Maj. Louis Cukela, USMC (427-A) ** Two Medals of Honor for same act
Capt. Edward P. Doherty, USA Captured President Lincoln's assassin
Brevet Brig. Gen. Abner Doubleday, USA (61)
Maj. Gen. Adolphus Greely, USA (129)* Arctic explorer, Cmdr. Peary rescue
Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, USA (1) Quartermaster General during Civil War. Established Arlington National Cemetery.
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, USA (358)* Hero of Bataan and Corregidor, highest ranking POW in World War II
Rear Adm. Richard Byrd, USN (4969)* Arctic explorer, first man to fly over North Pole
Gen. Claire L. Chennault, USAF (873) Flying Tigers, 14th Air Force
Maj. Gen. John L. Clem, USA (933) Drummer Boy of Chickamauga
Maj. Gen. George Crook, USA (974) Captured Geronimo
Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan, USA (4874)* Chief of OSS during World War II
Adm. William Halsey, USN (1184) Cdr. 3rd Fleet, Fleet Adm., World War II
Gen. Daniel "Chappie" James, USAF (228-10) First black four-star general in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Maj. Gen. Philip Kearney, USA Noted Civil War general (Equestrian Statue)
Adm. William Leahy, USN (932) Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Adm. in World War II
Capt. Charles Pierre L'Enfant, USA Designer of Washington, D.C.
Lt. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, USA (879)* Governor of Philippines
Adm. David D. Porter, USN Senior Navy officer Gen. Daniel "Chappie" James
Rear Adm. Winfield S. Schley, USN (1207) Commander of fleet that captured Spanish Fleet
Lt. Gen. John Schofield, USA (1108)* secretary of war, commanding general
Gen. Philip Sheridan, USA commanding general, U.S. Army, Civil War
Rear Adm. John D. Wainwright, USN (1061)
1st Lt. John Wainwright, USA (1061)*
Lt. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, (1089) Confederate Army, U.S. congressman
Rear Adm. Charles Wilkes, USN (1164) Discovered Antarctica
Brig. Gen. Horatio Wright, USA Completed Washington Monument
Maj. Gen. Frank D. Baldwin, USA (1894)**
Lt. Col. F. Benteen, USA (1351) Custer's subordinate commander at Little Bighorn
Lt. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, USA (1945) Chief of staff, U.S. Army
Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, Jr., USA (1944) Father of armored force
Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee, USN (2502) Apollo astronaut
Lt. Col. Virgil I Grissom, USAF (2503) Apollo astronaut
Pvt. Ivory Kimball, USA (Judge) Headed Amphitheater commission
Maj. Jonathan Letterman, USA (1869) Civil War surgeon
Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, USA (1873)* commanding general U.S. Army
Maj. Walter Reed, USA (1864) Discovered cause of Yellow Fever
Brig. Gen. Edmond Rice, USA (1875)* Medal of Honor Rock
1st Lt. Thomas Selfridge, USA (2158) First U.S. Army air casualty
Col. William Jennings Bryan, USA (3121) secretary of state, presidential candidate
Capt. Oliver W. Holmes, USA (7004) U.S. Supreme Court justice
Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, USN (7000) Father of the Nuclear Navy
Lt. John W. Weeks, USN (7064) Secretary of war
Thurgood Marshall, (40-3) U.S. Supreme Court justice, civil-rights advocate, presidential exception to policy
Lt. Gen. John A. Lejeune, USMC (5682) Commandant USMC
Cmdr. Barbara Rainey, USN (5813-A-7) First female Navy aviator
Tech. 5 Joe "Louis" Barrow, USA (172) Heavyweight boxing champion
Col. "Pappy" Boyington, USMC World War II fighter pilot*
Staff Sgt. Frank Reynolds, USA ABC News anchorman
Gen. Roscoe Robinson, USA (18) First black Army four-star general
Gen. David M. Shoup, USMC (189)* Commandant USMC
Cdr. Michael J. Smith, USN (201-1) Pilot, Space Shuttle Challenger
Gen. Maxwell Taylor, USA World War II
