Courtesy of the Congress of the United States: EDWARDS, John, a Representative from Arkansas; born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., October 24, 1805; received a limited schooling; studied law and was admitted to the bar; moved to Indiana, where he served in the State house of representatives in 1845 and 1846; moved to California, and … Read more
Charles Ogden Wood of Indiana Appointed from Indiana, Major, 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, 25 April to 25 May 1861 Second Lieutenant, 9th U. S. Infantry, 26 April 1861 First Lieutenant, 14 May 1861 Captain, 30 May 1863 Lieuenant Colonel, 8th California Volounteer Infantry, 1 February 1865 Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 24 October … Read more
My name is Nicholas Lewis, I am seventeen years old and I currently live in Luxembourg. I came across your website while searching for information concerning Frank Lewis who served as Captain in Company M, 4th U. S. Infantry, 3rd Division during the Meusse-Argonne Offensive in World War One and came across information concerning him. … Read more
Alfred J. Clement Private First Class, U.S. Army 36227750 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division Entered the Service from: Michigan Died: September 8, 1944 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Lorraine American Cemetery St. Avold, France Awards: Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Sunday, October 12, 2003 … Read more
LIEUTANANT COMMANDER R. F. SKYLSTEAD Services Today in Fort Myer Chapel for Retired Officer WASHNGTON, January 23, 1939 – Funeral services will be held in Fort Myer Chapel tomorrow afternoon for Lieutenant Commander Ralph Frederick Skylstead, 43, USN, retired, who died yesterday at the New York Naval Hospital. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. … Read more
Major General Charles Hartwell Bonesteel Born April 9, 1885 at Fort Sidney, Nebraska Died June 5, 1964 Cadet, U. S. Military Academy 1904-08 Graduated as No. 4702, Class of 1908 Second Lieutenant 1908 First Lieutenant 1914 Captain 1917 Major (Temporary) 1917 Captain 1919 Major 1920 Lieutenant Colonel 1932 Colonel 1937 Brigadier General 1940 Major General … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 982-10 October 26, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Thomas A. Moffitt, 21, of Wichita, Kansas, died October 24, 2010, … Read more
Born in Massachusetts, he was a Civil War veteran who was wounded three times in battle and who met President Abraham Lincoln on one of the President’s visits to the front. He taught law at Harvard, sat on the Massachusetts Supreme Court for twenty years and served for thirty years on the United States Supreme … Read more
From a contemporary press report Ronald W. Campbell, 68, a retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel who later did systems analysis for GRC Consulting, died December 31, 2001, at Inova Fairfax Hospital of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Colonel Campbell, who lived in Alexandria for 33 years, was born in Dayton, Kentucky. He enlisted in the Marine … Read more
From a contemporary press report R. Lawrence Coughlin Jr., 72, a moderate Pennsylvania Republican who from 1969 to 1993 represented the wealthy Main Line area of suburban Philadelphia in the House of Representatives, died of cancer November 30, 2001, at his weekend farm in Mathews, Virginia. He lived in Alexandria, Virginia. Rep. Coughlin, a lawyer, … Read more
In the valley and hilltop fights, Battle of the Little Big Horn: Born: Limerick, Ireland. Enlisted: August 12, 1872, at age 26, in Louisville, Kentucky, by Lieutenant William Cooke. Lieutenant Edward Godfrey wrote, “During the retreat, Private Davern, Troop F, had a hand-to-hand conflict with an Indian; his horse was killed; he then shot the … 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
Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL ST. CLAIR STREETT Retired February 1952, Died October 1, 1970 St. Clair Streett was born in Washington, D.C., in 1893. After graduating from high school, he enlisted as a sergeant in the Signal Corps, Enlisted Reserve, on December 8, 1916 and was assigned to the Curtis … Read more
Courtesy of Norma W. Matthews: 31 May 2005: I never got to meet my uncle, Howard Winchester Blackwell, as he died when I was about one year old, but he has a special place in my heart, as my son and he have the same birthday. From his Military Record I have this: Howard Winchester Blackwell born … Read more
Courtesy of the 82nd ABN Division Association Brigadier General (Ret) George W. Dickerson Commander, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division Vietnam, December 1968 – December 1969 On the morning of December 17, 1968, Brigadier General George W. Dickerson, in a short change of command ceremony at Camp Red Ball, west of Saigon, South Vietnam, received the … Read more
