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.
NICHOLS, DP 1 TENN INF DATE OF DEATH: 11/19/1867 BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 90 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 Cardione PHC Beauty C+ Kapseln Colon … Read more
We continue to research General Thompson. However, we do know that his wife, Nina Cameron Thompson (1896-1965) was the daughter of George Hamilton Cameron, Major General, United States Army, and Nina Dean Tilford Cameron. THOMPSON, JOHN BELLINGER B/GEN USA DATE OF BIRTH: 06/14/1890 DATE OF DEATH: 08/24/1957 BURIED AT: SECTION 6 SITE 9604-B ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY THOMPSON, … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 1281-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 2006 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Major Gloria D. Davis, 47, of St. Louis, Missouri, died December 12, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq, from a … Read more
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, he retired at age 66 in 1981 while still in good health. He was replaced on the Court by the first woman justice, Sandra Day O’Connor, who was nominated by President Ronald Reagan. He remained active following his departure from the Court, notably with the Recordings For … Read more
From a contemporary news report William Winlock, a reverend at St. John’s By The Campus Episcopal Church and chaplain for Iowa State’s Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines ROTC programs, died November 15, 1995 from leukemia at the age of 71. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Winlock came to Ames in the late … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Vahn Lordigan, 74, a retired Navy Lieutenant Commander who later became an Administrative Officer with the State Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration, died of cancer September 1, 1998 at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington. Commander Lordigan, who lived in Fairfax, was born in New York. He began his … Read more
From a contemporary press report George Joseph Hayes, 84, an Army physician and neurosurgeon who retired in 1974 as a Major General, died of kidney failure November 4, 2002, at Suburban Hospital. After retiring from military service, General Hayes served until 1986 as Medical Director for Amtrak. He also was a clinical professor of medicine … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 544-11 June 23, 2011 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Levi E. Nuncio, 24, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, died June 22, 2011, … Read more
Marshall Magruder was born in Washington, D. C. on 12 October 1885. He served in both World War I and World War II. He retired in 1946 as a Brigadier General and died on 4 July 1956. He was buried with full military honors in Arkington National Cemetery. Marshall Magruder, Brigadier General (1885-1956) 1939 – … Read more
Herbert C. Kamien died on 7 July 2004 after a long illness. Corporal Kamien was a retired New York State Court of Claims employee. Previously he was the owner of Kamien’s Tavern on Lincoln Road in Brooklyn, New York. Corporal Kamien was a decorated World War II veteran who saw extensive combat in Normandy, Northern … Read more
John Randolph Lewis of Pennsylvania Appointed from Vermont, Sergeant, Company H, 1st Vermont Volunteer Infantry, 2 May to 15 August 1861 Captain, 5th Vermont Volunteer Infantry, 16 September 1861 Major, 16 July 1862 Lieutenant Colonel, 6 October 1862 Colonel, 5 June 1864 Honorably mustered out, 11 September 1864 Colonel, Veteran Reserve Corps, 8 September 1864 … Read more
Edward Murphy was born on 8 June 1873. He served as a Commissary Sergeant, United States Army. He died on 25 May 1900 and was buried with military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. “In Memory of My Son – Rest In Peace” MURPHY, EDWARD COM SGT USA DATE OF DEATH: 05/25/1900 BURIED AT: SITE 16128 … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 508-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Kenneth J. Schall, 22, of Peoria, Arizona, died May 22, 2005, in Yusafiyah, Iraq, when the HMMWV in which he was riding was involved … Read more
Sergeant Major Lacey Ivory Attack Location: Pentagon Age: 43 Home: Kansas City, Missouri Assigned to the office of the Assistant Chief of Staff For Personnel, he was attending a meeting in Lieutenant General Timothy J. Maude’s office as the time that the plane struck the Pentagon. Lacey B. Ivory was a Sergeant Major in the United States … Read more
John B. Tomlinson, Birmingham, Alabama, died of disease while serving as a Captain in Langres, France, during World War I with Company K of the 18th U. S. Infantry, First Division, on 14 October 1918. He was 21 years of age. TOMLINSON, JOHN B CAPT CO K 18TH INF 1ST DIV DATE OF DEATH: 10/14/1918 … Read more
