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• Adams, Lucian    b. October 22, 1922  d. March 31, 2003
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during World War II as a Staff Sergeant in the 30th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near St. Die, France, on October 28, 1944. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. When his company was stopped in its effort to drive through the Mortagne Forest to reopen the supply line to the isolated third...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section AI, Site 555
   
• Beckwith, Charles A.    b. January 22, 1929  d. June 13, 1994
  United States Army Officer. He was the founder and first Commander of the United States Army's Counter-terrorist 1st Special Operations Detachment - Delta, also known as "Delta Force". He is remembered for its most decisive failure, the attempt to rescue the 52 hostages held in the American Embassy in Teheran, Iran in 1980. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, affectionately known as Chargin' Charlie, was a six foot, 3 inch Green Beret (Army Special Forces) officer and decorated hero of the Vietnam War...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section 9, Grave 1132
  GPS coordinates: 29.2863293, -98.2551193 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Benavidez, Roy P.    b. August 5, 1935  d. November 29, 1998
  Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Viet Nam War in the United States Army as a Master Sergeant, in Detachment B-56, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces (the Green Berets). He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery West of Loc Ninh on May 2, 1968 while a Staff Sergeant. His citation reads “On the morning of 2 May 1968, a 12-man Special Forces Reconnaissance Team was inserted by helicopters in a dense jungle area west of Loc Ninh, Vietnam to gather...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section A1, Grave 553
   
• Blanchard, Felix 'Doc'   b. December 11, 1924  d. April 19, 2009
  College Football Player. He was the recipient of the Heisman Trophy in 1945. Raised in Bishopville, South Carolina, he attended St. Stanislaus Prep School in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He played at the fullback position during his collegiate years at the University of North Carolina and the United States Military Academy. While at West Point, Blanchard (known as "Mr. Inside") and Glenn Davis (known as "Mr. Outside")...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• Bolton, Cecil    b. October 7, 1908  d. January 22, 1965
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a First Lieutenant in Company E, 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Division, US Army. During the crossing of the Mark River in Holland, November 2, 1944, he led a bazooka team against a German positions. He charged the enemy machine gun nest, killing the two gunners and was wounded. He then attacked a second machine gun, a 88-mm artillery piece and he crawled back wounded to his lines. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section Pc Grave 22-j
  GPS coordinates: 29.2870007, -98.2595825 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Bordelon, William James    b. December 25, 1920  d. November 20, 1943
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Marine Corps as a staff sergeant, and he was from Texas. He was awarded his medal posthumously for action at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, on November 20, 1943, during World War II. Official CMOH citation: For valorous and gallant conduct above and beyond the call of duty as a member of an assault engineer platoon of the 1st Battalion, 18th Marines, tactically attached to the 2d Marine Division, in action against the...[Read More]
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• Burge, Vernon  b. November 29, 1888  d. September 6, 1971
  American Military Aviation Pioneer. He was the first enlisted person to be certified as a military pilot. Little is known of his early life. After enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1907, he was assigned as a private first class to the newly formed Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corp at Fort Myer VA. He worked as a member of the aircraft ground crew in August 1908 when the Wright Brothers brought the first fixed-wing aircraft to Ft Myer, which had been purchased by the U.S. Army. In 1910 He...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• Chapman, Thomas Herbert   b. August 27, 1895  d. June 7, 1969
  United States Army Major General. Born in Muskegon, Michigan, he enlisted in the Quartermaster Corps Reserve in 1917, was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in August 1918 and served in World War I. After the war, he graduated flying school in 1922, was transferred to the US Air Service and served as a flight instructor. In 1925, he became engineering officer at the San Antonio, Texas Depot and was an engineering officer for the Philippine Air Depot, 1928 to 1930. Promoted Brigadier General in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section Pc Grave 110h
   
• Corbett (Rothenburg), Glenn    b. August 17, 1933  d. January 16, 1993
  Actor. As Linc Case, he replaced George Maharis (Buz Murdock) as Martin Milner's "Route 66" co-star during the series's fourth and final season (1963-64). Other regular TV roles were as 'Wes Macauley' in "It's a Man's World" (1962-63), 'Chance Reynolds' in "The Road West" (1966-67), and 'Paul Morgan' in "Dallas" (1983-84). When his "Dallas" character was written out of the series, he stayed with the production company, Lorimar, for three more years as its dialogue director. Films include "All...[Read More]
  Cause of death: Lung cancer
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Q, 0, 138-AM
   
