People who die from natural causes or in cases such as accidents, wars or drug abuse are there every day. Therefore, it is important to deal with this issue to understand that life will not always be easy. In this category we will explain in a few words the most important facts about deceased persons, resting places such as the Arlington National Cemetery and who has what right to what resting place.
A deceased person is a human being from the moment of his death until the expiration of his post-mortem personality protection. The memory of the deceased is protected from disparagement under criminal law. After the burial or finding of a lifeless missing person, one (also) speaks of a dead person. The term deceased must be distinguished from the term corpse, which refers only to the body.
When people are dying due to the natural aging process or a serious illness, they go through the incipient dying process. In contrast to the sudden death caused, for example, by a fatal accident in a war to a military service member or veteran, the natural dying process extends over a longer period of time. This is divided into the phases of dying, in which certain signs of impending death can often be identified.
Primarily buried at Arlington National Cemetery are deceased persons who died in a military action, or their family members. However, presidents such as Kennedy family William Howard Taft, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, world boxing champion Joe Louis, the seven Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts and the Tuskegee Airmen are also buried.
July 11, 1936 – November 10, 1972 From a contemporary news report: “A full military burial was held for Navy Commander Frederick W. Wright III at Arlington National Cemetery on December 18, 1990, nearly eighteen years after the Haworth native was reported missing in action in Vietnam. A career officer, Commander Wright was 36 … Read more
Submitted By Elmer B. Hall, Jr., Captain, USMCR (Retired) Captain Raymond Wilhelm Reisner, Jr. United States Marine Corps, was born January 2, 1947 in Hartford, Connecticut into a career United States Army family. His parents were Colonel Raymond Wilhelm Reisner, Sr., United States Army, Marian I. Reisner. Reisner graduated from Carlisle Senior High School, Carlisle, … Read more
From a news report: 26 November 2002: Service to be held for Marine colonel, wife TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA —- A memorial service will be held Wednesday at the Marine Corps’ desert training base for a Marine Colonel who was killed, along with his wife, in a head-on collision over the weekend. Colonel John M. Taylor, … Read more
It took the U.S. government nearly 10 years to analyze and identify remains found in Laos of six servicemen whose aircraft was shot down in 1966 during the Vietnam War. Tuesday, government officials announced that the remains of Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Russell Martin of Bloomfield were among those discovered in 1995 near the crash … Read more
Courtesy of his classmates, United States Military Academy 17320 DEAN WINSTON MEYERSON 25 September 1926-28 September 1983 Interment: Arlington National Cemetery Graduating only about half of those new cadets who entered in July 1945, the Class of 1949 was unusual. One of the most unusual was the son of Milton Dean and Blanche Loretta Miliner … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Sunday, October 3, 2004 Arlington funeral a moving experience Veteran gets fitting send-off at America’s sacred ground By NANCY BOSARGE COURTESY OF THE SUN HERALDARLINGTON, Virginia – The long mahogany casket was drawn by four gray horses down the paved road to burial in a grave of honors at Arlington … Read more
Harriet Balch Wilson Macomb Birth: June 17, 1783, Georgetown, District of Columbia Death: May 22, 1869, Georgetown, District of Columbia She was the second wife of Major General Alexander Macomb, Jr., Commander-in-Chief, United States Army, and the daughter of Dr. Stephen Bloomer and Elizabeth Beal Balch (of the Old Presbyterian Church in Georgetown, D.C.). She … Read more
Dr. Daniel Carr Main and Edith Rebecca Maxson. Daniel, born in 1876, years while serving in the Army he practiced at St. Elizabeth’s Insane Asylum in Washington, D.C., where he became a specialist in psychiatry. In 1928, Daniel was released from active military duty and placed on reserve status. The family returned to the Pomona … Read more
Born in Salem, New Jersey, in 1858, Colonel Charles C. Pierce served as a U.S. Army Chaplain on the western frontier throughout the 1880s and 90s. Included among his traditional duties was care of the dead. During the Spanish American War (1899-1903) he headed the Office of Identification and U.S. Army Morgue in Manila, where … Read more
Ira Coray Abbott was born on December 14, 1824, and died on October 9, 1908. Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. General Abbott first served in the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel, then Colonel and commander of the 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry regiment. He was wounded in the face at the Battle of Fredericksburg. At … Read more
