Forever Serving
Cold War Veteran Howard W Seeschaf
Persian Gulf Veteran Jeffrey Curtis Sibley
Persian Gulf Veteran Jeffrey Curtis Sibley
LT Howard W. Seeschaf was a veteran of World War II as a Navy pilot. On April 8, 1950 he was the pilot of a U.S. Navy PB4Y-1P Privateer BuNO 59645 on a training mission from Wiesbaden, Germany to Denmark. His aircraft was shot down by Soviet Lavochkin LA-11 fighters over the Baltic Sea off the coast of Liepaja, Latvia.
There are varied accounts of the results of the shootdown. Some reports say the aircraft exploded in mid-air with no survivors. There are other reports that the crew was captured and held in Soviet gulags until their death.
LT Seeschaf has a memorial at Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Persian Gulf Veteran Jeffrey Curtis Sibley
Persian Gulf Veteran Jeffrey Curtis Sibley
Persian Gulf Veteran Jeffrey Curtis Sibley
SMSA Jeffrey Sibley is a 1983 graduate of Grace King High School in Metairie, LA. He was deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1987 on board the USS STARK. On May 17, 1987, the STARK was attacked and struck by 2 Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 American sailors. Jeffrey was one of those 37 that sacrificed their lives for the country he loved.
SMSA Sibley is interred in the Lake Lawn All Saints Mausoleum in New Orleans, LA.
Dominican Republic Veteran Henry J Haydel
Persian Gulf Veteran Jeffrey Curtis Sibley
Dominican Republic Veteran Henry J Haydel
PVT Henry J Haydel, USMC was Killed In Action on August 18, 1918 in Santo Domingo during the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic from 1916 - 1924.
PVT Haydel was 20 years old when he was killed and he is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Ernest Edgar Bayhi Jr
Pre-WWII Charlie Hotstream
Dominican Republic Veteran Henry J Haydel
A3C Ernest Edgar Bayhi Jr was killed in a training accident on December 18, 1955.
He is buried in St Vincent dePaul Piety St Cemetery.
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Pre-WWII Lester A Cucullu
Pre-WWII Charlie Hotstream
Pre-WWII Charlie Hotstream
PVT Lester A Cucullu was assigned to the 6th Air Base Garrison at Barksdale Field in Shreveport, LA when the Garrison was transferred to the Air Base in Savannah, GA in September, 1940.
PVT Cucullu died when his vehicle overturned on July 13, 1941 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Pre-WWII Charlie Hotstream
Pre-WWII Charlie Hotstream
Pre-WWII Charlie Hotstream
PFC Charlie Hotstream enlisted in the U.S. Army out of New Orleans, LA on November 5, 1932. He was a member of Company E, 24th Infantry stationed at Ft Benning, GA. He died while on furlough on February 11, 1933.
PFC Hotstream was about 27 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Herbert C Blanks III
Larry Darnell Knight Jr
Herbert C Blanks III
1LT Herbert C Blanks III was a member of the U.S. Air Force. He died in New Orleans, LA on May 31, 1957. It is unknown how he was killed.
1LT Blanks was 28 years old at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Steven Cutno
Larry Darnell Knight Jr
Herbert C Blanks III
SGT 1st Class Steven Cutno graduated from Marion Abramson Senior High School in New Orleans, LA and enlisted in the U.S. Army on January 14, 1986.
On January 6, 2006 SFC Cutno was in the middle of physical training with his unit when he collapsed. He was taken to the Fort Bragg base hospital where he was pronounced dead.
SFC Cutno was a veteran of the Gulf War and a well respected member of the 82nd Airborne Division, where he spent most of his 15 years of active duty. His decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Kuwait Liberation Medal, and multiple other campaign awards.
SFC Cutno was 38 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Larry Darnell Knight Jr
Larry Darnell Knight Jr
Larry Darnell Knight Jr
EM1 Larry Darnell Knight Jr, USCG graduated from Abramson High School in New Orleans, LA. He was a veteran of the Persian Gulf.
EM1 Knight died of unknown causes in Kenner, LA on March 25, 2013. He was 33 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
David Adam Daville
David Adam Daville
Larry Darnell Knight Jr
A2C David Adam Daville was a member of the 682 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron at NAS Alameda, CA in 1959. He suffered an unknown accident which produced severe damage to his spine and skull that resulted in his death on November 25, 1959.
