Foreign Nationals
Historically, during times of war, members of foreign military services assigned to duty in the United States and who died while on that military mission, were eligible for burial at U.S. national military cemeteries. According to Army Regulation 210-500 (1933), Paragraph 1, Section c(6): "In time of national emergency, the remains of officers and enlisted men of the armed forces of other countries who die within the continental limits of the United States while serving as instructors or students with the armed forces of the United States may be buried in any post cemetery or post section of any national cemetery without expense to the United States other than for opening, closing, and marking of the grave."
From World War II, there is one German prisoner of war (POW) and two Italian POWs buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The Geneva Convention (1929) mandates that prisoners of war who die in captivity should be "honorably buried."
In addition, some foreign nationals are buried in graves containing co-mingled remains with U.S. personnel, most often as a result of aircraft crashes.
Australia
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
Flight Officer Francis D. Milne |
Royal Australian Air Force |
34 |
4754 |
Canada
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
Sapper Thomas H. Dalton |
Engineers |
18 |
4576 |
Chile
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
Air Cadet Epifanio J. Sobrino |
Chilean Army |
15C |
596 |
China
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
Maj. Nia-Chien Liu |
Chinese Army |
15A |
92 |
France
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
1st Lt. Fernand Herbert |
French Army |
3 |
4141 |
1st Lt. Jean Jegou |
French Army |
3 |
4141 |
Capt. Gaston M. Roger Cheno |
French Army |
3 |
4142 |
Lt. Felix Courriere |
French Army |
3 |
4142 |
2nd Lt. Henri Coquelet |
French Army |
3 |
4143 |
Sgt. Paul Temperli |
French Army |
17 |
19279 |
Gunner Felix Sabut |
French Army |
17 |
19405 |
Antoine Brun |
French Army |
17 |
19407 |
Sgt. Maurice Jacquet |
French Army |
17 |
19156 |
Germany
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
1st Sgt. Anton Hilberath |
German Army (POW) |
15C |
347-1 |
Greece
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
Airman Emmanuel Boulassikis |
Royal Hellenic Air Force |
15A |
92 |
Iraq
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
Capt. Ali Hussam Abass Alrubaeye |
Iraqi Air Force |
60 |
8237 |
Italy
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
Luigi Bartolucci-Dundas |
Italian Navy |
3 |
4144 |
Mario Batista |
Italian Army (POW) |
15B |
347-4 |
Cpl. Arcangelo Prudenza |
Italian Army (POW) |
15C |
347-5 |
Cpl. Nicola Scotti |
Italian Army |
17 |
19393 |
Netherlands
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
Cmdr. Anne Faber |
Royal Netherlands Navy |
15A |
90 |
2nd Lt. Bernardus Pieter de Wit |
Royal Netherlands Marines |
15A |
89 |
Lt. Cmdr. Dirk van Beusekom |
Royal Netherlands Navy |
15A |
87 |
Sgt. Gerrit van Pelt |
Royal Netherlands Marines |
15C |
599 |
South Africa
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
Lt. Victor Potgieter |
South African Army |
2 |
3435-F |
South Vietnam
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
Maj. Phao Van Vu |
South Vietnamese Army |
60 |
7899 |
South Vietnamese Unknowns
- Two unknown South Vietnamese pilots are in a group burial of missing in action (MIA) service members in Section 34, Grave 4524. Missing in action in Laos from 1968 to 1990, they were interred together on March 23, 1990.
- Seven unknown South Vietnamese service members are interred in a group burial which also includes U.S. Army Spc. Joel C. Hatley, Spc. Michael E. King, Warrant Officer Ralph A. Moreira Jr. and Capt. David Nelson. All were killed after their helicopter was shot down in South Vietnam on March 5, 1971. They are in Section 34, Grave 4439.
United Kingdom
Name |
Service Branch |
Section |
Grave |
Field Marshal Sir John Dill |
British Army |
32 |
S-29 |
Maj. Gen. Orde C. Wingate |
British Army |
12 |
288 |
Capt. George Henry Borrow |
British Army |
12 |
288 |
Mr. Stewart Emeny |
Civilian (war correspondent) |
12 |
288 |
Sgt. James Walter Hickey |
British Army Air Corps |
12 |
288 |
1st Lieut. Brian Floyd Hodges |
British Army Air Corps |
12 |
288 |
Staff Sgt. Vernon A. McIninch |
British Army Air Corps |
12 |
288 |
Tech. Sgt. Frank Sadoski |
British Army Air Corps |
12 |
288 |
2nd Lieut. Stephen Albert Wanderer |
British Army Air Corps |
12 |
288 |
Stanley Wills |
Civilian |
12 |
288 |
Lt. Col. E. H. Hiscocks |
British Army |
2 |
3435-F |
Maj. Cifford Roy Forbes-Harriss |
Royal Engineers |
2 |
3435-F |
Aircraftman 2nd Class A. (Alojz) Poberja |
British Army |
2 |
3435-F |
Capt. G. Watson |
British Army |
2 |
3435-F |
Capt. K. W. C. Thomas |
British Army |
2 |
3435-F |
Wing Cmdr. Harry J. Maxted |
Royal Air Force |
15A |
95 |
Maj. Alexander Reid Moir |
British Air Commission |
15A |
97 |
Squadron Leader Basil B. W. Howe |
Royal Air Force |
15A |
98 |
2nd Engineer Harold G. Davis |
Royal Navy |
15A |
84 |
Section Officer Ruth Patricia Watson |
Women's Auxuliary Air Force |
15A |
88 |
Officer Monica N. Daventry |
Women's Auxuliary Air Force |
15A |
88 |
Pvt. Elmer Darrock |
Royal Marines |
17 |
19325 |
Capt. W. F. Fitch |
British Military Mission |
3 |
4139 |
Seaman William Kelly |
Royal Navy |
17 |
19399 |
Seaman Herbert Thomas |
Royal Navy |
17 |
19400 |
Able Seaman Joseph Prowse |
Royal Navy |
17 |
19515 |
Pvt. James Schofield |
Royal Marines |
17 |
19518 |
Seaman Thomas H. Symons |
Royal Navy |
17 |
19519 |
Maj. Charles H. Lyell |
Royal Garrison Artillery |
3 |
4140 |
Capt. Angus A. Mackintosh |
Royal Horse Guards |
3 |
4140-WH |
Flying Officer Roy Albert Arthur Cannon |
Royal Air Force |
34 |
2084 |
Flight Lt. Thomas John Donald Cook |
Royal Air Force |
34 |
2084 |
Past (Temporary), Mast of the USS Maine Memorial
Two foreign nationals rested temporarily in the vault of the Mast of the USS Maine Memorial until they were buried in their home countries:
- Manuel Quezon y Molina (1878-1944): President, Commonwealth of the Philippines, 1935-1944; transferred to the Philippines in 1946.
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941): Composer and statesman; transferred to Poland in 1992.
Australia |
1 |
Canada |
1 |
Chile |
1 |
China |
1 |
France |
9 |
Germany |
(1 POW) |
Greece |
1 |
Iraq |
1 |
Italy |
4 (2 POW) |
Netherlands |
4 |
South Africa |
1 |
South Vietnam |
10 |
United Kingdom |
32 |
|
Total: 75 |