Colonel Burtner was born on 8 January 1920. He served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He died on 23 June 1987 and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery (150-E). His son, Paul D. Burtner, was killed in an automobile accident in 1967 and is buried with the Colonel. … Read more
Thomas S. Buchanan was born in 1832 in Ontario County, New York, the son of Michael Buchanan and Nancy Ann Streeter. During the Civil War he served as a Private, Company E, 26th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. On 4 June 1864 he was shot in the lungs while serving on picket duty at Cold Spring Harbor, … Read more
Company A, 154th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Charles Fair, Captain December 4, 1862 Promoted from First Lieutenant, June 1, 1863; mustered out with Company, September 29, 1863 FAIR, CHARLES LT US CLD TROOPS VETERAN SERVICE DATES: 10/04/1852 – 09/02/1866 DATE OF DEATH: 10/04/1893 DATE OF INTERMENT: 10/11/1893 BURIED AT: SECTION 1 SITE 119-B ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY … Read more
BRIGADIER GENERAL RAYMOND L. WINN Retired January 15, 1960, Died March 22, 1991 Raymond Lloyd Winn was born in Kanorodo, Kansas, in 1902. He graduated from high school at Greenley, Colorado, and attended Colorado Agricultural College for three years. Appointed a flying cadet in February 1928, General Winn graduated from primary and advanced flying schools … Read more
Born at Crockett, Texas, June 20, 1875 he was killed in action while leading a detachment of Company H, 1st United States Infantry near Saludd, Samar, Philippine Islands, on June 23, 1901. He is buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. Edward Elbert Downes of Texas Appointed from Texas, Cadet, United States Military Academy, … Read more
Full Name: BURTON KYLE MCCORD Date of Birth: 28 June 1941 Date of Casualty: 14 April 1966 Home of Record: Brady, Texas Branch of Service: United States Army Rank: Captain Casualty Country: South Vietnam Burton Kyle McCord Captain (See Note below) PERSONAL DATA Home of Record: Brady, Texas Date of birth: Saturday, 06/28/1941 MILITARY DATA … Read more
Born on December 28, 1930, he served in the Marine Corps and then was United States Ambassador to Nicaragua (1975-77) and to Chile (1982-85). He died on January 20, 1988 and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. From a contemporary news report: “James Daniel Theberge, 57, former U.S. Ambassador to Chile and … Read more
Arthur Schuyler Carpender (October 24, 1884-1960) was an American Vice Admiral during World War II commanding U.S. naval forces in the Southwest Pacific. A direct descendant of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, was born to John Neilson Carpender and Anna Neilson Kemp on October 24, 1884. Entering the United States Navy in the late 1890s, Carpender … Read more
From a contemporary press report Robert L.G. Lizama, 72, who served on active Navy duty for 30 years before retiring in 1974 as a chief petty officer, died March 29, 2000 at Bethesda Naval Hospital after surgery for a heart ailment. He lived in Oxon Hill. Mr. Lizama, who was born on Guam, finished his … Read more
April 16, 2004 Honor Guard Lieutenant gives POW/MIA bracelet to hero’s family U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alex Saltekoff by Mike Campbell 11th Wing Public Affairs First Lieutenant Nicholas Jameson, assigned to the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard at Bolling, displays his POW/MIA bracelet bearing Major Albro Lundy’s name and information … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 210-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Richard L. Ford, 40, of East Hartford, Connecticut, died February 20, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered during combat … Read more
ADAMS, WAYNE H DATE OF BIRTH: 07/27/1907 DATE OF DEATH: 04/13/1976 BURIED AT: SECTION 34 SITE 53-A ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 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+ … Read more
Charles Richardson Chandler, 87, a retired Navy Captain, died of kidney failure, congestive heart disease and prostate cancer June 14, 2005, at The Fairfax, a military retirement home at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Captain Chandler was a native Washingtonian and graduated from Annapolis High School. He was appointed to the Naval Academy and graduated in 1939. … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1160-10 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Sean R. Cutsforth, 22, of Radford, Virginia, died Deceber 15, 2011, at Ghazni Province, … Read more
Courtesy of the United States Air Force LIEUTENANT GENERAL EARL C. HEDLUND Retired October 1, 1973. Died July 21, 2002. Lieutenant General Earl C. Hedlund was the U.S. Representative to the Permanent Military Deputies Group, Central Treaty Organization, and chief, U.S. Element CENTO, Ankara, Turkey. General Hedlund was born in Valparaiso, Nebraska, in 1916. He … Read more