Father Daniel A. Schreiter, age 81 a resident of Land O Lakes, Tampa, Florida, died April 7, 2006 at the Veterans Medical Center in Tampa, Florida. He was born in Appleton on August 18, 1924 to the late Raymond Sr. and Ethel (Bentz) Schreiter. After attending High School at St. Lawrence Seminary, Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin. … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM R. MACDONALD Retired Feb. 1, 1974. Died Aug. 29, 1998. Major General William R. MacDonald was director of plans, J-5, U.S. Readiness Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. General MacDonald was born in Clarkstown, Michigan, in 1919. He graduated from Lincoln High School Ferndale, Michigan, … Read more
WOODSON, WALTER NELSON PVT CO G 21 VA CAV CSA DATE OF DEATH: 01/21/1920 BURIED AT: SECTION CON SITE 196-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
Edward Jones was a native of New York, and the youngest of five sons, the eldest of whom, John Jones, M.D., was President Washington’s family physician. Edward Jones was the first Chief clerk in the United States Treasury, and served thirty-nine consecutive years. He was appointed by Hon. Alexander Hamilton the first Secretary, in 1790, … Read more
Robert G. Tills, Ensign, U.S. Navy Service # 0-081538 Entered the Service from: Wisconsin Died: 8 December 1941 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines Awards: Purple Heart U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE … Read more
Donald Eugene Parsons was born on April 17, 1929 and joined the Armed Forces while in Sparta, Illinois. He served in the United States Army, 2 REG 1 INF (ARV) ADV TEAM4 MA, and attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Donald Eugene Parsons was listed as Missing in Action. Also see the crew remembrance. Courtesy of … Read more
Sergeant Major Henry Sgrecci, the Army’s premier bugler, stood apart from the rifle squad to blow the 24 notes of taps last week at the burial of yet another soldier. As always before playing, Sgrecci, 51, of upstate Watkins Glen, New York, offered the silent prayer he has uttered repeatedly as the slain return from … Read more
The wife of Spencer Edward Dickinson, she was born in 1894 and died in 1972. She is buried with her husband and other family members 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 … Read more
Born at New York City, April 11, 1853. He won the Sampson Medal and Bar, Spanish Campaign Medal, Philippine Campaign Medal, the Victory Medal and a letter of commendation from the Navy Department for services during World War I. He died on June 11, 1920 at his home in Washington, D.C. and was buried in … Read more
Born on December 21, 1872, he was serving with the 25th United States Infantry in the Philippine Insurrection when he was killed-in-action near Subic, Philippine Islands, on January 29, 1900. His body was returned to the United States for burial in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. William Turner Schenck of Maryland Private, Corporal and … Read more
August 25, 1965–September 25, 1987 Frank was born and raised in West Palm Beach Florida. He has a sister, Melanie Winters Casey. Frank was a proud member of C Company, 1st Battalion, 75thRanger Regiment of Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah Georgia. Frank was killed in a helicopter training accident at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This information … Read more
Albert Raymond Dillingham of Virginia Appointed from Pennsylvania, Private, 14th Infantry, 2 June 1898 to 16 June 1899 Second Lieutenant, 13th Infantry, 1 May 1899 First Lieutenant, 26th Infantry, 2 February 1901 Transferred to 18th Infantry, 19 June 1901 COLONEL A. R. DILLINGHAM WASHINGTON, December 14, 1937 – Colonel Albert R. Dillingham, United States Army, … Read more
21 July 2008: All six airmen aboard the B-52 bomber that crashed Monday off Guam’s northwest coast were killed, Air Force officials confirmed Wednesday. Aboard Raider 21 were Major Christopher M. Cooper, 33; Major Brent D. Williams, 37; Captain Michael K. Dodson, 31; First Lieuenant Joshua D. Shepherd, 26; First Lieutenant Robert D Gerren, 32; … Read more
Even though the military’s use of e-mail, faxes and satellite telephones made its process of identifying casualties and notifying the families and public faster than in previous wars, its system sometimes struggled to keep up with TV reports from the battlefield. For the first time, reporters with troops brought live pictures of combat into America’s … Read more
