Deaths in the 2010s
23,000+ memorials
D. Bruce Merrifield
1921–2017 (age 96)
Arlington National Cemetery
D. Bruce Merrifield (1921-2017) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for inventing solid-phase peptide syn...
Orwin C. Talbott
1918–2011 (age 93)
Arlington National Cemetery
Orwin C. Talbott (1918-2011) was a career U.S. Army officer whose decades of service are commemorated by his burial at A...
George W. Smith
1925–2014 (age 89)
Arlington National Cemetery
George W. Smith (1925-2014) served as a U.S. Army officer during the mid-20th century and left a legacy of service honor...
Norman Hatch
1921–2017 (age 96)
Arlington National Cemetery
Norman Hatch (1921-2017) was a U.S. Navy officer who smuggled a camera to document the Bataan Death March and later shar...
Theodore R. Milton
1915–2010 (age 95)
Arlington National Cemetery
Theodore R. Milton (1915-2010) dedicated decades to the U.S. Army and is remembered among the veterans laid to rest at A...
Theodore S. Coberly
1921–2011 (age 90)
Arlington National Cemetery
Theodore S. Coberly (1921-2011) was a U.S. Air Force officer whose leadership during the Cold War era earned him a place...
Vernon Baker
1919–2010 (age 91)
Arlington National Cemetery
Vernon Baker (1919-2010) was a U.S. Army officer and the only African American to receive the Medal of Honor for World W...
Walter F. Murphy
1929–2010 (age 81)
Arlington National Cemetery
Walter F. Murphy (1929-2010) was a Princeton professor and constitutional scholar whose books shaped generations of unde...
Ross H. Trower
1922–2014 (age 92)
Arlington National Cemetery
Ross H. Trower (1922-2014) was a U.S. Navy chaplain whose decades of ministry supported sailors and Marines before he wa...
Bill McBride
1945–2012 (age 67)
Arlington National Cemetery
Bill McBride (1945-2012) of Belleville was a U.S. military officer whose service earned him burial at Arlington National...
Bud Mahurin
1918–2010 (age 92)
Arlington National Cemetery
Bud Mahurin (1918-2010) was a U.S. Air Force fighter ace in World War II and Korea who retired as a colonel.
Carmen Contreras-Bozak
1919–2017 (age 98)
Arlington National Cemetery
Carmen Contreras-Bozak (1919-2017) was a Puerto Rican-born American soldier who became the first Hispanic woman to serve...
Robin Williams
1951–2014 (age 63)
San Francisco Bay
Robin Williams (1951-2014) was an American actor and comedian celebrated for his improvisational brilliance on stage and...
Elizabeth Peña
1959–2014 (age 55)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Elizabeth Peña (1959-2014) was an American film and television actress who brought depth to roles that highlighted Lati...
Elliott Carter
1908–2012 (age 104)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Elliott Carter (1908-2012) was an American composer whose complex modernist scores significantly influenced twentieth-ce...
Richard Isay
1934–2012 (age 78)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Richard Isay (1934-2012) was an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who championed LGBTQ inclusion in mental health ...
Hedda Sterne
1910–2011 (age 101)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Hedda Sterne (1910-2011) was a Romanian-born American artist associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement.
Philip Carlo
1949–2010 (age 61)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Philip Carlo (1949-2010) was an American true crime author who profiled notorious criminals in bestselling books.
Kandi Barbour
1959–2012 (age 53)
San Francisco Bay
Kandi Barbour (1959-2012) was a Russellville native whose life ended near the San Francisco Bay.
John Paul Stevens
1920–2019 (age 99)
Arlington National Cemetery
John Paul Stevens (1920-2019) was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his independent jurisprudence...
Ted Stevens
1923–2010 (age 87)
Arlington National Cemetery
Ted Stevens (1923-2010) was a longtime U.S. senator from Alaska who chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Warren Rudman
1930–2012 (age 82)
Arlington National Cemetery
Warren Rudman (1930-2012) was a U.S. senator from New Hampshire and a key advocate for campaign finance reform.
William Carney
1942–2017 (age 75)
Arlington National Cemetery
William Carney was an American politician who represented Dorchester in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for t...
John Young
1930–2018 (age 88)
Arlington National Cemetery
John Young was a NASA astronaut who flew on the Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle programs and commanded the Apollo 16 l...
Alexander Haig
1924–2010 (age 86)
Arlington National Cemetery
Alexander Haig was a U.S. Army general who served as White House chief of staff and Secretary of State in the early Reag...
John Glenn
1921–2016 (age 95)
Arlington National Cemetery
John Glenn was a U.S. Marine Corps aviator, Mercury astronaut, and later a longtime U.S. senator from Ohio.
