Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Willis Riley Deming
Headstone of Willis Riley Deming
U.S. Army · United States United States

Willis Riley Deming

Colonel
1914 – 2009
2 wars 1 assignment

Colonel Willis Riley Deming served in the U.S. Army for 5 years. Willis served in World War II and the Cold War. Willis was 95 years old.

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Branch

U.S. Army · 1941 – 1947

Highest rank

Colonel

Wars

World War IICold War
Service Record
U.S. Army
1941 – 1947
Conflicts
World War II Cold War
Burial Information
Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery ↗
Section 54
Grave 5547
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Laid nearby · Section 54

8,206 others are held in this section; these are the nearest stones.

Paula Howard-HunterGrave 5622Horace Luckett Hunter Jr.Grave 5622Bruce Lewis CarrGrave 5548Marjorie CarrGrave 5548Josephine NorthGrave 5546Roderick NorthGrave 5546Barbara CherryGrave 5469Darrell Mcdonald CherryGrave 5469John Paul MichaelGrave 5621William Lorne Dunsmore IIGrave 5468Miles Channing WagnerGrave 5623Q T T ThomasGrave 5470
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