Buried or Lost At Sea

 

BAUSELL, Lewis Kenneth (World War II) Buried at Sea

BIANCHI, Willibald Charles (World War II) Lost at Sea
IMO at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Section MA, Site 39), Honolulu, Hawaii

CALLAGHAN, Daniel Judson (World War II) Died on bridge of ship at Iron Bottom Sound off Savo Island, Solomon Islands. Listed as buried at sea on DoD webpage.

CLAUSEN, Claus K (Spanish-American War) Ashes scattered at sea

COMMISKEY, Sr., Henry Alfred (Korean War) Cremated, Ashes Scattered over Gulf of Mexico
IMO at Highland Cemetery (Section 11, Lot 40), Hattiesburg, Mississippi

CROMWELL, John Philip (World War II) Missing, Lost at Sea

DAVIS, George FLeming (World War II) Died at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on board USS Walke. Believed to have been buried at sea

DE SOMER, Abraham (Mexican Campaign) Buried at Sea
IMO at San Francisco National Cemetery (Section MA, Grave 15), San Francisco, California

DEALEY, Samuel David (World War II) Missing; Lost at Sea

EGLIT, John (Spanish-American War) Lost at Sea, body not recovered
IMO at Arlington National Cemetery (Section MI, Site 306A), Arlington, VA

ENGLISH, Thomas (Civil War) Buried at Sea

EVANS, Ernest Edwin “Chief” (World War II) Missing; Lost at Sea

GILMORE, Howard Walter (World War II) Lost at Sea
IMO in Magnolia Cemetery (Section 13, Lot 5), Meridian, Mississippi

HAMILTON, Thomas W. (Civil War) Buried at Sea

HANDRAN, John (Interim recipient Awards 1871-1898) Swept overboard and lost at sea aboard the fishing vessel Cleopatra in the 1885 Christmas gale/hurricane at Georges Bank between Massachusetts and Canada.
IMO next to wife at Calvary Cemetery (Section 6, Range 2, Lot 16), Gloucester, Massachusetts

HUTCHINS, Carlton Barmore (Interim Awards 1920-1940) Lost at Sea
Died in air crash off coast of Calif., body not recovered.

INGRAM, Osmond Kelly (World War I) Lost at Sea in European waters

IRLAM, Joseph (Civil War) Buried at Sea

LAMBERS, Paul Ronald (Vietnam War) Drowned in Lake Michigan, body not Recovered
IMO at Graafschap Cemetery (Plot 3-B-48-3), Holland, MI

LANFARE, Aaron Steven (Civil War) Buried At Sea
IMO at Branford Cemetery), Branford, Connecticut

LOWRY, George Maus, (Mexican Campaign) cremated, ashes scattered at sea.

MASON, Leonard Foster (World War II) Buried at Sea as per DoD webpage.

MCALLISTER, Samuel (China Relief) Buried at Sea

PETERSON, Oscar Verner (World War II) Buried at Sea
IMO at Richfield Cemetery (Block 9w Lot 3), Richfield, Idaho

RICKETTS, Milton Ernest (World War II) Died onboard ship USS Yorktown at Coral Sea. Buried at Sea as per DoD webpage.

ROOKS, Albert Harold (World War II) Missing; Lost at Sea
IMO at Edens Cemetery, Guemes Island, (across the Guemes Channel from Anacortes), WA

ROSS, Donald Kirby (World War II) Cremated, Ashes buried on USS Nevada, reported to be sunk off Oahu, roughly 60 miles out to sea from Pearl Harbor, HI. IMO in Beverly Cemetery, Beverly, KS

SAVAGE, Auzella (Civil War) Lost at Sea, Atlantic Ocean, aboard a cargo vessel.  Perished during heavy gale and snowstorm along Atlantic Coast.

SCOTT, Norman (World War II) Died on board the U.S.S. Atlanta at Iron Bottom Sound, off Savo Island, Solomon Islands. Believed to be buried at Sea

SMITH, Paul Ray (War on Terror – Iraq) Cremated, Ashes Scattered in the Gulf. IMO in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

SUNDQUIST, Gustav Adolf (Spanish American) Drowned in France, body not recovered. IMO in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

VAN WINKLE, Archie (Korean War) Cremated, Ashes Scattered At Sea

WATSON, George (World War II) Lost at Sea, body not recoverable

WHITTLESEY, Charles White (World War I) Lost at Sea in Atlantic between New York and Cuba
IMO in Pittsfield Cemetery (Lot #1 in Walnut Hill Section), Pittsfield, Massachusetts

WILKINS, Raymond Harrell (World War II) Lost at sea; Olive Branch Cemetery (IMO- Section F, Lot 13), Portsmouth, Virginia

YOUNG, Cassin (World War II) Buried at Sea, IMO at Mt. Pleasant Memorial Park (Section E, Lot 58 Grave A-2 ), Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina

John Enright was thought to have been buried at sea but he was not. He drowned on 23 December 1889, his body was recovered and he was buried in Mare Island cemetery in Vallejo, California. The VA has instructed the Arizona IMOs be removed.

The USMC webpage states that Richard Beatty Anderson (World War II) was buried at sea but he was returned to Washington state in 1948.