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• Fox, Oscar    b. October 11, 1879  d. July 29, 1961
  Composer. Born in Burnet County, Texas, he was a music teacher and choir conductor most notable for his country music compositions. He never wrote lyrics but set existing poems to music and published more than fifty songs. His many classic country songs included "The Cowboy's Lament" (1923), "The Old Chisholm Trail" (1924), "The Hills of Home" (1925), "Old Paint" (1927), "Whoopee Ti Yi Yo, Git Along, Little Dogies" (1927) and "Will You Come to the Bower?" (1936). He was a member of the Texas...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Block 7, Lot 132
   
• Gallagher, Patricia Pauline C.    b. August 18, 1917  d. June 16, 2006
  Author. Mrs. Gallagher's books often appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List. She was recognized by Who's Who in America and Who's Who of American Women. Her award winning historical romance novels included: The Sons and the Daughters (1961), The Fires of Brimstone (1966), Shannon (1967), Shadows of Passion (1971), Summer of Sighs (1971), The Thicket (1974), Castles in the Air (1976), Mystic Rose (1977), No Greater Love (1979), All for Love (1983), Echoes and Embers (1983), On Wings of...[Read More] (Bio by: Deleon Todd)
  San Fernando Cemetery #3, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section 13, Lot 169, Grave 2
  GPS coordinates: 29.3863697, -98.5548630 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Garcia, Henry   b. February 4, 1903  d. October 31, 1970
  Screen, stage actor, musician, screenwriter and film technician. Appeared in the 1964 film "No Man's Land".
  San Fernando Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Block 40 Lot 1 Grave 141
  GPS coordinates: 29.2490692, -98.3330078 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Giles, Barney    b. September 13, 1892  d. May 6, 1984
  United States Army General. First served as commanding General of the Fourth Air Force in 1943, then as Assistant to Chief of the Air Staff, then Chief, from 1943 to 1945. Promoted to Lieutenant General, he commanded the United States Army Air Forces Pacific Ocean Areas from April to October 1945. Finally, he served as commanding General of United States Strategic Air Forces Pacific from 1945 to 1946.
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section B, Grave 240-d
  GPS coordinates: 29.2856808, -98.2594070 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Giles, Benjamin   b. September 13, 1892  d. November 30, 1974
  Major General Giles was the twin brother of Lt. General Barney M. Giles. Commander of Greenland Base Command, then Eastern Canada Base Command, 1941-43. In March 1944 he was appointed commanding general of the United States Air Forces in the Middle East.
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section B Grave 1-g
  GPS coordinates: 29.2854691, -98.2596130 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Given, John [cenotaph]   b. 1840  d. July 12, 1870
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the Wars with the Plains Indians as a Corporal in Company K, 6th United States Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in action on July 12, 1870 at the Battle of the Little Wichita River, Texas, with his citation for the award reading simply "Bravery in action." In the action he was part of a force of 57 men from the 6th Cavalry that went in pursuit of 250-strong group of Kiowa...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section MA, Site 88
  GPS coordinates: 29.2527809, -98.2802277 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Gonzalez, Henry Barbosa    b. May 3, 1916  d. November 28, 2000
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Texas's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1961 to 1999. Also served as a Member of the Texas State Senate from 1956 to 1961, Candidate in primary for Governor of Texas in 1958 and Candidate in primary for United States Senator from Texas in 1961. On November 22, 1963, he was riding in President John F. Kennedy's motorcade when he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. In 1986 he assaulted a man in a restaurant after the...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  San Fernando Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• Gottschall, Robert    b. September 15, 1915  d. January 3, 2005
  Screen Actor. He acted under the name Robert Shaw beginning in the 1930s. His film career included roles in several films by John Ford, such as "The Grapes of Wrath," "Young Mr. Lincoln" and "Tobacco Road." He also appeared in the Ford directed military training film "Sex Hygiene." Other credits include "The Great Profile," which starred John Barrymore, Henry King’s "Captain from Castile" and "Honeysuckle Rose." As a child, he was a batboy for a Texas League Baseball team. During an exhibition...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section CAA, Site 61
   
• Guentner ., . Donald L ' '   b. March 1, 1922  d. June 13, 1986
  
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: 1, 0, 3362
   
• Hague, Joe    b. April 25, 1944  d. November 5, 1994
  Major League Baseball Player. He was an outfielder-first baseman who later became a pinch-hitting specialist. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1968 until May 19, 1972, when he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Bernie Carbo. In 1970, the left-handed swinger hit .271 with 16 doubles, 14 homers and 68 runs batted in. His average dipped to .226 with 16 homers and 54 RBIs in 1971. He was a pinch hitter for the Reds, going 0 for 1 with two walks in the 1972 National League...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
  Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section 16 Lot 162 Grave 5
  GPS coordinates: 29.2999001, -98.2596664 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Hall, Lee (Jesse)    b. October 9, 1849  d. March 17, 1911
  Western Lawman. Born Jesse Lee Hall in Lexington, North Carolina, he moved to Texas in 1869 and became a City Marshal of Sherman. In August 1876, he became the second in command of Leander McNelly's Special Forces, Texas Rangers. Serving in the Goliad region, he broke up a gang of vigilantes and became the acting commander of the Ranger company. He was made 1st Lieutenant of the Ranger company in 1877, gaining much acclaim suppressing outlaw cattle rustling and raids from across the Mexican...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section A Grave 121
   
