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Leslie Coffelt Funeral

2013-1269
Accession Number
2013-1269
7x9.125 inches
Black & White
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NAID 348544758
Related Collection
Chapman, Oscar L. Papers
Keywords
Armed forces officers
First ladies
Military funerals
National cemeteries
Presidents
Presidential assassination attempts
HST Keywords
Arlington National Cemetery; Virginia, Arlington - Arlington National Cemetery; Truman - Bess - Funerals - [attending]; Truman - Funeral - Attending
People Pictured
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Graham, Wallace Harry, 1910-1996
Landry, Robert B. (Robert Broussard), 1909-2000
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (center group, front) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (center group, center) at Arlington National Cemetery, attending funeral services for Private Leslie Coffelt of the White House Police, who was killed while protecting President Truman from an assassination attempt on November 1. Walking behind President and Mrs. Truman are (left to right) General Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan, and General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
November 4, 1950