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Barry Goldwater

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Barry Goldwater Veteran Famous memorial

Original Name
Barry Morris Goldwater
Birth
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Death
29 May 1998 (aged 89)
Paradise Valley, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Paradise Valley, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.5310961, Longitude: -111.9942823
Plot
Niche 64
Memorial ID
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U.S. Senator. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II as a Lieutenant Colonel and pilot making supply runs in the Asian Theatre (he remained in the Air Force Reserves and retired with the rank of Major General in 1962). He was elected as a Republican Senator from Arizona to the United States Senate, serving first from 1953 to 1965, then from 1969 to 1987. In 1964, he was the Republican nominee for United States President, running with New York Congressman William E. Miller as his Vice-Presidential Candidate. He lost the election to incumbent President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who soundly defeated him by a wide margin. When he retired from the Senate in 1987, he had served a total of 30 years. He died in Paradise Valley, Arizona, in 1998. His son, Barry M. Goldwater Jr., served as a Congressman from California.
U.S. Senator. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II as a Lieutenant Colonel and pilot making supply runs in the Asian Theatre (he remained in the Air Force Reserves and retired with the rank of Major General in 1962). He was elected as a Republican Senator from Arizona to the United States Senate, serving first from 1953 to 1965, then from 1969 to 1987. In 1964, he was the Republican nominee for United States President, running with New York Congressman William E. Miller as his Vice-Presidential Candidate. He lost the election to incumbent President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who soundly defeated him by a wide margin. When he retired from the Senate in 1987, he had served a total of 30 years. He died in Paradise Valley, Arizona, in 1998. His son, Barry M. Goldwater Jr., served as a Congressman from California.

Bio by: RPD2



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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Jun 3, 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3022/barry-goldwater: accessed ), memorial page for Barry Goldwater (2 Jan 1909–29 May 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 3022, citing Christ Church of the Ascension Memory Garden, Paradise Valley, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.