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Funeral Services for Leslie Coffelt

73-3427
Accession Number
73-3427
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338958044
Keywords
Military funerals
National cemeteries
Soldiers
Presidential assassination attempts
HST Keywords
Arlington National Cemetary; Virginia, Arlington - Arlington National Cemetary
Rights

Public Domain - This item is in the public domain and can be used freely without further permission.

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
The cortege bearing the flag-draped coffin of Private Leslie Coffelt, a White House policeman who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, during funeral services for Coffelt at Arlington National Cemetery.
Date(s)
November 4, 1950