# List of people executed by the United States military

The following is a list of people executed by the United States military. The list separates executions by branches; the Uniform Code of Military Justice did not exist until 1950.

## Executions after the enactment of Uniform Code of Military Justice

A total of ten military executions have been carried out by the United States Army under the provisions of the original Uniform Code of Military Justice of May 5, 1950. Executions must be approved by the president of the United States. Only a general courts martial may award a sentence of death. As such, they are therefore subject to an automatic process of review. The first four of these executions, those of Bernard John O'Brien, Chastine Beverly, Louis M. Suttles and James L. Riggins, were carried out by military officials at the Kansas State Penitentiary near Lansing, Kansas. The remaining six executions took place in the boiler room of the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Currently, military executions are to take place at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. Hanging and not shooting was the method employed in these ten executions. Electrocution was also made an authorized method, but was never used. Currently, lethal injection is the only available method.
| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Location of crime | Method | Victim(s) | President |
| 1 | Bernard John O'Brien | White | 34 | M | July 31, 1954 | Bad Aibling, Bavaria, West Germany | Hanging | Dorothy Lucia O'Brien | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 2 | Chastine Beverly | Black | 25 | M | March 1, 1955 | Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, United States | Hanging | Harry Langly | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 3 | Louis M. Suttles | Black | 26 | M | March 1, 1955 | Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, United States | Hanging | Harry Langly | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 4 | James L. Riggins | Black | 28 | M | March 1, 1955 | Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, United States | Hanging | Harry Langly | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 5 | Thomas J. Edwards | Black | 23 | M | February 14, 1957 | West Germany | Hanging | Unnamed victim | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 6 | Winfred D. Moore | Black | 23 | M | February 14, 1957 | Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States | Hanging | Charles Pettit | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 7 | Ernest L. Ransom | Black | 26 | M | April 3, 1957 | Incheon, SCA, Korea | Hanging | 2 unnamed victims | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 8 | Abraham Thomas | Black | 29 | M | July 23, 1958 | Gersthofen, Bavaria, West Germany | Hanging | 4 murder victims | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 9 | John E. Day, Jr. | Black | 30 | M | September 23, 1959 | Seoul, SCA, Korea | Hanging | Lee Mak Chun | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 10 | John Arthur Bennett | Black | 25 | M | April 13, 1961 | Siezenheim, Salzburg, Austria | Hanging | Unnamed victim | John F. Kennedy |

### Demographics

Race :
| Black | 9 | 90% |
| White | 1 | 10% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 8 | 80% |
| 30–39 | 2 | 20% |
| Sex |||
| Male | 10 | 100% |
| Date of execution |||
| 1950–1959 | 9 | 90% |
| 1960–1969 | 1 | 10% |
| 1970–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990–1999 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000–2009 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010–2019 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020–2029 | 0 | 0% |
| Method |||
| Hanging | 10 | 100% |
| President (Party) |||
| Harry S. Truman (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | 9 | 90% |
| John F. Kennedy (D) | 1 | 10% |
| Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Richard Nixon (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Gerald Ford (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Jimmy Carter (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Ronald Reagan (R) | 0 | 0% |
| George H. W. Bush (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Bill Clinton (D) | 0 | 0% |
| George W. Bush (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Barack Obama (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Donald Trump (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Joe Biden (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 10 | 100% |

### People currently awaiting execution under the UCMJ

Four people are currently awaiting execution under the UCMJ. All executions, if carried out, will be by lethal injection.
| Name | Date of sentencing | Crime |
| Ronald A. Gray | April 12, 1988 | Two specifications of premeditated murder, one specification attempted premeditated murder, and three specifications of rape |
| Hasan Karim Akbar | April 28, 2005 | Two specifications of premeditated murder and three specifications of attempted premeditated murder |
| Timothy B. Hennis | April 15, 2010 | Three specifications of premeditated murder |
| Nidal Malik Hasan | August 28, 2013 | Thirteen specifications of premeditated murder |

