https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Media/News/blog/1/term/99/locale/en-US/News-Tuskegee-Airmen News Releases and media advisories from Arlington National Cemetery. kristofor.b.carle.ctr@mail.mil Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:52:07 GMT Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:52:07 GMT Tuskegee Airmen DotNetNuke Blog RSS Generator Version 10.0.4.0 30 https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Media/News/Post/3578/Memorial-service-for-Tuskegee-Airmen-2LT-Samuel-G-Leftenant <p>On April 12, 1945, while escorting bombers to Sankt Veit, Austria during World War II, two P-51 Mustangs piloted by 2nd Lt. James L. Hall Jr. and 2nd Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant (both Tuskegee Airmen) collided. </p> <p>Hall bailed from his damaged P-51 before it crashed and&nbsp;became a&nbsp;prisoner of war. Leftenant was never seen again. He was reported "Missing-In-Action" on April 12, 1945 and was declared dead in 1946.&nbsp;&nbsp;2nd Lt. Leftenant was posthumously awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.</p> <p>A full military honors memorial service for 2LT Samuel G. Leftenant will be held in Memorial Section K at the north end of the cemetery, on <span tabindex="0" class="aQJ" data-term="goog_1011249730">Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 9:00 AM. The service&nbsp;</span>is open to the public.</p> ANC Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Service Tuskegee Airmen https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Media/News/Post/3578/Memorial-service-for-Tuskegee-Airmen-2LT-Samuel-G-Leftenant Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:12:00 GMT 2016-01-12 17:12:00Z