Fort Bliss National Cemetery - Notable Interments

Notable Interments

  • Staff Sergeant Ambrosio Guillen, Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Korean War.
  • Corporal Benito Martinez, Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Korean War.
  • Corporal Frank Brattling, Medal of Honor recipient for action in New Mexico Territory during the Indian Wars.
  • Private George Hooker, Medal of Honor recipient for action in Arizona Territory during the Indian Wars.
  • Lieutenant Colonel William Wallace Smith Bliss, Adjutant General of the Western Division of the Army in 1850, married the youngest daughter of President Zachary Taylor.
  • John Reynolds, actor.

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