Michael John Bierilo was born on August 26 1972, 1972 and died in a tragic boating accident on November 13 1995. He was the father of two lovely children. He was laid to rest with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. Michael entered the Army on June 28, 1990 and attended basic training at … Read more
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Courtesy of his classmates, United States Military Academy Thomas Quinton Donaldson, IV No. 13085 • 5 October 1920 – 5 June 1987 Died in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, aged 66 years Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia T. Q. Donaldson was not only the fourth of his name but the fourth generation to graduate from West Point. … Read more
Robert Bostwick Carney (1895-1990) Born in Vallejo, California on March 26, 1895. Graduated from Annapolis in 1916. Served aboard the Dixie and the Fanning in World War I. Instructor at Annapolis 1923-1925. Commanding Officer of the Sirius 1937-1938. In the office of the Secretary of the Navy 1938-1940. Chief of Staff of the Support Force … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Captain Joseph Robert Geary, 81, of Bluffton died Wednesday, December 3, 2003, at his home. He was born November 10, 1922, in Boston, the son of the late William T. and Mary Alice Wilson Geary. Captain Geary entered the Navy’s flight training in 1943 and was commissioned and designated a … Read more
Born at Benleyville, Kentucky, July 17, 1865, he earned the Medal of Honor for service as a First Lieutenant, 17th United States Infantry, during the Spanish-American War at El Caney, Cuba, on July 1, 1898. The Medal was presented to him on June 21, 1899. He died on July 9, 1955 and was buried in … Read more
As “the only unusual incident” of her girlhood, “Nellie” Herron Taft recalled her visit to the White House at 17 as the guest of President and Mrs.Hayes, intimate friends of her parents. Fourth child of Harriet Collins and John W. Herron, born in 1861, she had grown up in Cincinnati, Ohio, attending a private school … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Retired U.S Army Colonel Joseph W. Dale Jr. of Baton Rouge died January 9, 2002. The New Orleans native was 81. Larry Dallam, a friend of Dale’s from their families’ attendance at Trinity Episcopal Church, remembered him in glowing terms. “He just is dedicated to his church, his country, his … Read more
George C. Day was a United States Navy Rear Admiral, whose career lasted from the 1890s until the mid-1930s. Born in 1871, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1892, was promoted Ensign in 1894, Lieutenant (junior grade) in 1899, and Lieutenant in 1901. He was Executive Officer of USS Hancock, 1907 – … Read more
Associated Press Thursday, November. 11, 1999 Republican presidential candidate John McCain will redesign his campaign’s biographical television ad to remove footage of Arlington National Cemetery. The Army said Monday that the Arizona senator’s campaign did not request permission to film him at the cemetery, and if it had, the request would have been denied because … Read more
An early United States Army aviator who directed the Army Air Forces throughout World War II. He was promoted to five-star rank of General of the Army by President Roosevelt in 1944, joining Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Nelson Bradley at that rank. He retired to his home in Sonoma, California, in March 1946, … Read more
Lambert Whitfield Jordan of South Carolina Appointed from South Carolina, Cadet,United States Military Academy, 15 June 1894 (21) Second Lieutenant, 26th United States Infantry, 26 April 1898 First Lieuteannt, 2 March 1899 Captain, 27th United States Infantry, 30 July 1902 Transfered to the 1st United States Infantry, 5 February 1903 Courtesy of the United States … Read more
Leighton Wilson Hazelhurst, Jr. was born in Georgia. He was appointed from Mississippi to the United States Military Academy, where he graduated in 1908. He served in the Cuban Pacification Action in 1908 and 1909. He was then assigned to the Aviation Section in 1912. He was killed in an aircraft accident at College Park, … Read more
Merrittt Barton Curtis (1892-1966) Born on August 31, 1892 in San Bernardino, California. B.A. from the University of California at Berkekey in 1916. Commissioned in 1917. Served in Haiti 1920-1923. LL.B. from George Washington University in 1927. Post Paymaster at the American Legation in Peking October 1927-December 1929. Instructor at Marine Corps Schools June 1931-June … Read more
By Tom Hennessy They were men of common denominators: Southerners by birth, West Point graduates, engineers, career military men. One, Montgomery Meigs, was born in Atlanta. He was a child when his family moved to Philadelphia. The other, Robert E. Lee, was a Virginian. But when Virginia seceded from the union and the Civil War began in … Read more
