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{{Short description|Cemeteries for veterans in the United States}}
#REDIRECT [[National Cemetery System]]
[[File:Chattanooga National Cemetery plaque on National Cemetery System.jpg|thumb|200px|A plaque at [[Chattanooga National Cemetery]] that explains the history of the National Cemetery System]]
[[File:Gettysburg national cemetery img 4164.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Gettysburg National Cemetery]], Pennsylvania]]
[[File:GGNC;895 goldengate.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Golden Gate National Cemetery]], California]]
[[File:Tomb of the Unknowns.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Arlington National Cemetery]], Virginia]]
[[File:2 Fort Snelling Looking Southeast.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Fort Snelling National Cemetery]], Minnesota]]
[[File:Punchbowl (1236).JPG|thumb|200px|[[National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific]], Hawaii]]
[[File:Ft Sam 5-27-10.JPG|thumb|200px|Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Memorial Day 2010]]
[[File:fort logan national cemetery 4.jpg|thumb|alt=Fort Logan National Cemetery|200px|right|Grave-sites at [[Fort Logan National Cemetery]] during Memorial Day 2006]]
[[File:fort logan national cemetery 5.jpg|thumb|alt=Fort Logan National Cemetery|200px|right|Flags flying at [[Fort Logan National Cemetery]] during Memorial Day 2006. The cemetery has flat markers, a practice which is used extensively in the new fields at this cemetery.]]
[[File:Memphis national cemetery.jpg|thumb|200px|National Cemetery in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]]]
[[File:A National Cemetery System.pdf|thumb|Creation of national cemeteries]]
The '''United States National Cemetery System''' is a system of 164 military [[cemetery|cemeteries]] in the [[United States]] and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the [[American Civil War]], in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1875|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=012/llsl012.db&recNum=627|access-date=2020-12-13|website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref>  By the end of 1862, 12 national cemeteries had been established.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Administration |first=National Cemetery |title=Dates of Establishment: National Cemeteries & NCA Burial Sites (1 of 6) - National Cemetery Administration |url=https://www.cem.va.gov/facts/Dates_of_Establishment_1.asp |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=www.cem.va.gov |language=en}}</ref> Two of the nation's most iconic military cemeteries, [[Arlington National Cemetery]] which is under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army, and [[Gettysburg National Cemetery]], under the jurisdiction of the [[National Park Service]], were established in 1864 and 1863, respectively.
 
==National Cemetery Administration==
The '''[https://www.cem.va.gov/ National Cemetery Administration]''' of the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]] (VA) maintains 148 national cemeteries as well as the '''Nationwide Grave-site Locator''', which can be used to find burial locations of American military Veterans through their searchable website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/|title=Nationwide Gravesite Locator|website=National Cemetery Administration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Administration|first=National Cemetery|title=National Cemetery Listing – National Cemetery Administration|url=https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/allnational.asp|access-date=2020-12-12|website=www.cem.va.gov|language=en}}</ref> The [[Department of the Army]] maintains two national cemeteries, [[Arlington National Cemetery]] and [[United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Office of Army Cemeteries > Cemeteries|url=https://armycemeteries.army.mil/Cemeteries|access-date=2020-12-13|website=armycemeteries.army.mil}}</ref> The [[National Park Service]] (NPS) maintains 14 national cemeteries associated with historic sites and battlefields.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Address |first=Mailing |last2=Road |first2=ersonville National Cemetery National Prisoner of War Museum 496 Cemetery |last3=ersonville |last4=Us |first4=GA 31711 Phone: 229 924-0343 Contact |title=National Parks & National Cemeteries - Andersonville National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/ande/planyourvisit/np-natcems.htm |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref>
 
The [[American Battle Monuments Commission]], an independent agency of the executive branch, established by Congress in 1923, maintains 26 American military cemeteries and other memorials outside the United States.
 
==History==
Twelve national cemeteries were established in 1862.  A total of 34 were established during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.  Additional cemeteries were set up after the [[United States Civil War]] by [[Edmund Burke Whitman]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clements.umich.edu/Webguides/Schoff/UZ/Whitman.html |title=Edmund Whitman (1812–1873) |access-date=2008-10-31 |publisher=University of Michigan }}</ref> Congress passed additional laws to establish and protect national cemeteries in 1867.<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=014/llsl014.db&recNum=430 Chap. LXI. 14 Stat. 399] from [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/ "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation:  U. S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1875"]. [[Library of Congress]], [[Law Library of Congress]].  Retrieved April 25, 2012.</ref> The National Cemetery Administration lists a total of 73 Civil War-Era National Cemeteries from 1861 to 1868.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Administration |first=National Cemetery |title=VA.gov {{!}} Veterans Affairs |url=https://www.cem.va.gov/facts/Dates_of_Establishment_1.asp |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=www.cem.va.gov |language=en}}</ref>
 
Final military honors are provided for qualified Veterans by volunteer veteran or National Guard details known as Memorial Honor Details (MHD), upon application by family members through their choice of mortuary handling the deceased.
 