Lawrence Eagleburger
1930–2011 (age 81)
Arlington National Cemetery
Lawrence Eagleburger was a career Foreign Service officer who briefly served as Secretary of State following the end of ...
David L. Cornwell
1945–2012 (age 67)
Arlington National Cemetery
David L. Cornwell was an American politician who represented Indiana’s 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of...
Maureen O'Hara
1920–2015 (age 95)
Arlington National Cemetery
Maureen O'Hara was an Irish-American actress celebrated for her iconic performances in Hollywood adventure and romantic ...
Frank Buckles
1901–2011 (age 110)
Arlington National Cemetery
Frank Buckles was the last surviving American veteran of World War I, having served as a U.S. Army ambulance driver in E...
Edgar Mitchell
1930–2016 (age 86)
Arlington National Cemetery
Edgar Mitchell was a NASA astronaut who walked on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission and later founded the Institute ...
Alan Bean
1932–2018 (age 86)
Arlington National Cemetery
Alan Bean (1932-2018) was a U.S. Navy officer and NASA astronaut who became the fourth person to walk on the Moon during...
Charles J. Nelson
1921–2011 (age 90)
Arlington National Cemetery
Charles J. Nelson (1921-2011) served as a U.S. military officer during the mid-20th century and is buried at Arlington N...
Robert Guy Byrne
1919–2010 (age 91)
Arlington National Cemetery
Robert Guy Byrne (1919-2010) was a U.S. military officer whose service earned him interment at Arlington National Cemete...
William R. Maloney
1929–2018 (age 89)
Arlington National Cemetery
William R. Maloney (1929-2018) was a U.S. military officer whose decades of service earned him a place at Arlington Nati...
Robert P. Smith
1929–2012 (age 83)
Arlington National Cemetery
Robert P. Smith (1929-2012) was a U.S. military officer laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery following a long car...
Walter Walsh
1907–2014 (age 107)
Arlington National Cemetery
Walter Walsh (1907–2014) of Union City was an American FBI agent and Olympic marksman whose long service earned him bu...
A. Byron Holderby, Jr.
1935–2012 (age 77)
Arlington National Cemetery
A. Byron Holderby Jr. (1935–2012) was a U.S. Army officer interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
Thomas R. Sargent III
1914–2010 (age 96)
Arlington National Cemetery
Thomas R. Sargent III (1914–2010) of London was a U.S. Coast Guard admiral remembered with burial at Arlington Nationa...
Elizabeth Peet McIntosh
1915–2015 (age 100)
Arlington National Cemetery
Elizabeth Peet McIntosh (1915–2015) of Washington, D.C. served as an OSS intelligence officer and author before being ...
Henry Sturgis Morgan Jr.
1924–2011 (age 87)
Arlington National Cemetery
Henry Sturgis Morgan Jr. (1924–2011) of Oyster Bay rose to the rank of U.S. Navy rear admiral and is buried at Arlingt...
Gordon E. Williams
1935–2018 (age 83)
Arlington National Cemetery
Gordon E. Williams (1935–2018) of Nashua was a U.S. Air Force general whose career earned him a tomb at Arlington Nati...
Harold J. Greene
1959–2014 (age 55)
Arlington National Cemetery
Harold J. Greene (1959–2014) of Boston was a U.S. Army major general killed in Afghanistan and interred at Arlington N...
Edmund R. Thompson
1930–2019 (age 89)
Arlington National Cemetery
Edmund R. Thompson (1930–2019) of New Rochelle served as a U.S. Army general and was buried at Arlington National Ceme...
Edward D. Sheafer, Jr.
1940–2016 (age 76)
Arlington National Cemetery
Edward D. Sheafer Jr. (1940–2016) of Pittsburgh was a vice admiral in the U.S. Navy interred at Arlington National Cem...
Edward Rowny
1917–2017 (age 100)
Arlington National Cemetery
Edward Rowny (1917–2017) of Baltimore was a U.S. Army lieutenant general and diplomat whose remains lie at Arlington N...
Kurt Chew-Een Lee
1926–2014 (age 88)
Arlington National Cemetery
Kurt Chew-Een Lee (1926–2014) of San Francisco was the first Asian American U.S. Marine Corps officer to be awarded th...
Everett D. Greinke
1929–2012 (age 83)
Arlington National Cemetery
Everett D. Greinke (1929–2012) of Elmhurst was a U.S. Air Force officer laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
Richard A. Chilcoat
1938–2010 (age 72)
Arlington National Cemetery
Richard A. Chilcoat (1938–2010) of Wilmerding served as a U.S. Air Force general and was interred at Arlington Nationa...
Scott Studenmund
1989–2014 (age 25)
Arlington National Cemetery
Scott Studenmund (1989–2014) is remembered as a fallen service member interred at Arlington National Cemetery.