Max Rosenberg (age 77) A retired Federal Judge with the National Labor Relations Board, passed away December 13, 2000 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Judge Rosenberg served during World War II in the United States Army Air Corps in Europe and North Africa. After the war, he returned to New York City where he completed his bachelor’s … Read more
Eric B. Barrow, 80, of Inverness died Sunday, November 19, 2000. He was born in Largo, Florida, and came to Inverness four years ago from Clearwater. He was a retired Air Force Major serving during World War II and Korea; and father of the late Eric B. Barrow Jr., who died in 1966. He was Protestant. … Read more
Memorial Day is Monday, but the scene is already being set in Virginia. Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery, soldiers in camouflage placed American flags on the graves of fallen heroes. It’s a tradition dating back to 1868. A large patriotic ceremony honoring the service and sacrifice of America’s military is set for Monday morning. The … Read more
He was medically trained and was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Indian Wars while serving as an Assistant Surgeon in the Apache Campaign of the Summer of 1886. In 1895, he was the White House Physician to President Grover Cleveland. He began his long friendship with Theodore Roosevelt during his years in Washington. … Read more
COOPER, JULIAN T. COOPER, of Springdale, Maryland, on September 11, 2001, at the Pentagon. Loving husband of Melinda Cooper; son of Rose Marie and the late Walter Cooper; brother of Marie Dory, Darlene (Craig) Canady and Phillip Cooper. Also survived by grandmother, Katie Crawford; father-in-law Oscar Washington, many other relatives and friends. Memorial service, 9 … Read more
Biography and Photo Courtesy of Russell C. Jacobs: June 2007 Harold Roe Bull (1893-1976) Born on January 6, 1893 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Commissioned in the Infantry from West Point in 1914. Served with American Expedionary Force in World War I. Instructor at West Point 1921-1924. Graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1928. Instructor … Read more
GENERAL COOLIDGE DIES; WAS IN THREE WARS Death Occurs in Detroit He Was Descendant of One of President’s Ancestors Was In Army Forty Years During Boxer Uprising He was First American to Enter Peking Wounded In Indian CampaignDETROIT, Michigan, June 2, 1926 – Brigadier General Charles Austin Coolidge, retired, veteran of many campaigns, died Tuesday … Read more
From a contemporary press report: 15 January 2000 David May went with the Army to fight in Vietnam. He left behind the life he’d known in Hyattsville–the football games at DeMatha Catholic High School, the St. Jerome’s bowling team, the double dates with his friends. He left behind his parents, and his wife and infant … Read more
From a contemporary press report Aldo Hector Bagnulo, 89, a retired Colonel in the Army Corps of Engineers who did environmental engineering work in the Washington area from the late 1960s to late 1970s, died February 21, 2004, at the Fairfax retirement community at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He had congestive heart failure. Colonel Bagnulo was … Read more
MARINE OFFICER A SUICIDE First Lieutenant H. B. Alban Kills Himself at Corinto, Nicaragua MANAGUA, Micaragua – October 12, 1930 Harvey Byars Alban, Captain in the Nicaraguan National Guard and First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, commanding officer of the National Guard located at Corinto, committed suicide yesterday afternoon on the beach near … Read more
Born at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, February 22, 1928, he earned the Medal of Honor in Vietnam while serving as a Medical Corpsman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade on November 8, 1965. In spite of being wounded himself, he saved the lives of many members of his unit. He was presented … Read more
John Nelson Garrison was born 20 October 1842 at Fauquier, Virginia. GARRISON, JOHN N SGT CO K 8TH VA INF CSA DATE OF DEATH: 01/06/1933 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 162-A GARRISON, ANNE E W/O JOHN N DATE OF DEATH: 12/13/1922 BURIED AT: SECTION CON X SITE 162A Read our general and most popular articles … Read more
Courtesy of Nursing World Florence Aby Blanchfield, 1882-1971 As superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps from 1943 to 1947, and the first woman to be commissioned in the regular army of the United States, Florence Aby Blanchfield was among the most respected nurse leaders of the twentieth century. Devoting a significant part of her illustrious … Read more
