Arlington Southwest is a cemetery dedicated to the soldiers from Texas lost in what Operation?
Arlington Southwest Arlington Southwest is an unoccupied cemetery located in Brewster County, Texas, 4 mi east of Alpine along U.S. Highway 90. Each gravestone serves as a memorial for each individual soldier from Texas killed during the invasion and occupation of Iraq of the early 21st century. Developed by the Big Bend Veterans for Peace, Arlington Southwest is believed to be the first permanent memorial dedicated to those fallen in the war similar to those established as the temporary Arlington West memorials in California in 2003.
William Henry Christman William Henry Christman (October 1,1843 – May 11, 1864) was the first soldier to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.