Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Howard Leonidas Auten
Headstone of Howard Leonidas Auten
U.S. Navy · United States United States

Howard Leonidas Auten

Lieutenant Commander
1922 – 2011
2 wars 1 assignment

Lieutenant Commander Howard Leonidas Auten served in the U.S. Navy for 5 years and 1 month. Howard served in World War II and the Cold War. Howard was 89 years old.

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Branch

U.S. Navy · 1942 – 1948

Highest rank

Lieutenant Commander

Wars

World War IICold War
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1942 – 1948
Conflicts
World War II Cold War
Burial Information
Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery ↗
Section 64
Grave 6801
  • The grave itself
  • 12 laid nearby · point at one to see who, click for more

Laid nearby · Section 64

10,447 others are held in this section; these are the nearest stones.

Kathryn LawrenceGrave 6800Edward Joseph LawrenceGrave 6800Karl Edmund BeckerGrave 6802Gary Allen MattisonGrave 6803James O HollisterGrave 6799Rosanna Bussman HollisterGrave 6799Shirley MuirGrave 6904Willis D MuirGrave 6904Suzann MerchantGrave 6693James Lindler Merchant IIGrave 6693Barbara GalentineGrave 6905Paul G Galentine Jr.Grave 6905
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