Henry Burnet Post (June 15, 1885 – February 9, 1914) was a

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in the

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and a pioneer aviator who was killed in a crash. He set the altitude record of . He was the son of Colonel Henry Albertson Van Zo Post and Caroline Burnet McLean. On January 25, 1907, he married Grace Woodman Phillips (1887–1971). After his death, she married Francis Cogswell in 1916. He served in the 25th infantry, and the 1st Aero Squadron. He died in

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in an air crash. He was buried in Section 3 of

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, near other early aviators and also near a number of American astronauts. Henry Post Army Airfield, the airfield at

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, is named for him.

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United States Army officers Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1914

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