## Executions by the Army in World War II and afterwards

The United States Army carried out 141 executions over a three-year period from 1942 to 1945 and a further six executions were conducted during the postwar period, for a known total of 147. These figures do not include individuals executed by the US Army after being convicted by US Military Courts for violations of the laws of war, including German soldiers who were shot after being caught in American uniform as part of Operation Greif during the Battle of the Bulge.
Of these 141 wartime executions, 70 were carried out in the European Theatre, 27 in the Mediterranean Theatre, 21 in the Southwest Pacific Area, 19 in the contiguous United States, two in Hawaii, one in Guadalcanal and one in India; of the six postwar executions, one took place in Hawaii, one in Japan, two in France and two in the Philippines. An execution was also carried out by the United States Air Force in Japan in 1950.
All executions carried out by the Army from 1942 to 1948 were performed under the authority of the Articles of War of June 4, 1920, an Act of Congress which governed military justice between 1920 and 1951.
This list includes members of the United States Army Air Forces, which was a part of the Army until September 18, 1947, when it became independent. Executions by the United States Air Force after 1947 are listed separately.
With the exception of Eddie Slovik, who was shot for desertion, all of these soldiers were executed for murder and/or rape. Several of the soldiers listed as convicted and executed for murder and/or rape had also been convicted of other charges, including those of a military nature such as desertion and mutiny, plus lesser crimes that would not have been considered capital unless combined with more serious offenses which carried the death penalty.
Sources for list in References section.
| Name | Date of execution | Location | Method | President |
| James Rowe | November 6, 1942 | Fort Huachuca, Arizona | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Edward J. Leonski | November 9, 1942 | Pentridge Prison, Melbourne, Australia, Southwest Pacific Area | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Jerry Sykes | January 19, 1943 | Fort Huachuca, Arizona | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| David Cobb | March 12, 1943 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| George S. Knapp | March 19, 1943 | Bastrop, Texas | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Francis A. Line | March 26, 1943 | Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Harold A. Smith | June 25, 1943 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| James E. Kendrick | July 17, 1943 | Oran, Algeria, North African Theater of Operations ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Levi Brandon | July 26, 1943 | Fort Leavenworth, Kansas | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Walter J. Bohn | August 6, 1943 | Camp Claiborne, Louisiana | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Willie A. Pittman | August 30, 1943 | Sicily, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Harvey Stroud | August 30, 1943 | Sicily, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Armstead White | August 30, 1943 | Sicily, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| David White | August 30, 1943 | Sicily, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Charles H. Smith | September 6, 1943 | Algiers, North African Theater of Operations ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Lee A. Davis | December 14, 1943 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Edwin P. Jones | January 5, 1944 | Oran, Algeria, North African Theater of Operations | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| John H. Waters | February 10, 1944 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| J.C. Leatherberry | March 16, 1944 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Charles A. Spears | April 18, 1944 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Wiley Harris, Jr. | May 26, 1944 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Alex F. Miranda | May 30, 1944 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Firing squad | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Robert L. Donnelly | May 31, 1944 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Eliga Brinson | August 11, 1944 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Willie Smith | August 11, 1944 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Clarence Whitfield | August 14, 1944 | Normandy, France, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Ray Watson | August 29, 1944 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| James W. Peoples | September 2, 1944 | Oro Bay, New Guinea, Southwest Pacific Area | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Harry Bever | September 26, 1944 | Fort Sill, Oklahoma | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Arthur T. Brown | October 2, 1944 | Oro Bay, New Guinea, Southwest Pacific Area | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Andrew Gibson | October 2, 1944 | Oro Bay, New Guinea, Southwest Pacific Area | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Leroy E. Greene | October 2, 1944 | Oro Bay, New Guinea, Southwest Pacific Area | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Charles A. Horne | October 2, 1944 | Oro Bay, New Guinea, Southwest Pacific Area | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Eugene A. Washington, Jr. | October 2, 1944 | Oro Bay, New Guinea, Southwest Pacific Area | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Lloyd L. White, Jr. | October 2, 1944 | Oro Bay, New Guinea, Southwest Pacific Area | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Madison Thomas | October 12, 1944 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| James B. Sanders | October 25, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Ray W. Anderson | October 25, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Paul Kluxdal | October 31, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Willie Wimberly, Jr. | November 9, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Joseph Watson | November 9, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Avelino Fernandez | November 15, 1944 | Oro Bay, New Guinea, Southwest Pacific Area | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Curtis L. Maxey | November 16, 1944 | Aversa, Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Richard Scott | November 18, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| William D. Pennyfather | November 18, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Theron McGann | November 20, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Arthur E. Davis | November 22, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Charles H. Jordan | November 22, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| James E. Hendricks | November 24, 1944 | Normandy, France, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Benjamin Pygate | November 28, 1944 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Firing squad | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Oscar N. Newman | November 29, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Leo Valentine, Sr. | November 29, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Charles Williams | December 18, 1944 | United States | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| William E. Davis | December 27, 1944 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Sylvester Davis | January 5, 1945 | Randolph Air Force Base, Texas | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Augustine Guerra | January 8, 1945 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Ernest L. Clark | January 8, 1945 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| John D. Cooper | January 9, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| John R. O'Connor | January 15, 1945 | Fort Benning, Georgia | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Waiter J. Baldwin | January 17, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Arthur J. Farrell | January 19, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| James W. Twiggs | January 22, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Samuel Hawthorne | January 29, 1945 | Oro Bay, New Guinea, Southwest Pacific Area | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Marvin Holden | January 30, 1945 | Lemur, Belgium ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Elwood J. Spencer | January 30, 1945 | Lemur, Belgium ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Eddie Slovik | January 31, 1945 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France, European Theater ** | Firing squad | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| J.P. Wilson | February 2, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Robert L. Skinner | February 10, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Yancy Waiters | February 10, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| William Mack | February 15, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Otis B. Crews | February 21, 1945 | Mediterranean Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Williams C. Downes | February 28, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Amos Agee | March 3, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| John C. Smith | March 3, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Frank Watson | March 3, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Olins W. Williams | March 9, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Lee A. Burns | March 11, 1945 | Aversa, Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| General L. Grant | March 11, 1945 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Herman Perry | March 15, 1945 | Ledo, Assam, India | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Robert L. Pearson | March 17, 1945 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Cubia (Parson) Jones | March 17, 1945 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Henry Baker | March 18, 1945 | Philippines | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| John M. Mack | March 20, 1945 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| John W. Taylor | March 20, 1945 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Kinney Jones | March 20, 1945 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Robert A. Pearson | March 20, 1945 | Guadalcanal | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Abraham Smalls | March 27, 1945 | Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Tommie Davison | March 29, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| William Harrison, Jr. | April 7, 1945 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Curn Jones | April 10, 1945 | Fort Benning, Georgia | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Benjamin F. Hopper | April 11, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Dan Boswell | April 16, 1945 | Camp Bowie, Texas | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| James L. Jones | April 19, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Mileert Bailey | April 19, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| John Williams | April 19, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| William T. Curry | April 20, 1945 | Oro Bay, New Guinea, Southwest Pacific Area | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Shelton McGhee, Sr. | May 4, 1945 | Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| George E. Smith, Jr. | May 8, 1945 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| George Green, Jr. | May 15, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Haze Heard | May 21, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| William McCarter | May 28, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Clete O. Norris | May 31, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Alvery R. Rollins | May 31, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Matthew Clay, Jr. | June 4, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Werner E. Schmiedel | June 11, 1945 | Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Ancieto Martinez | June 15, 1945 | Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom, European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Victor Ortiz * | June 21, 1945 | European Theatre | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Willie Johnson | June 26, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Fred A. McMurray | July 2, 1945 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Louis Till | July 2, 1945 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Charles H. Jefferies | July 5, 1945 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| John T. Jones | July 5, 1945 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Henry W. Nelson | July 5, 1945 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Tom E. Gordon | July 10, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Harold Crabtree | July 31, 1945 | Philippines | Firing squad | Harry S. Truman |
| Cornelius Thomas | August 1, 1945 | Schofield Barracks, Hawai'i | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Jesse D. Boston | August 1, 1945 | Schofield Barracks, Hawai'i | Firing squad | Harry S. Truman |
| Robert Davidson | August 6, 1945 | Green Haven Correctional Facility, New York | Firing squad | Harry S. Truman |
| Ernest J. Harris | August 9, 1945 | Philippines | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Lee R. Davis | August 14, 1945 | Fort Sill, Oklahoma | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Herbert W. Reid | August 14, 1945 | Camp Beale, California | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Clinton Stevenson | August 14, 1945 | Camp Beale, California | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Ellis McCloud, Jr. | August 20, 1945 | Philippines | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Robert Wray | August 20, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Edward J. Reichl | August 22, 1945 | United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Harvey W. Nichols | August 28, 1945 | Philippines | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Albert Williams | August 28, 1945 | Philippines | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Bradley Walters, Jr. | August 31, 1945 | Philippines | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Henry C. Philpot | September 10, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Fred Hurse | September 20, 1945 | United States | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Clarence Gibson | September 24, 1945 | United States | Firing squad | Harry S. Truman |
| James C.Thomas | September 25, 1945 | Philippines | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Charles M. Robinson | September 28, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Blake W. Mariano | October 10, 1945 | European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Sidney Bennerman | October 15, 1945 | European Theater ** | Firing squad | Harry S. Truman |
| Woodrow Parker | October 15, 1945 | European Theater ** | Firing squad | Harry S. Truman |
| Ozell Louis | October 15, 1945 | Philippines | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Charlie Ervin, Jr. | October 19, 1945 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Firing squad | Harry S. Truman |
| Mansfield Spinks | October 19, 1945 | Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** | Firing squad | Harry S. Truman |
| Dan J. Lee | November 9, 1945 | Philippines | Firing squad | Harry S. Truman |
| Ellsworth Williams | January 5, 1946 | Germany, European Theater ** | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Solomon Thompson | September 11, 1946 | European Theater | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Garlon Mickles | April 22, 1947 | Schofield Barracks, Hawai'i | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| James Norman | April 25, 1947 | Philippines | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| William Abney | December 1, 1947 | Mandaluyong, Philippines | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Manuel Martinez | April 23, 1948 | Landsberg Prison, Germany, European Theater | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |
| Stratman Armistead | December 16, 1948 | Nakano, Japan, Far East Command | Hanging | Harry S. Truman |

