Paul Thomas Carroll – Brigadier General, United States Army

RITES HELD FOR GENERAL CARROLL

WASHINGTON, September 20, 1954 – Brigadier General Paul T. Carroll, a friend and assistant to President Eisenhower, was buried with military honors in Arlington National Cemetery today.  The 44-year-old officer died Friday after having suffered a heart attack.

A funeral service was held this morning at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Chapel.

Present at the graveside ceremonies were General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff; Hugh Milton and George Roderick, Assistant Secretaries of the Army; Lieutenant General Floyd Parks, Second Army Commander, President Eisenhower’s personal military representative, and Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams.

CARROLL, PAUL THOMAS
BRIG GEN USA

  • DATE OF BIRTH: 04/06/1910
  • DATE OF DEATH: 09/17/1954
  • BURIED AT: SECTION 2  SITE 4766-4
    ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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