| The father of General
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, he was a graduate of West Point in June
1875. He was born in Philadelphia, May 18, 1852.
He fought Indians on the Western Frontier. Led a cavalry squadron
in the Battle of Santiago in the Spanish-American War and was killed-in-action
on November 19, 1902, in the Philippine Insurrection.
His wife, Josephine Serrell Wainwright, is buried with him. They
are buried next to their son in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery.
Robert Powell Page Wainwright of
Pennsylvania
Appointed From New York, Cadet, United States
Military Academy, July 1870 (24);
Second Lieutenant, 1st United States Cavalry,
16 June 1875
First Lieutenant, 12 June 1880
Regimental Adjutant, 1 October 1886 to 30
September 1890
Captain, 4 February 1892
Major, 5th United States Cavalry, 29
May 1901
Assigned to Adjutant General Department, 8
July 1902
Breveted First Lieutenant, 27 February 1890
gallant service in action against Indians at Umatilla Agency, Oregon, 13
July 1878
Died 19 November 1902
WAINWRIGHT, JOSEPHINE S W/O ROBERT P P
DATE OF DEATH: 12/19/1939
DATE OF INTERMENT: 12/26/1939
BURIED AT: SECTION WEST SITE 355
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF RPP WAINWRIGHT - MAJOR CAV USA
WAINWRIGHT, ROBERT P P
MAJOR US CAV ASST ADJT GEN PHIL DIV
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 11/19/1902
DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
BURIED AT: SECTION WEST SITE 355
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Photo by Michael Robert
Patterson, 1999
Photograph By M.
R. Patterson, October 2002
Updated: 3 November 2000 Updated:
2 December 2001 Updated: 18 October 2002 Updated: 3 August 2003 Updated:
4 September 2004
Updated:
15 January 2006
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