### Plot E

The US Army executed 98 servicemen following General Courts Martial (GCM) for murder and/or rape in the European Theater of Operations during the Second World War. The remains of these servicemen were originally buried near the site of their executions, which took place in countries as far apart as England, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Algeria. In 1949 the remains of these men and a few others were re-interred in Plot E, a private section specifically built to hold what the Graves Registration referred to as "the dishonorable dead", since (per standard practice) all had been dishonorably discharged from the US Army just prior to their executions.
Plot "E" is detached from the main four cemetery plots for the honored dead of World War I at the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial. It is located across the road, and deliberately hidden from view, inside a 100 x 50-foot oval-shaped clearing surrounded by hedges and hidden in thick forest. It is not mentioned on the ABMC website or in any guide pamphlets or maps. The plot is accessible only through the back door of the superintendent's office. Access is difficult and visitors are not encouraged, though the section is maintained by cemetery caretakers who periodically mow the lawn area and trim the hedges. One cemetery employee described Plot E as "a house of shame" and "a perfect anti-memorial". Today Plot E contains nothing but 96 flat stone markers (arranged in four rows) and a single small granite cross. The white grave markers are the size of index cards and have nothing on them except sequential grave numbers engraved in black. Two bodies were later disinterred and allowed to be returned to United States for reburial.
No US flag is permitted to fly over the section, and the numbered graves lie with their backs turned to the main cemetery on the other side of the road.
Three of the people buried in Plot E were not executed: Willie Hall, Joseph J. Mahoney and William N. Lucas, who all died while in military custody.
The only person interred who was not convicted of rape and/or murder was Eddie Slovik, who was executed for desertion on January 31, 1945. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan gave permission for Slovik's remains to be exhumed and returned to the United States for reburial. The remains of Alex F. Miranda were exhumed and returned to the United States in 1990.

