In 1960, he had a hernia operation, followed by kidney surgery in 1963. Nonetheless, he continued to attend MacArthur's birthday in New York. He died from pneumonia at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on 20 August 1967,[94] and was buried in Section 30 of Arlington National Cemetery, among a number of family members.[95] His papers are in the Cushing Memorial Library at Texas A&M University.[96]