CAIN, WM B 9 ALA INF CSA DATE OF DEATH: 06/12/1862 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 208 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 … Read more
Clement G. Scerback, 83, a retired U.S. Information Agency officer who was posted to U.S. embassies in Eastern Europe, died of complications from diabetes May 20, 2005, at his home in Columbia, Maryland. Captain Scerback worked for the agency from 1955 to 1973 with overseas assignments in Belgrade, Vienna and Budapest, where he was first … Read more
Born at Brooklyn, New York, August 9, 1934, he was a career military officer and earned the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War. He was reported missing in action on December 8, 1967 and was declared dead on February 26, 1980. He had been seriously wounded and reported dead while, in fact, he had been captured … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Donald Lee Hill, 68, died Monday, May 15, 2000, in the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, after a short illness. Born Sept. 4, 1931, in Minden, Virginia, he was the son of Cenia Foley Hill of Shady Spring and the late James R. Hill. Colonel … Read more
COMMANDER T. J. BRADY, 71, WAS NAVY ENGINEER New York – November 12, 1955 – Commander Thomas J. Brady, a retired officer in the Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps, died yesterday in his home at St. Petersburg, Florida, after a heart attack. He would have been 71 years old next month. Service in both World Wars … Read more
Arrington, George Private , U.S. Army Home: Charleston, South Carolina Company C, 12th Infantry Date of Action: May 11, 1889 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George Arrington, Private , U.S. Army, for gallant and meritorious conduct while serving with a detachment escorting Major Joseph W. Wham, paymaster, U.S. Army, in an encounter … Read more
Courtesy of the 384 Bomb Group Memories Site: 30 November 1944 43-37713 (No name) BK-S P Lt. Hugh L. Evans KIA CP 2nd Lt Thomas K. Kohlhaas KIA N 2nd Lt. Charles Rinkovsky POW TOG Sgt. Homer L. Lott POW TT T/Sgt. Milton B. Erich KIA R T/Sgt. Edward R. Klanke POW BT S/Sgt. John … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 471-10 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Brendan P. Neenan, 21, of Enterprise, Alabama, died June 7, 2010, at Jelawar, Afghanistan, … Read more
From a contemporary press report William H. Connerat, a retired Army colonel whose posts included director of material readiness at Army Materiel Command, died of cancer January 1, 1999 at a hospital in Nassawadox, Virginia. A former Alexandria and Annapolis resident, he had lived in Townsend, Virginia, for the last 10 years. Colonel Connerat, a … Read more
Robert Bostwick Carney, Jr. Brigadier General United States Marine Corps September 24, 1919-March 9, 1983 General Carney is the son of Robert Bostwick Carney, Admiral, United States Navy, who is buried adjacenet to the Genera in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery. We are actively seeking information regarding the General. Should you have such information … Read more
No. 790-03 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct 27, 2003 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Private Jonathan I. Falaniko, 20, of Pago Pago, American Samoa, was killed in action on October 27, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq. Falaniko was near the Al Khadra … Read more
Henningsen Hospital, Richmond, Virginia Private hospital under direction of Mrs. Henningsen. Southside of Franklin, between New and Wall Streets. Suspended for military use 10 December 1863. 1862/3 average shows 75 patients, 30 employees. Surgeon-in-charge, Dr. D. J. Watson; with Drs. B. Roemer and William T. Goldsmith. GOLDSMITH, WILLIAM T ASST SURG C S A DATE … Read more
Martin Robert Beck was born on August 30, 1925 and joined the Armed Forces while in Gainesville, Florida. He served in the United States Army. In 22 years of service, he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He began a tour of duty in Vietnam on April 28, 1969. On July 24, 1969, at the … Read more
A son of James Placidus Ord, and a nephew of E.O.C. Ord, he was born in 1848 and died in 1912. He is buried with many other family members in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery. James Cresap Ord of Michigan Appointed from Wyoming, Second Lieutenant, 25th United States Infantry, 1 October 1873 First Lieutenant, 20 March … Read more
Joseph L. Lukasik was born on October 20, 1932 and grew up in Dickson City, Pennsylvania, the oldest of five siblings. He joined the Air Force in August of 1951, an example later followed by two of his brothers. During his career as a fighter pilot he receives many honors including the Distinguished Flying Cross, … Read more
