Joseph Tezanos – Lieutenant (jg), United States Coast Guard

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From Santander, Spain, to Syracuse University: Coast Guard Officer Joseph Tezanos’s Pursuit of the American Dream Coast Guard Atlantic Area Historian No one individual could claim a more unique and interesting pursuit of the fabled American Dream than Joseph Tezanos. Born in 1920, in Santander, Spain, Tezanos’s parents moved to Upstate New York, where Joseph … Read more

W. Hodgkins – Confederate States of America Army

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HODGKINS, W A 115TH VA MIL CSA CW DATE OF DEATH: 06/07/1862 BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE  SITE 80 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 … Read more

Anthony L. Goodwin – Staff Sergeant, United States Marine Corps

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NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 463-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 11, 2005 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sergeant Anthony L. Goodwin, 33, of Mount Holly, New Jersey, died May 9, 2005, from enemy small-arms … Read more

Lionel H. Parker – Command Sergeant Major, United States Army

Thursday, 28 April 2005: Command Sgt. Maj. Lionel H. Parker, 57, of the 1200 block  of Saddle Bred Drive, passed away April 22, 2005, at Walter  Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Command Sergeant Major Parker was a native of Birmingham, Alabama, and was  recently a Command Sergeant Major with the United States Army … Read more

Keith Richard Barney – Major General, United States Army

From a contemporary press report: Keith Richard Barney was born at Springfield, Vermont, July 17, 1904. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, 1921, from the United States Military Academy in 1926, and received a CE degree from Cornell University, 1928-29. He was also a student at the Army Engineer School, 1931-32 and the Industrial College … Read more

Mary Louise Earl McCain

The wife of William Alexander McCain, she was born in Earlstown, Florida, in 1878 and died at Doylestown, Penneylvania, in 1942. She is buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery among other family members. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong … Read more

James Daniel Theberge – First Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps United States Ambassador

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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

Harvey C. Tschirgi – Brigadier General, United States Marine Corps

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Courtesy of the United States Marine Corps: Brigadier General Harvey Curtis Tschirgi, former Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C., retired from active duty, November 1, 1961.   The general was born April 20, 1908, at Grundy Center, Iowa, and graduated from high school there in 1925. He began his military … Read more

George W. Dickerson – Brigadier General, United States Army

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Courtesy of the 82nd ABN Division Association Brigadier General (Ret) George W. Dickerson Commander, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division Vietnam, December 1968 – December 1969 On the morning of December 17, 1968, Brigadier General George W. Dickerson, in a short change of command ceremony at Camp Red Ball, west of Saigon, South Vietnam, received the … Read more

Andrew Elliott Creesy – Major General, United States Marine Corps

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Courtesy of Michael Stein: Major General Andrew Elliott Creesy Born November 7, 1893 in Beverly, Massachusetts Died December 11, 1974 Cadet, U. S. Naval Academy 1913-17 Second Lieutenant 1917 Advanced through grades to Brigadier General 1944 Served with Marine Barracks, Philadelphia 1917-18 Served with 13th Marine Regiment 1918-19 Served with 2d Marine Brigade 1919-20 Served with … Read more

The Taps Project Arlington National Cemetery Visitor Center

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Click Here For More Taps Project Exhibit Photos 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 HHC Blüten Liba Kapseln Gélules Figur LB Slimming Gummies … Read more

Jackie Lewis McFarlane, Jr. – Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army

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U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1011-07 August 16, 2007 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of five soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.  They died August 14, 2007, in Al Taqqadum, Iraq, of injuries suffered … Read more

Theodore Roosevelt Morgan – Sergeant Major, United States Army

Caroline Louise Morgan, 82, of Clearwater, Florida, who was well-known in the Marienville, Pennsylvania, area, died Thursday, July 21, 2005, in her home. Born November 13, 1922, in Marienville, she was the daughter of Calvin and Carrie Kuhl Aul. She was a 1941 graduate of Jenks Township High School in Marienville. Mrs. Morgan was married … Read more

Charles E. Rogers – United States Army

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Charles E. Rogers was born on 17 April 1876 at Mount Vernon, Georgia.  He was killed at Santiago, Cuba, on 25 June 1899 following the Spanish-American War. At the time of his death, he was serving in Company G of the 5th United States Infantry Regiment.  He was subsequently returned home for burial in Arlington … Read more

Michael J. Strange – CTR1 (SEAL), United States Navy

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U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 705-11 August 11, 2011 DOD Identifies Service Members Killed In CH-47 Crash The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of 30 servicemembers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  They died August 6, 2011 in Wardak province, … Read more

