page_title: John H. Church
section_title: Later life
hierarchical_section_title: John H. Church / Later life
caption_attribution_description: English: Grave of John H. Church at Arlington National Cemetery
context_page_description: Major General John Huston Church was a senior officer in the United States Army. He fought in World War I, World War II and in the Korean War. During the latter conflict, he provided assistance to the South Korean Army in the opening days of the war. He later commanded the 24th Infantry Division while it was engaged in the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter.
context_section_description: Church subsequently was appointed commandant of the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia and served in that capacity until his retirement from the military in June 1952. He died on 3 November 1953 in Washington, D.C. Survived by his wife, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia.
caption: Grave at Arlington National Cemetery
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