Henry Joseph Reilly of Ireland. Private, Corporal and Sergeant, Battery B, 5th U. S. Artillery, 22 September 1864 to 30 December 1866 Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Artillery, 1 December 1866 FIrst Lieutenant, 18 September 1869 Captain, 3 January 1894 Killed In Action at Peking, China, 14 August 1900 Captain Reilly, United States Army Artillery, … Read more
John Bigelow, Jr. of New York Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 Jukly 1873 (46) Second Lieutenant, 10th U. S. Cavalry, 15 June 1877 First Lieutenant, 24 September1883 Captain, 15 April 1893 Major, 9th U. S. Cavalry, 8 December 1902 Captain John Bigelow, Jr.,of the Tenth Cavalry, who was among the … Read more
TUCKER, WILLIAM P., Private, Company C, 33rd North Carolina Infantry. Resided in Cabarrus County where he enlisted at age 21, February 22, 1862. Present or accounted for until wounded in the thorax and captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Hospitalized at Washington, DC. Died in hospital at Washington on May 21, 1863, of wounds. … Read more
From a contemporary press report Colonel Grover Cleveland White Jr., 84, passed away on August 19, 2000. Colonel White was born on February 19, 1916, in Somerville, Texas, son of Grover Cleveland White and Adeline Estelle Hancock. An only child, Colonel White grew up in Bryan, Texas, where he was President of his class at … Read more
Biography And Photo Courtesy of Russell C. Jacobs: June 2007 Gordon Del. Carrington (1894-1944) Born in Evansville, Indiana on November 15, 1894. Attended San Diego Junior College 1914-1915 and the University of California 1915-1916. Commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps in 1916. Instructor at the Coast Artillery School in 1918. Served in Panama 1919-1921. Instructor … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Retired Navy Captain Charles Snowden Arthur Jr., U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1938, was ambitious, searching and intellectual. He also was quirky, unorthodox and unconventional. He proposed marriage to a woman days after giving her a Myers Briggs personality test. In his second career as a high school English teacher, … Read more
BLACK, ROBERT ”RUSSELL” (Age 83) On May 9, 2001 at the Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, Robert “Russell” Black, formerly of Arlington, Virginia. Russell was born August 6, 1917, in Norman, Oklahoma, the son of the late Calvin and Katrine Ables Black. On March 25, 1991, in Falls Church, Virginia, he married Lillian H. … Read more
The first wife of General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley, she was born in 1892, and they were married on December 28, 1916. By the fall of 1965, then 73, she was not well. In late November she entered Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Four days later, on December 1, one year shy of her … Read more
Joseph Abel Haskin was born at Troy, New York, June 21, 1818. He graduated 10th in the United States Military Academy class of 1839 – the 3rd man was Henry W. Halleck. Haskin was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, 1st United States Artillery, and servved five years on the Maine frontier during Disputed Territory controversy with … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release No. 145-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sergeant Zachary R. Wobler, 24, of Ottowa, Ohio, died February 6, … Read more
The history of slaves at Arlington House – a story untold for generations – might soon be revealed as archaeologists uncover artifacts at slave quarters surrounding the historic mansion. A dig launched November 10, 2003, will examine the two remaining slave quarters next to Arlington House in Arlington National Cemetery. The mansion was built by George … Read more
There are many men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice of their lives while serving in the armed forces to protect our country. There are also many families and individuals who have experienced great loss due to the loss of a loved one in battle. However, there is no greater sacrifice than those … Read more
Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 31, 1999 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE Arlington National Cemetery 11:17 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Secretary Cohen, for your remarks, our devotion to your country and your outstanding leadership. Secretary West, thank you for your work on behalf of … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 696-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 04, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of five soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died May 30, 2007, in Upper Sangin Valley, Afghanistan, when their helicopter crashed apparently due to enemy … Read more
