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Alexander, Barton Stone b. September 4, 1819 d. December 15, 1878
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. An 1842 graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, his entire Civil War career was spend in the United States Regular Army Corps of Engineers. Serving first as a Major, then as a Lieutenant Colonel, he was the Chief Engineer for the Defenses around Washington, DC. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Regular Army on March 13, 1865 for "meritorious services during the war". He remained in the Army after the conflict, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: Section OS, Plot 17, Grave 7
Allen, William b. 1836 d. January 8, 1892
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Indian Wars as a First Sergeant in Company I, 23rd United States Regular Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Turret Mountain, Arizona on March 27, 1873. His citation simply reads "Gallantry in action". His Medal was issued on April 12, 1875. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: PLOT 48
Badders, William b. September 15, 1900 d. November 23, 1986
Interim Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Chief machinist's Mate Master Diver, US Navy. At Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on May 23, 1939, the submarine USS Squalus (SS-192), was beginning a test dive when the engine rooms began to flood trapping the ship and crew on the bottom 243 feet deep. For the rescue operations, Chief Badders was placed in charge as senior member of the rescue chamber crew. He made important and difficult dives under the most hazardous conditions...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Baker, Edward Dickinson b. February 24, 1811 d. October 21, 1861
Civil War Union Major General, US Senator. He was Abe Lincoln's best friend and Lincoln named one of his children after him. Baker was born in London England in 1811. He moved to the US with his parents as a child. He lived in Springfield Illinois where he met Lincoln and served as law partners. He served in congress and formed his own regiment in Illinois and saw action in Mexico fighting with Winfield Scott in 1849. He later was instrumental in keeping the western states free from slavery and...[Read More]
Cause of death: Casualty of war
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: OSD Section, Plot 488
Barney, Gen. Benjamin Griffin b. August 15, 1827 d. July 23, 1886
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A native of Massachusetts, Barney joined with the 9th Pennsylvania Militia in 1862 and was appointed Captain in command of Company B. In November 1862, he was commissioned a Captain in the Union Army and assigned as commander of Battery B, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. On April 1864, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and transferred to the newly formed 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery, which had been created to take in...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: Section OS, Row 34, Grave 3
Bash, Louis Hermann b. March 7, 1872 d. May 24, 1952
United States Army Quartermaster General. He graduated from West Point in 1895 and was assigned to the Infantry. During the Spanish-American War, he served in Cuba and was awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in action against Spanish Forces at Santiago, on July 1, 1898. Promoted to Captain in 1901, he served in the Commissary Department from 1905 to 1909, with the 6th Infantry and promoted Major in 1916. In WW I, with the 16th Infantry, in Europe, he was made Adjutant of the Service of Supply...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: SECTION OSD SITE 738
Bowman, Sarah A. d. December 23, 1866
Military Heroine. No one is sure when or where she was born but this woman who stood over six feet tall became the first lady to be a ranking US Army officer. She acquired the nickname "Great Western" probably because of her size. In 1845 she enlisted as a cook and laundress with one of her many husbands and became the chief cook at Fort Brown Texas. In May of 1846 she gained notoriety for her courageous actions during the Mexican bombardment of the fort. Refusing to take cover with the other...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: P-P E, 65
Boxton, Charles b. April 24, 1860 d. August 29, 1927
San Francisco Mayor. A California native, Boxton graduated from college with a degree in dentistry. In 1896, Boxton was a co-founder of the College of Physicians & Surgeons, and later would serve as the college's dean. With the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Boxton left his dental practice and joined the United States Army, leaving at war's end as a Lieutenant Colonel. In 1899, Charles Boxton was elected onto to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, a position he held until 1907. In...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: 9 OFF, 4
Burton, Phillip b. June 1, 1926 d. April 10, 1983
US Congressman. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Burton moved with his family to California in 1941 and settled in San Francisco. Following his graduation from high school and with World War Two still raging, he enlisted with the United States Navy and served in a cadet program while attending the University of Southern California until war's end. He later returned to the military in 1953 during the Korean War when he was briefly commissioned a First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. Having...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: Section B, Grave 1014-A
Burton, Sala Galant b. April 1, 1925 d. February 1, 1987
United States Congresswoman. Originally born Sala Galante in Poland, she first came to the United States in 1939 when she and her family were forced to leave their home due to the Nazi invasion of the country. Settling in San Francisco, she became involved in politics and in 1950 met her future husband, Phillip Burton, while attending a California Young Democrats convention. In 1951 she was appointed Vice-President of the California Democratic Council serving until 1954 and from 1957 until 1959...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: Section B, Grave 1014-A
