Find A Grave - Cypress Hills National Cemetery

Adams, John Mapes b. October 11, 1871 d. January 6, 1921
Boxer Rebellion Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, and served under the alias of "George Lawrence Day". While a Sergeant, he was detailed as part of the Marine Corps contingent in the China Relief Expedition during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near Tientsin, China on July 13, 1900, with his citation reading "In the presence of the enemy, Adams distinguished himself by meritorious conduct". His Medal was...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 2, Grave 8262
Bates, Wyndham Richard b. 1829 d. December 7, 1889
Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. As Richard Bates, he enlisted in the United States Navy in 1847 and retired as a Master at Arms in 1888. On November 13, 1861, as Wyndham R. Bates, he enlisted as a Sergeant for service with Company K, 1st Infantry Regiment California; he mustered out November 13, 1864 at Fort Union, New Mexico. On May 10, 1866, he was serving aboard the U.S.S. De Soto off Eastport, Maine. Two sailors from the U.S.S. Winooski, James Rose and John Russell, went...[Read More] (Bio by: Beth Painter)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 2, Site 4889
Colyer, Wilbur E. b. March 5, 1898 d. October 10, 1918
World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Army during World War I as a Sergeant in Company A, 1st Engineers, 1st Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near Verdun, France, on October 9, 1918. His citation reads "Volunteering with 2 other soldiers to locate machinegun nests, Sgt. Colyer advanced on the hostile positions to a point where he was half surrounded by the nests, which were in ambush. He killed the gunner of one gun with a captured...[Read More]
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 2, Grave 8588
Cooper, John (John Laver Mather) b. July 24, 1828 d. August 22, 1891
Civil War Double Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. One of only 19 United States servicemen to be awarded the Medal of Honor twice, and one of only 14 to be awarded the United States' highest military honor for two separate actions. His true name was John Laver Mather. He was serving as Coxswain in the United States Navy when he earn his first CMOH. The citation reads "On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 2, Grave 5022
Crandell, Levin b. December 22, 1826 d. June 16, 1907
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 125th New York Volunteer Infantry.
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 1, Grave 6564
Daly, Daniel b. November 11, 1873 d. April 27, 1937
Boxer Rebellion, Haitian Campaign Double Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Twice awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, he received his first Medal of Honor during the Boxer Uprising for his actions in the battle of Peking, China on Aug. 14,1900. His second award came on Oct. 24,1915, for an attack on an enemy stronghold in Haiti. He also received the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in World War I.
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 5, Grave 70
Dougherty, James b. November 16, 1839 d. November 25, 1897
1871 Korean Campaign Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served as a Private in the United States Marine Corps on board the "USS Carondelet". He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery in the various actions of that vessel in Korea in June 1871. His citation reads "Wounded several times, Dougherty invariably returned to duty, presenting an example of constancy and devotion to the flag". His Medal was issued on February 8, 1872. Private Dougherty was one of 15 United States sailors and...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 6, Grave 12374
Egan, Thomas Wilberforce b. June 14, 1834 d. February 24, 1887
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He enlisted in the 40th New York Volunteer Infantry (the "Mozart Regiment") in April 1861, and was commissioned it's Lieutenant Colonel on July 1. At The Battle of Seven Pines in the Peninsula Campaign he put his Colonel in arrest for misconduct, displayed conspicuous gallantry, and was commissioned CFolonel as of the date of his superior's dismissal from the service. He served in almost every engagement from that time until the Seige of Petersburg in July...[Read More] (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Officers' Section West, Grave 31
Freemeyer, Christopher d. October 14, 1894
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served duirng the Wars with the Plains Indians as a Private in Company D, 5th United States Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery in various places in Montana from October 21, 1876 to January 8, 1877. His citation reads merely "Gallantry in action". His Medal was awarded to him on April 27, 1877. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 2, Grave 5259
Gerber, Frederick William d. November 10, 1875
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. As Sergeant Major of Engineers, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for 32 years of service 1839-1871. He is the only Army recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for other than an act of bravery. His citation reads: "Distinguished gallantry in many actions and in recognition of long, faithful and meritorious services covering a period of thirty-two years."
