Arizona in Arlington National Cemetery
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Among the 400,000 + ANC burials, here are some with a connection to Arizona
Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., in whose 624 acres the dead of the nation’s conflicts have been buried, beginning with the Civil War, as well as reinterred dead from earlier wars.
John Wesley Powell
(March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) (New York & Maine),
. . . geologist & explorer, educated at Illinois College (Illinois), Wheaton College (Illinois), Oberlin College (Ohio), a founder of the National Geographic Society (Washington, DC), son of an immigrant (United Kingdom), Union Army Major, namesake of Lake Powell (Utah & Arizona), the John Wesley Powell Dinosaur National Park (Colorado), the rare mineral Powellite & buried with spouse, Emma Dean Powell (New York)
Section 1, Grave 408, Grid L-35
James Nicholas “Nick” Rowe
(February 8, 1938–April 21, 1989) (Texas),
. . . educated at US Military Academy (New York), held as POW for 5+ years at the Forest of Darkness POW Prison (Vietnam), escaped while being transported to his execution, developer for the US Military of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Course, namesake of the James “Nikki” Rowe High School (Texas), the Col. Rowe Boulevard in City of McAllen (Texas), the Rowe’s Rangers – McAllen High School (Texas), the Rowe Hall – Fort Huachuca (Arizona), the Rowe Hall – Fort Campbell (Kentucky & Tennessee), the “Nasty Nick” Obstacle Course – Camp MacKall (North Carolina), the Rowe Building – Joint United States Military Assistance Group (Philippines), the Colonel James N. “Nick” Rowe Memorial – City of Union Beach (New Jersey), the Rowe Building – Defense Intelligence Agency (Virginia)
Section 48, Grave 21645, Grid Q/25
Howard Walter Cannon
(January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) (Nevada & Utah)
. . . educated at Dixie Junior College (Utah), Northern Arizona University (Arizona), & University of Arizona Law School (Arizona), WW II Pilot in the Normandy Landing, US Senator (Nevada) & spouse, Dorothy Pace Cannon (Nevada),
Robert Lee Scott Jr. (April 12, 1908 – February 27, 2006)
(Arizona, Georgia & Washington, DC),
. . . educated in Macon (Georgia), the US Military Academy & the National War College (Washington, DC), recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, co-author of best seller God is My Co-Pilot book & movie, General Scott retirement (Arizona & Georgia)