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== Monuments and memorials == | == Monuments and memorials == | ||
Massachusetts National Cemetery has a memorial trail where, {{As of|2005|alt=as of February 2005}}, 47 memorials and a [[carillon]] have been erected in memory of veterans from | Massachusetts National Cemetery has a memorial trail where, {{As of|2005|alt=as of February 2005}}, 47 memorials and a [[carillon]] have been erected in memory of veterans from World War I to the modern era. | ||
== Notable persons == | == Notable persons == | ||
=== Medal of Honor recipients === | === Medal of Honor recipients === | ||
[[File:Flickr - The U.S. Army - Afghanistan, Sergeant 1st Class Jared C. Monti, 2009 Medal of Honor recipient (4).jpg|thumb|140px|SFC [[Jared C. Monti]] at Massachusetts National Cemetery]] | [[File:Flickr - The U.S. Army - Afghanistan, Sergeant 1st Class Jared C. Monti, 2009 Medal of Honor recipient (4).jpg|thumb|140px|SFC [[Jared C. Monti]] at Massachusetts National Cemetery]] | ||
* [[Hospital Corpsman]] [[Richard D. DeWert]], [[United States Naval Reserve|USNR]] (1931–1951). Killed during the | * [[Hospital Corpsman]] [[Richard D. DeWert]], [[United States Naval Reserve|USNR]] (1931–1951). Killed during the Korean War, while attached to the [[2nd Battalion 7th Marines]]. Originally buried in Korea, DeWert was re-interred at the [[Woodlawn National Cemetery]], [[Elmira, New York|Elmira, NY]], on October 15, 1951. Subsequently, his family wished to have him interred in his native state. DeWert was disinterred from the Woodlawn Cemetery in 1987, and re-interred in the Massachusetts National Cemetery. | ||
* SFC [[Jared C. Monti]], [[United States Army]] (1975–2006). Killed on June 21, 2006, during [[Operation Enduring Freedom]]. | * SFC [[Jared C. Monti]], [[United States Army]] (1975–2006). Killed on June 21, 2006, during [[Operation Enduring Freedom]]. | ||