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* [[Damon Jesse Gause]] (1915–1944), fighter pilot
* [[Damon Jesse Gause]] (1915–1944), fighter pilot
* [[Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.]] (1915–1944), eldest son of [[Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.]] and [[Rose Fitzgerald]] (memorial – lost at sea)
* [[Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.]] (1915–1944), eldest son of [[Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.]] and [[Rose Fitzgerald]] (memorial – lost at sea)
* [[Leon Vance]] (1916–1944), US Army Air Forces pilot and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (memorial – lost at sea)
* [[Leon Vance]] (1916–1944), US Army Air Forces pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (memorial – lost at sea)
* Three of the crew of [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]] [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17 Flying Fortress]] ''[["Mi Amigo" memorial|Mi Amigo]]'', which crashed in Sheffield, killing all 10 crew (seven later repatriated to the US)
* Three of the crew of [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]] [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17 Flying Fortress]] ''[["Mi Amigo" memorial|Mi Amigo]]'', which crashed in Sheffield, killing all 10 crew (seven later repatriated to the US)
* American volunteer derrickman Herman Douthit. While working Rig No. 148, Douthit was killed when he fell from a drilling mast. He was buried with full military honors and remains the only civilian burial at the cemetery
* American volunteer derrickman Herman Douthit. While working Rig No. 148, Douthit was killed when he fell from a drilling mast. He was buried with full military honors and remains the only civilian burial at the cemetery