Lt. Col. Matt Urban, World War II*
Lt. Cdr. John McCloy, USN (5246)**
Rear Adm. Robert Peary, USN (S-15) Explorer, first to reach the North Pole
Pfc. Raito Nakashima, USA (5124) 442nd Infantry Regiment
Sgt. Wataru Nakashima, USA (5125) 442nd Infantry Regiment Sgt. Michael Strank, USMC (7179) Iwo Jima flag raising
Sgt. Maj. George W. Carr Jr., USA (9859)
The "Stump" for headstone George Washington Parke Custis (6513) Builder of Arlington House
Capt. Daniel Keys (13615) Original cast-iron marker
McCullough Brothers (13724) Four brothers who fought in Civil War
Cpl. Frank Scott, USA (5331-5) First enlisted Army air casualty
James Parks (2) Custis and Lee family slave, cemetery worker (dug Gen. Meigs' grave)
482 Confederate graves around the Confederate Monument
Sgt. Moses Ezekiel, Confederate States of America, Army (base of Memorial). Sculpted the Confederate Memorial
Sgt. Edward F. Younger, USA (1918-B) Selected the World War II Unknown
Cpl. John Pruitt, USMC (2453)** Two Medals of Honor for same act
Gen. Creighton Abrams, USA (S-33) chief of staff, U.S. Army
Gen. George S. Brown, USAF (S-24) secretary of state, chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff, USAF
Maj. John Foster Dulles, USA (31) secretary of state
Adm. William T. Sampson, USN (9) Commander, North Atlantic Squadron, Spanish-American War
1st Lt. Earl Warren, USN (S-32) U.S. Supreme Court chief justice, governor of California
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, USA (10) Army chief of staff, governor of the Philippines, commander of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders
Capt. Alphonsus Packard, USA (5203) First officer buried at ANC
Pvt. William B. Blatt, USA (18) First battle casualty buried at ANC
Pvt. William Henry Christman, USA (19) First serviceman buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Pvt. William Reeves, USA (99) First draftee buried at ANC
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, USA (428-1-2) Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
Adm. A.W. Denfield, USN (433) Chief of Naval operations
Lt. James V. Forrestal, USNR (674) First secretary of defense
Capt. Michael Groves, USA (897) Commander, Co. E, 3rd U.S. Infantry
Gen. Harold K. Johnson, USA (430-2) Chief of staff, U.S. Army
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, USN (435) Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm. Harold P. Stark, USN (433) Chief of Naval operations
Gen. Charles P. Summerall, USA (S-16) Chief of staff, U.S. Army
William H. Taft (S-14) U.S. president, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, USAF (43402) Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, chief of staff USAF
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, USA (434-1) Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, chief of staff USA
Capt. Robert Todd Lincoln, USA (S-13) Secretary of war, son of president
Field Marshall Sir John Dill (British) (Equestrian statue)
Gen. H.H. "Hap" Arnold, USAF (44-A) Chief, Army Air Forces
Cpl. Ira Hayes, USMC (479) Iwo Jima flag raising
Gen. John J. Pershing, USA (1) Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, general of the Armies WWI
Lt. John F. Kennedy, USN, U.S. president
S2 Robert F. Kennedy, USN, U.S. senator, attorney general
Capt. Bobbie Brown, USA (1021-17)*
1st Lt. Audie L. Murphy, USA (366-11)* World War II most-decorated U.S. soldier
Lt. Col. Dick Scobee, USAF (1129-4) Commander, Space Shuttle Challenger
Staff Sgt. William R. Spates, USA (432) Former relief commander, Tomb of the Unknowns
Cpl. Rene A. Gagnon, USMC (543) Iwo Jima flag-raising
Col. Paul Bates, USA World War II white commander of the predominately black 761st Tank Battalion
* - denotes Medal of Honor recipient
** - denotes two Medals of Honor