John Franklin Burner III – Sergeant, United States Army

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U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 843-10 September 17, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation New Dawn. Sergeant John F. Burner III, 32, of Baltimore, Maryland, died September 16, … Read more

Thomas T. Galloway – Major, United States Army Air Corps

Major Galloway was the son-in-law of Edward Mallory Almond, Lieutenant General, United States Army, and was married to the General’s daughter, Margaret.  He was killed-in-action over France in July 1944. GALLOWAY, THOMAS T MAJOR AAF 8TH A F 436 FIG SQD 479 FIG GP BURIED AT: SECTION 2  SITE 4938-A S ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Read … Read more

Monro MacCloskey – Brigadier General, United States Air Force

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Courtesy of the United States Air Force BRIGADIER GENERAL MONRO MACCLOSKEY Retired June 30, 1957.   Died January 29, 1983 Monro MacCloskey was born in Fort Worden, Washington, in 1902. After graduating from Western High School in Washington, D.C., in 1920, he entered the U.S. Military Academy where he graduated and was commissioned a second lieutenant … Read more

Warren Webster Whitside – Colonel, United States Army

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Warren Webster Whitside of Canada Appointed from Tennessee, Second Lieutenant of Infantry, 10 April 1899 Transferred to 10th United States Cavalry 10 May 1899 First Lieuenant, 2 February 1901 Brigadier General Samuel Whitside is buried with his wife, Carrie, and their son Major Victor M. Whitside who died at the end of World War I. The three of … Read more

Pat William Crizer – Lieutenant General, United States Army

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Courtesy of his classmates United States Military Academy Class of 1946 Pat William Crizer No. 15990 Class of 1946 Died 16 November 1991 in Williamsburg, Virginia, aged 67 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery Pat William Crizer was born 24 September 1924 in Appalachia, Virginia. His parents instilled in Pat the values of honesty, hard work … Read more

Gary Lee Gooch, Jr. Specialist, United States Army

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U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 877-09 November 09, 2009 DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died November 5, 2009, in Jelewar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when … Read more

Sarah Elizabeth Fulkman McNaughton – Military Spouse

The wife of John Theodore McNaughton, she was born on February 12, 1921 and was killed with him and their youngest son, Theodore, in a commercial air crash in North Carolina on July 19, 1967. She is buried with them in Arlington National Cemetery. MCNAUGHTON, SALLY (WIFE OF) MCNAUGHTON, JOHN THEODORE DATE OF DEATH: 07/19/1967 BURIED AT: … Read more

Wayne F. Sanford – Colonel, United States Marine Corps

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Wayne F. Sanford, 80, a retired Marine Corps colonel who also worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, died of congestive heart failure August 19, 1999 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He had lived in Falls Church since 1955. Colonel Sanford, a native of Shelby, Michigan, served 29 years in the Marine Corps, beginning in 1939. Stationed … Read more

Ronald Franklin Golinski – Colonel, United States Army

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A military chaplain and two other officers went to Mickey Golinski’s apartment in Howard County on Friday to inform her that there was nothing left to bury of her son, Columbia resident Ronald Golinski. “It’s sad,” Golinski said. “It breaks your heart.” The family had hoped to bury Ronald Golinski, a retired Army colonel who … Read more

Adolph Marix – Vice Admiral, United States Navy

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Adolph Marix (April 24, 1848-1919), was an American officer in the United States Navy, who served in the Spanish-American War. The former executive officer of the battleship USS Maine, he served as recorder on the court of inquiry which investigated the ship’s explosion in 1898. He eventually rose to the rank of Vice Admiral. Born … Read more

Irving Lewis Branch – Major General, United States Air Force

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Courtesy of the United States Air Force MAJOR GENERAL IRVING L. BRANCH Retired, Died January 4, 1966 Irving Lewis (“Twig”) Branch was born in Keakuk, Iowa in 1912. His father, George Irving Branch, was a civil engineer on major construction jobs that moved the family frequently. He graduated from Stamford High School at Stamford, Connecticut, … Read more

Wilfred Crutchfield – Colonel, United States Air Force

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5 December 2005: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The remains of two Air Force pilots killed when their jet slammed into Mount Rainier in 1968 will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday. Lieutenant Colonel Ivan O’Dell and Colonel Wilfred Crutchfield died while flying from Mather Air Force Base in California to McChord Air Force Base in … Read more

