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== Notable interments == | == Notable interments == | ||
* [[Medal of Honor]] recipients | * [[Medal of Honor]] recipients | ||
Colonel [[George E. "Bud" Day]], USAF, former [[POW]] and recipient for action in the [[Vietnam War]] | |||
Commander [[Clyde Lassen|Clyde Everett Lassen]], USN, recipient for action in the Vietnam War | |||
Major [[Stephen W. Pless]], USMC, recipient for action in the Vietnam War | |||
Staff Sergeant [[Clifford Chester Sims]], USA, recipient for action in the Vietnam War | |||
* Others | * Others | ||
Vice admiral [[Dick H. Guinn]], USN, [[World War II]] veteran and [[Navy Cross]] recipient. Former [[Chief of Naval Personnel]] | |||
Lieutenant General [[Robert P. Keller]], USMC, Marine Aviator during World War II, Korea and Vietnam | |||
General [[Joe W. Kelly]], USAF, former commander of [[Military Air Transport Service]] from 1960 to 1964 | |||
Major General [[William L. McKittrick]], USMC, Marine Aviator during World War II | |||
Colonel [[Arthur D. Simons]], USA, Special Forces commander and leader of the [[Operation Ivory Coast|Sơn Tây raid]] | |||
[[Benny Spellman]] (1931–2011), US Army Korean War veteran and R&B singer | |||
Admiral [[Maurice F. Weisner]], USN, former commander of [[United States Pacific Command|US Pacific Command]] from 1976 to 1979 | |||
[[Daniel Phineas Woodbury]] (1812–1864), Civil War Union Major General | |||
Ga-Ah, one of the many wives of the [[Apache]] Indian [[Geronimo]], who died of [[Bright's disease]] while being held captive | |||
The cemetery also holds 17 casualties of the [[Second Seminole War]] and 10 British aviators (6 [[Royal Navy]], 4 [[Royal Air Force]]) killed during training at the Naval Air Station during World War II.<ref name=cwgc>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2073037/PENSACOLA%20(BARRANCAS)%20NATIONAL%20CEMETERY|title=CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualty record.|publisher=}}</ref> | The cemetery also holds 17 casualties of the [[Second Seminole War]] and 10 British aviators (6 [[Royal Navy]], 4 [[Royal Air Force]]) killed during training at the Naval Air Station during World War II.<ref name=cwgc>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2073037/PENSACOLA%20(BARRANCAS)%20NATIONAL%20CEMETERY|title=CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualty record.|publisher=}}</ref> | ||