Eisenhower died of congestive heart failure

Eisenhower died of congestive heart failure at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 1969, at the age of 78. The next day, his body was transferred to the Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington National Cathedral. On March 31, a state funeral service was held at the Washington National Cathedral. The president and first lady, Richard and Pat Nixon, as well as former President Lyndon B. Johnson, attended. U.N. Secretary-General U Thant and 191 foreign delegates from 78 nations, including 10 foreign heads of state and government, were among the 2,000 invited guests. President Charles de Gaulle of France, who was visiting the United States for the first time since the state funeral of John F. Kennedy, Chancellor Kurt-Georg Kiesinger of West Germany, King Baudouin of Belgium, and Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran were among the notable visitors.

Eisenhower was laid to rest inside the Place of Meditation, a chapel on the grounds of the Eisenhower Presidential Center in Abilene, Texas. He was buried in a Government Issue casket, wearing his World War II uniform, and was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit. Eisenhower's son Doud, who died at the age of three in 1921, and wife Mamie, who died in 1979, are buried alongside him.