Find A Grave - San Bruno

Moore, Gen. George Fleming b. July 31, 1887 d. December 2, 1949
World War II US Army General. A native of Texas, Moore graduated from Texas A&M University in 1908. Commissioned into the army a year later, he was assigned to the Coastal Artillery Corps where he served through World War One and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1937 he returned to Texas A&M where he was assigned as Commandant of Cadets and shortly afterwards promoted to the rank of Colonel. In 1940 he was sent to the Philippines where in 1941, he was assigned the job of defending...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: C BLK, 40
Morgan, Charles Hale b. November 6, 1834 d. December 20, 1875
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Manlius, New York, he graduated 12th in the West Point class of 1857. He served on garrison and frontier duty in the antebellum Regular Army. Stationed on the frontier when the war started, he did not return to the East until December 1861. As First Lieutenant of the 4th United States Artillery, he participated in the Peninsula and Seven Days' Campaigns. Promoted to Captain on August 5, 1862, he was on sick leave until October 1, when he assumed...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section E, Site 390
Mullin, Hugh Patrick b. March 20, 1878 d. June 9, 1948
Philippine Insurrection Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Navy as a Seaman on board the "USS Texas". He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery on November 11, 1899. His citation reads "On board the USS Texas during the coaling of that vessel at Hampton Roads, Va., 11 November 1899. Jumping overboard while wearing a pair of heavy rubber boots and at great risk to himself, Mullin rescued Alfred Kosminski, apprentice, second class, who fell overboard, by supporting...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section A-2, Grave 294
Nimitz, Chester W. b. February 24, 1885 d. February 20, 1966
United States Navy Fleet Admiral. Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, he was accepted into the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in 1901 and graduated in 1905. On December 31, 1941, he was appointed Commander-In-Chief in the Pacific (CinCPac). In 1944 he was promoted to the grade of Fleet Admiral. During the war he commanded more than two million men and thousands of ships and airplanes. He accepted the surrender of Japan, on board the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Soon after...[Read More] (Bio by: Roderick Lawson)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Robertson, Patrick Charles ' Brown-Eyed Alligator' b. September 17, 1935 d. June 6, 2005
Blues Musician. A native of Opelousas, Louisiana, he is best known for such recordings as, 'The Things (That) I Used To Do.' He worked with the likes of Bobbie 'Spider' Webb, and Kenny Neal. He was also a member of the Phillip Walker Band. A veteran of the Korean War, he served as a Sergeant in the United States Air Force. He passed away after a battle with cancer, at the age of 69, in San Francisco, California. (Bio by: K)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section W Site 1779
Ryan, Leo Joseph b. May 5, 1925 d. November 18, 1978
US Congressman. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Ryan enlisted in the United States Navy during the middle of World War Two and served until his discharge in 1946. Returning to Nebraska, he attended Creighton University before moving to California where he became a high school teacher. Motivated to enter politics, he was elected mayor of South San Francisco in 1962 but gave up the seat later that same year when he was elected to the California State Assembly serving until 1972. In 1973 he was elected...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Cause of death: Assassinated by gunmen
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section C-1, Grave 15-A
Sharkey, Thomas 'Sailor Tom' b. November 26, 1873 d. April 17, 1953
Professional Boxer. Born in Dundalk, Ireland, he ran away from home, went to sea as a cabin boy, landed in New York City and joined the US Navy in 1892. Noted as a tough standup brawler, he began his career as a professional fighter while on deployment in Hawaii and was nicknamed ‘Sailor' for a tattoo of a star and battleship on his chest. As a heavyweight contender from 1893 to 1904, he fought two championships titles and was credited with having won 40 fights, with 37 by knockout, 7 losses...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section R, Grave 454
Spruance, Raymond A. b. July 3, 1886 d. December 13, 1969