Born at Chicago, Illinois, May 16, 1892, he was a student at the Shattuck Military School, 1909-13; graduated from the Infantry School Officers Course, 1920-21, advanced course, 1929-30; Command and General Staff School, 1932-34. He married Mamie Peabody Buttolph, November 23, 1921. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1916, and advanced through the grades to Lieutenant … Read more
Charles Ross Greening, Colonel, United States Air Force, known as C. Ross Greening, November 12, 1914-March 29, 1957. Carroll, Iowa. He received a BA degree from Washington State College in Fine Arts in 1936. he entered military service on June 23, 1936 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and graduated from Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, … Read more
Retired Army Colonel Kenneth E. Shiflet, 61, a Signal Corps communications officer who saw active duty in World War II and the Vietnam war, died of cancer Tuesday at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The author of several novels and short stories, he was Chairman of the English department at Congressional Schools of Virginia at … Read more
From a contemporary press report Brigadier General C. Claude Teagarden, 65, of Jackson County’s Pine Creek community and Palm Coast, Florida, died Friday, June 30, 2000, at Mayo St. Luke’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Born in Galesburg, Illinois, he was an Eagle Scout and graduate of … Read more
James Egan of Ireland Private, 2nd United States Cavalry, 13 September 1856 to 21 June 1858 Private, Corporal, Sergeant and First Sergeant, Troop E, 1st United States Cavalry, 1 March 1860 to 20 August 1863 Second Lieutenant, 2nd United States Cavalry, 10 August 1863 First Lieutenant, 15 October 1864 Captain, 5 February 1868 Retired 9 … Read more
SCOTT, Gustavus Hall, naval officer, born in Fairfax County, Virginia, 13 June, 1812; died in Washington, D. C., 23 March, 1882. He entered the Navy as Midshipman, 1 August, 1828, became Passed Midshipman, 14 June, 1884, and made two cruises in the West Indies in the ” Vandalia” in 1835-‘6 and 1839-’40, in which he … Read more
The wife of James Patrick Sinnott Devereux, she was born on December 14, 1914 and died on July 22, 1942, while her husband was a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II. She is buried in Section 7 of Arlington National Cemetery. DEVEREUX, MARY WELCH DATE OF DEATH: 07/22/1942 DATE OF INTERMENT: 07/24/1942 BURIED AT: SECTION … Read more
A slow cadence of drumbeat counterpoints the mournful notes of trumpets and horns as a unit of the 3rd U.S. Infantry, Old Guard, escorts a horse-drawn caisson along a tree lined road in Arlington National Cemetery. At the burial site the casket is drawn from the caisson in three precise movements, held a moment at caisson-level, … Read more
TIMOTHY O’CONNOR Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: Unknown. Entered service at:——. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 5 January 1865. Citation: Date and place of act not of record in War Department. Citation: Capture of flag of the 18th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.) Earned The Medal of Honor During … Read more
Born on July 1, 1877 at Washington, D.C., he entered Howard University in 1897 and left the following year to serve as First Lieutenant of Volunteers in the Spanish-American War. He was mustered out of the volunteers in 1899, and immediately enlisted as a Private, 9th U.S. Cavalry of the Regular Army, and during service … Read more
NANCY JEAN AIELLO GEHLEY June 1947 – June 2008 Remarks by Dennis at Celebration of Life, Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home: 5 June 2008 “…in sickness and in health…’til death do us part” Psychologists tell us that the death of a spouse is probably the most stressful and traumatic event that a husband or wife will … Read more
Sidney Clay Wooten, 96, an Army Major General who retired in 1965 after having served as Deputy Commander of the National War College, died of pneumonia December 26, 2003, at home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. In a 35-year military career, General Wooten commanded Fort Devens in Massachusetts and Fort Dix in New Jersey. During World … Read more
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 864-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died on August 21, 2005, near Baylough, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV … Read more
Air Force Captain Thomas Clifford Bland Jr. May 20, 1991. Buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors (Section 60, Grave 7713). Air Force First Lieutenant Thomas Clifford Bland, Jr., 26 of Gaithersburg, Maryland, was listed as Missing In Action when the AC-130 Specrte Gunship he was flying in was shot down on January … Read more