William Emery Merrill – Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army

William Emery Merrill of Wisconsin Appointed from Wisconsin, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1854 (1) Brevet Second Lieutenant of Engineers, 1 July 1859 Second Lieuenant, 20 February 1861 First Lieutenant, 6 August 1861 Captain, 3 March 1863 Colonel, 1st U. S. Veteran Volunteer Engineers, 30 August 1864 Honorably mustered out of volunteer service, … Read more

John Shirley Starck – First Lieutenant, United States Air Force

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John Shirley Starck Louisville, Ohio Born June 12, 1928 First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force Service Number AO1909876 Missing in Action – Presumed Dead Died July 18, 1951 in Korea First Lieutenant Starck was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 9th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group. On July 18, … Read more

The Chaffee Family

A  Father And Son Who Served The United States Army From The Civil War Through World War II. Adna Romanza Chaffee Adna Romanza Chaffee, Jr. Annie Rockwell Chaffee Ethel Huff Chaffee Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett … Read more

Charles Lane Fitzhugh – Brigadier General, United States Army

Charles Lane Flitzhugh of New York Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1859 to 4 September 1861 First Lieuenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, 24 October 1861 Colonel, 6th New York Volunteer Cavalry, 18 February 1865 Transferred to the 2nd New York Provisional Cavalry, 17 June 1865 Honorably mustered out of … Read more

Leon Brower – Confederate States of America Army

BROWER, LEON CO I) 61ST ALA. INF DATE OF DEATH: 08/24/1864 BURIED AT: SECTION 16  SITE 34 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

James Anderson Lillard – Colonel, United States Army

Combat Infantryman’s Badge (2) From a contemporary press report:  Monday, April 17, 2009 Retired Colonel James Anderson Lillard, 75, Clarksville, died Thursday, April 13, 2000, at Veterans Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Colonel Lillard was … Read more

Harold Eugene McCoy – Colonel, United States Air Force

Courtesy of the United States Military Academy: Harold E. McCoy, NO. 17839 8 January 1928 – 19 April 1975 Died in Bethesda, Maryland Interred in Arlington National Cemetery Twenty-five have passed since the death of Harold Eugene “Real” McCoy, ­ husband of Evelyn and father of   Karen, Michael, and Patrick. His eight-year battle with cancer … Read more

Alfred Winslow Harmon – Commander, United States Navy

From a contemporary press report: Alfred Winslow Harmon, 81, a retired Navy commander who served in the Pacific during World War II, died of congestive heart failure June 21, 1998 at Arleigh Burke Pavilion in McLean, Virginia. Commander Harmon served 30 years in the Navy before retiring in 1970. He was aboard the battleship Pennsylvania … Read more

Herbert Emery Schonland – Rear Admiral, United States Navy

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Born at Portland, Maine, September 7, 1900, he attended Severna Preparatory School, Severna Park, Maryland, and then graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1925. He was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1925; U.S. Naval Torpedo School, 1919. He was commissioned an Ensign, 1925, and advanced through the grades to Rear … Read more

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NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe lays a wreath at the space shuttle Challenger memorial, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The Challenger exploded on lift-off January 28, 1986. Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim XR Elixfett … Read more

Thornton Smith – Captain, United States Army

Thornton Smith, Captain, United States Army, Assistant Quartermaster, United States Volunteers. Born at Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, September 21, 1823 and died at Washington, D.C., June 27, 1896. “He Giveth His Beloved Sleep.” He was buried with full military honors in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. Kate Abbott Smith, the wife of Thornton Smith. She died … Read more

Laclair D. Schulze – First Lieutenant, United States Army

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Courtesy of the United States Air Force 29 March 1924 Meet the World Flyers First Lieutenant Laclair D. Schulze, Air Service World Flight Pilot – Alternate Born at Los Angeles, California – 5 July, 1891, Single Education A.B. University of California, 1915 D.J. Leland Stanford University, 1917 Military History: Entered the United States Army as … Read more

Thomas McNabb, Jr. – Fireman, Second Class, United States Navy

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Information provided by Thomas’ Nephew, Ralph McNabb, February 1998. Name: Thomas McNabb, Jr. Born: in Bad Axe, Michigan on August 06, 1926, third of four sons to Thomas and Hazel McNabb Residence at the time of death: Croswell, Michigan Inducted: February 20, 1945, training at USNTC Great Lakes, Illinois, Company 249. On May 12 of 1945, … Read more

Kris Romeo Bishundat – Systems Technician (IT), United States Navy

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Kris Romeo Bishundat Attack Location: Pentagon Age: 23 Home: Waldorf, Maryland Kris Romeo Bishundat had been working at the Pentagon for only three months when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building. Bishundat grew up in Charles County, the eldest of three children, and spent six years in the Navy. He had been taking … Read more

