Lucian Truscott - Death and Legacy

Death and Legacy

General Truscott died 12 September 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. On 29 April 1966, Truscott Hall, a bachelor officers' quarters at the Army War College, was named after him. On 17 August 1974, Sarah Truscott, his wife, died and was buried next to him at Arlington Cemetery.

In 2012, he was honored at his birthplace hometown of Chatfield.

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