List of burials at Arlington National Cemetery

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This is a list of notable individuals buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, United States.

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Military

Medal of Honor recipients

As of May 2006, there were 367 Medal of Honor recipients buried in Arlington National Cemetery, nine of whom are Canadians.

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Alan Louis Eggers, Medal of Honor recipient for World War I

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  • James Alexander Campbell (1844–1904), US Army Private, Company A, 2nd New York Cavalry. Received while his command was retreating before superior numbers at Woodstock, Virginia, he voluntarily rushed back with one companion and rescued his commanding officer, who had been unhorsed and left behind. At Amelia courthouse he captured two battle flags. Civil War
  • Albertus W. Catlin (1868–1933), US Marine Corps Brigadier General; received for his actions during the intervention at Veracruz, Mexico
  • Jon R. Cavaiani (1943–2014), US Army Command Sergeant Major. Received for his actions while serving as platoon leader providing security for an isolated radio relay site located within enemy-held territory that came under attack. Prisoner of war during the Vietnam War (1971–1973) [1]
  • Justice M. Chambers (1908–1982), US Marine Corps officer; received for his actions in during the Battle of Iwo Jima
  • Donald Cook (1934–1967) cenotaph, US Marine Corps officer. Received for his actions while a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. His body was never recovered.
  • Edwin Hyland Cooper (1881-1948), U.S. Signal Corps photographic officer in World War I, awarded two medals for bravery while covering the attack of the 26th Division, A.E.F, at Chateau-Thierry in July 1918
  • Louis Cukela (1888–1956), US Marine Corps Major, awarded two Medals of Honor for same act in World War I

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  • William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan (1883–1959), US Army Major General, commanded the 165th Infantry Regiment (federalized designation of the 69th New York Infantry, the "Fighting Irish") during World War I, and was Chief of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II; also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, and National Security Medal, making him the only person to hold all four of the United States' highest awards

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  • James A. Graham (1940–1967), US Marine Corps Officer; received for his actions during the Vietnam War

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  • Jay Zeamer Jr. (1918–2007), US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel; received for action during World War II with the Army Air Force

Flag officers

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Charles D. Griffin, US Navy admiral

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  • Rae Landy (1885–1952), Army Nurse Corps Lieutenant Colonel who served in World War I and World War II
  • Henry Louis Larsen (1890–1962), US Marine Corps Lieutenant General; commanded the first deployed American troops in both World Wars; Governor of Guam and American Samoa
  • John Marshall Lee (1914–2003), US Navy Vice Admiral, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, NATO, S.A.L.T Talks; Navy Cross, DSM, Legion of Merit; son of Lieutenant Colonel Alva Lee

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  • Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845–1912), US Army lieutenant general and father of General Douglas MacArthur
  • Newton E. Mason (1850–1945), US Navy rear admiral
  • Henry Pinckney McCain (1861–1941), US Army major general and Adjutant General of the US Army; uncle of Admiral John S. McCain Sr., granduncle of Admiral John S. McCain Jr., great-granduncle of US Senator John S. McCain III
  • John S. McCain Jr. (1911–1981), US Navy admiral, grandnephew of Major General Henry Pinckney McCain, son of Admiral John S. McCain Sr., father of US Senator John S. McCain III
  • John S. McCain Sr. (1884–1945), US Navy admiral, nephew of Major General Henry Pinckney McCain, father of Admiral John S. McCain Jr., grandfather of US Senator John S. McCain III
  • William Alexander McCain (1878–1960), US Army brigadier general, brother of John McCain Sr., uncle of John McCain Jr.
  • Bowman H. McCalla (1844–1910), US Navy rear admiral
  • Stewart L. McKenney (1917–2012), brigadier general, mayor of American Vienna Occupation
  • Montgomery C. Meigs (1816–1892), brigadier general; Arlington National Cemetery was established by Meigs, who commanded the garrison at Arlington House and appropriated the grounds on June 15, 1864, for use as a military cemetery
  • Nelson A. Miles (1839–1925), US Army lieutenant general; served in the Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish–American War; noted for accepting the surrender of Geronimo and his band of Apache
  • Joseph Mower (1827–1870), major general, served in the western Union Armies during the Civil War
  • Dennis J. Murphy (1932–2023), U.S. Marine Corps major general, served in the Vietnam War and later commanded the 2nd Marine Division

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John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I

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  • Howard L. Vickery (1892–1946), vice admiral, US Navy and World War II merchant shipbuilder

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Charles Burlingame, pilot killed during September 11 attacks

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  • Benjamin R. Jacobs (1879–1963), served as a US Army captain in both World War I and World War II, with his wife, Margaret Ann Connell Jacobs (1890–1973)
  • James Jabara (1923–1966), first American jet ace in history, credited with shooting down 15 enemy aircraft
  • George Juskalian (1914–2010), US Army veteran, three decades and fought in three wars – World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War

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  • Francis Gary Powers (1929–1977), U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960
  • Colin Powell (1937–2021), U.S. National Security Advisor, 1987-89, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1989-93, 65th U.S. Secretary of State, 2001-05.

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  • William Cooper Talley (1831–1901), brevet brigadier general for the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War
  • Larry Thorne (born as Lauri Törni, 1919–1965), Finnish soldier who served in the US special forces and was a World War II veteran; called "soldier who fought under three flags" (Finland, Germany, and US); also, the only former member of the Waffen SS to be interred in Arlington
  • Thomas Tipton Thornburgh (1843–1879), soldier for the Union Army and died at the Battle of Milk Creek
  • R. Ewell Thornton (1865–1928), major in World War I, Virginia state senator [16]

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John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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Medgar Evers, civil rights activist

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Edward M. Kennedy, US Senator

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John W. Weeks, Secretary of War

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Notable civilians

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Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

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Front face of the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery

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Remains of the Space Shuttle Challenger's crew are interred in Section 46, including four civilians and three military members. Challenger Astronaut Judith Resnik is memorialized with a cenotaph.

Five state funerals have been held at Arlington: those of U.S. presidents William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy, that of General of the Armies John J. Pershing, that of U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy and his brother Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

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