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Leslie Coffelt Funeral Service

65-2181
Accession Number
65-2181
7x9 inches
Black & White
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NAID 337840685
Keywords
Presidents
First ladies
National cemeteries
Presidential assassination attempts
Physicians
Generals
Armed forces officers
Soldiers
Military funerals
White House staff
Police
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Landry, Robert B. (Robert Broussard), 1909-2000
Graham, Wallace Harry, 1910-1996
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
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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 former United States Army Private Leslie Coffelt of the White House Police Force, 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 physician General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.

Date(s)
November 4, 1950