Alabama in Arlington National Cemetery
Posted in: Alabama
Among the 400,000 + ANC burials, here are some with a connection to Alabama
Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski
(Alabama, Alaska Territory, Florida, Georgia, Poland* & Virginia)
. . . a Union General who served as a post-Civil War Governor (Florida, Georgia & Virginia) and have governing authority (Alabama & Alaska Territory).
Lewis Merrill
(1834–1896) (Pennsylvania),
. . . Union General educated at the University of Lewisburg (Pennsylvania) & the US Military Academy (New York), was a participant in the Utah Expedition (Utah) and played a major role in combatting the Ku Klux Klan (Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana & South Carolina), buried with his spouse, Annie Rhonda Houston Merrill
Joseph “Fighting Joe” Wheeler
(Connecticut, Georgia* & Alabama)
. . . educated at the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, unique as a Confederate General and post-Civil War US Army General, commanding then Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt (New York), namesake in Alabama of Joe Wheeler State Park, Wheeler Lake, Wheeler Dam, Wheeler National Wildlife Preserve & in Georgia Wheeler County and Camp Wheeler, Alabama’s contribution to the National Statuary Hall Collection,
Bertram Tracy Clayton
(October 19, 1862 – May 30, 1918) (Alabama & New York)
. . . educated at the University of Alabama (Alabama) & the US Military Academy (New York), veteran of the Spanish American War and on duty with forces in WW I (France), Colonel Clayton was killed by enemy forces. He is buried with spouse, spouse Mary Elizabeth “Mammie” D’Aubert (Louisiana)
Section 3, Grave 2183
Peterson Bryan “Pete” Jarman
(October 31, 1892 – February 17, 1955) (Alabama)
. . . educated at Southern University, University of Alabama & University of Montpellier (France), US Congressman (Alabama) & appointed Ambassador (Australia) by President Truman (Missouri), buried with spouse, Byrle Richardson Bricken Jarman (Alabama)
Stanley David Griggs
(September 7, 1939 – June 17, 1989) (Oregon),
. . . educated at Lincoln High School (Oregon), the US Naval Academy (Maryland), George Washington University (Washington, DC), Vietnam War veteran, flew & walked in space, accidently crashed flying a vintage aircraft near Earle (Arkansas) (hometown of Iwo Jima CMOH Recipient Wilson Douglas Watson, (Alabama* & Arkansas) role model for John Wayne’s movie roles)
Section 7A, Grave 81, Grid T/U-23
Hugo Black
(Alabama)
Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt (New York), buried with spouses, Josephine Patterson Foster Black (Tennessee) & Elizabeth Seay Black (Alabama)