Thomas Bull Dewees – Major, United States Army

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Thomas Bull Dewees of Pennsylvania Served as Private, Corporal, Sergeant and First Sergeant, Company B, 2nd U. S. Dragoons, 9 March 1858 to 2 November 1861 Second Lieutenant, 2nd U. S. Cavalry, 24 October 1861 First Lieutenant, 17 July 1862 Regimental Adjuutant, 1 July 1865 to 6 March 1866 Regimental Quartermaster, 6 march t0 10 … Read more

Benjamin James Palmer – Lieutenant Colonel, United States Marine Corps

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U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 412-11 May 16, 2011 DOD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sergeant Kevin B. Balduf, 27, of Nashville, Tennessee, and Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin J. Palmer, … Read more

James Albert Hirshfield – Vice Admiral,United States Coast Guard

HIRSHFIELD, JAMES A. Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Escort Group A-3, U.S.S. Campbell Date of Action: February 22, 1943 Home Town: San Antonio, Texas Citation: The Navy Cross is presented to James A. Hirshfield, Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism in line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the USCG Campbell during action against … Read more

Matthew Scott Lourey – Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army

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NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 532-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on May 27 from injuries sustained on May 26, 2005, in Buhriz, Iraq, when their OH-58 … Read more

Caleb John Powers – Lance Corporal, United States Marine Corps

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NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 805-04 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Corporal Caleb J. Powers, 21, of Manfield, Washington, died Aug 17, 2004, due to enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.   Lance … Read more

Charles Jeffrey Schnorf – First Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps

First Lieutenant Charles Jeffrey Schnorf, USMC, killed in the Beirut Bombing of 1983.  Lieutenant Schnorf was laid to rest in Section 59, Grave 604, Arlington National Cemetery, with full miliary honors. Lieutenant Schnorf was the son of Richard Colfax Schnorf, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, who is also buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Read our general and … Read more

Leland Boyd Fair – Colonel, United States Army

 From a contemporary press report: Retired Colonel. Leland B. Fair of Chillicothe, Missouri, died March 2, 2002. Colonel Fair was born January 12, 1923, at Breckenridge, Missouri. He earned a bachelor of science degree in history from the University of Missouri in 1946, a master of arts degree in geography from the University of Virginia … Read more

Charles Lukens Davis – Brigadier General, United States Army

Charles Lukens Davis of Pennsylvania Appointed from Delaware, Private, Independent Company, Pennsylvania Artillery, 24 April to 5 August 1861 Second Lieutenant, 31st Pennsylvania Infantry, 20 August 1861 First Lieutenant, 1 September 1861 Transferred to 82nd Pennsylvania Infantry, 1 September 1861 Captain, 4 February 1863 Honorably mustered out 19 June 1863 Captain, Signal Corps, 3 March … Read more

Dale Justin Kridlo – Specialist, United States Army

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U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1028-10 November 09, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  They died November 7, 2010, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered … Read more

Barton Kyle Yount – Lieutenant General, United States Air Force

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Barton Kyle Yount was born at Troy, Ohio, January 18, 1884. He was a student at Ohio State University, 1902-03, and graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1907. He married Mildred Almy Parker, September 29, 1914. Yount was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in June 1907, and advanced through the grades to Brigadier General in … Read more

John Boutwell – Private, United States Army

Born at Hanover, New Hampshire, August 3, 1845, he earned the Medal of Honor during the Civil War while serving with Company B, 18th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, at Petersburg, Virginia, on April 2, 1865. He died on December 11, 1920 and was buried in Section 33 of Arlington National Cemetery. BOUTWELL, JOHN W. Rank and organization: … Read more

Dale Allan Burger, Jr. – Corporal, United States Marine Corps

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NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 1169-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 16, 2004 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Corporal Dale A. Burger Jr., 21, of Port Deposit, Maryland Corporal Andres H. Perez, 21, of Santa Cruz, … Read more

John S. Miller – Private, Confederate States of America Army

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MILLER, JOHN S PVT 18 VA CAV CSA, CAPT IMBODINS CO DATE OF DEATH: 05/15/1921 BURIED AT: SECTION CONF  SITE 123-A Minnie I. Miller Wife of John S. Miller Confederate Section Site 123-A Read our general and most popular articles Phallosan Forte Anaboloxan Huusk Messer Hanfosan Nutra Digest SWISS FX Ketogen Tropfen Slimymed Hondrostrong Slim … Read more