Army Secretary Togo West told veterans groups Wednesday the “incidental involvement” of Pentagon chief William Cohen didn’t affect his approval of an Arlington Cemetery burial for the father of a Republican congressional staff member. West originally opposed the burial of Roland W. Charles at the national cemetery. He reversed himself after a meeting between Cohen … Read more
Brigadier General Charles D. Hartman was born August 22,1886, in Mississippi, and died February 14, 1962. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1904 through 1908 and received his commission as an Infantry officer. His civilian education includes a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University. General Hartman was first … Read more
Born at Bearing River, North Carolina, August 13, 1879, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1901 and from the Naval War College in 1920. He married Genevieve Clary, October 1, 1910. Courtesy of the Library of Congress He was commissioned an Ensign in 1901 and advanced through the grades to Rear Admiral … Read more
Jamin Buchanan Wilson went from being named homecoming king at D’Evelyn High School in Golden to becoming a leader of his Air Force command in Germany in a span of seven years. First Lieuenant Wilson loved helping people he encountered during his service in the Air Force, his college years at Harvard and his high … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Military Academy William Thrower Fitts III NO. 17874 Died 30 July 1964 at Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., aged 37 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery Born on an Army Post in Hawaii, Major Fitts was brought up in the Army. He not only lived in it, but after entering … Read more
Courtesy of the Honolylu Star-Bulletin May 25, 2001 Freight Train 053 crew comes home The 5 soldiers were on a resupply mission in Vietnam in 1968 when their helicopter crashed After nearly four decades, the anguish of the Vietnam War will finally end for Makaha Valley resident Brian Main today and Memorial Day will take … Read more
Major Ivens Jones (United States Military Academy Class of 1910) was born in Iowa in 1886, the son of Samuel Robert Jones, and was killed in a polo accident in 1923, and originally buried at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Died: 7 September 1923 Interred In Arlington National Cemetery 4 November 1941 Section 9, Grave 5869 … Read more
EDWARD ROCHE DIES; RETIRED COLONEL, 67 Graduate of West Point in 1897 is Stricken in Washington WASHINGTON, March 29, 1941 – The death here yesterday of Colonel A. Roche, USA, retired, in Emergency Hospital was announced by the War Department today. He was 67 years old. Colonel Roche was graduated from the United States Military … Read more
Matthew Gannon is a civilian that is buried in Arlington. He was a CIA operative under State Department cover that had just finished an assignment in Beruit in 1988. He had requested to leave a day early and as fate would have it he end up on Pan Am Flight 103. He left behind a … Read more
Biography and Photo Courtesy of Linda M. Lusby Pinegar, July 2008: Quentin Lusby, Jr. was born 11 February 1938, in Dallas, Texas. He attended Dallas and Carrollton, Texas, public schools where he excelled in basketball, football and baseball and was known by his nickname “Butch.” He was also a leader in his high school serving … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 801-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2006 DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Master Sergeant Brad A. Clemmons, 37, of Chillicothe, Ohio, died August 21, 2006, when an improvised explosive … Read more
Gene Raymond Gollahon was born on November 7, 1938 and joined the Armed Forces while in Cincinnati, Ohio. He served in the United Sates Navy. In 4 years of service, he attained the rank of Lieutenant. Gene Raymond Gollahon is listed as Missing in Action. GOLLAHON, GENE RAYMOND Remains Identified 02/08/2002 Name: Gene Raymond Gollahon … Read more
I am Mary Remey Wadleigh, daughter of George Remey Wadleigh, granddaughter of John Winthrop Wadleigh, great granddaughter of George Collier Remey and great niece of John Terry Remey. I can tell you something about all of these men. My father, George Remey Wadleigh, was born to John Winthrop & Mary Remey Wadleigh in Washington, D.C. … Read more
He was killed-in-action by Communists while a member of the U.S. Expedition to Siberia after World War I in August 1918. He was returned to the United States and buried in Section 18 of Arlington National Cemetery. See the entry on Major General William Sidney Graves for information on the Expedition. Read our general and most popular … Read more
