Fort Smith National Cemetery - Notable Interments

Notable Interments

  • Brigadier General William Orlando Darby, World War II veteran, leader of Darby's Rangers.
  • Isaac C. Parker, U.S. representative, frontier judge known as "The Hanging Judge".
  • Major John J. Mawn (1915-2007), a decorated World War II officer, who was the information officer during Elvis Presley's military tour in Germany and the technical advisor on the film G.I. Blues.

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