Nobody???
It's a real easy one.
lieutenant-colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort ????
Vee 
No, but you're a little bit closer. This person is very famous ... think about that 
No clue in Albany. Gotta go to a Cub Scout camp out so can't figure it out!
I will try to give you a clue:
He passed away in 1965
It will be an easy one for our Major !! . Finally I think .
But may be that it needs an clue 
Vee 

At first I was thinking Colonel Peter Julien Ortiz but I don't think that is right.