• Davis, Bennie Luke   b. May 12, 1928  d. September 23, 2012
  US Air Force General. He entered the US Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1946 and graduated in 1950 with a 2nd lieutenant's commission and a bachelor of science degree. He entered the Air Force and attended pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, received his pilot wings in 1951, and was assigned to James Connally Air Force Base, Texas (now closed) as a twin-engine pilot. He completed B-29 Superfortress combat crew training in October 1953 and was assigned to Okinawa, Japan...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• Giles, Barney    b. September 13, 1892  d. May 6, 1984
  United States Army General. First served as commanding General of the Fourth Air Force in 1943, then as Assistant to Chief of the Air Staff, then Chief, from 1943 to 1945. Promoted to Lieutenant General, he commanded the United States Army Air Forces Pacific Ocean Areas from April to October 1945. Finally, he served as commanding General of United States Strategic Air Forces Pacific from 1945 to 1946.
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section B, Grave 240-d
  GPS coordinates: 29.2856808, -98.2594070 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Giles, Benjamin   b. September 13, 1892  d. November 30, 1974
  Major General Giles was the twin brother of Lt. General Barney M. Giles. Commander of Greenland Base Command, then Eastern Canada Base Command, 1941-43. In March 1944 he was appointed commanding general of the United States Air Forces in the Middle East.
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section B Grave 1-g
  GPS coordinates: 29.2854691, -98.2596130 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Gottschall, Robert    b. September 15, 1915  d. January 3, 2005
  Screen Actor. He acted under the name Robert Shaw beginning in the 1930s. His film career included roles in several films by John Ford, such as "The Grapes of Wrath," "Young Mr. Lincoln" and "Tobacco Road." He also appeared in the Ford directed military training film "Sex Hygiene." Other credits include "The Great Profile," which starred John Barrymore, Henry King’s "Captain from Castile" and "Honeysuckle Rose." As a child, he was a batboy for a Texas League Baseball team. During an exhibition...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section CAA, Site 61
   
• Guentner ., . Donald L ' '   b. March 1, 1922  d. June 13, 1986
  
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: 1, 0, 3362
   
• Harrell, William George    b. June 26, 1922  d. August 9, 1964
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Platoon Sergeant in Company A, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, US Marine Corps. During the Iwo Jima campaign on March 3, 1945, Sergeant Harrell with a comrade dug in at a foxhole on a ridge 20 yards forward of where their company command post was established. Because of their nearness to the enemy, the two men took turns standing watches during the night when the Japanese attacked. The first attack by the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section W Grave 3247
  GPS coordinates: 29.2857609, -98.2579269 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Herres, Gen. Robert Tralles   b. December 1, 1932  d. July 24, 2008
  United States Air Force General. He served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1987 to 1990, under General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. He received his undergraduate degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1954, and post graduate degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1960, and George Washington University in 1965. Initially commissioned as a naval officer, he switched military branches in 1955 to fly jet fighter aircraft. In 1966 he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• Heywood, Ralph    b. September 11, 1921  d. April 10, 2007
  Professional Football Player. Born in Los Angeles, he was an end and defensive end for four seasons (1946 to 1949) in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League, with the Chicago Rockets, Detroit Lions, Boston Yanks and New York Bulldogs. During his college years, he was a standout player at the University of Southern California and was named All-American. Heywood was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section 44, Site 91
   
• Hodes, Henry Irving    b. March 19, 1899  d. February 14, 1962
  United States Army General. Served in World War II and in the Korean War. Among his many posts are Commanding Officer, 112th Regiment (1944), Assistant Deputy of Staff, US Army (1945-1949), Assistant Commanding General, 1st Calvary Division (1949), Assistant Commanding General, 7th Division (1950), Deputy Commanding General, 8th Army, Korea (1951), Commanding General, 24th Division, Korea (1952), Commandant of Command & General Staff College (1952-1954), Commanding General, 7th Army (1954-1956)...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: B, 24-R
   
• Hughes, Lloyd Herbert 'Pete'    b. July 12, 1921  d. August 1, 1943
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II as a 2nd Lieutenant Rank in the 564th Bomber Squadron, 389th Bomber Group, 9th Air Force. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during the raid on Ploesti, Romania, on August 1, 1943. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry in action and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. On August 1943, 2d Lt. Hughes served in the capacity of pilot...[Read More]
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section U, Site 53
  GPS coordinates: 29.2868996, -98.2582092 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Lee, Milton   b. February 28, 1949  d. April 26, 1968
  Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Viet Nam War in the United States Army as a Private First Class in Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile). He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery on April 26, 1968 near Phu Bai, Thua Thien Province, Republic of Vietnam. His citation reads “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Pfc. Lee distinguished...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   

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