Curated category
Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- John F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy entered the world on the 29th of May 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. His father Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
- Pete ConradCharles Conrad Jr. was born on the 2nd of June 1930, in Philadelphia to a family that lost its fortune during the Great Depression.
- Roger B. ChaffeeRoger Bruce Chaffee arrived in the world on the 15th of February 1935. His birthplace was Grand Rapids, Michigan. The family had moved there from Greenville…
- Donn F. EiseleDonn Fulton Eisele was born on the 23rd of June 1930 in Columbus, Ohio. His parents were Herman Eugene Eisele and Lee Ila June Eisele.
- Stuart RoosaStuart Allen Roosa was born on the 16th of August 1933 in Durango, Colorado. He grew up in Claremore, Oklahoma, where he attended Justus Grade School and…
- Gus GrissomVirgil Ivan Grissom was born in the small town of Mitchell, Indiana, on the 3rd of April 1926. His father worked as a signalman for the Baltimore and Ohio…
- Henry KissingerHeinz Alfred Kissinger was born on the 27th of May 1923 in Fürth, Bavaria. His family lived under Nazi rule when he was nine years old and Adolf Hitler…
- John Foster DullesJohn Foster Dulles entered the world on the 25th of February 1888 in Washington D.C. He was born into a family that dominated American foreign policy for…
- John Young (astronaut)John Watts Young flew in space six times, walked on the Moon, and commanded the first Space Shuttle mission. No other astronaut in history flew in four…
- David Dixon PorterOn the 2nd of February 1829, a sixteen-year-old boy named David Dixon Porter received his official appointment as midshipman in the United States Navy.
- Alfred WordenAlfred Merrill Worden was born on the 7th of February 1932 in Jackson, Michigan. He spent his early years living on a family farm outside that city.
- Michael Collins (astronaut)Michael Collins entered the world on the 31st of October 1930, inside a hospital in Rome, Italy. His father James Lawton Collins served as the United States…
- Alan BeanAlan LaVern Bean was born on the 15th of March 1932 in Wheeler, Texas. His parents were Arnold Horace Bean and Frances Caroline Bean.
- Thurgood MarshallThoroughgood Marshall was born on the 2nd of July 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland. His father worked as a waiter in hotels and railroad cars while his mother…
- Caspar WeinbergerCaspar Willard Weinberger was born on the 18th of August 1917, in San Francisco. His father Herman worked as an attorney while his mother Cerise taught music.
- L. Sprague de CampLyon Sprague de Camp was born on the 27th of November 1907 in New York City. He grew up as one of three sons to Lyon de Camp, a businessman dealing in real…
- John SchofieldJohn McAllister Schofield arrived in the world on the 29th of September 1831. He was born in Gerry, New York to Reverend James Schofield and Caroline…
- James IrwinJames Benson Irwin was born on the 17th of March 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His parents were James William Irwin and Elsa Mathilda Irwin.
- Richard F. Gordon Jr.Richard Francis Gordon Jr. entered the world on the 5th of October 1929 in Seattle, Washington. He was the first of five children born to Richard Francis…
- Philip SheridanPhilip Henry Sheridan was born on the 6th of March 1831 in Albany, New York. He grew up in Somerset, Ohio as the third of six children to Irish Catholic…
- George CrookGeorge R. Crook was born on the 8th of September 1828 to Thomas and Elizabeth Matthews Crook on a farm near Taylorsville, Ohio.
- Walter Bedell SmithWalter Bedell Smith was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on the 5th of October 1895. He grew up as the elder of two sons to William Long Smith and Ida Francis…
- William Babcock HazenWilliam Babcock Hazen was born on the 27th of September 1830 in West Hartford, Vermont. He moved to Ohio when he was three years old and spent his boyhood in…
- William RosecransWilliam Starke Rosecrans was born on a farm near Little Taylor Run in Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio. He grew up as the second of five sons to…
- Daniel Patrick MoynihanDaniel Patrick Moynihan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the 16th of March 1927. He moved to New York City at age six with his Irish Catholic family.
- James E. WebbJames Edwin Webb was born on the 7th of October 1906 in a small community called Tally Ho. This place sat within Granville County, North Carolina.