Information for MG Patton's funeral.
 
 
DATE/TIME:  Friday, August 27, 2004,  11:00 am
 
LOCATION:  Services at Memorial Chapel, Fort Myer, VA  (see link below for location of Memorial Chapel)
 
http://www.mdw.army.mil/myermap.htm
 
DIRECTIONS:  Enter Fort Myer through Hatfield Gate from Arlington Blvd.  Subject to vehicle search.  Must show current ID.  Proceed to Memorial Chapel.
 
or
 
Enter Arlington National Cemetery through the Memorial Entrance (main entrance).  Tell the security guard you are there to attend a funeral and give the name of the individual.  You must drive through the cemetery to the Memorial Chapel Gate at the rear of the cemetery.  See the map at the following link.  Memorial chapel Gate located at Grid J-16.  You may need to obtain a vehicle pass.  
 
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/interactive_map/interactivemap_big.html 
 
 
INTERNMENT:  Internment will be in Section 34, Plot 784 (Grid W-12 on the map above).  ANC advises that the procession may not arrive at the grave site from Memorial Chapel until shortly before 12:00 noon.   
 
 
CONTACT:  Arlington National Cemetery, 703-607-8000, extention 0 (zero) for additional information
 
 
Other Blackhorse Troopers interred in Arlington National Cemetery:

SECTION 8, PLOT 5518-C (Grid Y-7)
    PALMA, GERARD VINCENT -  K TRP, 3/11 ACR - APRIL 19, 1969
 
SECTION 8, PLOT 6371-D  (Grid Y-7)
    ATCHISON, JAMES MITCHELL - AIR CAV TRP, 11th ACR - APRIL 12, 1970
 
SECTION 33, PLOT 3006  (Grid AA-30)
    ROBISON, DONALD ROBERT - M CO, 3/11 ACR - MARCH 13, 1968
 
SECTION 35, PLOT 4496  (Grid R-19)
    SHIRLEY, CARL DOUGLAS - 919th ENG CO, 11th ACR - JULY 22, 1969
 
SECTION 37, PLOT 88  (Grid S-27)
    MESSICK, JAMES AVERY - M CO, 3/11 ACR - JANUARY 8, 1967
 
SECTION 37, PLOT 1176  (Grid S-27)
    COCHRANE, JOHN FLOYD - 409th RRU - OCTOBER 24, 1966
 
SECTION 51, PLOT 3346  (Grid EE-44)
    WILLIAMS, RAYMOND LEON - F TRP, 2/11 ACR - AUGUST 2, 1970
 
SECTION 53, PLOT 707  (Grid EE-40)
    CUNNINGHAM, RICHARD SAVAGE - H CO, 2/11 ACR - MAY 14, 1970