of servicewomen." The estimated total strength of the military escort was 1,200 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines. At the grave "was a large group of military, civilian, and foreign dignitaries headed by Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Also in attendance were representatives of the Society of the Cincinnati, the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, to all of which General March had belonged." Personal life March married Josephine Cunningham (née Smith, 18 December 1862 – 18 November 1904), the widowed daughter of his battery commander, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Smith, on July 4, 1891. She died in November 1904, while March was still observing the Imperial Japanese Army. Between 28 November 1917 and 8 June 1918, their daughters Mildred (1893–1967), Josephine (1895–1972) and Vivian (1899–1932) had all married army officers, Josephine marrying March's aide-de-camp in World War I, Joseph M. Swing. Josephine had a twin brother, named Peyton Jr. who died ten days after their birth. March's second son, also named Peyton Jr., was killed in a plane crash in Texas during World War I. March AFB in Riverside, California, was named in his honor. A third son, Lewis Alden March, was born in 1904 and died in 1928. While traveling in Italy, he met Cora Virginia McEntee (1897–1964), and married her in August 1923. Awards and decorations Distinguished Service Cross Army Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star with four oak leaf clusters Spanish Campaign Medal Philippine Campaign Medal Mexican Border Service Medal World War I Victory Medal Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (UK) Grand Officier Légion d'honneur (France) Grand Cross Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy) Grand Cordon Order of the Rising Sun (Japan) Grand Cross Order of George I (Greece) Grand Cross Order of the Crown (Belgium) Grand Cross Polonia Restituta (Poland) WWI War Cross (Czechoslovakia) Dates of rank Source: Army Register, 1946 Honors In 1919, March was admitted as an honorary member of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati. In December 1922, he was elected honorary president of Delta Kappa Epsilon during the fraternity's 78th Annual Convention. References Bibliography External links Arlington National Cemetery 1864 births 1955 deaths American military personnel of the Russian Civil War American military personnel of the Spanish–American War Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Easton Area High School alumni Grand Crosses of the Order of George I