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• Adams, Stanley T.    b. May 5, 1922  d. April 19, 1999
  Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War as a Master Sergeant in Company A, 19th Infantry Regiment. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near Sesim-ni, Korea, on February 4, 1951. His citation reads "M/Sgt. Adams, Company A, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy. At approximately 0100 hours, M/Sgt. Adams' platoon, holding an outpost some...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
  Plot: Section H, Site 3623-O
   
• Barry, Alexander Grant    b. August 23, 1892  d. December 28, 1952
  US Senator. He served as a Senator from Oregon from 1938 to 1939.
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
  Plot: Section K, Grave 1103
   
• Bigbee, Carson 'Skeeter'    b. March 31, 1895  d. October 17, 1964
  Major League Baseball Player. He spent 11 seasons in the major leagues as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1916 to 1926. He played collegiate baseball at the University of Oregon before joining the major leagues. He made his major league debut at the age of 21 on August 24, 1916. He appeared in 1,147 games during his professional career. He retired with 17 home runs and a .287 lifetime batting average. (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
   
• Bjorklund, Arnold L.    b. April 14, 1918  d. November 28, 1979
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served as a First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. Near Altavilla, Italy, September 13, 1943, when his company attacked a German position he led his platoon forward on the right flank hill where it got pinned down by a heavy of machinegun and rifle fire. Ordering his men to give covering fire, with 3 hand grenades, he crept and crawled forward to a German machinegun position located in a terrace along...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
  Plot: Section O, Grave 3446
   
• Dahl, Larry Gilbert    b. June 10, 1949  d. February 23, 1971
  Vietnam Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. He was a Specialist Fourth Class of the U.S. Army, 359th Transportation Company, 27th Transportation Battalion, U.S. Army Support Command and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism at An Khe, Binh Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam. His official CMOH citation reads as follows: Sp4c. Dahl distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a machine gunner on a gun truck near An Khe, Binh Dinh...[Read More]
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
   
• Davis, Milt    b. May 31, 1929  d. September 29, 2008
  Professional Football Player. He was born Milton Eugene Davis in Muskogee, Oklahoma and raised in Los Angeles. He played at the defensive back position for four seasons (1957 to 1960) in the National Football League with the Baltimore Colts. He was a member and key player on two NFL championship teams (1958 and 1959 Colts). His other notable career highlights include two-time All Pro selection (1957, 1959) and two-time league leader in interceptions with 10 in 1957 and 7 in 1959. After playing...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
   
• Hatfield, Mark Odom   b. July 12, 1922  d. August 7, 2011
  US Senator, Oregon Governor. He graduated from Willamette University in 1943 and served in the Navy during World War II, manning a landing craft during the Iwo Jima invasion and becoming one of the first Americans to see the effects of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. After the war he completed a master's degree at Stanford University in 1948 and became a Professor and Dean of Students at Willamette. A Republican, he served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1951 to 1955 and the Oregon...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
  Plot: Section H, Grave 3623-H
   
• Kaufman, Loren R.    b. July 27, 1923  d. February 10, 1951
  Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Kaufman served as a Sergeant First Class, United States Army, Company G, 9th Infantry Regiment. He was awarded his medal for service Near Yongsan, Korea, on September 4-5, 1950. His citation reads-Sfc. Kaufman distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action. On the night of 4 September the company was in a defensive position on 2 adjoining hills. His platoon was occupying a strong point...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
   
• Leavitt, Scott    b. June 16, 1879  d. October 19, 1966
  US Congressman. During the Spanish-American War, he served with the 33rd Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the campaign at Santiago, Cuba. After the war, he attended the University of Michigan and moved to Oregon in 1901. He entered the Forest Service as a ranger at Fremont National Forest Oregon, in 1907 and served in Minnesota and Montana until 1917. In 1923, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses serving until 1933. After his term, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
  Plot: SECTION G SITE 3282
   
• Martin, Thomas Ellsworth    b. January 18, 1893  d. June 27, 1971
  US Congressman, US Senator. He was elected as a Representative from Iowa to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1939 to 1955. He was then elected to the United States Senate, serving as a Senator from Iowa from 1955 to 1961. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
  Plot: Section R, Grave 731
   
• Reusser, Col. Kenneth    b. January 27, 1920  d. June 20, 2009
  US Marine Corps Aviator. He flew 253 combat missions, was the only man to survive being "downed" in three wars, and is considered the most decorated pilot in Marine Corps history. Raised in coastal Oregon, the child of a minister, he raced motorcycles to earn money for college, and held a pilot's license prior to WWII. Reusser joined the Navy Reserve on August 23, 1941, was sent to flight school, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in April, 1942. Sent to the South Pacific, he participated...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
   
• Richards ., . Glendola Mae ' '  b. October 16, 1913  d. April 26, 1997
  
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
  Plot: 2, 0, 1656
   
• Wallin, Homer Norman    b. December 6, 1893  d. March 6, 1984
  United States Navy Admiral. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1917 and served on the battleship "USS New Jersey" (BB-16) during World War I. After the war, he was transferred to the Navy's Construction Corps and became cheif of Naval Architecture. In 1941, as Captain he became Material Officer for Commander, Battle Force, United States Pacific Fleet, and was serving in that position when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7. He was placed in charge of the Pearl...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
  Plot: Section E, Site 487
   

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