United States Navy Admiral. Commander of the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet at the end of World War II; graduated 24th in his class at Annapolis (1906), then came up through the fleet as a commander of destroyers and cruisers. He is thought by many to be one of the finest naval tacticians in modern history and was the architect of the American victory in the Battle of Midway, acknowledged as the turning point of the Pacific war. After World War II, he served as president of the Naval War...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Schaller)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Stevens, LTC. Albert W. b. March 13, 1886 d. March 26, 1949
Acclaimed aerial photographer, stratosphere balloonist, MacKay Trophy winner (twice) and winner of the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster. Albert was born the third child of Nathan Whitten and Alice Anderson. Alice died 5 months after Albert was born and he was adopted by Andrew and Nancy Stevens. Albert grew up in Belfast, Maine, and then attended the University of Maine eventually graduating in 1909 with a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineer. During his college days he became...[Read More] (Bio by: Charles Gannon)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section N, Site 1602
Stites, Harold P. b. June 5, 1897 d. May 2, 1946
Alcatraz Guard. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War One, Harold Stites would become a correctional officer working at the notorious Alcatraz Prison. In 1938, Stites was posted at a watchtower when three inmates murdered Officer Royal Cline during an escape attempt. The inmates attempted to take over the tower, forcing Stites to fire at them, killing one and wounding another. On May 2nd, 1946, six inmates, Marvin Hubbard, Bernard Coy, Joseph Paul Cretzer, Myron Thompson, Sam Shockley...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section L
Stryker, Stuart S. b. October 30, 1924 d. March 24, 1945
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Portland Oregon, he served as a Private First Class in E Company, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, US Army. On March 24, 1945, the aircraft carrying Company E of the 513th was dropped in the wrong landing zone near Wesel, Germany. PFC Stryker was a platoon messenger runner, when the unit Company E reached a point about 250 yards from a large building used as an enemy headquarters and manned by a force of Germans with rifles...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section B Grave 719
Turner, Richmond K. b. May 27, 1885 d. February 12, 1961
US Navy Admiral. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in June 1908, served in several ships over the next four years and was Ordnance Officer at the Naval Gun Factory in Washington, D.C. in 1922. In 1927, he received flight training at Pensacola, Florida and was Commander of Aircraft Squadrons, Asiatic Fleet, in the 1930s. In 1941, at the rank of Rear Admiral, he was sent to the Pacific as Assistant Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, US Fleet. During World War II, he to take command of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section C, Grave 7
Wells, Herman Eclipse b. July 23, 1888 d. November 22, 1965
PVT US ARMY
WORLD WAR I
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section J Site 14-A
White, Dan b. September 2, 1946 d. October 21, 1985
Dan White had been a paratrooper in Vietnam. When he returned home to San Francisco in 1969 he joined the San Francisco Police Department. In 1973 he left the force and joined the fire department where he won many awards for bravery. In 1977 he ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and won. The following year he resigned, saying that he could not live on the $9,600 he recieved. When he tried to rescind his resignation, fellow Supervisor and gay activest Harvey Milk adamantly opposed...[Read More]
Cause of death: Suicide
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section C, Marker 5064
Wiley, Herbert Victor b. May 16, 1891 d. April 28, 1954
United States Naval Officer. A native of Missouri, Wiley graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1915 and was commissioned to the rank of Ensign. A veteran of World War One, Wiley was assigned to the Naval Airship Program in the 1920's with his first posting being aboard the USS Shenandoah. He would serve aboard the vessel until September 2, 1925, when the Shenandoah went down over Ohio killing 14 members of her crew. Surviving the crash, Wiley was reassigned to the USS Los Angeles...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Sec R, Site 58
Young, Robert Harley b. March 4, 1929 d. November 5, 1950
Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War as a Private First Class in Company E, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery North of Kaesong, Korea, on October 9, 1950. His citation reads "Pfc. Young distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action. His company, spearheading a battalion drive deep in enemy territory, suddenly came...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section O, Grave 8

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