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Auerbach, Red (Arnold) b. September 20, 1917 d. October 28, 2006
Hall of Fame Professional Basketball Coach. After coaching for the Washington Capitals (from 1946 to 1949) and the Tri-Cities Black Hawks (from 1949 to 1950) he was hired as the coach of the Boston Celtics, where from 1950 to 1966 he won nine NBA championships; eight that came in consecutive years. He was the first coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games, retiring with 1,037 wins and 548 losses. In 1980 he was named the "greatest coach in the history of the NBA" by the Professional Basketball...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Cause of death: Heart attack
King David Memorial Garden, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Bertier, Gerry b. August 20, 1953 d. March 20, 1981
American Folk Figure. He transferred to T.C. Williams highshool during desegregation in 1971. While at T.C. he joined the football team as a linebacker. The team was undefeated. He was named "Among the Top 100" and was selected by Coach and Athelete magazines as one of the top 100 football players in the nation. On his way home from the banquet dinner he was involved in a automobile accident. He was rendered paralyzed from the waist-down. In the Wheelchair Olympics he went on to win the gold...[Read More] (Bio by: Dennis Michael Ison)
Mount Comfort Cemetery, Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Bork, Robert Heron b. March 1, 1927 d. December 19, 2012
US Political Figure. He served as US Acting Attorney General under President Richard Nixon (1973). His father was a steel company purchasing agent, his mother was a school teacher, he earned a bachelor of arts and law degree from the University of Chicago. Following graduation, he served with the United States Marine Corps and commenced practicing law privately, prior to taking the position of professor at the Yale Law School in 1962. Associated with the Republican Party, Bork was named US...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Fairfax Memorial Park, Fairfax, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Campbell, Philip Pitt b. April 25, 1862 d. May 26, 1941
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Kansas' 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1903 to 1923. He was originally interred in the Abbey Mausoleum, but was later moved to an unknown location.
National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Plot: Fountain Court
Curry, Charles Forrest b. March 14, 1858 d. October 10, 1930
US Congressman. After an unsuccessfully run for Governor of California in 1910, he was elected to represent California's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, and served from from 1913 to 1930. He was originally entombed in the Abbey Mausoleum at Arlington National Cemetery.
National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Fitzhugh, William b. August 24, 1741 d. June 6, 1809
US Continental Congressman. He was a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates when elected to the First Continental Congress in 1779. After his term, he served in the State House of Delegates and State Senate in 1780, 1781, 1787, and 1788. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Pohick Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Foster, Frances b. June 11, 1924 d. June 17, 1997
Actress. A native of Yonkers, New York, she is best known for her role as 'Vera' in the daytime television series "The Guiding Light", which she played from 1985 to 1994. Some of her acting credits include roles in the motion pictures "A Piece of the Action" (1977), "Malcolm X" (1992), "Crooklyn" (1994), "Clockers" (1995), and "The Juror" (1996), and in television series as "Good Times", "Kojak", and "Law and Order". (Bio by: Brown Girl 33)
National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Franklin, Linda Gail b. March 11, 1955 d. October 14, 2002
Murder Victim. One of the victims of the DC Beltway Sniper, she was killed loading her car with purchases from a Home Depot Store. A 1986 education graduate of the University of Florida, she taught schools in Guatemala, Germany, Belgium and Japan as a Department of Defense employee. She joined the Federal Bureau of Investigations in 1998, studying terror threats while assigned to the National Infrastructure Protection Center. A breast cancer survivor, she was married and the mother of a...[Read More] (Bio by: Thom Painter)
National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Plot: L-776-4
Kirby Jr., Clayton Laws 'Clay' b. June 25, 1948 d. October 11, 1991
Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League baseball as a pitcher for eight seasons (1969 to 1976) with the San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos. He began his Major League career with the 1969 San Diego Padres in their inaugural year, and in five seasons with the club he won 52 games and lost 81, including losing a league leading 20 games in 1969. He was traded to the Cincinnati Reds after the 1973 season, and went a combined 22 and 15 for the Reds over the next two...[Read More]
National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Lazzari, Pietro b. May 15, 1895 d. May 1, 1979
Sculptor. He was best known for his bronze busts of humanitarians, most notably Pope Paul VI, Adlai Stevenson, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Lee, Richard Bland b. January 20, 1761 d. March 12, 1827
Richard Bland Lee was born in Leesylvania and was the third son of Henry Lee, II of Leesylvania, Virginia. He was the first Congressman from Northern Virginia. His brother was Lighthorse Harry Lee, Revolutionary War Officer, Virginia Governor, and father of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee studied at private schools and graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1781. He settled on part of his father's land holdings in what is now western Fairfax County, Virginia. After his...[Read More] (Bio by: Janet Greentree)
Sully Plantation, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Luhring, Oscar Raymond b. February 11, 1879 d. August 20, 1944
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Indiana's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1919 to 1923.
