1955 Press Photo JOHN PEURIFOY U.S. AMBASSADOR THAILAND SON DANIEL

THE ASHES OF U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THAILAND JOHN PEURIFOY AND HIS SON, DANIEL ARE CARRIED TO A FINAL RESTING PLACE AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.John Emil Peurifoy (August 9, 1907 – August 12, 1955) was an American diplomat, an ambassador in the early years of the Cold War. He served as United States ambassador in Greece and Thailand and was the United States Ambassador to Guatemala during the 1954 coup that overthrew the democratic government of Jacobo Arbenz.(wikipedia)