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* Sergeant First Class [[William Maud Bryant]] (1933–1969{{KIA}}) [[United States Army Special Forces|US Army Special Forces]] – [[Medal of Honor]] recipient for action in the | * Sergeant First Class [[William Maud Bryant]] (1933–1969{{KIA}}) [[United States Army Special Forces|US Army Special Forces]] – [[Medal of Honor]] recipient for action in the Vietnam War | ||
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| Location | 501 Rock Quarry Rd., Raleigh, North Carolina |
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| Built | 1865 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | [[[:Template:NRHP Focus]] 97000022][1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 31, 1997 |
Raleigh National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Raleigh in Wake County, North Carolina. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 7 acres (2.8 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 6,000 interments. It is currently closed to new interments and is maintained by New Bern National Cemetery.
History
The cemetery was established in 1865. The cemetery lodge formerly housed the cemetery superintendents / directors. It was built in 1938, and is a two-story, six-room Colonial Revival frame building with a brick veneer and slate roof. Other contributing resources are the entrance gate, perimeter wall, rostrum, flagpole, and artillery monument.[2] Raleigh National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
Notable monuments
- The Artillery Monument, a black iron wrought cannon mounted on a cement pedestal, erected circa 1890.[2]
Notable interments
- Sergeant First Class William Maud Bryant (1933–1969Template:KIA) US Army Special Forces – Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Vietnam War
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Therese T. Sammartino (December 1996). "Raleigh National Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WA0041.pdf. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
External links
- National Cemetery Administration
- Raleigh National Cemetery
- [[[:Template:GNIS URL]] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Raleigh National Cemetery]
- Raleigh National Cemetery at Find a GraveLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- National Register of Historic Places in Raleigh, North Carolina
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