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Burial at sea for two casualties of a Japanese submarine attack on the US aircraft carrier USS Liscome Bay, November 1943. Burial at sea is the disposal of human remains in the ocean, normally from a ship, boat or aircraft. It is regularly performed by navies, and is done by private citizens in many countries.
The United States Navy Memorial's Navy Log is the nation's largest publicly available database of Sea Service personnel. It was established as a tribute to those who have served and a permanent archive of their military service. It has over 745,000 entries that include photos, service branches, significant duty stations, awards, and more.
Burial at sea on the USS Enterprise, May 19, 2004. This is a list of people buried at sea. Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), New Zealand photographer, buried in the south Pacific Ocean after dying during voyage from England to New Zealand [1]
Brooke is himself buried in a war grave on Skyros in the Aegean Sea, having died while en route to fight in the Gallipoli Campaign. The War Graves Photographic Project , founded in 2008, aims to create an archive of names and photographs of all military graves and memorials from 1914 to the present day from any nationality, although focus on ...
A U.S. Navy sailor from Massillon who was killed in Pearl Harbor during World War II will get his long-awaited burial soon with full military honors.. Navy Fireman 1st Class Walter F. Schleiter ...
Following the end of World War I, the Navy and Marine Memorial Association formed for the purpose of establishing a monument to who lost their life at sea during the war. Retired Navy Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske chaired the Executive Committee of the Association.
The Pacific War Memorial Commission was created in 1949 to build a permanent memorial in Hawaii. Admiral Arthur W. Radford , commander of the Pacific Fleet , attached a flag pole to the main mast of the Arizona in 1950, and began a tradition of hoisting and lowering the flag.
To be buried at the United States Naval Academy Columbarium an individual must be a Naval Academy graduate: 1. Those eligible for burial in the Naval Academy Cemetery are: Officers, Midshipmen, and enlisted personnel of the Navy or Marine Corps on active duty at the Naval Academy; Naval Station, Annapolis; or the Naval Health Clinic, Annapolis.