Karl and Grace Gibson were reunited last week. Sergeant Karl H. Gibson was a medic who landed with the Army at Anzio in Italy in World War II. For his role in the bitter fighting up the Italian peninsula, “Big Karl” was awarded the Bronze Star … Read more

From a contemporary press report: Foster Howard Templon, 81, a retired maintenance engineer at Greater Southeast Hospital who was a prisoner of war in World War II, died August 6, 1999 at the Veterans Medical Center in Washington. He had cancer. In 1939, Mr. Templon enlisted in the Army Air Corps, the forerunner of the … Read more

The wife of Colonel Charles E. Shelton. She worked for years with organizations supporting the views of POW/MIA families. Finally, not being able to take the pressure and depression any longer, she took her own life and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in the empty grave of her still missing husband. Read our general and most … Read more

From a contemporary press report: George W. Myers, 78, who played first trumpet with the Army Band and then taught music in the Fairfax County schools, died of cancer June 21, 1998 at his home in Clear Brook, Virginia. He moved there in the late 1980s from McLean. Mr. Myers served with the Army Band … Read more

Colonel Mervin B. Porter, United States Marine Corps, retired, 87, died March 4, 2008. He was surrounded by his family, after a valiant battle with a confluence of illnesses. A career Marine Corps Aviator, Colonel Porter served in World War II, Korea and in two tours in Viet Nam, where he earned the respect of … Read more

  Washington Post, Thursday, October 16, 1913 Field-Fearn Wedding A wedding in which the bride and bridegroom both come of distinguished Navy ancestry took place yesterday, when Miss Mildred Egerton Fearn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lee Fearn, became the bride of Ensign Richard Stockton Field, USN.  The ceremony was performed at 4 o’clock … Read more

The son-in-law of Sherman Miles and Yulee Noble Miles, he was the husband of Nanita Miles Wight, the granddaughter of General Nelson Appleton Miles. He was buried in the Miles Mausoleum in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery on September 22, 1968. Allyn Richmond Wight (Violetta, Talbot, William Richmond, George Washington, Silas, Benjamin, Samuel, Jared) was born September 9, 1893 in Montclair, … Read more

George Pullen Peed of Virginia Appointed from Virginia, Captain, Assist Surgeon, 4th Virginia Infantry, 5 May 1898 Honorably mustered out 27 April 1899 First Lieutenant, Aissistant Surgeon, 28 U. S. Volunteer Infantry, 5 July 1899 to 24 March 1901 Captain, Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Volunteers, 11 March 1901 Major, Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, 7 May 1901 … Read more

From contemporary press reports:Past Lejeune general dies January 30,2005 A former 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade commander at Camp Lejeune died last week, leaving behind a legacy in the reserve and active duty forces. Major General Mitchell J. Waters died Thursday in Lake Barrington Shores, Illinois, after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 69. … Read more

Courtesy of the Washington Post: After Attacks, Community Rallies Around Principal Support Helps Educator Who Lost Spouse September 11 Begin to Heal November 15, 2001 It was early morning when the teachers at Hoffman-Boston Elementary School heard what they thought was a plane crashing in their South Arlington neighborhood. They felt the impact. They saw … Read more

Patrick J. Cunningham, 79, athletic director at Woodson High School until 1975, died of brain cancer June 13, 1999 at his home in Springfield, Virginia. He was a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of Mansfield University in Pennsylvania. He received a master’s degree in education from George Peabody College. Mr. Cunningham served in … Read more

Thomas M. Saunders of Virginia Appointed Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Artillery, 27 June 1856 First Lieutenant, 12 October 1858 Captain, 21 November 1861 Died 20 January 1864 His wife was Mary Whiting, daughter of Daniel Powers Whiting of Kentucky. Mary and daughter Mary appear in the 1880 census with DP Whiting family who  were residing in Washington … Read more

In 1862, the United States Army took Arlington House away from General Robert E. Lee and his family. They’re trying to do it again. According to Edward M. Lee, Jr., president of the Society of the Lees of Virginia, the Army has revived a plan to develop the last remaining 24 acres of the original … Read more

Charles Johnson Post was born August 27, 1873, and died September 25, 1956.  He was an artist and journalist. He was engaged as artist-journalist and editoral writer with the Associated Press. he also directed the film “The Making of a Sailor” for the Navy Department. He was also the author of such books as “Private … Read more

From a contemporary new report William J. Sutton III, 72, an Army Lieutenant Colonel who retired in 1975 as Assistant Operations Chief of the Criminal Investigation Command in Washington, died June 5, 2002, at his home in Alexandria, Virginia. He had emphysema. Colonel Sutton was born in Fort Worth. He was a graduate of the … Read more

Cortlandt Chesterfield Baughman (1884-1976). Born on December 12, 1884 in West Newton, Pennsylvania. Graduated from Annapolis in 1907. Served aboard the Maine on the world cruise of the Battle Fleet 1907-1908 and at the occupation of Nicaragua in 1912. Aide to the Military Governor of Santo Domingo 1916-1919. Duty in Havana 1923-1924. Commanding Officer of … Read more