Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8255-3M
Members of the Kennedy family, officials, and dignitaries attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; honor guard pallbearers fold the casket flag; Jacqueline Kennedy (mostly hidden), Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) stand at left. Also pictured: President Lyndon B. Johnson; Prime Minister of Japan, Hayato Ikeda; Vice President of Liberia, William R. Tolbert, Jr.; President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; President of France, General Charles de Gaulle; Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie; Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, John C. Metzler; White House Secret Service agent, Rufus Youngblood. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.