Section 1

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

Section 2

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

Section 3

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

Section 4

Col. William Jennings Bryan, USA (3121) secretary of state, presidential candidate

Section 5

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

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Section 6

Lt. Gen. John A. Lejeune, USMC (5682) Commandant USMC

Cmdr. Barbara Rainey, USN (5813-A-7) First female Navy aviator

Section 7A

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*

Section 8

Lt. Cdr. John McCloy, USN (5246)**

Rear Adm. Robert Peary, USN (S-15) Explorer, first to reach the North Pole

Section 12

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

Section 13

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

Section 15

James Parks (2) Custis and Lee family slave, cemetery worker (dug Gen. Meigs' grave)

Section 16

482 Confederate graves around the Confederate Monument

Sgt. Moses Ezekiel, Confederate States of America, Army (base of Memorial). Sculpted the Confederate Memorial

Section 18

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

Section 21

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

Section 26

Capt. Alphonsus Packard, USA (5203) First officer buried at ANC

Section 27

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

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Section 30

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

Section 31

Capt. Robert Todd Lincoln, USA (S-13) Secretary of war, son of president

Section 32

Field Marshall Sir John Dill (British) (Equestrian statue)

Section 34

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

Section 45 (formerly section 30, grave # 45, and # 45 -A)

Lt. John F. Kennedy, USN, U.S. president

S2 Robert F. Kennedy, USN, U.S. senator, attorney general

Section 46

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

Section 48

Staff Sgt. William R. Spates, USA (432) Former relief commander, Tomb of the Unknowns

Section 51

Cpl. Rene A. Gagnon, USMC (543) Iwo Jima flag-raising

Section 60

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

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