Long Island National Cemetery - Notable Interments

Notable Interments

• Frank John Becker, US Congressman, World War I veteran.
• Seaman First Class Heinrich Behnke, Medal of Honor recipient for peacetime service aboard USS Iowa
• Corporal Anthony Casamento, Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II.
• Captain Leon Dabo, artist, World War I veteran.
• Mignon G. Eberhart, author.
• James Fay, US Congressman, World War I veteran.
• First Lieutenant Harry Sutton, of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, posthumously decorated with the Silver Star during the Hungnam Evacuation.
• Gunner's Mate Third Class John Everetts, Medal of Honor recipient for peacetime service aboard USS Cushing.
• Gunner's Mate Third Class Robert Galbraith, Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Philippine-American War.
• Russell Gleason, actor, son of James Gleason.
• Boatswain's Mate William Henry Gowan, Medal of Honor recipient for peacetime service in Coquimbo, Chile.
• Captain Sydney G. Gumpertz, Medal of Honor recipient for action in World War I.
• Chief Watertender August Holtz, Medal of Honor recipient for peacetime service aboard USS North Dakota.
• Helen Kane, singer and model for Betty Boop.
• First Lieutenant Stephen Edward Karopczyc, Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Vietnam War.
• Specialist Five John James Kedenburg, Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Vietnam War.
• Private Matthew Landano, Vietnam War veteran, killed in the crash of American Airlines Flight 383, November 8, 1965, in Constance, Kentucky.
• Private First Class Carlos James Lozada, Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Dak To during the Vietnam War.
• Granville 'Stick' McGhee, musician.
• Donald McPherson, lead singer and founder of music group The Main Ingredient.
• Landsman Thomas Mitchell, Medal of Honor recipient for peacetime service aboard USS Richmond.
• Jules Munshin, comedian, actor.
• Chief Boatswain's Mate Lauritz Nelson, Medal of Honor recipient for action aboard USS Nashville during the Spanish-American War.
• First Lieutenant Bernard James Ray, Medal of Honor recipient for action in World War II.
• Staff Sergeant Joseph Edward Schaefer, Medal of Honor recipient for action in World War II.
• Second Lieutenant Charles William Shea, Medal of Honor recipient for action in World War II.
• Frank Silvera, actor.
• Zutty Singleton, jazz musician.
• Private First Class William Henry Thompson, Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Korean War.
• Richard J. Tonry, US Congressman, World War I veteran.
• Private Michael Valente, Medal of Honor recipient for action in World War I.
• Seaman James Aloysius Walsh, Medal of Honor recipient for action aboard USS Florida during the US occupation of Veracruz, Mexico.
• First Lieutenant John Earl Warren, Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Vietnam War.
• Maurice Gosfield, comic actor and voice of Benny the Ball in Top Cat.