Find A Grave - Bexar County

Adams, Lucian b. October 22, 1922 d. March 31, 2003
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during World War II as a Staff Sergeant in the 30th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near St. Die, France, on October 28, 1944. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. When his company was stopped in its effort to drive through the Mortagne Forest to reopen the supply line to the isolated third...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section AI, Site 555
Baker, Del b. May 3, 1892 d. September 11, 1973
Major League Baseball Player / Manager. Played Major League Baseball as a catcher for 3 seasons (1914-1916) with the Detroit Tigers. Baker became a minor league manager in 1927. He replaced Mickey Cochrane as Detroit manager in 1938 when he was a Tigers' coach. He managed the Tigers to the 1940 pennant, losing in the World Series to the Reds in seven games. He later becamse a coach with the Red Sox and was coach at Trinity College in San Antonio, Texas at the time of his death. In 172 lifetime...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Mausoleum Number 1, Crypt 403-d
Ball, Joseph D. b. January 7, 1896 d. September 24, 1938
Serial Killer. Joe Ball was a member of a prominent family of Elmendorf, Texas. After serving in France during World War I, he came home and began selling bootleg whiskey to area residents. After Prohibition ended, Ball opened a bar on Highway 181 called the Sociable Inn. He had pretty women waiting tables and soon caught five alligators and housed them in a cement pool in back of the bar. For live entertainment, Ball would entertain his customers by throwing huge chunks of meat to the gators...[Read More] (Bio by: Dennis Rice)
Cause of death: Suicide
Saint Anthonys Cemetery, Elmendorf, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Near the front gate
GPS coordinates: 29.2591305, -98.3298874 (hddd.dddd)
Barbat, Percy b. May 23, 1882 d. June 20, 1965
Actor. Born Percy Dewitt Barbat, he was primarily a stage performer when he made his big screen debut in "Peter Pan" (1924). He also appeared in some short reel serials and in "No Man's Land" (1964). He died in San Antonio, Texas. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Space 6, Lot 352, Block Section 5
Barkley, David B. b. March 31, 1899 d. November 9, 1918
World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private, United States Army, Company A, 356th Infantry, 89th Division. He was awarded his medal posthumously for service Near Pouilly, France, on November 9, 1918. His citation reads-When information was desired as to the enemy's position on the opposite side of the Meuse River, Pvt. Barkeley, with another soldier, volunteered without hesitation and swam the river to reconnoiter the exact location. He succeeded in reaching the...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Barnes, William [cenotaph] b. 1845 d. December 24, 1866
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a farmer before the war and enlisted in the Union Army on February 11, 1864. He joined Company C of the 38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment as a private. His enlistment papers gave his age as 23 which means he would have been born in 1840 or 1841, but other sources give his birth as 1845. His regiment was among a division of black troops at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm on September 29, 1864.Confederate Brigadier General John...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section Ma Grave 86 (in Memory Marker)
GPS coordinates: 29.2527809, -98.2802200 (hddd.dddd)
Barrett, Montgomery b. June 19, 1897 d. October 8, 1949
Cartoonist and author. In 1927 he began the syndicated cartoon strip "Jane Arden." He wrote various magazine articles and historical novels. Three of his books with Texas backgrounds were "Sun in Their Eyes" (1944), "Tempered Blade" (1946) and "Smoke up the Valley" (1949).
San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 9 Section 1 W 1/2 Lot 307 Grave 5
GPS coordinates: 29.2075806, -98.2837067 (hddd.dddd)
Baylor, George Wythe b. August 24, 1832 d. March 24, 1916
Confederate Military Officer, Texas Ranger. Born in Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation. His father died when he was 2 and by 1845, he and his family had lived in numerous locations. As an adult, he continued this restless lifestyle, never staying in one place for very long. In 1845, he moved to Texas to live with his brother, John Robert Baylor near La Grange, in Ross Prairie. He attended Rutersville College and later attended Baylor University at Independence, Texas. He worked for a short time as a...[Read More] (Bio by: H M G)
Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 3 Lot 45
GPS coordinates: 29.4207306, -98.4639130 (hddd.dddd)
Beckwith, Charles A. b. January 22, 1929 d. June 13, 1994
United States Army Officer. He was the founder and first Commander of the United States Army's Counter-terrorist 1st Special Operations Detachment - Delta, also known as "Delta Force". He is remembered for its most decisive failure, the attempt to rescue the 52 hostages held in the American Embassy in Teheran, Iran in 1980. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, affectionately known as Chargin' Charlie, was a six foot, 3 inch Green Beret (Army Special Forces) officer and decorated hero of the Vietnam War...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 9, Grave 1132
GPS coordinates: 29.2863293, -98.2551193 (hddd.dddd)
Bedford, Gene b. December 2, 1896 d. October 6, 1977
Second baseman for the Cleveland Indians, 1925.
Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 6 (oaklawn) Lot 820
GPS coordinates: 29.2987194, -98.2595673 (hddd.dddd)
Bee, Carlos b. July 8, 1867 d. April 20, 1932
Member of the Texas state senate, 1915-19; US Representative from Texas, 1919-21.
Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 4 Lot 49
Bee, Hamilton Prioleau b. July 22, 1822 d. October 3, 1897
Secretary of the first Texas senate and speaker of the house, 1854-56. Brigadier general of the Texas State Militia in 1861. Brigadier General CSA (1862), commanded Western District of Texas. He lived in self exile in Mexico for eleven years (1865-76) before returning to Texas.
Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
GPS coordinates: 29.4199295, -98.4633865 (hddd.dddd)
Bellinger, Charles b. April 15, 1875 d. June 14, 1937
Businessman, Political Leader. As a boy, he learned the art of dealing a deck of cards and became so good at it he was hired to work as a dealer in a gambling establishment. There he worked until he made his boss wealthy. With a little money he then moved to San Antonio. His luck at poker soon helped him to pay down on a home and open a saloon. As he continued to win he opened and expanded his saloon operations city-wide. He also invested in real estate and became San Antonio's greatest...[Read More] (Bio by: Deleon Todd)
Eastview Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Benavidez, Roy P. b. August 5, 1935 d. November 29, 1998
Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Viet Nam War in the United States Army as a Master Sergeant, in Detachment B-56, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces (the Green Berets). He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery West of Loc Ninh on May 2, 1968 while a Staff Sergeant. His citation reads �On the morning of 2 May 1968, a 12-man Special Forces Reconnaissance Team was inserted by helicopters in a dense jungle area west of Loc Ninh, Vietnam to gather...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section A1, Grave 553
Blanchard, Felix 'Doc' b. December 11, 1924 d. April 19, 2009
College Football Player. He was the recipient of the Heisman Trophy in 1945. Raised in Bishopville, South Carolina, he attended St. Stanislaus Prep School in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He played at the fullback position during his collegiate years at the University of North Carolina and the United States Military Academy. While at West Point, Blanchard (known as "Mr. Inside") and Glenn Davis (known as "Mr. Outside")...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Blocker, Abner Pickins b. January 30, 1856 d. August 9, 1943
Cattleman. Born the youngest of three sons of Abner Pickens and Cornelia Randolph Murphy Blocker on the family ranch near Austin, Texas. He and his brothers, John and William, ran cattle in Blanco County, driving herds numbering in the thousands across trails to destinations such as Wyoming, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Montana. In 1885 he delivered 2,500 head to the newly established XIT Ranch for whom he devised the XIT brand. In 1890 he became range boss at his brother's Chupadero Ranch...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Dignowity Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Grave 3 Lot 11 Section A
Bolton, Cecil b. October 7, 1908 d. January 22, 1965
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a First Lieutenant in Company E, 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Division, US Army. During the crossing of the Mark River in Holland, November 2, 1944, he led a bazooka team against a German positions. He charged the enemy machine gun nest, killing the two gunners and was wounded. He then attacked a second machine gun, a 88-mm artillery piece and he crawled back wounded to his lines. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section Pc Grave 22-j
GPS coordinates: 29.2870007, -98.2595825 (hddd.dddd)
Bordelon, William James b. December 25, 1920 d. November 20, 1943
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Marine Corps as a staff sergeant, and he was from Texas. He was awarded his medal posthumously for action at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, on November 20, 1943, during World War II. Official CMOH citation: For valorous and gallant conduct above and beyond the call of duty as a member of an assault engineer platoon of the 1st Battalion, 18th Marines, tactically attached to the 2d Marine Division, in action against the...[Read More]
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Bowie, Jim (James) b. April 10, 1796 d. March 6, 1836
Folk Figure, Alamo Defender. Born in Logan County (present day Simpson County), Kentucky, one of ten children of Rezin and Elve Bowie. About 1809 the Bowies moved to Louisiana where they established a plantation on the Vermilion River. During the War of 1812, Bowie and his brother joined the Louisiana militia, but saw little action. After the war the brothers traded illegally in slaves and also dabbled in land speculation. In 1827, Bowie was embroiled in the so called Sandbar Fight which marked...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Brooks Jr., Sidney Johnston b. May 21, 1895 d. November 13, 1917
A member of a prominent family, Cadet Sidney J. Brooks, Jr. became the first San Antonian to lose his life in World War I activities. He was killed when his JN-4 biplane crashed on his final return training flight from Hondo airfield to Kelly Field (now Kelly Air Force Base), Texas. Cadet Brooks was posthumously awarded his aviator's wings and commissioned at the request of the City Council. Brooks Field (now Brooks Air Force Base), San Antonio, was named in his honor. In November 1987 the...[Read More]
Sidney J. Brooks, Jr. Memorial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA

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