## Executions of German POWs during World War II

In 1945, the United States Army executed fourteen German prisoners of war by hanging at the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The 14 POWs, members of the German armed services, had been convicted by general court-martial for the murders of fellow Germans believed by their fellow inmates to be collaborating as confidential informants with the United States military authorities. While the murders had been committed in 1943 and 1944, the executions were delayed until after the end of hostilities in Europe due to fears of German retaliation against Allied POWs.
The hangings were carried out in a warehouse elevator shaft which had been converted into a temporary gallows, and the fourteen Germans were buried in the Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery.
| Name | Age | Date of Execution | Crime | President |
| Walter Beyer | 32 | July 10, 1945 | Murder of Johannes Kunze | Harry S. Truman |
| Hans Demme | 23 | July 10, 1945 | Murder of Johannes Kunze | Harry S. Truman |
| Hans Schomer | 27 | July 10, 1945 | Murder of Johannes Kunze | Harry S. Truman |
| Willie Scholz | 22 | July 10, 1945 | Murder of Johannes Kunze | Harry S. Truman |
| Berthold Seidel | 30 | July 10, 1945 | Murder of Johannes Kunze | Harry S. Truman |
| Erich Gauss | 32 | July 14, 1945 | Murder of Horst Günther | Harry S. Truman |
| Rudolph Straub | 39 | July 14, 1945 | Murder of Horst Günther | Harry S. Truman |
| Helmut Fischer | 22 | August 25, 1945 | Murder of Werner Drechsler | Harry S. Truman |
| Fritz Franke | 21 | August 25, 1945 | Murder of Werner Drechsler | Harry S. Truman |
| Günter Külsen | 22 | August 25, 1945 | Murder of Werner Drechsler | Harry S. Truman |
| Heinrich Ludwig | 25 | August 25, 1945 | Murder of Werner Drechsler | Harry S. Truman |
| Bernhard Reyak | 21 | August 25, 1945 | Murder of Werner Drechsler | Harry S. Truman |
| Otto Stengel | 26 | August 25, 1945 | Murder of Werner Drechsler | Harry S. Truman |
| Rolf Wizny | 23 | August 25, 1945 | Murder of Werner Drechsler | Harry S. Truman |

## Executions by the Air Force

The United States Air Force executed three airmen by hanging between 1950 and 1954. The execution of Robert E. Keller was conducted under the authority of the 1920 Articles of War, and those of Burns and Dennis Jr. were carried out under a short-lived revised version of the Articles of War popularly known as the Elston Act of 1948.
| Name | Date of execution | Location | Crime | President |
| Robert E. Keller | March 11, 1950 | Nakano, Japan | Premeditated murder | Harry S. Truman |
| Robert W. Burns | January 28, 1954 | Guam | Premeditated murder | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Herman P. Dennis, Jr. | January 28, 1954 | Guam | Premeditated murder | Dwight D. Eisenhower |

## Executions by the Navy

The United States Navy has executed seventeen sailors and Marines for various offenses; the most famous of these were three crew members of the USS Somers who were hanged for conspiracy to mutiny in 1842.
As of 2021, no member of the U.S. Navy has been executed since October 23, 1849, when brothers John and Peter Black were simultaneously hanged at the yardarm for leading a mutiny on board the schooner Ewing.
The United States Navy hanged 14 Japanese soldiers for war crimes committed on Guam during World War II.
| Name | Date of execution |
| Kōsō Abe | June 19, 1947 |
| Shigematsu Sakaibara | June 19, 1947 |
| Kikuji Ito | June 19, 1947 |
| Noboru Nakajima | June 19, 1947 |
| Koju Shoji | June 19, 1947 |
| Kiyoshi Takahashi | June 19, 1947 |
| Yoshio Tachibana | September 24, 1947 |
| Masaharu Tanaka | September 24, 1947 |
| Shizuo Yoshii | September 24, 1947 |
| Sueo Matoba | September 24, 1947 |
| Tadao Igawa | September 24, 1947 |
| Hiroshi Iwanami | January 17, 1949 |
| Shimpei Asano | March 31, 1949 |
| Chisato Ueno | March 31, 1949 |

## Executions by the Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard has only executed one person since its reorganization as a member of the Armed Forces in 1915. James Horace Alderman was a bootlegger and gangster during Prohibition, active off the eastern coast of Florida. During a Coast Guard boarding by the 75-foot patrol boat CG-249, Alderman and accomplice Robert Weech shot and killed the boat's commanding officer and a Secret Service agent and wounded two other coast guardsmen, one of whom later died of his injuries.
Alderman was tried by a federal judge, Henry D. Clayton, and convicted on two counts of murder on the high seas. He was sentenced to death and denied clemency by President Calvin Coolidge. While the federal government requested the Broward County authorities conduct the execution, upon their refusal the execution was moved to the nearest federal facility: Coast Guard Base 6 (now Station Fort Lauderdale) on Bahia Mar. Alderman was hanged at 6:04 am on August 17, 1929, and was buried in an unmarked grave in lot 5, section C of Miami Memorial Park cemetery. The gallows were purpose-built by Base 6 personnel in the base seaplane hangar and were only used for this single execution. It remains the only execution by the Coast Guard and the only federal execution of a smuggler during the enforcement of Prohibition.