COLONEL W. M’L. WOLFE, A CIVIL ENGINEER Northeastern Construction Company Vice President Succumbs At The Age of 49 BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 11, 1937 – Colonel Walter McI. Wolfe, Baltimore civil engineer prominent in reserve Army activities here for many years, died today of a heart attack at the University Club. Colonel Wolfe, who was 49 … Read more
From a contemporary press report Services will be at 10:45 a.m. February 14, 2001, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia for William Daniel Roseborough Jr., a Dallas native who helped establish the Navy’s nuclear submarine force. The 84-year-old retired Navy captain died Tuesday of lung ailments at an assisted-living residence near Marshall, Virginia. Captain Roseborough … Read more
CHUBB, JOHN JACOBSEN Remains IDd 08/30/2005 Name: John Jacobsen Chubb Rank/Branch: E3/US Army Unit: Company B, 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division Date of Birth: 09 December 1950 (Englewood California) Home City of Record: Gardena, California Date of Loss: 20 March 1971 Country of Loss: Laos Loss Coordinates: 163544N 1962513E (XD515352) Status (in 1973): Killed/Body … Read more
WWII bomber crew buried in Arlington The 10-man crew of a long-missing bomber from World War II was laid to rest yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery, closing the final chapter of a 57-year-old mystery. About 75 of the crew’s relatives — many of whom were not yet born when the servicemen died — attended a … Read more
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Full Name: HARVEY MCKEE CARKIN Date of Birth: 9/30/1944 Date of Casualty: 2/15/1967 Home of Record: VIENNA, VIRGINIA Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: SGT Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: KONTUM CARKIN, HARVEY SGT USA DATE OF BIRTH: 09/30/1944 DATE OF DEATH: 02/15/1967 BURIED AT: SECTION 12 SITE 5072 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our general … Read more
Albert Gallatin Brackett of New York Appointed from Indiana, Second Lieutenant, 4th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, 1 June 1847 First Lieutenant, 18 June 1847 Honorably mustered our, 16 July 1848 Captain, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, 3 March 1855 5th U. S. Cavalry, 3 August 1861 Colonel, 9th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, 26 October 1861 Honorably mustered out of … Read more
Born in 1835, he was appointed First Lieutenant, 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on October 31, 1861. He was promoted to Major, Assistant Adjutant General, U.S. Volunteers, October 27, 1862 and to Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant Adjutant General, assigned January 31-August 31, 1865. He was breveted Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers, for war service at Shiloh, Stones River, … Read more
Courtesy of His Son Pat M. Stevens, Major General, United States Army (retired): September 2007 COLONEL PAT M STEVENS III, US ARMY, RETIRED Pat M Stevens III, a retired Army Colonel of artillery and an early developer of Army guided missiles, died in Novato, California, on June 21, 2007 at age 97. Colonel Stevens served over 32 … Read more
William P. Rogers, a suave and well-connected Republican lawyer who was secretary of state under President Richard M. Nixon and attorney general in the Eisenhower administration, died on Tuesday (January 2, 2001) in Bethesda, Maryland. He was 87. Mr. Rogers lived in Bethesda and worked in the Washington office of the law firm of Clifford … Read more
Philip B. Payton, Major-General (1881-1949) 1937 – 1938 Commanding Officer 12th Brigade 1938 Commanding Officer Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade 1939 Commanding Officer 21st Brigade 1939 – 1940 Commandant of Army War College 1940 – Commanding General 8th Division – 1942Commanding General I Corps 1942 Retired PEYTON, PHILIP BRADLEY MAJOR GEN USA WWI WWII DATE … Read more
MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY D, 35th REGIMENT, GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, C. S. A., HEARD & TROUP COUNTIES, GA. Lay, Theldred S., Private, September 25, 1863. Wounded and captured near Petersburg, Virginia. March 25, 1865. Died of wounds in Lincoln U. S. A. General Hospital at Washington, D. C. April 21, 1865. … Read more
Born at Washington, D.C. on February 16, 1888, he was a 1907 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He earned the Medal of Honor while serving as Lieutenant (jg), at Vera Cruz, Mexico, on April 21-22, 1914. United States Naval Academy Photo He died on August 1, 1932 and was buried in Section 7 of Arlington … Read more
Born at Charleston, South Carolina, September 17, 1933, he earned the Medal of Honor in Vietnam while serving as First Lieutenant, 5th Special Forces Group at Dong Xoai, Republic of Vietnam, June 9-10, 1965. He was the second Medal of Honor winner in the Vietnam War. He was wounded and fellow Medal of Honor recipient, … Read more