Courtesy of the Congress of the United States: Representative from Illinois; born in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, October 11, 1846; he attended the common schools and Hunter Collegiate Institute, Princeton, Indiana; served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and rose from the rank of Private to that of Captain of Company D, … Read more
Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court Born on August 8, 1908, he served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II as an Army officer. He was general counsel for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and was a moving force in combining that organization with the American Federationof Labor (AFL). He … Read more
Thomas R. Snaith was born October 23, 1943 and lived in Oradell, New Jersey. A 1962 graduate of River Dell High School, Snaith enlisted in the US Marine Corps where he attained the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL). On January 26, 1967 Snaith was killed in action in South Vietnam, Thua Thien Province. He was … Read more
BRIGADIER GENERAL R. I. REES, VETERAN OF 2 WARS, IS DEAD IN DETROIT DETROIT, Michigan, November 23, 1936 – Brigadier General Robert Irwin Rees, 65, Assistant Vice President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, veteran of two wars and holder of the Distinguished Service Medal, died here today of a cerebral embolism. General Rees … Read more
PARIS, France, May 19, 1931 – A battalion of engineers, aided by an army tank and working in the light of a blazing battery of searchlights is battering away desperately tonight at 20,000 tons of rock and debris in a practically hopeless effort to save the life of Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap, U.S. Marine … Read more
Information provided by his son, William David Hodges Master Sergeant William Boyce Hodges, United States Marine Corps, retired. Known Tours of Duty: 1939-1940 Worlds Fair Detachment – Guadalcanal – Guam – China – Italy – Spain – USS Salem – Marine Guard – USS Worchester – Marine Guard Born: January 22, 1920; Tocopola, Mississippi Died: … Read more
Sergeant Henry Eugene Buck, 69, U.S. Army retired, of Mount Pleasant, died Saturday, December 22, 2001 at a local hospital. Born in Darlington, South Carolina, he was a son of the late William Benjamin Buck and Myrtle Backman Buck. He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars and a member of the Army … Read more
An American Military Tradition Since The Civil War The Miles Mausoleum Mary Hoyt Sherman Miles Nelson Appleton Miles Nelson Miles Perry Lester Miles Sherman Miles Yulee Noble Miles Colgate Hoyt Cecilia Miles Reber Miles Reber Samuel Reber Nanita Miles Wight Allyn Richmond Wight Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL NOEL F. PARRISH Retired October 1, 1964, Died April 7, 1987 Noel Francis Parrish was born in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated from Cullman High School, Alabama, in 1924 and received his bachelor of arts degree from Rice Institute, Texas in 1928. Enlisting in the Army as … Read more
Wilson Dudley Coleman, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, born at Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkansas, 7 March 1911 and who died at St. Denis, 30 July 1944. Buried with Colonel Coleman are, his father Willis Prague Coleman, Colonel, United States Army, and his mother, Martha D. Wilson Coleman, born at Natchez, Mississippi, in 1877 and who … Read more
From a contemporary press report Frank Collins Jr., 89, a retired Air Force colonel, civil engineer and Foreign Service officer, died May 10, 2000 at Loudoun County Hospital. He had Parkinson’s disease. Colonel Collins, who lived in Alexandria for more than 40 years, was a financier in his native city of Chicago before being called … Read more
Admiral Leonard, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, took a prominent part in the Battle of Midway in World War II. He was received two (2) awards of the Navy Cross for his Naval service, as well as the Legion of Merit the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal (8 awards) and the … Read more
Major General Robert Gordon Owens Jr., a combat aviator who earned the Navy Cross and was designated a Marine Corps ace after shooting down seven enemy planes during World War II, was placed on the retired list, August 1, 1972. Born February 13 1917, in Greenville, South Carolina, he completed high school there in 1934, … Read more