William Cannon Rivers of Tennesses Appointed from Tennessee, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1883 (24) Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Cavalry, 12 June 1887 First Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Cavalry, 18 August 1894 Transferred to the 1st U. S. Cavalry, 7 November 1895 Captain, 11th U. S. Cavalry, 2 February 1901 Transferrd to … Read more
We continue to research General Thompson. However, we do know that his wife, Nina Cameron Thompson (1896-1965) was the daughter of George Hamilton Cameron, Major General, United States Army, and Nina Dean Tilford Cameron. THOMPSON, JOHN BELLINGER B/GEN USA DATE OF BIRTH: 06/14/1890 DATE OF DEATH: 08/24/1957 BURIED AT: SECTION 6 SITE 9604-B ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY THOMPSON, … Read more
Born at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, January 28, 1875, the son of Guy Vernon Henry and Julia McNair Henry, he graduated from West Point in 1898, from the U.S. Cavalry School in 1903 and 1924, from the French Cavalry School, 1907, from the Army War College, 1921, an Honor Graduate of the Army School of the Line, 1922 … Read more
Contemporary press report: James Iceluis Chatman, 71, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and computer company executive whose philanthropic efforts included the Grandfather’s Group, an organization that provides mentoring for African American boys, died of lung cancer January 3, 1998 at his home in Alexandria, Virginia. Colonel Chatman founded Technology Applications Inc. and was its … Read more
From contemporary press reports: Douglas N. Syverson, 84, a Navy captain who retired in 1967 and worked at the Transportation Department from the late 1960s until 1981, died April 12, 2000 of a heart ailment at his home in McLean, Virginia. At DOT, he retired as program coordinator in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s … Read more
BRIGADIER GENERAL CARL SEALS Adjutant Under MacArthur Dies P.O.W. for 3 Years JACKSONVILLE, Florida, October 30, 1955 – Brigadier General Carl H. Seals, U.S.A., retired, died here today at the United States Naval Hospital. His age was 72. He had been confined to the hospital here since September 3 when he suffered a heart attack. … Read more
Born at Storm Lake, Iowa, July 4, 1882, he graduated from West Point in 1904, from the Harvard MBA Program at the Harvard School of Business Administration in 1929, from the Army War College in 1937. He married Verna Ellsworth Green on July 19, 1911. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, Infantry, on July 19, … Read more
General Coffman’s Marine Corps career began in June 1922 when he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. Following The Basic School, he joined the 1st Brigade Marines in Haiti during March 1924 and began his first tour of expeditionary service. In March 1927 he joined the 5th Marine Regiment in Nicaragua where he later commanded the … Read more
FINN, MATTHEW E 1ST LT AIR CORPS DATE OF DEATH: 11/21/1927 BURIED AT: SECTION 4-S SITE LOT 2693 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 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 … Read more
Born at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1822, he entered West Point at age 20 and graduated in the class of 1846. During the Mexican War, he served as a Lieutenant of Dragoons and was captured and held for eight days as a prisoner of war while making a reconnaissance near Buena Vista, Mexico. After the … Read more
Henry R. Baas Oskaloosa, Iowa Parents: Mr. and Mrs. John Baas Home: Oskaloosa, Iowa Born May 26, 1928 Second Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force Killed in Action Died July 15, 1950 in Korea Second Lieutenant Baas was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 40th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 35th Fighter-Interceptor Group. On July 15, … Read more
Lieutenant General Reginald H. Ridgely, USMC Born August 18, 1902 Died June 28, 1979 Second Lieutenant 1923 Advanced through grades to Major General 1951 Served in Nicaragua Served in Haiti Served in China Prisoner of War 1942-45 Commanding Officer, 8th Marine Regiment 1947-48 Commanding Officer, Fleet Marine Force, Mediterranean 1948-. Commander, US. Disciplinary Barracks, Portsmouth … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Brigadier General Hal Cushman Pattison, 92, a retired Army brigadier general whose assignments included assistant director of operations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and assistant commander of the 4th Armored Division in Germany, died of complications from renal failure and pneumonia February 22, 1999 at the Loudoun Medical Center … Read more
Courtesy of the Washington Post The traffic was coming from all sides, squeezing together, trying to get onto the bridge. Caught in the middle was the president’s limousine, pinched so tightly that its wheel hubs scraped the cars on either side. Three times, the Secret Service pulled the limousine off the road and took the … Read more