Coey, James b. February 12, 1841 d. July 14, 1918
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Army as a Brevet Lieutenant Colonel in the 147th New York Infantry, and he was from Oswego, New York. He was awarded his medal for action at Hatcher's Run, Virginia, on February 6, 1863, during the Civil War. Official Citation: Seized the regimental colors at a critical moment and by a prompt advance on the enemy caused the entire brigade to follow him; and, after being himself severely wounded, he caused himself to...[Read More]
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Cremony, Maj. John C b. 1815 d. August 24, 1879
Civil War Union Army Officer, Author. A native of Maine, Cremony first saw military service with the coming of the Mexican War and served as a Lieutenant with the 1st Massachusetts Infantry. After the war he was hired as a journalist for the Boston Herald until 1849, when he was recruited to be an interpreter for the United States Boundary Commission, led by John R. Bartlett to map the new American-Mexican border, until 1851. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he returned to military service...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: Section Osa, Row 70, Site A
Crissy, Dana H. ' ' d. October 8, 1919
United States Army Officer. A graduate, and later instructor, of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Crissy was first commissioned an artillery officer assigned to the Presidio of San Francisco. Rising through the ranks, he transferred into the Aviation Section of the Army Signal Corps in 1917 and after brief service in charge of the School of Military Aeronautics at Princeton University; he was assigned as commander of Mather Air Field in Sacramento, California. In October 1919...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: Section OS, Row 98, Grave 5
Cushing, Howard b. 1840 d. 1871
Frontiersman. One of four famous Cushing brothers of Civil War fame (brothers Alonzo, William, and Howard all gained fame for heroic exploits). He was killed while on a scout in southern Arizona during the "Cochise War." A recent theory of one scholar has him the victim of an intentional ambush led by Nehdni Apache chief "Juh" and his followers in the Whetstone Mountains near present-day Sierra Vista, Arizona. He was perhaps the most famous "indian-fighter" of his time in the Arizona Territory. (Bio by: Robert Schaller)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: OFF 3, Plot 4
Cushman-Fryer (Wood), Pauline (Harriet) b. June 10, 1833 d. December 2, 1893
Civil War Union Spy. Born Harriet Wood in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1833 She became a stage actress in the early 1850s and changed her name to Pauline Cushman. She Married a music teacher named Charles Dickinson in 1853 and had 2 children. During the Civil War her husband was a member of the Regimntal band of the 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He died of Dysentery in December 1862. Going back to the stage she was in Louisville, Kentucky and was offered $300 buy Confederate sympathizers to...[Read More] (Bio by: Herbert Rickards)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: Officers Section
Day, Matthias W. b. August 8, 1853 d. September 12, 1927
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army duirng the Wars with the Plains Indians, and was awarded the CMOH for his bravery while a 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th United States Cavalry at Las Animas Canyon, New Mexico on September 18, 1879. His citation reads "Advanced alone into the enemy's lines and carried off a wounded soldier of his command under a hot fire and after he had been ordered to retreat". His Medal was awarded to him on May 7, 1890. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Dean, William F. b. August 1, 1899 d. August 24, 1981
United States Army General, Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served during the Korean War as a Major General and commander of the United States Army's 24th Infantry Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Taejon, Korea, on July 20 and 21, 1950. His citation reads "Maj. Gen. Dean distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the repeated risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. In command of a unit suddenly relieved from occupation...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Desiderio, Reginald B. b. September 12, 1918 d. November 27, 1950
Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. He was a Captain in the U.S. Army, Commanding Officer, Company E, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism at Ipsok, Korea. His official CMOH citation reads as follows: Capt. Desiderio distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the repeated risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. His company was given the mission of defending the command post...[Read More]
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: Section OS, Row 128, Grave 20
DeSomer, Abraham [cenotaph] b. December 29, 1884 d. August 31, 1974
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Navy, and he was from Wisconsin. He was awarded his medal for action at Vera Cruz, Mexico, on April 21-22, 1914, during the Mexican Campaign. Official CMOH citation: On board the U.S.S. Utah, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914. Rank and organization: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Utah. Place and date: Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914...[Read More]
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Dunagan, Kern W. b. February 20, 1934 d. December 27, 1991
Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the War in Viet Nam first as a Major, then as a Colonel in Company A, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry, Americal Division. He was awarded his the CMOH for his bravery at Quang Tin Province, Vietnam, on May 13, 1969. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Maj. (then Capt.) Dunagan distinguished himself during the...[Read More]
San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: Section WS, Plot 117-I

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