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Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. (July 25, 1915 – August 12, 1944) was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Kennedy family and the eldest of the nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. During World War II, Kennedy was killed in action while serving as a land-based patrol bomber pilot, and ...
As of May 2006, there were 367 Medal of Honor recipients buried in Arlington National Cemetery, nine of whom are Canadians. Alan Louis Eggers, Medal of Honor recipient for World War I. A. George Emerson Albee (1845–1918), US Army officer; received for actions during the Indian Wars. Beauford T. Anderson (1922–1996), US Army soldier during ...
An aerial view of Arlington National Cemetery's east entrance and the cemetery's Women's Military Memorial in August 2013. Arlington National Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System, one of two maintained by the United States Army. Over 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres (259 ha) in Arlington ...
The John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame is a presidential memorial at the grave site of assassinated United States President John F. Kennedy, in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. This permanent site replaced a temporary grave and eternal flame used at the time of Kennedy's state funeral on November 25, 1963, three days after his assassination.
The grave of Robert F. Kennedy is a historic grave site and memorial to assassinated United States Senator and 1968 Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy located in section 45 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. It was dedicated on December 6, 1971, and replaced a temporary grave in ...
Burial places of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are located across 26 states and the District of Columbia. The state with the most U.S. Supreme Court justice burial sites is Virginia with 20 – 14 of which are at Arlington National Cemetery. Since it was established in 1789, 114 persons have served as a justice (associate ...
The elder Joseph Kennedy, a six-term Massachusetts congressman, overturned a Jeep he was driving on Nantucket in 1973, injuring his brother David and permanently paralyzing his girlfriend, Pam ...
Kennedy's funeral service was held on November 25, at St. Matthew's Cathedral. [6] The Requiem Mass was led by Cardinal Richard Cushing. [6] About 1,200 guests, including representatives from over 90 countries, attended. [7][8] After the service, Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.