The wife of Samuel Davis Sturgis III, she was born in 1897 and died in 1975. She is buried with her husband in Section 7 of Arlington National Cemetery. 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 … Read more
Gibson Niles, Colonel, United States Army (Retired), age 86, Class of 1941, United States Military Academy, and an accomplished artist, died December 31, 2002 at Riddle Memorial Hospital. He had been a resident of Middletown, Pennsylvania, for 24 years. A son, Roger G. Niles, preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife, Ada Vann Niles … Read more
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From a contemporary press report: In the basement of Blair House, the president’s elegant guest quarters, is the rather plain day room of the Secret Service Uniformed Division. Yesterday in a ceremony it became something more: the Leslie W. Coffelt Memorial Room, honoring the White House police private who on November 1, 1950, died saving … Read more
Born at Fort Sidney, Nebraska, January 9, 1880, the son of Calvin DeWitt, and the brother of Calvin DeWitt, Jr. and Wallace DeWitt, he attended Princeton before gaining a regular Army commission in 1898. A veteran of the Philippine Insurrection and Mexican Border service, he came to France in World War I as Quartermaster, 42nd (Rainbow) Division. In January 1918, … Read more
Born at Fort Myer, Virginia, December 23, 1872, he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and was a Honor Graduate of the Artillery School in 1903l; a graduate of the General Staff College in 1920. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, May 20, 1898 and promoted through the grades to Major General, July 9, 1935. … Read more
UPDATE: 28 June 2006 Suzanne Marie Collins may now rest in peace. Her vile murderer has finally been put to death by the State of Tennessee for the brutal and terrible crime that he inflicted on this fine young woman. October 2002 Sedley Alley v. Ricky Bell No. 99-6659 Appeal from the United States District … Read more
From a press report: September 2, 1998 About 2,000 bone fragments, including the remains of a Wisconsin man, recovered from a crash site of a Cold War spy plane will be buried in a mass grave today at Arlington National Cemetery. For the family of Airman 2nd Class Harold T. Kamps of Lena, Wisconsin, who … Read more
Born at Millsboro, Delaware, January 12, 1843, he graduated from West Point in 1865. He married Minnie Larrabee on November 24,1870. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant, 12th United States Infantry, June 23, 1865, and thereafter promoted through the grades to Brigadier General, Inspector General, United States Army, April 12, 1903. He … Read more
Robert Kingston; 1st Chief of U.S. Central Command Robert C. Kingston, 78, an Army General and highly decorated combat veteran who served in the early 1980s as the first chief of U.S. Central Command, which deploys ground, sea and air units to the Middle East, died February 28, 2007 at Ruxton Health Care of Alexandria, … Read more
The wife of Lawrence Sprague Babbitt, she was born in 1843 and died in 1923. She is buried with her husband and son, Edwin Burr Babbitt, in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, beneath a stone which reads: “Requiescat In Pace” Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS … Read more
Biography And Gravesite Photo Courtesy of Russell C. Jacobs: June 2007 Ernest Aaron Bixby (1899-1965) Born on February 22, 1899 in North Charlestown, New Hampshire. Commissioned in the Field Artillery from West Point in 1919. Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Princeton 1926-1928. Instructor with the organized reserves in Kentucky 1928-1931, then at … Read more
MAJOR GENERAL OLIVER P. ECHOLS Retired December 1, 1946. Died May 15, 1954 Major General Oliver P. Echols was the Air Force’s chief materiel officer throughout World War II. More than any other man under the commanding general of the Army Air Force, General Echols was responsible for the development, procurement and supply of aircraft … Read more
The wife of Henry Walton Wessells, Jr. They were married on March 24, 1869. She died on March 21, 1927 and was buried among other family members in Section 8 of Arlington National Cemetery. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR … Read more
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 469-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE DoD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant David R. Christoff, 25, of Rossford, Ohio Lance Corporal William J. Leusink, 21, of Maurice, Iowa Lance Corporal Benito A. … Read more
From a contemporary press report: John F. Howard Sr., 93, a retired Army olonel who spent most of his career as a supply officer in the quartermaster corps, died of pneumonia August 9, 1999 at the Goodwin House West in Falls Church, Virginia. Colonal Howard, who had lived in the Washington area since 1987, was … Read more