Born at Indianapolis, Indiana,May 18, 1908, he earned the Medal of Honor in World War II while serving with Company K, 135th Infantry, 34th Infantry Division at Monte Frassino, Italy, September 14, 1944. He was killed in the action which earned the Medal. He is buried in Section 34 of Arlington National Cemetery. WIGLE, THOMAS … Read more
Born at Gloucester, Massachusetts, on November 12, 1899, he received his DDS degree from Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1912. He entered the service from Massachusetts as a Lieutenant (jg), Dental Corps in 1915 and advanced steadily through the grades to Vice Admiral. He earned the Medal of Honor while serving as a Lieutenant … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 219-09 April 05, 2009 DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Technical Sergeant Phillip A Myers, 30, of Hopewell Virginia, died April … Read more
In January 2010, Specialist Keith Campbell’s sister, Judy, made a trip to Vietnam to visit the places where Keith served. Judy recorded much of her trip and prepared the following record of this trip. Click below to see what she learned and what she found. Judy then prepared a file of remembrances of her brother … Read more
Albert Trorillo Siders Barnitz was born at Bloody Run, Pennsylvania, the son of Dr. Martin Eichelberger Barnitz and Martha McClintic Barnitz, on March 10, 1835. The family moved to Ohio shortly after his birth. Barnitz briefly attended Kenyon College in 1851 and the Cleveland Law College in 1858-59. During this time Barnitz published a book … Read more
Thursday, September 25, 2008 Remains of two Vietnam era fliers identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. According to a news release from … Read more
Today, as on each Memorial Day, there are flags flying in front of every grave at Arlington National Cemetery. More than 270,000 small flags were placed there Thursday afternoon. The Army calls it “Flags In” day. It’s a big military operation, conducted by the 3rd U.S. Infantry — known as the Old Guard, based at … Read more
COLONEL FRANK W. SMITH, WORLD WAR HERO, DIES NEW YORK, New York, November 22, 1936 – Colonel Frank W. Smith, 60, a World War veteran who was associated with the late General Leonard Wood in organizing the Officers Training School at Plattsburg, New York, died at his home here last night of a heart ailment. … Read more
William Robert Ross, Jr. served as First Lieutenant, 525th Military Intelligence Group in Vietnam. He was serving in this role when he was killed-in-action on 30 January 1968. For his service he was awarded the Silver Star Medal and the Purple Heart Medal. Full Name: WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JR Date of Birth: 7/26/1943 Date of … Read more
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, September 2, 1966 – A United States Navy jet of the Blue Angels acrobatic team, performing before thousands of spectators at the Canadian National Exhibition, crashed and burned today on the shore of Lake Ontario. The pilot, Lieutenant Commander Dick Oliver, 31 years old, of Fort Mills, South Carolina, was killed. One … Read more
DOUBLE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT: Born at Manchester, Michigan, on June 26, 1842, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for service as Captain, Company D, 19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry at Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, on July 20, 1864 in the Civil War. He was awarded a second Medal of Honor for service as First … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Edmond Charles Gonyea, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (retired), age 57 of Alexandria, Virginia, died on March 17, 2003 at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D. C. Colonel Gonyea was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He served 26 years in the U.S. Army, as an Infantry Officer in Viet Nam; and … Read more
J. C. HOGUE (Nickname “Jake,” no name only initials) the son of John William Hogue and Ina Jewel Edwards Hogue was born on 17 March 1919 in Dalhart, Dallam County, Texas. He died on 29 January 1966 at the United States Air Force Hospital in Rota, Spain, from complications following surgery. He was buried on … Read more
Served in the Army Quartermaster Corps during World War I. He later as United States Ambassador to six different nations. He died on March 28, 1950 in the crash of a military transport plane while enroute from his post as Ambassador to Canada to New York. He was buried in Section 30 of Arlington National … Read more
Robert Lyon Norton was born on November 18, 1933 and joined the Armed Forces while in West Hartford, Connecticut. He served in the United States Marine Corps. In 14 years of service, he attained the rank of First Lieutenant. On December 3, 1968, at the age of 35, Robert Lyon Norton perished in the service … Read more
