Brigadier General Walter Stauffer McIlhenny

1910 - 1985  (74 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Walter Stauffer McIlhenny
  Title	Brigadier General
  Born	22 Oct 1910	Washington, District of Columbia
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940
  		1940 McIlhenny. 1940 US census, Avery Island, Iberia, Louisiana, enumeration district 23-20, Family Number 249 & 250, McIlhenny.
  Military Service	U.S. Marine Corps, WWII
  	Received the Navy Cross for his actions during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Retired as a Brigadier General.
  		Walters S. McIlheny WWII Wounded. U.S. Navy State Sumary of War Casualties (Louisiana) 1946. Page 28. This listing indicates at some point he was wounded and it was serious enough that the Navy felt it was nessecery to notify te next of kin and in this case the person notified was his mother.
  		Walter Stauffer McIlhenny. Walter Stauffer McIlhenny.
  Occupation	President of McIlhenny Company, maker of Tabasco Sauce, from 1949 to 1985.
  		Tabasco Sauce (11)
  Died	22 Jun 1985	Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana
  		Mcllhenny King Of Tabasco Dies. The New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Monday, June 24, 1985 section A, page 2.
  Buried	Avery Island Cemetery, Avery Island, Iberia, Louisiana, United States
  Siblings	1. John Stauffer McIlhenny,   b. 25 May 1909, Washington, District of Columbia ,   d. 3 Apr 1997, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I38245	Nagel
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	John Avery McIlhenny,   b. 29 Oct 1867, Avery Island, Iberia, Louisiana ,   d. 8 Nov 1942, Charlottesville, Virginia  (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Anita Vincent Stauffer,   b. 17 Mar 1886, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 6 Jan 1969, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana  (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	30 Nov 1907	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
  		John Avery McIlhenny and Anita Vincent Stauffer marriage. John Avery McIlhenny and Anita Vincent Stauffer marriage.
  Family ID	F12060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Oct 1910 - Washington, District of Columbia Died - 22 Jun 1985 - Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana Buried - - Avery Island Cemetery, Avery Island, Iberia, Louisiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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  Walter McIlhenny. Town & Country (magazine) New York, February 1979 page 82