Information Courtesy of Mary Wirsig Henry: BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANK H. WIRSIG, USMC Brigadier General Frank H. Wirsig, a Marine Corps aviator, retired from El Toro, Santa Ana, California, as Commander, Marine Corps Air Bases, Western Area, with additional duty as Commanding General, El Toro Marine Corps Air Station. In July of 1930, he won his wings … Read more
Richard Bouche Davis, Jr. was born on November 7, 1948 and joined the Armed Forces while in Dallas, Texas. He served in the United States Army. In 2 years of service, he attained the rank of Warrant Officer One. On February 11, 1970, at the age of 21, Richard Bouche Davis, Jr. perished in the … Read more
Harold W. Whittier, Colonial Beach, Virginia, formerly of Kingston, New Hampshire, a retired Army Colonel, died suddenly July 14, 1973 in Virginia. He was born in South Kingston, New Hampshire, April 10, 1920, son of the late Walter F. and Lulu M. Whittier. He graduated from Sanborn Seminary and McIntosh Business College, Haverhill, Massachusetts and … Read more
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1297-07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Captain Benjamin D. Tiffner, 31, of West Virginia, died November 7, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, … Read more
Jane Ryan, wife of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael E. Ryan, and Suellen Lansell, chairman of the Air Force Arlington Ladies, lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery April 14. The event marks the golden anniversary of the Arlington Ladies. The Arlington Ladies are a … Read more
The story of this Memorial is a story of sacrifice and patriotic valor by American Advisors and Hmong and Lao combat soldiers in the jungles of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Hmong General Vang Pao’s army, once considered among the best of U.S. allies, helped the Administrations of U.S. Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon … Read more
From a contemporary press report Paul Conrad Keenan Jr., 77, a retired Navy Captain who worked on presidential commissions, in human resources consulting and at George Washington University’s business school, died November 22, 2002, at his home in McLean, Virginia. He had Parkinson’s disease. During Captain Keenan’s Navy service from 1943 to 1974, he commanded … Read more
His private monument in Section 15 of Arlington National Cemetery reads: “Corporal, United States Army. Wagoneer, Troop E, 2nd U.S. Cavalry. Died: May 28, 1903, aged 34 years and 3 months. Erected by his comrades.” FRY, BYRON K PVT E 2ND US CAV VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 05/28/1903 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown … Read more
Arlington Family Mourns Boy Who Was Killed by Bus Courtesy of the Washington Post He became a foster child at age 1, when his mother left him in an apartment with a pimp. At age 2, he survived heart surgery. Then came severe ear infections, bipolar disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity. At age 6, life … Read more
Robert W. Watkins, 61, a retired Marine Corps Colonel who was a command pilot for President Ronald Reagan, died April 21, 2007, of leukemia at his home in California, Maryland. In the 1980s, while stationed at Marine Helicopter Squadron One at Quantico, he served as staff officer, operations officer and presidential command pilot for President … Read more
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER E. R. EBERLE Retired Naval Officer, Son of the Late Admiral PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, January 18, 1935 – Lieutenant Commander Edward R. Eberle, U. S. Navy, retired, son of the late Rear Admiral Edward W. Eberle, former Chief of Naval Operations, died here today at the Butler Hospital after a long illness in his … Read more
This is the grandson of Confederate States of America Colonel Edward Porter Alexander, commander of Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia. The grandfather was the artillery commander at the Battle of Gettysburg. The grandson was killed in action in France during World War I. He was originally buried in France and was not returned … Read more
From a contemporary press report: Daphne, Alabama – Lieuteant Colonel Peter Joseph Casella Jr. died Thursday, July 6, 2000, at a local health care facility. Casella, 71, was retired from the United States Air Force. The Daphne resident graduated from Farregutt Naval Academy in Toms River, New Jersey, and received his bachelor’s degree in science … Read more
G. Maury Cralle was born in Blackstone, Virginia, on 18 February 1873. He graduated from William and Mary College before entering the United States Military Academy class of 1898. With the 20th Infantry following graduation, “Creeps” was in Cuba for the Santiago Campaign and in the Philippines by early 1899. Cralle had assignments across the … Read more
Brainard Spencer, Higley, Jr. of Ohio Appointed from Ohio, Assistant Surgeon, 6 November 1897 Died 3 February 1900 HIGLEY, VRAINARD S 1ST LT ASS SURGEON USA DATE OF DEATH: 02/03/1900 BURIED AT: SITE 325 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen … Read more