Find A Grave - Fort Bliss National Cemetery

Allen Sr., Terry De La Mesa b. April 1, 1888 d. September 12, 1969
United States Army General. Known as "Terrible Terry" while training and leading two infantry divisions through some of the heaviest fighting in World War II,. he led the 1st Infantry Divison through heavy fighting in Tunis and Sicily, winning reputations for himself and the division as a hard charging unit. Born at Fort Douglas, Utah, son of an Army officer, he flunked out of the United States Military Academy at West Point, but after studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington...[Read More] (Bio by: SSG. Peter Duras USAR)
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section A, Grave 196
Bratling, Frank [cenotaph] b. 1845 d. July 13, 1873
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. After moving from Germany to the United States he joined the United States Army in Louisville, Kentucky on July 27, 1870. Serving as a Corporal in Company C, 8th United States Cavalry, he was stationed at Fort Selden in Don Ana County, New Mexico, which had been built to protect settlers in the area and those settlers that were passing through from the Indians. In July of 1873, the 8th Cavalry's Captain George W. Chilson and ten men departed...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section Ma Site 29 (in Memory Marker)
GPS coordinates: 31.4953308, -106.2542877 (hddd.dddd)
Gay, Hobart 'Hap' b. May 16, 1894 d. August 19, 1983
US Army Lieutenant General. He began his military career being commissioned a US Army Cavalry officer in 1917. In the 1930s, he transferred to the Quartermaster Corps, rising through the ranks to Colonel in 1941. During World War II, he served as Chief of Staff for the 1st Armored Corps in North Africa and was promoted Brigadier General Chief of Staff of the US 7th Army for the Sicily campaign in 1943. In 1944, he became Chief of Staff for the US 3rd Army under General George S. Patton, serving...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section A Site 130
Guillen, Ambrosio b. December 7, 1929 d. July 25, 1953
Staff Sergeant, USMC who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry while in Korea, 25 Jul 1953. When his unit was pinned down, he deliberately exposed himself to mortar and artillery fire to direct his men and to personally supervise the treatment and evacuation of the wounded. Critically wounded, he refused treatment until the enemy had been defeated.
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section E Grave 9171
GPS coordinates: 31.4946709, -106.2548294 (hddd.dddd)
Hemsley, Sherman b. February 2, 1938 d. July 24, 2012
Actor. He is best remembered for his role as George Jefferson on the CBS television comedy series "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" and as Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC television comedy series "Amen." Born Sherman Alexander Hemsley, he dropped out of high school and joined the US Air Force, serving for 4 years. After his enlistment was completed, he returned to Philadelphia, working for the US Post Office and attending night classes at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. He moved to New York...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section M1, plot 73
Hooker, George b. 1847 d. January 22, 1873
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. He served as a Private in Company K, 5th US Cavalry of the Arizona Territory. In the winter of 1873, his company was sent to the Tonto Basin where Western Apache bands and Yavapais had been raiding home settlers and eluding troops. On January 22, 1873, in engagements with hostile Indians at Tonto Creek, Arizona, Private Hooker was killed while defending his company's position. For gallantry in action, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section Ma Site 30 (in Memory Marker)
GPS coordinates: 31.4953308, -106.2542877 (hddd.dddd)
MacGregor, Lee b. October 19, 1924 d. June 23, 1961
Actor. He was born Leo Robert Weismantel on October 19, 1926, while other sources say 1924. He is best remembered for playing the role of Lieutenant Zimmerman in the 1949 Oscar-winning film, "Twelve O'Clock High". A veteran of World War II, Weismantel served in the United States Army before changing his name to Lee MacGregor and embarking on a film career in Hollywood. After his arrival in Hollywood in 1947 he was signed to a contract with 20th Century-Fox and RKO to play character roles...[Read More]
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section D, Site1907
Marshall, Samuel Lyman Atwood b. July 18, 1900 d. December 17, 1977
Military historian and author. In 1940 he published his first book, "Blitzkrieg." During WW II he devised the after-action, group-interview technique as a means of determining precisely what had happened in the engagement and why success or failure ensued. His more than thirty books include "The River and the Gauntlet" (1953) and "Pork Chop Hill" (1956).
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section A Grave 124
Martinez, Benito b. April 21, 1932 d. September 6, 1952
Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War as a Corporal in Company A, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Satae-ri, Korea, on September 6, 1952. His citation reads "Distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and outstanding courage above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy near Satae-ri, Korea, on 6 September 1952. While manning a forward listening post...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section B, Grave 366A
GPS coordinates: 31.4945908, -106.2544403 (hddd.dddd)
Reynolds Jr., John Markward b. September 15, 1941 d. October 16, 1966
Actor. Decades after his death he endeared himself to fans of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" for his one and only film role as the goat-legged caretaker Torgo in "Manos: The Hands of Fate." He committed suicide exactly one month before the film's release. His funeral was October 19, 1966.
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: US Army, SP4, Plot: D 0 2660
Tatum, Reece 'Goose' b. May 3, 1921 d. January 18, 1967
Professional Baseball-Basketball Player, Entertainer. Born in Eldorado, Arkansas, he was a talented multi-sport athlete nicked named ‘Goose' for his long arms and legs. He first made his mark in baseball in the 1930s, as a solid hitter first baseman for the Louisville Black Colonels in the Negro Leagues. In 1941, he became a member of the popular Harlem Globetrotters and played two seasons before being drafted. After serving in the US Army Air Corps during World War II, he returned to baseball...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Plot D, Grave 2668
Wooldridge, William O. b. August 12, 1922 d. March 5, 2012
US Military Figure. He was the first sergeant major of the United States Army, a new position that was created by the chief of staff of the United States Army in 1966. He served in this position from July 11, 1966 until September 30, 1968. After enlisting in the Army at Ft Worth Texas on November 11, 1940 he saw action in the European theater during World War II, where he received a silver star for gallantry at the Battle of Aachen, Germany as well as a purple heart. He also received a second...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA

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