Glenn McDuffie is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/dallasftworth.asp.

Gunner's Mate Third Class Glenn Edward McDuffie served in the Navy during World War II and he claimed to be the American sailor kissing a nurse in the famous Life magazine image "V-J Day in Times Square" by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. After the war McDuffie became a mail carrier and semi-professional baseball player. Several years before McDuffie died, Houston Police Department forensic artist Lois Gibson confirmed that McDuffie was the famous kissing sailor. He died on March 9, 2014.  https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/us/glenn-mcduffie-who-claimed-to-be-sailor-in-v-j-day-photo-is-dead-at-86.html
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