Sometimes I wander by a grave at Arlington National Cemetery and wonder who inspired such an interesting marker. And sometimes there’s very little information to learn.

Cpl. Claude B. Christman  of the 27th U.S. Infantry was killed in Manila on Dec. 19, 1899 in the early days of the Philippine-American War that lasted three years. The 21-year-old infantryman’s interment date isn’t even known, but he’s in Arlington’s Section 22, Grave 15,350. And that’s all we know, but it’s a cool memorial.