Notable Burials
- Louis R. Lowery, a World War II Marine combat photographer, took the picture of the first U.S. flag rising on top of Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi in 1945. The flag was said to be the first U.S. flag flown over Japanese territory in World War II. He was interred on April 1, 1987, Section 1, Grave 6422.
- General Lewis William Walt, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1968-1971; interred in Section 17 Grave 51-B, with his wife Nancy, an Army Nurse during WWII, who died on 16 April 2000 and is interred in Section 17 Grave 51-A.
- Colonel William "Rich" Higgins was captured by a pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim group on 17 February 1988 in Beirut while serving as chief of a 75 member United Nations observer group. His kidnappers killed him on 6 July 1990. A marker was placed in the memorial section until his body was repatriated; interred on 30 December 1991: Section 23, Grave 141.
- Leon Uris (3 August 1924 - 21 June 2003) was an American novelist. At age 17 Uris joined the United States Marine Corps. His best selling novel Battle Cry was based on his experiences. Section 18, Grave 635.
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