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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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1LT Herbert Calvanaugh Blanks III enlisted in the U.S. Air Force out of New Orleans, LA on November 5, 1956. He was a member of the 37th Air Division (Defense). He died a Non Battle Death on May 31, 1957 in Slidell, St Tammany Parish, LA.

1LT Blanks was 28 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.

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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

PFC Ronald T Schulingkamp enlisted in the U.S. Army out of New Orleans, LA. He died in a car crash in France on May 6, 1956. 

PFC Schulingkamp was 22 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in St Roch Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.

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A2C William Keaton Aldridge enlisted in the U.S. Air Force out of New Orleans, LA on October 14, 1953. He was a member of the 755th AC & W Squadron based in Williams Bay, WI. He died a Non Battle Death on May 21, 1955 in a car wreck in Lake Geneva, WI.

A2C Aldridge was 19 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.

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SN1c Alfred Guillot enlisted in the U.S. Navy out of New Orleans, LA. He was stationed onboard the USS CALIFORNIA. He died a Non Battle Death on June 3, 1924. It is not known how he died.

SN1c Guillot was 19 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Cypress Grove Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.

2LT Don Morgan Gomez enlisted in the U.S. Navy out of New Orleans, LA on January 26, 1955. He accepted an appointment to 2LT in the U.S. Marine Corps on July 11, 1956. He was a member of VMF 224, Marine Air Group 15, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing stationed at MCAS El Toro, CA.

On June 16, 1957 he was the pilot of A-4D Skyhawk, BUNO 142212, when the aircraft developed engine trouble and crashed 35 miles northeast of Inyokern, CA.

2LT Gomez was 22 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.

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PFC Michael C Landry enlisted in the U.S. Army out of New Orleans, LA. He died a Non Battle Death in Hawaii on July 2, 1989. It is not known how he died.

PFC Landry was 19 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.

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PFC Wilbert Allen Washington enlisted in the U.S. Air Force out of New Orleans, LA on January 2, 1979. He died a Non Battle Death on June 26, 1979. it is not known where or how he died.

PFC Washington was 20 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Resthaven Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.

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PFC Gregory Louis Surcouf enlisted in the U.S. Army out of New Orleans, LA on August6 , 1979. He died a Non Battle Death on August 4, 1980 in San Bernadino, CA. It is not known how he died.

PFC Surcouf was 24 years of age at the time of his death and he is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.

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