John C. Metzler
Sergeant, United States Army
Superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery
John C Metzler, Superintendent, Arlington National
Cemetery
Comment
prior to burial of Unknown Soldiers of World War II and Korean War, May
1958
Born on May 8, 1909, he served in the Army
during World War II and as Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery
from 1951 to 1972.
Many will recall that he helped to preside over the interment of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963, after having first helped to select the site for the President's grave.
He died on May 25, 1990 and was buried in Section 7-A of Arlington National Cemetery.
His son became Superintendent of Arlington
National Cemetery, after having lived within the confines of the Cemetery
as a child, in January 1991.
Photo (c) Michael Robert Patterson, Septemebr 1999
Photo Courtesy of Russell C.
Jacobs, July 2007
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