Caisson Platoon

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U.S. Army unit ceremonial military unit

The Caisson Platoon is a ceremonial unit of the U.S. Army that conducts horse-drawn military funerals and related honors, primarily at Arlington National Cemetery.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Caisson Platoon canonical	3
Caisson Platoon, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment	1
Tomb Guard Platoon	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2227006 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Caisson Platoon
Context triple: [3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), subUnit, Caisson Platoon]

A. 602 Commando Company
602 Commando Company is an elite special operations unit of the Argentine Army known for its role in high-risk and unconventional warfare missions.
B. Naval Combat Engineering Brigade
The Naval Combat Engineering Brigade is a specialized unit of the Philippine Navy responsible for military engineering, construction, and infrastructure support for naval and amphibious operations.
C. Int Corps
Int Corps is the commonly used abbreviation for the British Army’s Intelligence Corps, the unit responsible for military intelligence and security.
D. 601 Commando Company
601 Commando Company is an elite special operations unit of the Argentine Army known for conducting high-risk commando and unconventional warfare missions.
E. I MEF Support Battalion
I MEF Support Battalion is a logistics and support unit within the I Marine Expeditionary Force that provides essential sustainment, supply, and services to Marine Corps operations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Caisson Platoon
Target entity description: The Caisson Platoon is a ceremonial unit of the U.S. Army that conducts horse-drawn military funerals and related honors, primarily at Arlington National Cemetery.

A. 602 Commando Company
602 Commando Company is an elite special operations unit of the Argentine Army known for its role in high-risk and unconventional warfare missions.
B. Naval Combat Engineering Brigade
The Naval Combat Engineering Brigade is a specialized unit of the Philippine Navy responsible for military engineering, construction, and infrastructure support for naval and amphibious operations.
C. Int Corps
Int Corps is the commonly used abbreviation for the British Army’s Intelligence Corps, the unit responsible for military intelligence and security.
D. 601 Commando Company
601 Commando Company is an elite special operations unit of the Argentine Army known for conducting high-risk commando and unconventional warfare missions.
E. I MEF Support Battalion
I MEF Support Battalion is a logistics and support unit within the I Marine Expeditionary Force that provides essential sustainment, supply, and services to Marine Corps operations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Army unit ⓘ ceremonial military unit ⓘ
associatedWith	U.S. Army Military District of Washington ⓘ linked to: United States Army Military District of Washington
basedNear	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
ceremonialFunction	Arlington National Cemetery honors ⓘ funeral escort for fallen service members ⓘ state funerals support ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
garrison	Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall ⓘ
hasSubunitType	horse care sections ⓘ rider sections ⓘ support sections ⓘ
heritage	U.S. Army field artillery caisson tradition ⓘ
honorsRenderedFor	U.S. presidents in state funerals ⓘ members of the U.S. Armed Forces ⓘ senior military leaders ⓘ veterans eligible for burial at Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
notableFor	care and training of ceremonial horses ⓘ horse-drawn casket processions ⓘ precision ceremonial drill ⓘ
operatesAt	Virginia ⓘ Washington, D.C. area ⓘ linked to: Washington metropolitan area
partOf	3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment ⓘ linked to: 3rd Infantry Regiment (United States) The Old Guard ⓘ
performs	casket movement by horse-drawn caisson ⓘ escort of honor for remains ⓘ graveside ceremonial support ⓘ
primaryLocationOfDuties	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
primaryRole	conducting horse-drawn military funerals ⓘ rendering military honors ⓘ
responsibleFor	daily care of ceremonial horses ⓘ maintenance of ceremonial tack and equipment ⓘ training riders and drivers for ceremonial missions ⓘ
serviceArea	National Capital Region ⓘ
serviceBranchType	active duty ⓘ
symbolizes	U.S. Army ceremonial tradition ⓘ respect for fallen service members ⓘ
tradition	mounted escort units in military funerals ⓘ use of caissons to transport caskets ⓘ
typeOfCeremony	full honors funerals ⓘ special ceremonial events ⓘ standard honors funerals ⓘ
uniform	U.S. Army dress blue uniform ⓘ
usesEquipment	caparisoned horses ⓘ horse-drawn caisson ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) → subUnit → Caisson Platoon ⓘ

The Old Guard → hasSubUnit → Caisson Platoon ⓘ

3rd Infantry Regiment (United States) → hasSubUnit → Caisson Platoon ⓘ

3rd Infantry Regiment (United States) → hasSubUnit → Tomb Guard Platoon ⓘ

linked to: Caisson Platoon

United States Army Ceremonial Units → subUnit → Caisson Platoon, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment ⓘ