Find A Grave - El Paso County

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)
Cohen, Andrew Howard 'Andy' b. October 25, 1904 d. October 29, 1988
Major League Baseball Player. He was the older brother of Washington Senator pitcher Syd Cohen. He spent three seasons as a middle infielder for the New York Giants. He played collegiate baseball at the University of Alabama. Following college he played minor league baseball for the Minneapolis Millers and managed in the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves farm systems. He made his major league...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
B'nai Zion Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Cohen, Sydney Harry 'Syd' b. May 7, 1906 d. April 9, 1988
Major League Baseball Player. He was the younger brother of New York Giant infielder Andy Cohen. He spent three seasons in the major leagues as a pitcher with the Washington Senators. He played collegiate baseball at the University of Alabama and Southern Methodist University. Following college he played in the Arizona State League as a member of the Bisbee Bees and in the Pacific Coast League as a member of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
B'nai Zion Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Fall, Albert Bacon b. November 26, 1861 d. November 30, 1944
US Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Served as a Senator from from New Mexico from 1912-21. Also served as Justice of New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court in 1893 and as Secretary of the Interior from 1921-23 in the administration of Warren Harding. Central figure in the Teapot Dome scandal that shook the Harding Administration, Fall was convicted in 1929 of accepting a bribe for leasing government-owned oil reserves at Teapot Dome to private companies. He was sentenced to a year in...[Read More]
Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section K Lot 211 Space 2
GPS coordinates: 31.4640598, -106.2640610 (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
Guerrero, Gory b. January 11, 1921 d. April 18, 1990
Hall of Fame Professional Wrestler. Hhe earned a number of titles in the sport of wrestling, and is remembered as the patriarch of one of the greatest professional wrestling families ever. Born Salvadore Guerrero Quesada in Arizona, his family moved shortly after his birth to Mexico, and four years later to California, where he attended school. When he was 13, his mother passed away at the age of 30, and he went to work to help support his family, working as a paper boy and a bell boy. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Miss Hildy)
Mount Carmel Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
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)
Hardin, John Wesley b. May 26, 1853 d. August 19, 1895
Western Outlaw. He was famous as the most profligate killers in the Old West. He is believed to have killed a total of 44 men over the course of his lifetime, all of them before he reached the age of 23. Born in Bonham, Texas in 1853, his father was a Methodist Minister who named him for the founder of the Methodist Church. He soon displayed a quick and hot temper, which would get him into trouble time and again. When he was 14, a bigger boy teased him as the author of some graffiti on the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Gunned down
Concordia Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
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
Hill, Bobby Joe b. June 12, 1943 d. December 8, 2002
College Basketball Player. At five foot, ten inches, he played guard on the Texas Western College mens basketball team that won the 1966 College Basketball national title. Along with teammates Harry Flournoy, Nevil Shed, Dave "Big Daddy" Lattin, and Willie Worsley, they were the first all-African American starting five to win the Collegate Basketball title, defeating a top ranked and heavily favored University of Kentucky Wildcats team (coached by the legendary Adolph Rupp) 72 to 65 on March...[Read More] (Bio by: Anthony B)
Restlawn Memorial Park, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
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)
Huerta, Victoriano b. December 23, 1854 d. January 13, 1916
Mexican revolutionary general and dictator. He was a high ranking military figure in the government of President Francisco Madero, and was the guiding spirit of the 1910-20 revolution in its early stages. He plotted the assassination of the president and installed himself as Mexico's dictator. Other revolutionary leaders drove him into exile in Spain. He later moved to the USA.
Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section M Lot 122 Space 4
GPS coordinates: 31.4643402, -106.2651291 (hddd.dddd)
Kelly, Charles Edgar b. June 11, 1863 d. July 26, 1932
El Paso Mayor. Served as Mayor of El Paso, Texas from 1910 to 1915. He made national headlines when in an El Paso hotel he disarmed Francisco (Pancho) Villa who had vowed to kill General Giuseppe Garibaldi. With the Mexican Revolution spilling over into El Paso, he demanded help from Present Taft, which was finally forthcoming.
Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 1
GPS coordinates: 31.4637604, -106.2636490 (hddd.dddd)
Lama Sr., Tony b. June 15, 1887 d. January 10, 1974
Businessman. Gained acclaim as the "Bootmaker to the Stars". The Tony Lama Company began operation in 1912 as a small shoe-repair shop in El Paso, Texas. He began making western style boots, and became known as an innovator in the boot-making industry. He introduced such changes as lower heals and rounded toes that made the boot adaptable for walking as well as riding.
Restlawn Memorial Park, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section J Lot 2 Block 70 Space 6
Lea Jr., Thomas Calloway b. October 29, 1877 d. August 2, 1945
Renowned criminal lawyer who became mayor of El Paso, Texas (1915-17). He served during Pancho Villa's activities in the Mexican Interior and on the boarder. He threatened Villa with arrest if he came to El Paso. In retaliation Villa offered a standing reward of a thousand pesos in gold to anyone who would deliver on the Mexican side the gringo mayor (dead or alive).
Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section J Lot 33 Space 6
GPS coordinates: 31.4640408, -106.2638702 (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

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