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 2, Grave 1601
Golden, Patrick d. May 25, 1872
Indian War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the Wars with the Plains Indians as a Sergeant in Company B, 8th United States Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery in Arizona from August to October 1868. His citation reads simply "Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians". His Medal was awarded to him on July 24, 1868.
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 2, Grave 4316
Grimes, Edward P. b. May 18, 1848 d. June 17, 1913
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Wars against the Plains Indians as a Sergeant in Company F, 5th United States Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Milk River, Colorado from September 29 to October 5, 1879. His citation reads "The command being almost out of ammunition and surrounded on 3 sides by the enemy, he voluntarily brought up a supply under heavy flre at almost point blank range". His Medal was awarded to him on January 27, 1880. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 2, Grave 7210
Jetter, Bernhard d. August 23, 1927
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Wars with the Plains Indians as a Sergeant in Company K, 7th United States Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery in the Sioux Campaign of December 1890. His citation reads "Distinguished bravery". His Medal was awarded to him on April 24, 1891. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 5, Grave 1
Johannessen, Johannes J. b. May 13, 1872 d. November 14, 1915
US Navy Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Navy as a Chief Watertender on board the "USS Iowa". He was awarded the CMOh for his bravery on January 25, 1905. His citation reads "Serving on board the U.S.S. Iowa, for extraordinary heroism at the time of the blowing out of the manhole plate of boiler D on board that vessel". His Medal was awarded to him on March 20, 1905. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Sec.2 Grave 7425
Lovett, William 'Wild Bill' b. July 15, 1894 d. November 1, 1923
Organized Crime Figure. He was the leader of a band of Irish gangsters (called the "White Hand") in Brooklyn during the teens and 1920s. His gang dealt in extortion, loansharking, gambling and other criminal activities around the Brooklyn docks. During World War I Lovett earned the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in France. (Bio by: Bill Heneage)
Cause of death: Lovett was beaten and shot to death in the rear of a store at 25 Bridge Street, Brooklyn, New York.
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Grave 9005
Martin, Edwin S. b. 1840 d. December 23, 1901
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the Union Navy as Quartermaster aboard the "USS Calena". His CMOH citation reads "On board the U.S.S. Calena during the attack on the enemy fort at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Securely lashed to the side of the Oneida which had suffered the loss of her steering apparatus and an explosion of her boiler from enemy fire, the Calena aided the stricken vessel past the enemy forts to safety. Despite heavy damage to his ship from raking...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Cole)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 2, Grave 5966
Martin, John d. December 24, 1922
United States Army Soldier. The last white man to see Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer alive at the Battle of the Little Big Horn (and who survived to tell the tale), trumpeter John Martin was born Giovanni Martini in either Sala Consilina, Salerno, or in Apricale, Liguria. While records differ on the location of his hometown, the 7th Cavalry's "orderly bugler of the day" on that fateful June 25, 1876, had been born in Italy, and his less-than-fluent English may have contributed to...[Read More] (Bio by: Nikita Barlow)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 2, Grave 8865
McDonald, Christopher R. b. 1831 d. October 16, 1874
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served first as a Private in Company K, 8th New York State Militia, which served for three months in the initial stages of the war. He was then commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in Company D, 47th New York Volunteer Infantry on August 28, 1861. For the next four years of the war he would serve continually with his regiment, rising to Lieutenant Colonel and second in command by September 1863. During the June 1, 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, he was wounded...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 1, Grave 3662
Monssen, Mons b. January 20, 1867 d. February 10, 1930
US Navy Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Navy was a Chief Gunner's Mate. His CMOH citation reads "Serving on board the U.S.S. Missouri, for extraordinary heroism in entering a burning magazine through the scuttle and endeavoring to extinguish the fire by throwing water with his hands until a hose was passed to him, 13 April 1904". His Medal was awarded to him on May 26, 1904. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Officers' Section East, Grave 190
Nihill, John b. May 25, 1850 d. May 29, 1908
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the Wars with the Plains Indians as a Private in Company F, 5th United States Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Whetstone Mountains, Arizona on July 13, 1872. His citation reads "Fought and defeated 4 hostile Apaches located between him and his comrades". His Medal was awared to him on December 4, 1874. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 2, Grave 6640

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