Patrick Dunn – Commander, United States Navy

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Courtesy of the Washington Post 28 September 2001 ‘These Guys Are Heroes Every Day’  Funerals Honor Two Pentagon Navy Officers  A caisson carries the casket of Commander Patrick Dunn during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia Navy pallbearers carry the casket of Commander Patrick Dunn during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery … Read more

Joseph Jacob Bogart – Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force

From a contemporary press report: Joseph Jacob Bogart died at the National Naval Medical Center, on Wednesday, December 23, 1998, of Chevy Chase, Maryland.  He was the beloved husband of Rita F. Bogart; devoted father of Beth A. Bogart and Mrs. Bogart’s son, Eric A. Fountain, Jr; grandfather of Alexander and Adrian Howe, Tripp, Andrew … Read more

R. D. Patrick Mahoney – Master Sergeant, United States Air Force

From a contemporary press report: R.D. Pat Mahoney, 73, a retired Air Force Master Sergeant and military affairs consultant who also worked for two members of the U.S. House of Representatives, died of cancer February 24, 1999 at his home in Manassas, Virginia. Sergeant Mahoney, a native of Newton, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Boston … Read more

John A. Moreno – Captain, United States Navy

May 24, 2004 John Moreno, 95, of Coronado, a Navy veteran of World War II, will soon add France’s highest military award, the Legion of Honor, to his service medals. One helped plan the historic D-Day invasion of France. Another landed at Utah Beach on a secret mission. A third flew overhead, looking in wonder … Read more

Richard Wainwright – Rear Admiral, United States Navy

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Born: Washington, DC, December 17, 1849. Parents: Commander Richard (USN) & Sallie Franklin (Bache) Wainwright. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy by the President at-large, and graduated in 1868. He also earned an LLB, Columbian (now George Washington) University, 1884, LLD, 1900. Married: Evelyn Wotherspoon, September 11, 1873. Promoted to Ensign, Apr … Read more

Frederick Clayton Spann – Colonel, United States Army

Courtesy of his classmates, United States Military Academy Frederick Clayton Spann No. 13167  •  3 January 1920 – 25 June 2001 Died in Alexandria, Virginia, aged 81 Interment: Arlington National Cemetery   Frederick Clayton Spann was born in 1920 in Montgomery, Alabama, the oldest of three children of George Frederick and Virginia Clayton Spann. Fred … Read more

Richard S. Welch – Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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Closure for kin of slain official Greece convicts 15 from November 17 9 December 2003 ATHENS, GREECE — Twenty-eight years ago, Tim Welch accompanied the body of his father, a prominent CIA officer, on a US military transport plane to Washington. Although a noncombatant, Richard Welch was buried, by order of President Ford, in Arlington … Read more

Charles H. Ashton – Confederate States of America Army

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Charles Henry Ashton,son of  Mary and Charles Henry Ashton, Sr, died of heart disease in Falls Church, Virginia, on January 17,1907, at the home of a daughterMrs.Barksdale. He married his wife, Ida B., on December 7, 1869 in Fauquier County,The Plains. He enlisted at Mathis Point, King George,Virginia, on June 13,1861 and served with Company … Read more

Bernard William Kearney – Reserve Major General, United States Army Member of Congress

Courtesy of the U.S. House of Representatives: Representative from New York; born in Ithaca, N.Y., May 23, 1889; attended the public schools; was graduated from Schenectady (N.Y.) High School and from Union University Albany Law School in 1914; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Albany, N.Y.; member of the … Read more

Richard Fred Gillis – Major General, United States Air Force

MAJOR GENERAL RICHARD F. GILLIS Retired September 1, 1992 Major General Richard F. Gillis was commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The center is one of the U.S. Air Force’s five air logistics centers and is Georgia’s largest industrial complex. The general is responsible for worldwide logistics support … Read more

Donald E. Shaw – Colonel, United States Army

From a contemporary press report:  Donald E. Shaw, 70, an Army Colonel who was vice president of the Center of Battlefield Technologies after he retired in 1979 as executive to the assistant secretary of the Army for research, development and acquisition, died of lung cancer November 26, 1998 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He lived in … Read more

William E. Farber – Colonel, United States Army

COLONEL’S DEATH IN NEW JERSEY IN ‘63 IS CALLED MURDER BY GRAND JURY FREEHOLD, New Jersey, July 22, 1966 – A murder indictment has been returned in the death of a 52-year-old retired Army Colonel whose body was exhumed from Arlington National Cemetery after the mysterious death of the woman physician who signed his death … Read more

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