Charles Higbee Bridges of Illinois Appointed from Illinois, Cadet US Military Academy, 21 June 1893 (66) Additional Second Lieuenant, 6th US Infantry, 11 June 1897 Second Lieutenant, 22 US Infantry, 8 March 1898 First Lieutenant, 2 March 1899 Captain, 15 US Infantry, 28 June 1902 Charles H. Bridges, having fought at San Juan and the … Read more
The wife of Colden L’Hommedieu Ruggles, she was born on November 18, 1870, the daughter of Brigadier General Miller. She was married on November 28, 1894. She died on September 12, 1950 and was buried among other family members in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. RUGGLES, MARY MILLER W/O COLDEN LH DATE OF BIRTH: 11/18/1870 … Read more
Thursday, July 10 1998 As Major General Marion E. Carl is buried with military honors in Arlington National Cemetery this morning, his accused killer will face formal charges of felony murder. In an 8:30 a.m. arraignment in the Los Angeles Criminal Court Building, a judge will ask the suspect to confirm that he is Jesse … Read more
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Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith: A Real Soldier’s Soldier By Zeno Gamble Special to American Forces Press Service April 6, 2005 Over the past two days, I have spent quite a bit of time with the family of Army Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith. His German-born wife Birgit, their son, David, and their … Read more
Medal of Honor. Rank-Organization: Mate, USN. Place-Date: On USS Missouri, 15 Sep 1904. Entered Service in Pennsylvania. Born in Russia. General Orders 72, 15 September 1904. November 16, 1869-June 11, 1951. Section 8, Grave 5300-A. PETERS, ALEXANDER Rank and organization: Boatswain’s Mate First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 16 November 1869, Russia. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. … Read more
Curtis Bushrod Hoppin of New York Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 September 1873 (35) Additional Second Lieuenant, 1st U. S. Cavalry, 15 June 1877 Second Lieutenant, 2nd U. S. Cavalry, 25 June 1877 First Lieutenant, 22 September 1884 Captain, 10 June 1895 Major, 15th U. S. Cavalry, 23 March 1903 … Read more
Plane crash claims Marine on brink of realizing dream Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Alexander “A.J.” Prezioso’s first love was airplanes. “My son always wanted to be a pilot,” his mother recalled yesterday. “He had airplanes in his room at 1 and 2 years old. He started designing them. He starting building them with Legos.” As … Read more
Gulielmus Villard Heidt of Georgia Served in the Army as Private, Corporal and Sergeant, Battery G, 1st Artillery and 118th Coast Artillery, 30 August 1900 to 26 October 1902 Second Lieutenant, 12th U. S. Infantry, 17 October 1902 NOTE: His brother, James Villard Heidt, Colonel, United States Army, is also buried in Arlington National Cemetery. GULIELMUS HEIDT … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Colonel Hartigan died at his home in Chesapeake, Virginia, on May 13, 1997, after a prolonged illness. Colonel Hartigan served in the 1st Infantry and 101st Airborne Divisions, on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Serving with distinction, Colonel Hartigan is a member … Read more
Azor Howitt Nickerson of Ohio Second Lieutenant, 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 17 August 1861 First Lieutenant 30 April 1862 Captain, 20 January to 20 November 1863 Captain, Veterans Reserve Corps, 12 November 1763 Breveted Major of Volunteers, 13 March 1865 for gallant conduct in the battles of Antietam, Maryland, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Honorably mustered out … Read more
15 August 1995: CW3 Michael R. Baker [P] CW2 Donal J. Cunningham [P] SGT Robert A. Rogers [CE] SPC Dale L. Wood [C] Cyprus C/7/158 AVN #88-26024 Malfunction led to the right engine to catch fire and send it hurtling into the Mediterranean Sea 3 miles off the fishing port of Zyyi at approximtely 2130 … Read more
Born in Savannah, Georgia, on February 10, 1913, he was a life-long newspaper reporter. However, he was probably most famous for the news that he flashed to the UPI wires while a passenger in a car in the John F. Kennedy presidential motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 when the President was assassinated. … Read more