A2C Daville was 22 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
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Clarence B Martin
David Adam Daville
Clarence B Martin
PVT Clarence B Martin was stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC. On December 24, 1966 he jumped from a moving train in Dillon, SC that resulted in his instant death.
PVT Martin was 17 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Gerald John Coxen
David Adam Daville
Clarence B Martin
SP4 Gerald John Coxen was stationed at Fort Hood, TX when he was involved in a car accident where he lost control of his car while trying to pass and slid into an oncoming car on April 6, 1973.
SP4 Coxen was 21 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Kenneth B Prograis
Kenneth Bruce Johnson
Kenneth B Prograis
A3C Kenneth B Prograis was assigned to the 93 Organizational Maintenance Squadron at Castle AFB near Modesto, CA. He was killed on November 23, 1963 while trying to cross a freeway on foot.
A3C Prograis was 21 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Reginald Stanley
Kenneth Bruce Johnson
Kenneth B Prograis
A1C Reginald Stanley was stationed at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, LA when he was killed in a car accident on October 21, 1985.
A1C Stanley was 38 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Kenneth Bruce Johnson
Kenneth Bruce Johnson
Edward Henry Watermeier Jr
MSGT Kenneth Bruce Johnson was assigned to Recruiting Station New Orleans, 6th Marine Corps District in 2003. He was shot in the chest in the parking lot of a convenience store in Baton Rouge, LA on November 8, 2003.
MSGT Johnson was 37 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Edward Henry Watermeier Jr
Edward Henry Watermeier Jr
Edward Henry Watermeier Jr
CAPT Edward Henry Watermeier Jr was stationed in San Antonio, TX when he was killed in a car crash on December 4, 1949.
CAPT Watermeier was 28 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Albert Joseph Bloecher
Edward Henry Watermeier Jr
Albert Joseph Bloecher
Albert Joseph Bloecher was a "Landsman" in the U.S. Navy in the late 1800's. He was stationed on the USS TEXAS (BB-35) when he died of typhoid fever in Philadelphia, PA on November 8, 1898.
He was 18 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Cypress Grove Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Curtis Lee Driscoll
Edward Henry Watermeier Jr
Albert Joseph Bloecher
SSGT Curtis Lee Driscoll enlisted in the U.S. Air Force out of Columbia Falls, ME. He was stationed at England AFB in Alexandria, LA as a member of th 366th Air Police Squadron. He was killed in a car wreck in Bunhill, LA in Rapides Parish on January 19, 1957.
SSGT Driscoll was 24 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in St Vincent dePaul Piety Street Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
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Tron Robert Boone
Courtney Joseph Brown
Ronald Stuart Kent
PVT Tron Robert Boone enlisted in the U.S. Army out of New Orleans, LA. He was stationed at Fort Sill, OK when the tracked vehicle he was driving overturned and he was killed on March 5, 1996.
PVT Boone was 18 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Ronald Stuart Kent
Courtney Joseph Brown
Ronald Stuart Kent
1LT Ronald Stuart Kent enlisted in the U.S. Air Force out of New Orleans, LA. He was a member of the 308th Strategic Fighter Squadron. He died a non battle death on June 22, 1956 in Pretario, GA.
1LT Kent was 24 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Courtney Joseph Brown
Courtney Joseph Brown
Barry Joseph Newman Jr
SGT Courtney Joseph Brown enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps out of New Orleans, LA. He was involved in a car crash that took his life on June 17, 2018 in Lacey, WA while stationed at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA.
SGT Brown was 28 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Barry Joseph Newman Jr
Barry Joseph Newman Jr
Barry Joseph Newman Jr
A1C Barry Joseph Newman Jr enlisted in the U.S. Air Force out of New Orleans, LA. He was killed on May 4, 2003 in a car wreck in Brugelette, Belgium.
A1C Newman was 21 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Herbert Washington
Barry Joseph Newman Jr
Herbert Washington
PFC Herbert Washington enlisted in the U.S. Army out of New Orleans, LA on April 10, 1951. He was a member of the HQ & SVC CO, 25th Armored INF BN. He died a Non Battle Death on November 23, 1959 in Springfield, MO from a pulmonary edema.
PFC Washington was 28 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Holt Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
The headstone for PFC Washington was delivered to Holt Cemetery and placed in the cemetery with no coordination from his family or the cemetery, so it is not known where in the cemetery he is buried. In 1980, the Mayor of New Orleans formed a committee to deal with the 100's of headstones stacked in the cemetery. His headstone was 1 of 417 that were removed from the cemetery by the VA in 1980 and replaced with a monument that lists their names.