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Thomas P. Cullen, ’61

CULLEN, Thomas COTTAGEVILLE – Mr. Thomas Patrick Cullen, 65, of 648 Griffith Acres Drive, Cottageville, died Monday evening, March 14, 2005 at the Ralph H. Johnson Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Charleston. Funeral services will be held eleven o’clock Friday morning, March 18, 2005 in Cottageville United Methodist Church with Reverend […]

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William F. Desmond, ’61

Decorated Army pilot in Vietnam and successful New England businessman died on January 4, 2003 and was inurred at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors on September 10, 2012. A native of New Bedford, Massachusetts at The Citadel. Bill was an honor student, varsity baseball player and member of […]

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Samuel R. Bird, ’61

MAJ Samuel R. Bird, USA, ’61, passed away on Oct. 18, 1984. Bird is remembered as the leader of the casket detail at President John F. Kennedy’s funeral. Then stationed at Fort Myer (now Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall) near Arlington National Cemetery, he was called to receive the president’s body […]

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