Frank Furr was born in 1840 at Crenshaw, Alabama. FURR, FRANK N B 14 ALA INF DATE OF DEATH: 05/29/1862 BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 254 Franklin (Frank N.) Furr, son of Enoch Zackary Taylor Furr and Mary Jane Hollingshead, was born in 1840 in what later became Crenshaw County, Alabama. He had seven brothers … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Benjamin Rose Baker, 73, a retired Air Force Major General who served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, died March 1, 1998 at his home in Rockville, Maryland after a heart attack. General Baker, who lived in Rockville off and on since 1966, spent most of his … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 277-09 April 25, 2009 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Command Sergeant Major Benjamin Moore, Jr., 43, of Waycross, Georgia, died April … Read more
From contemporary press reports: One of the Yale University’s most generous donors, William K. Lanman ’28, passed away in his hospital room in Florida last week. He was 97. Lanman’s gifts in the past decade have included the construction of the Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, the renovation of several buildings, including Lanman-Wright Hall, … Read more
Born in Washington, D.C. on June 29, 1938, he was the son of UPI reporter, Albert Merriam Smith. He joined the Army in 1962 and was trained as a helicopter pilot. While serving in this capacity in the Republic of Vietnam, he was killed in the crash of his aircraft on February 18, 1966. His body … Read more
Henry L. Miller, Rear Admiral, United States Navy. Born on July 18, 1912 at Fairbanks, Alaska. Graduated from the United States Naval Academy June 1934. Prior to World War II served three years aboard on the U.S.S. Texas and the U.S.S. Saratoga. After his return from duty aboard the U.S.S. Hornet with Doolittle’s Tokyo Raiders, … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Paul H. Ashley, 82, a retired Marine Colonel who served as an aviator and who later worked as a systems analyst for the Naval Research Laboratory, died March 26, 1999 at Mount Vernon Nursing Center, Virginia. Colonel Ashley served 28 years in the Marines, beginning in 1936 after his graduation … Read more
William Louis Miller III was born on February 28, 1949 and joined the Armed Forces while in Detroit, Michigan. He served in the United States Army, and attained the rank of CWO-2. He began a tour of duty in Vietnam on August 24, 1972. On November 5, 1972, at the age of 23, William Louis … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Floyd Caldwell Bagley, 80, a Prince William County lawyer and Democrat who represented the Dumfries area in the Virginia General Assembly from 1975 to 1985, died December 5, 2002, at the Fredericksburg Nursing Home. He had dementia. Mr. Bagley, a former Marine Corps Captain, also chaired the State Commission on … Read more
John Joseph Coppinger of Ireland Appointed from New York, captain, 14th United States Infantry, 30 September 1861 Colonel, 15th New York Cavalry, 30 September 1861 Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 17 June 1865 Transferred from the 14th United States Infantry to the23rd United States Infantry, 21 Sepmber 1866 Major, 10th United States Infantry, … Read more
Biography and Gravesitephoto Courtesy of Russell C. Jacobs: July 2007 Harold Gardiner Bowen (1883-1965) Born on November 6, 1883 in Providence, Rhode Island. Graduated from Annapolis in 1905 and commissioned in 1907. M.A. from Columbia University in 1914. Assistant Chief, then Chief of the Bureau of Engineers 1931-1939. Rear Admiral in June 1938. Director of … Read more
By Steven M. Robinson The streets around it do not betray what you are about to experience. The people who direct traffic are just that: men and women who tell people where they’re supposed to go and where they’re not supposed to go. Upon entering the gates, parking your car, and walking into the Administration Building, … Read more
Press Report: 11 November 1946 Died. Colonel Myron Ray Wood, 53, who rose from Aviation Cadet in World War I to head the Ninth A.A.F. Service Command in Europe in 1944, became postwar Army Air Force Chief of Supply; of a heart attack; in Washington. WOOD, MYRON R BRIG GEN AIR CORP US ARMY DATE … Read more
Littleton Waller Tazewell Waller — born in York County, Virginia, on 26 September 1856–was appointed a Second Lieutenant of Marines on 24 June 1880 and served initial tours of successive shore duty at the Marine Barracks, in Norfolk, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Going to sea in Lancaster, the flagship of the European Squadron, in 1881, … Read more
Courtesy of the University of North Carolina Naval ROTC Alumni Association: Lieutenant John Bryan Gore United States Navy Date of Birth: Born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania in 1955 Next of Kin: Laurita Gore (wife) Matthew Gore (son) Retired Navy Captain and Mrs. John M. Gore Nancy Eakin (sister) Jane Ramos (sister) Suzanne Gore (sister) Commissioned: June … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 0344-08 April 25, 2008 Missing WWII Airmen are Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of 11 U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and … Read more
