Ovid Clemmons Foote, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, who died 17 October 1940, was the father of Edward Potter Foote, Colonel, United States Air Force, who has a memorial stone in Arlington National Cemetery.
EDWARD POTTER FOOTE was born into a Navy family in Los Angeles, California, on 14 February 1922, the second son of Ovid Clemmons Foote and Elinor Potter Foote’s two children. His father, from North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, served a distinguished career as a Navy doctor and surgeon. His mother was from a prominent Chicago family.
FOOTE, OVID CLEMMONS
- LT COM US NAVY RETIRED
- DATE OF DEATH: 10/17/1940
- BURIED AT: SECTION EAST SITE 3480
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
FOOTE, ELEANOR PETTER W/O OVID CLEMMONS
- DEATH: 1929
- BURIED AT:
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
- WIFE OF OC FOOTE, LT COMDR MED CORPS US NAVY
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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