Photo by Sgt. Luisito Brooks: Pfc. Brent Benbow, infantryman, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), kneels close to photograph the front and rear of a tombstone in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Dec. 15. Benbow is a part of Task Force Christman, after Pvt. William Christman, who was the first soldier buried in the cemetery. Task Force Christman’s mission is to photograph and document every tombstone, grave marker and cremation site in the cemetery. The detailed information will go into a large electronic database.
12.29.2011 - Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) soldiers, photograph and document every tombstone, grave marker and cremation site in Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Day or night, rain or shine, these men had a mission to complete.
Soldiers with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), finished photographing and documenting the location of every tombstone, grave marker and cremation site in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Dec. 23, 2011.
"We are calling ourselves Task Force Christman, after Pvt. William Christman, who was the first soldier buried here," said Maj. Nate Peterson, commander, Delta Company. "The primary purpose of this process is to establish an accountability of all remains in Arlington National Cemetery. The cemetery dates back to 1874 when the cemetery was run by Union soldiers who just had bad record keeping practices over the years. What we are doing is verifying what's on record and correcting anything that's not."
Peterson added the detailed information will be housed in a large electronic database. Over a period of a few months, the task force dedicated numerous hours to cover the more than 259,000 sites spread across 624 developed acres of the cemetery. read more>>>
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