Calverton National Cemetery

Luis Tiant, Sr.

1906–1976 (age 70)

Calverton National Cemetery

Luis Tiant, Sr. was a Cuban baseball pitcher who played in the major leagues.

Jo Jones

1911–1985 (age 74)

Calverton National Cemetery

Jo Jones was a Chicago-born musician and jazz drummer who was buried at Calverton National Cemetery.

Hubert Julian

1897–1983 (age 86)

Calverton National Cemetery

Hubert Julian was a Port of Spain-born aviator and adventurer known as the 'Black Eagle' who was buried at Calverton Nat...

Arnie Portocarrero

1931–1986 (age 55)

Calverton National Cemetery

Arnie Portocarrero was a New York City-born baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball and was buried at Calve...

Grover Froese

1916–1982 (age 66)

Calverton National Cemetery

Grover Froese was a Staten Island resident and military veteran buried at Calverton National Cemetery.

Hank Behrman

1921–1987 (age 66)

Calverton National Cemetery

Hank Behrman was a Brooklyn-born baseball player and pitcher who was buried at Calverton National Cemetery.

John P. Shanley

1915–1985 (age 70)

Calverton National Cemetery

John P. Shanley was a military service member honored with burial at Calverton National Cemetery.

Sidney A. von Luther

1925–1985 (age 60)

Calverton National Cemetery

Sidney A. von Luther was a Charlotte Amalie resident and military veteran buried at Calverton National Cemetery.

Jesse Dilson

1914–1988 (age 74)

Calverton National Cemetery

Jesse Dilson was a Brooklyn-born blues musician and harmonica player buried at Calverton National Cemetery.

Paul Joseph Langone

1932–1985 (age 53)

Calverton National Cemetery

Paul Joseph Langone (1932-1985) was a 53-year-old individual buried at Calverton National Cemetery.

Albert Ernest Blaschke

1900–1984 (age 84)

Calverton National Cemetery

Albert Ernest Blaschke (1900-1984) was a Bristol resident who lived for 84 years.

Charles Abramson

1945–1988 (age 43)

Calverton National Cemetery

Charles Abramson (1945-1988) was a Brooklyn native who lived to age 43.

Thomas Gannon

1925–1997 (age 72)

Calverton National Cemetery

Thomas Gannon (1925-1997) was laid to rest at Calverton National Cemetery.

Nathaniel Prioleau

1923–1991 (age 68)

Calverton National Cemetery

Nathaniel Prioleau (1923-1991) of Georgetown was buried at Calverton National Cemetery.

Otis Barton

1899–1992 (age 93)

Calverton National Cemetery

Otis Barton (1899-1992) was an American deep-sea diver and engineer who pioneered bathysphere exploration before his int...

Walter Bishop Jr.

1927–1998 (age 71)

Calverton National Cemetery

Walter Bishop Jr. (1927-1998) was an American jazz pianist celebrated for his bebop work before being buried at Calverto...

Tony Williams

1928–1992 (age 64)

Calverton National Cemetery

Tony Williams (1928-1992) of Elizabeth was laid to rest at Calverton National Cemetery.

William N. Oatis

1914–1997 (age 83)

Calverton National Cemetery

William N. Oatis (1914-1997) was an American journalist who reported internationally and was laid to rest at Calverton N...

Andrew Hatcher

1923–1990 (age 67)

Calverton National Cemetery

Andrew Hatcher (1923-1990) was a pioneering African-American White House press aide and public relations executive who w...

Art Pinajian

1914–1999 (age 85)

Calverton National Cemetery

Art Pinajian (1914-1999) was an Armenian-American painter and comic book artist whose abstract-expressionist work gained...

Dorothy Frooks

1896–1997 (age 101)

Calverton National Cemetery

Dorothy Frooks (1896-1997) was an American author, journalist, and activist who lived to 100 and was interred at Calvert...

Eddie Egan

1930–1995 (age 65)

Calverton National Cemetery

Eddie Egan (1930-1995) was a New York City police officer whose career inspired the film "The French Connection" and who...

Isaac Woodard

1919–1992 (age 73)

Calverton National Cemetery

Isaac Woodard (1919-1992) was an African American World War II veteran whose brutal post-war beating became a civil righ...

Larry Banks

1931–1992 (age 61)

Calverton National Cemetery

Larry Banks (1931-1992) was an American soul singer and producer who recorded with his wife Bessie Banks before being la...

Lobo Nocho

1919–1997 (age 78)

Calverton National Cemetery

Lobo Nocho (1919-1997) was an American jazz singer and painter whose work spanned the U.S. and Europe before his burial ...

