of the 1950s Percy Northcroft, All-American football player in 1906 and 1908 for the United States Naval Academy Leo Ryan, the first member of U.S. Congress to have been killed on duty in office; in Guyana Oliver Sipple, Marine Vietnam War veteran who thwarted a 1975 assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford Edward L. Toppins, African-American World War II fighter pilot within 99th Pursuit Squadron of the famed Tuskegee Airmen Adrien Voisin, American sculptor; during World War I he served first in the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps, and later served in the 49th Infantry Regiment in the United States Army Dan White, paratrooper in the Vietnam War and a former San Francisco County Supervisor; he assassinated San Francisco County Supervisor Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone on November 27, 1978 Clarence E. Willard, freak act vaudeville performer, known for elongation tricks Non-citizens 3 British Commonwealth servicemen of World War II are buried here – one each from the Royal Air Force Ferry Command, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force. The 44 German and Italian prisoners-of-war interred here were captured in North Africa after the collapse of the German Afrika Korps under the command of Fieldmarshal Erwin Rommel in 1943. The POWs were housed at Camp Beale and Camp Cook in California and Camp Rupert in Idaho, where they were originally buried at the respective post cemeteries. When the posts closed, the POWs were re-interred at Golden Gate. References Further reading External links US Department of Veterans Affairs Golden Gate National Cemetery Golden Gate National Cemetery List of Burials United States national cemeteries Protected areas of San Mateo County, California Tourist attractions in San Mateo County, California San Bruno, California Cemeteries in San Mateo County, California 1937 establishments in California Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in San Mateo County, California