William McK Scott – Major, United States Army; Peter Scott – Second Lieutenant, United States Army

Sometimes you don’t need an official family history in order to learn of a family’s tragedys.  In this case, Major Scott lost his wife in 1929, when his son, Peter, was only 7 years of age.  During World War II, the Major lost his son, Peter, on 2 January 1944.  Peter’s remains were rerurned home in 1948 and he was laid to rest with his mother in Section 7 of Arlington National Cemetery.  Finally, Major Scott joined his wife and son when he died on 24 June 1963 and he was buried with them.

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SCOTT, WILLIAM

• MAJOR US ARMY
• VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
• DATE OF BIRTH: 10/18/1876
• DATE OF DEATH: 06/24/1963
• DATE OF INTERMENT: 06/27/1963
• BURIED AT: SECTION 7  SITE 8170 SS
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

SCOTT, ELIZABETH W/O WILLIAM M

• DATE OF DEATH: 09/09/1929
• DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
• BURIED AT: SECTION 7  SITE 8170
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
• WIFE OF WM SCOTT,  CAPT QMC

SCOTT, PETER

• 2ND LT USA
• VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
• DATE OF BIRTH: 12/18/1922
• DATE OF DEATH: 01/02/1944
• DATE OF INTERMENT: 07/16/1948
• BURIED AT: SECTION 7  SITE 8170
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Michael Robert Patterson

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.

Reviewed by: Michael Howard