Bob Skarda

1925–1994 (age 69)

Calverton National Cemetery

Bob Skarda (1925-1994) of New York City was buried at Calverton National Cemetery.

George Perle

1915–2009 (age 94)

Calverton National Cemetery

George Perle (1915–2009) was an American composer and music theorist honored with the Pulitzer Prize for Music whose f...

Walter Perkins

1932–2004 (age 72)

Calverton National Cemetery

Walter Perkins (1932–2004) was an American jazz drummer whose rhythms graced numerous clubs before his burial at Calve...

Dewey Redman

1931–2006 (age 75)

Calverton National Cemetery

Dewey Redman (1931–2006) was an acclaimed American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his work with Ornette Coleman and ...

Albert Paulsen

1925–2004 (age 79)

Calverton National Cemetery

Albert Paulsen (1925–2004) was a Guayaquil-born actor who appeared in film and television roles in mid-20th-century Am...

Michael P. Murphy

1976–2005 (age 29)

Calverton National Cemetery

Michael P. Murphy (1976–2005) was a U.S. Navy SEAL posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for leadership during Opera...

Harold Ashby

1925–2003 (age 78)

Calverton National Cemetery

Harold Ashby (1925–2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist remembered for his tenure with the Duke Ellington Orch...

Gabby Gabreski

1919–2002 (age 83)

Calverton National Cemetery

Gabby Gabreski (1919–2002) was a leading United States Army Air Forces and Air Force fighter ace who served in World W...

Coley Wallace

1927–2005 (age 78)

Calverton National Cemetery

Coley Wallace (1927–2005) rests in Calverton National Cemetery after a life spanning much of the 20th century.

Ed Vega

1936–2008 (age 72)

Calverton National Cemetery

Ed Vega (1936–2008), who hailed from Ponce, is buried at Calverton National Cemetery.

Lex Monson

1926–2004 (age 78)

Calverton National Cemetery

Lex Monson (1926–2004) has his final resting place at Calverton National Cemetery after a long life.

Sonny Jim Gaines

1927–2006 (age 79)

Calverton National Cemetery

Sonny Jim Gaines (1927–2006) is interred at Calverton National Cemetery.

Jim McDermott

1910–2009 (age 99)

Calverton National Cemetery

Jim McDermott (1910–2009) spent nearly a century before being buried at Calverton National Cemetery.

Martin Garner

1927–2001 (age 74)

Calverton National Cemetery

Martin Garner (1927–2001) rests at Calverton National Cemetery.

Walter H. Dabney

1908–2003 (age 95)

Calverton National Cemetery

Walter H. Dabney (1908–2003) of Washington, D.C., is buried at Calverton National Cemetery.

Irène Kalebdjian

1910–2006 (age 96)

Calverton National Cemetery

Irène Kalebdjian (1910–2006) from Paris’s 9th arrondissement is interred at Calverton National Cemetery.

Giorgina Reid

1908–2001 (age 93)

Calverton National Cemetery

Giorgina Reid (1908–2001) of Trieste found her final resting place at Calverton National Cemetery.

Curtis Powell

1935–2002 (age 67)

Calverton National Cemetery

Curtis Powell (1935–2002) of Orange is laid to rest in Calverton National Cemetery.

Joseph J. Zuccala

1946–2001 (age 55)

Calverton National Cemetery

Joseph J. Zuccala (1946–2001) from Glen Cove is interred at Calverton National Cemetery.

David Peel

1942–2017 (age 75)

Calverton National Cemetery

David Peel (1942-2017) was a Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter and activist whose counterculture music earned him a restin...

Grady Tate

1932–2017 (age 85)

Calverton National Cemetery

Grady Tate (1932-2017) was a Durham-born jazz drummer and vocalist whose career left an indelible mark before he was bur...

Juanita Boisseau

1911–2012 (age 101)

Calverton National Cemetery

Juanita Boisseau (1911-2012) was a Baltimore native whose long life ended with burial at Calverton National Cemetery.

Carmine Caridi

1934–2019 (age 85)

Calverton National Cemetery

Carmine Caridi (1934-2019) was a New York City-born actor remembered for film and television roles before being laid to ...

Hilde Heltberg

1959–2011 (age 52)

Calverton National Cemetery

Hilde Heltberg (1959-2011) was an Oslo-born singer-songwriter whose music legacy rests with her burial at Calverton Nati...

Amos M. Gailliard Jr.

1928–2014 (age 86)

Calverton National Cemetery

Amos M. Gailliard Jr. (1928-2014) was a New York City-born military veteran interred at Calverton National Cemetery.