BINNING RITES TODAY
Retired Admiral to be Buried in Arlington Cemetery
WASHNGTON, May 28, 1961 – Rear Admiral Edward Garrison Binning, USNR, retired, victim of an air crash in Australia, will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow. A service will be conducted in the Fort Myer Chapel. The chapel adjoins the National Cemetery.
Admiral Binning, who was 46 years old, was a sales representative for Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. He was killed May 11, with four Australians, while demonstrating a new model Beechcraft. The wreckage was found five miles from Longreach.
He joined Beech in June 1960. A former aviator, he retired from the Naval Reserve in 1959. He was a graduate of Colgate University and he was named to the Naval Air Cadet Program in 1938. During World War II he commanded a bombing squadron.
Survivors include his widow, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Smith S. Binning of New York
BINNING, EDWARD GARRISON
RADM, USNR
- DATE OF BIRTH: 02/06/1915
- DATE OF DEATH: 05/12/1961
- BURIED AT: SECTION 6 SITE 9134
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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