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{{Short description|Veteran's cemetery in New Jersey}}
{{Infobox cemetery
| name         = Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery
| image        = File:U.S. Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN Michael Cruz, an Elite Honor Guard from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., plays the bugle during a military funeral trai - DPLA - 374c0aef8d0c33813256d1711d5b535f.jpeg
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| caption      = Military funeral training at the cemetery
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| mapframe-caption = Interactive maps of the cemetery
| established  = May 30, 1986
| country      = United States
| location     = [[North Hanover Township, New Jersey]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|40.09354|-74.56409|region:US-NJ_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| type         = Military veterans
| owner        = [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|US Department of Veterans Affairs]]
| size         = {{convert|225|acre|ha}}
| graves       = 
| website      = [https://www.nj.gov/military/veterans/services/cemetery/ BG William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery]
| findagraveid = 1653891
}}

The {{cvt|225|acre|adj=on}} '''Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery''', spearheaded by its namesake U.S. Army Brigadier General William C. Doyle, was dedicated on May 30, 1986 by Governor [[Thomas Kean]]. It is located in the [[Arneytown, New Jersey|Arneytown]] section of [[North Hanover Township, New Jersey|North Hanover Township]] in [[Burlington County, New Jersey]]. Burials are open to military families living within a {{Convert|75|mi|adj=on}} radius of the cemetery.  The [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] oversaw the planning and outlay of the cemetery, including its non-denominational chapel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery |url=https://designandbuildwithmetal.com/featured-projects/alphabetical/brigadier-general-william-c.-doyle-veterans-cemetery |website=Design & Build With Metal.com |access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref> A $5,529,378 expansion grant from the National Cemetery Association, through its Veterans Cemetery Grants Program, was awarded in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Congressman Kim Announces William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery to Receive Major Grant for Expansion |url=https://kim.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-kim-announces-william-c-doyle-veterans-memorial-cemetery-to-receive-major-grant-for-expansion |website=Representative Andy Kim |access-date=10 June 2023 |date=30 September 2022}}</ref>

The creation of the cemetery arose from a 1965 need when at that time the only two federal veterans' cemeteries in the state were full.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rajtar |first1=Steve |last2=Franks |first2=Frances Elizabeth |title=War Monuments, Museums and Library Collections of 20th Century Conflicts: A Directory of United States Sites |date=11 July 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1237-9 |page=161 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fXgwCgAAQBAJ&dq=Brigadier+General+William+C.+Doyle&pg=PA161}}</ref> The cemetery opened as New Jersey's first state-operated veterans' cemetery, serving as "a lasting memorial to those men and women who put their lives on the line to defend our country's honor and freedom."<ref name=BCD>{{cite web |title=BG William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery |url=https://www.nj.gov/military/veterans/services/cemetery/ |website=www.nj.gov |access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref> Among the free benefits accorded to veterans and their families is a chapel for their use, and eternal maintenance.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Armstrong |first1=Raymond E. |last2=Rizzuti |first2=Terry P. |title=Veterans' Benefits: A Guide to State Programs |date=2001 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-31905-1 |page=180 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_dRfb8NBJzEC&dq=Brigadier+General+William+C.+Doyle+Memorial+Cemetery&pg=PA180}}</ref> The facility was funded jointly by the state and federal governments and is managed by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.<ref name=BCD/>