• Harrell, William George    b. June 26, 1922  d. August 9, 1964
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Platoon Sergeant in Company A, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, US Marine Corps. During the Iwo Jima campaign on March 3, 1945, Sergeant Harrell with a comrade dug in at a foxhole on a ridge 20 yards forward of where their company command post was established. Because of their nearness to the enemy, the two men took turns standing watches during the night when the Japanese attacked. The first attack by the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section W Grave 3247
  GPS coordinates: 29.2857609, -98.2579269 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Harrington, John    b. 1846  d. January 3, 1905
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. While carrying dispatches he was attacked by 125 hostile Indians, whom he and his comrades fought throughout the day. He was severely wounded in the hip and unable to move. He continued to fight, defending an exposed dying man. Washita River, Texas, 12 September 1874.
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section F Grave 1012
  GPS coordinates: 29.2528191, -98.2804031 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Hartwell, Charles Atherton    b. May 6, 1841  d. October 3, 1876
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Entered the Civil War as a Private in he 7th New York State Militia regiment, but soon procured a commission as a 1st Lieutenant in the 11th United States Regular Infantry. At this rank he served as an Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Maj. General Nathaniel P. Banks. When the United States Congress authorized the raising of African-American troops, he accepted a commission as Colonel and commander of the 77th United States Colored Troops. However, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section A, Grave 62
  GPS coordinates: 29.4217205, -98.4667816 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Herres, Gen. Robert Tralles   b. December 1, 1932  d. July 24, 2008
  United States Air Force General. He served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1987 to 1990, under General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. He received his undergraduate degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1954, and post graduate degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1960, and George Washington University in 1965. Initially commissioned as a naval officer, he switched military branches in 1955 to fly jet fighter aircraft. In 1966 he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• Heywood, Ralph    b. September 11, 1921  d. April 10, 2007
  Professional Football Player. Born in Los Angeles, he was an end and defensive end for four seasons (1946 to 1949) in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League, with the Chicago Rockets, Detroit Lions, Boston Yanks and New York Bulldogs. During his college years, he was a standout player at the University of Southern California and was named All-American. Heywood was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section 44, Site 91
   
• Higgins, Pattillo    b. December 5, 1863  d. June 5, 1955
  Texas Oil Pioneer. He was known as, “The prophet of Spindletop." As a young man, he was often in trouble and wounds from one fight even caused him to lose his left arm. In 1886, he started a company in Beaumont, Texas that made bricks. He learned how some industries were using oil rather than wood as fuel and thought he might be able to use oil to make bricks less expensively. In 1892, he and partners formed the Gladys City Oil, Gas and Manufacturing Company to explore for oil at Spindletop...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
   
• Hodes, Henry Irving    b. March 19, 1899  d. February 14, 1962
  United States Army General. Served in World War II and in the Korean War. Among his many posts are Commanding Officer, 112th Regiment (1944), Assistant Deputy of Staff, US Army (1945-1949), Assistant Commanding General, 1st Calvary Division (1949), Assistant Commanding General, 7th Division (1950), Deputy Commanding General, 8th Army, Korea (1951), Commanding General, 24th Division, Korea (1952), Commandant of Command & General Staff College (1952-1954), Commanding General, 7th Army (1954-1956)...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: B, 24-R
   
• Howard, James   b. 1841  d. November 8, 1879
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. His true name was James Brown. He entered the Union Army in Brooklyn New York and served as a Sergeant in Company K, 158th New York Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for action on April 2, 1865 near Petersburg (Battery Gregg), Virginia. His citation reads "Carried the colors in advance of the line of battle, the flagstaff being shot off while he was planting it on the parapet of the fort." He was originally buried in the Post Cemetery at Fort...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
  San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section E, Site 889
  GPS coordinates: 29.4214802, -98.4670410 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Hudspeth, Claude    b. May 12, 1877  d. March 19, 1941
  Member Texas state house of representatives, 1902; member of Texas state senate, 1906; US Representative from Texas, 1919-31. Hudspeth County, Texas is named for him.
  Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section 6 Lot 387 Space 10/11
  GPS coordinates: 29.2067108, -98.2807007 (hddd.dddd)
   

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