Aviators and astronauts buried in Texas
Wikidata records 21 aviators and astronauts as buried in 10 of the cemeteries we list in Texas. Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio holds the most, with 8. Texas has the 4th highest count of any state, out of 470 nationally.
People recorded as aircraft pilots, aviators or astronauts.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Aviators and astronauts buried in Texas
- George E. M. Kelly1878-1911American aviatorSan Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Raymond L. Knight1922-1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipientHouston National Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Lewis S Turner1888-1951Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Richard Bronaugh Barnitz1891-1960American airport managerFort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Jack Barton Story1904-1967(1904-1967) American aviatorSparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
- Leonard Stanley Flo1902-1973American aviatorFort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, TX
- Herman A. Barnett1926-1973American surgeonHouston National Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Howard Hughes1905-1976American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producerGlenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
- John P. Flynn1922-1979United States Air Force officerFort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Harry George Armstrong1899-1983United States Marine and aviation expertFort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Arthur James Coyle1897-1989American aviatorFort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Kermit Beahan1918-1989Bombardier who dropped atomic bomb on NagasakiHouston National Cemetery, Houston, TX
- John Stapp1910-1999American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, and biophysicistFort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, TX
- Rick Husband1957-2003American astronautLlano Cemetery, Amarillo, TX
- John H. Gibson1910-2005American aviatorDallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, TX
- David Lee "Tex" Hill1915-2007United States generalFort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Percy Sutton1920-2009American politician in New YorkGates of Heaven Memorial Cemetery, Converse, TX
- Walter G. Benz Jr.1919-2010American flying aceFort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Eugene Cernan1934-2017NASA astronaut, Naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, electrical engineer, fighter pilot, eleventh human to walk on the Moon (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17)Texas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Walter Cunningham1932-2023American astronautTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- William Millican Randolphborn 1893Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1910s1
- 1940s1
- 1950s1
- 1960s2
- 1970s4
- 1980s3
- 1990s1
- 2000s4
- 2010s2
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 20 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery · San Antonio, TX8
- Houston National Cemetery · Houston, TX3
- Fort Bliss National Cemetery · El Paso, TX2
- Texas State Cemetery · Austin, TX2
- Glenwood Cemetery · Houston, TX1
- Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery · Dallas, TX1
- San Antonio National Cemetery · San Antonio, TX1
- Llano Cemetery · Amarillo, TX1
- Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park · Dallas, TX1
- Gates of Heaven Memorial Cemetery · Converse, TX1
Other notable burials in Texas
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.