Our Brothers That Have Passed

As Tomb Guards, we stand eternal watch over America's war dead. Some of our brothers have lost their lives in service for our country, other have lost the battle with time. Yet each one will be remembered, and will rest in honored glory. 

"You will be missed, but never forgotten"

 

 


Gene Edward Ackley

7 November 1929 - 13 July 2002
Sentinel (Apr 49-Oct 51)
Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Section 38, Grave #1234

gAckley2.JPG (259419 bytes)

 

Ray A. Bowman
6 June 1944 - 21 June 2006
Sentinel (Jan 67-Jul 67)

Buried in Catawba Memorial Park
Hickory, North Carolina

 

SFC Rolf S. Christenson
15 November1964 - 6 February 1997
3rd Relief Commander (84-85)
Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Section 46, Grave #161
P0000823.jpg (637135 bytes)

 

1LT Jeffrey Davis
9 August 1966 - 31 January 1998
3rd Relief Commander (86-90)
Killed in UH-60 accident at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Section 54, Grave #242
JeffDavis1.JPG (2504924 bytes)

 

MSgt Allen Eldredge
27 December 1930 - 19 October 2004
Relief Commander (Aug 53 - Jul 54)
Assistant Sergeant of the Guard (Feb 59 - Jun 60)
Sergeant of the Guard (Jul 62 - Apr 66)
Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Section 7A, Grave #199-A
EldredgeSec7A.JPG (286960 bytes)

 

Gordon J. Ellens
9 March 1946 - 26 September 2001
1st Relief Commander (68-69)
Buried in Zeeland Cemetery, Zeeland, Michigan

 

 

SGT Marvin Lyle Franklin, Jr.
15 July 1945 - 31 August 1967
Assistant Relief Commander (66-67)
Killed in Action in Vietnam
Buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
franklin2.jpg (34491 bytes)

 

SGT Charles L. Gauldin
19 January 1960 - 10 October 1997
Sentinel (81-82)
 Buried in Sharon Baptist Church, Darvills, Virginia

Thomas Gibbons
Sergeant of the Guard (52-53)
Reportedly killed in a training exercise in Japan

 

Andrew L. Henry
Unknown - 5 July 1992
Sentinel (77-78)
 

 

Benny G. Higdon
24 February 1944 - 17 January 1994
Sentinel (63-65)
Buried in Quantico, Virginia
Section 7, Grave #767

 

 

Michael E. Kirby, Sr.
29 December 1961 - 24 May 1991
Sentinel (83-84)
Killed by drunk driver

 

 

George J. Koch, Sr.
28 December, 1919 - 30 September, 2007
Sergeant of the Guard (1941)
Buried in New London Presbyterian Cemetery
New London, Pennsylvania

 

Frank Kozlowsky
6 August 1916 - 25 January 2008
Sentinel (1939)
Sergeant of the Guard (1940)
Buried in Valley Forge Memorial Gardens
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Donald H. Kraft
9 February 1930 - 26 December 1990
Sentinel (Feb 51- Feb 53)
Buried in Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery

Section SJG, Row 16, Hamilton, New Jersey

Earl F. McDonald
Sentinel (39-41)
Machine Gun Troop, 3rd Cavalry Regiment
Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Section 66, Grave #5894
eMcDonald4.JPG (338528 bytes)

Eugene Smith Million 
2nd Relief Commander (60-61)
Buried in Westminster Cemetery
Greensboro, North Carolina
million.jpg (29172 bytes)
 

SGT Morris W. Moore
Assistant Relief Commander (63-66)
Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Section 53, Grave #991

mMoore2.JPG (201277 bytes)

CPL Frank Lawrence Sklenar
21 January 1928 - 24 June 2002
Sergeant of the Relief (47-49)
Buried in Stanhope Union Cemetery, New Jersey
sklenar.jpg (127078 bytes)
 

 

Stanford T. Smith
Sentinel (67-68) 

 

SSG William R. Spates, Jr.
8 September 1939 - 25 October 1965
1st Relief Commander (64-65)
Killed in Action in Vietnam
Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Section 48, Grave #432

P0000856.jpg (742305 bytes)

George Asbury Wade, Sr
17 April 1920 - 16 August 2006
Sentinel (1937 - 1938)

Buried in Gates of Heaven Cemetery
Silver Spring, Maryland

 

If you have any information concerning these or other Tomb Guards, please contact me at your earliest opportunity. In time, we hope to provide a detailed biography and photo on each Tomb Guard.

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