JERRY GLEN BRIDGES was born on January 7, 1948 and joined the Armed Forces while in Columbia, Tennessee. He served as a 67U20 in the Army, 243 AV CO 10 AV BN 17 AV GP, and attained the rank of SSGT/E6. He began a tour of duty on October 20, 1968. Sandra Bridges, sister of … Read more
It was the busiest week of the war at Arlington National Cemetery: One by one, young men who had died in Iraq were honored and buried last week, here amid the white marble stones that mark the losses from every other American conflict. By Friday, there were seven new graves of the war dead — … Read more
SPRY, JAMES R., Private, Company B, 8th North Carolina Infantry. Born in Currituck County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Currituck County at age 19, August 5, 1861, for the war. Captured at Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862, and paroled at Elizabeth City on February 21, 1862. Exchanged at Aiken’s … Read more
Courtesy of Michael Stein: Major General Benjamin Andrew Poore, U.S. Army Born June 22, 1863 Died August 27, 1940 Cadet U.S. Military Academy 1882-86 Graduated as No. 3129, Class of 1886 Second Lieutenant 1886 First Lieutenant 1892 Captain 1899 Major 1908 Lieutenant Colonel 1914 Colonel 1916 Brigadier General (Temporary) 1917 Colonel 1920 Brigadier General 1921 Major … Read more
United States Army May 25, 1992 A SOLDIER’S STORY … LETTERS DEPICT PAIN OF CIVIL WAR THROUGH EYES OF ORDINARY INFANTRYMAN By Jeffrey Scheuer I can’t think about war, veterans or the American past without recalling an obscure Union soldier from the Hudson River town of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., who died 128 years ago this week … Read more
Born in the Bronx, New York on September 2, 1905, the son of Irish immigrant parents. He graduated from West Point and made the Army his career, one which lasted over 37 years. In World War II, he saw duty in the Southwest Pacific in Papua-New Guinea and Luzon Campaigns, rising to become Commanding General … 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
His private memorial in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery reads: “Born: Boston, Massachusetts, 1896. Died: Nelson, New Zealand, November 8, 1974. World War I: St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne Offensives, GHO, France. World War II: Naples, Fogia, Arno and Southern France. HQ, Mediterranean Theater. Office Of The Order of the British Empire, Order of … Read more
House Republicans said yesterday that an investigation of military records had turned up no sign that a major Democratic donor who is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, M. Larry Lawrence, served in the Merchant Marine during World War II, as he had long claimed. Lawrence was among 69 individuals over the last five years who … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force GENERAL ORVAL R. COOK Retired May 31, 1956, Died March 18, 1980 Orval Ray Cook was born in 1898 in West Union, Indiana. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy June 13, 1922 and was commissioned a second lieutenant of Air Service. Entering Primary Flying School at Brooks … Read more
Government Official Edward V. Hickey, Chairman of the United States Maritime Commision and a former Reagan White House aide died Saturday, January 9, 1988, in his Falls Church, Virginia, home of an apparent heart attack. He was 52. Hickey was born in Dedham, Massachusetts and served in the United States Army in the mid-1950s. He … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 576-10 July 03, 2010 DOD Identifies Air Force Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Captain David A. Wisniewski, 31, of Moville, Iowa, died July 2, … Read more
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A Father And Son Who Served The United States Army From The Civil War Through World War II. Adna Romanza Chaffee Adna Romanza Chaffee, Jr. Annie Rockwell Chaffee Ethel Huff Chaffee Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Colonel Truman W. Crawford, 68, commander of the Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps from 1973 until retiring in 1998, died March 3, 2003, at a hospital in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He lived in Washington from 1953 to 1963 and … Read more
Final Respects For A Man Of Long and Distinguished American Service March 27, 2007 By John E. Carey Peace and Freedom Every single death is mourned by family and friends. When those friends and “family” include one’s military comrades and those from the nation he or she served; the honors extended may be somewhat greater … Read more