Courtesy of His Classmates United States Military Academy Class of 1943 Jack Fontaine Dulaney No. 13422 • 2 May 1921 – 12 May 1988 Died in Atlanta, Georgia, aged 67 years Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia JACK FONTAINE DULANEY was born in Ruleville, Mississippi, the son of Jack Fontaine and Eula Norwood Dulaney. On … Read more
Earle Gilmore “Bus” Wheeler, (January 13, 1908 – December 18, 1975) was a U.S. Army General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Born in Washington D.C., Wheeler graduated from West Point in 1932 and was commissioned into the infantry. After 4 years at Fort Benning, he went to China with the 15th Infantry … Read more
ADMIRAL STUART DIES AT AGE OF 84 Veteran of Three Wars Had Been Retired More Than A Score of Years Was Midshipman in 1862 Took Part in Pursuit of the Alabama Fought Also in War With Spain and in Philippine Campaign WASHINGTON, April 14, 1932 – Rear Admiral Daniel D. V. Stuart, retired, a veteran … Read more
I’m not sure how to list this one. There seems to be conflicting info as to what his name was. There have been a good number of errors on the Confederate tombstones and the VA Nationwide grave locator. So I have no idea who is right. ARMES, J T (?) CO. E 5TH S.C. INF … Read more
(a) The Secretary of the Army may set aside, when available, a suitable area or areas in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, to honor the memory of members of the Armed Forces and veterans – (1) who are missing in action; (2) whose remains have not been recovered or identified; (3) whose remains were buried at … Read more
George Washington Clark of Indiana Appointed from Iowa, First Lieutenant, 3rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry, 24 June 1861 Resigned 17 July 1862 Colonel, 34th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, 15 October 1862 Breveted Brigadier General of U. S. Volunteers, 13 March 1865 for faithfil and meritorious services during the war Honorably mustered out 15 August 1865 Died 22 … Read more
Godwin Ordway of Virginia Appointed from th District of Columbia, Second Lieuenant 10th U. S. Infantry, 10 April 1899 Transferred to the 3rd U. S. Cavalry, 10 May 1899 Transferred to the Artillery Corps, 18 April 1901 First Lieutenant, 8 May 1901 Other relatives buried in Arlington National Cemetery are: Albert Ordway, Brigadier General, Untied … Read more
The Meigs children are: Mary Montgomery, Charles, Montgomery & John Rodgers Meigs 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 Broom HHC Blüten Liba Kapseln Gélules … Read more
Andrew Major died Friday, October 15, at New York City. He was the beloved husband of Flora and father of Katherine Major Firman and Nicholas Major. Loving grandfather of Linsay Firman.A legend in the textile industry, fondly known as ”The King of the Mills.” Born in Hungary in 1921, educated in Switzerland and England, served … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Army Biography of Lieutenant Genreal August Schomburg General Schomburg was born in Denver, Colorado, July 3, 1908. Following graduation from West Denver High School in 1926, he attended the Colorado School of Mines for a year before entering the U. S. Military Academy. He was graduated from the Academy June … Read more
Submitted by his son, William Greer: Born in Belleview Tennessee, 1895. Died at St. Petersburg Florida, 1986. Served under the command of Brigadier General Frank Parker, Company “F” 18th Infantry, Serial Number 4001183. Headquarters Eighteenth Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces, Mogendorf,Germany, June 17, 1919 Memorandum: Under the provisions of G.H.Q,A.E.F.,the following named officers and enlisted men … Read more
Captain Weldon Edwards Davis, Co. B, 30th NC Inf, resided in Warren Co., NC where he enlisted at age 23. Appointed 3rd Lieutenant on Aug 16th, 1861. Promoted to 2nd Lt. on Sept 26th, 1861. Promoted 1st Lt. on May 1st, 1862. Promoted to Captain on June 13th, 1863. Wounded in the right thigh and … Read more
Academy senior killed in car crash By Josh Mitchell Courtesy of The Baltimore Sun July 30, 2008 A 21-year-old Naval Academy senior from Georgia was killed early Monday when his car crashed in a wooded area in Virginia, authorities said yesterday. Midshipman 1st Class Aaron H. Reaves was heading north on U.S. 301 shortly after … Read more
Samuel Wood Bryant (24 May 1877 – 4 November 1938) was an Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. Bryant was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, on 24 May 1877 and attended Bryant School and Pittsburgh Academy before receiving an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in May 1893. Though he resigned the appointment soon … Read more