National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Mackall, William Whann b. January 18, 1817 d. August 12, 1891
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in the District of Columbia, he graduated from the US Military Academy in 1837 and was commissioned an officer in the 1st US Artillery. He distinguished himself in the Seminole War, Mexican War and at the start of the Civil War declined promotion to Lieutenant Colonel to serve in the Confederate Army. Commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel on the staff of General Albert Sidney Johnston, he was promoted Brigadier General in 1862. He was assigned to the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Lewinsville Presbyterian Cemetery, McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Mason, George b. 1725 d. October 7, 1792
Influential American Patriot who helped gain support for the American Revolution and helped write the Constitution of the United States. Born in Virginia in 1725, the son of George and Ann Thomson Mason. When he was ten years old, his father died, and his uncle, John Mercer, raised him. His education was profoundly influenced by his uncle's 1500 volume library, of which nearly one third were about the law. Mason inherited Gunston Hall, one of the richest plantations in colonial Virginia. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Mason Family Cemetery, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Millner, Wayne b. January 31, 1913 d. November 19, 1976
Hall of Fame Professional Football Player. He played for the Boston Redskins in 1936 and the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1941, and 1945. From 1942 to 1944 he served in the military but came back in 1945 and coached such teams as the Philadelphia Eagles. He was two-time Notre-Dame All-America, caught 55 yard and 78 yard touchdown passes in the 1937 NFL Championship, and was the top receiver at the time of his retirement with 124 catches while with the Washington Redskins. He was inducted...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Morefield, Richard Henry b. 1929 d. October 11, 2010
Iranian Hostage. A career diplomat with the United States Department of State, he was assigned to the US Embassy in Tehran Iran when it was seized by Iranian militants on November 4 1979. Sixty-six Americans were held hostage. Thirteen were released on November 20 1979. One was released due to illness on July 11, 1980. The remaining fifty-two, including Richard Morefield were held a total of 444 days. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Fairfax Memorial Park, Fairfax, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Nofziger, Lyn b. June 8, 1924 d. March 27, 2006
Journalst, US Government Official. He is best remembered as the spokesman and campaign political advisor for Ronald Reagan in several campaigns. Born Franklyn C. Nofziger in Bakersfield, California, he served in the U.S. Army, received a journalism degree from San Jose State College; spent 16 years as a newspaperman, including eight as a Washington Correspondent for Copley Newspapers in California and Illinois. Advised...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Pollin, Abe b. December 3, 1923 d. November 24, 2009
Sports Magnate. As owner of the Washington Wizards, he held the longest proprietorship of an NBA franchise, from 1964 until his death. Born in Philadelphia to Russian-Jewish immigrants, he moved with his family at the age of eight to Washington, D.C. for the purpose of his father's work. He attended George Washington University where he studied Government and graduated in 1945 joining the family's construction company. Following the successful growth of the business during the 1950s, Pollin (an...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
King David Memorial Garden, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Ricca, Jim b. October 8, 1927 d. February 11, 2007
Professional Football Player. He was a defensive tackle and guard for six seasons (1951 to 1956) in the National Football League with the Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles. Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Redskins, Ricca was one of the largest players in the NFL at that time (6'4", 270 lbs). During his career, Ricca played in 60 games. He died from a brain aneurysm. (Bio by: C.S.)
National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Rogers, Will b. December 12, 1898 d. August 3, 1983
US Congressman. Elected to represent Oklahoma in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1933 to 1943.
National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA

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