I visited Punchbowl National Cemetery on my way to Japan in 1958. Our ship docked in Honolulu for a day and a half. Took a Gray Line Tour, which included Punchbowl. There are many heroes buried there, including Ernie Pyle. Can’t imagine why a Dunham would be buried there. Is that cemetery open to just anyone?
The Punchbowl is open to all veterans. While most of the burials are of veterans of the Pacific War, Korea, and Vietnam; other conflicts are represented. Stanley Dunham served in the European Theater, not in the Pacific in a non combat job, but a WWII veteran nonetheless.
No, just veterans. And Dunham was a veteran. He's not Obama, let him rest in peace.