== List of United States national cemeteries ==
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Please note that the year listed is the official date of establishment listed by the VA.  This may differ from the year of the first burial, the oldest remains, the year the land was acquired, etc.  Many post cemeteries have been given national cemetery status as late as 2020, which is considerably later than the original cemetery.  For example, Vancouver Barracks post cemetery was established in 1849 and became a national cemetery in 2020—one of 11 cemeteries transferred from the Army to NCA in 2019–2020 per Exec. Order No. 13781, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Administration |first=National Cemetery |title=VA.gov {{!}} Veterans Affairs |url=https://www.cem.va.gov/facts/Dates_of_Establishment_1.asp |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=www.cem.va.gov |language=en}}</ref>
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! width="291" height="13" | Cemetery
! width="113" | City
! width="48" | State
! width="48" | Agency
!Founded*
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery]]
| [[Elwood, Illinois|Elwood]]
| [[Illinois]]
| VA
|1999
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Acadia National Cemetery]]
| [[Jonesboro, Maine|Jonesboro]]
| [[Maine]]
| VA
|2020
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Alabama National Cemetery]]
| [[Montevallo, Alabama|Montevallo]]
| [[Alabama]]
| VA
|2009
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Alexandria National Cemetery (Louisiana)|Alexandria National Cemetery]] ([[Louisiana]])
| [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]
| [[Louisiana]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Alexandria National Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia)|Alexandria National Cemetery]] ([[Virginia]])
| [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1862
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Alton National Cemetery]]
| [[Alton, Illinois|Alton]]
| [[Illinois]]
| VA
|1948
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Andersonville National Cemetery]]
| [[Andersonville, Georgia|Andersonville]]
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| NPS
|1865
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Andrew Johnson National Cemetery]]
| [[Greeneville, Tennessee|Greeneville]]
| [[Tennessee]]
| NPS
|1906
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Annapolis National Cemetery]]
| [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]]
| [[Maryland]]
| VA
|1862
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Antietam National Cemetery]]
| [[Sharpsburg, Maryland|Sharpsburg]]
| [[Maryland]]
| NPS
|1865
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Arlington National Cemetery]]
| [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]]
| [[Virginia]]
| Army
|1864
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Bakersfield National Cemetery]]
| [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]]
| [[California]]
| VA
|2009
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Ball's Bluff National Cemetery]]
| [[Leesburg, Virginia|Leesburg]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1865
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Baltimore National Cemetery]]
| [[Baltimore]]
| [[Maryland]]
| VA
|1936
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Barrancas National Cemetery]]
| [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]]
| [[Florida]]
| VA
|1868
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Bath National Cemetery]]
| [[Bath (village), New York|Bath]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| VA
|1879
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Baton Rouge National Cemetery]]
| [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]
| [[Louisiana]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Battleground National Cemetery]]
| [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]
| [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]]
| NPS
|1864
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Bay Pines National Cemetery]]
| [[Bay Pines, Florida|Bay Pines]]
| [[Florida]]
| VA
|1933
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Beaufort National Cemetery]]
| [[Beaufort, South Carolina|Beaufort]]
| [[South Carolina]]
| VA
|1863
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Beverly National Cemetery]]
| [[Beverly, New Jersey|Beverly]]
| [[New Jersey]]
| VA
|1864
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Biloxi National Cemetery]]
| [[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]]
| [[Mississippi]]
| VA
|1934
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Black Hills National Cemetery]]
| [[Sturgis, South Dakota|Sturgis]]
| [[South Dakota]]
| VA
|1948
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Calverton National Cemetery]]
| [[Calverton, New York|Calverton]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| VA
|1976
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Camp Butler National Cemetery]]
| [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
| [[Illinois]]
| VA
|1862
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Camp Nelson National Cemetery]]
| [[Nicholasville, Kentucky|Nicholasville]]
| [[Kentucky]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Cape Canaveral National Cemetery]]
|[[Scottsmoor, Florida|Scottsmoor]]
|[[Florida]]
|VA
|2015
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Cave Hill National Cemetery]]
| [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]]
| [[Kentucky]]
| VA
|1863
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Chalmette National Cemetery]]
| [[Chalmette, Louisiana|Chalmette]]
| [[Louisiana]]
| NPS
|1864
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Chattanooga National Cemetery]]
| [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]]
| [[Tennessee]]
| VA
|1863
|-
|[[Cheyenne National Cemetery]]
|[[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]
|[[Wyoming]]
|VA
|2020
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[City Point National Cemetery]]
| [[Hopewell, Virginia|Hopewell]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Cold Harbor National Cemetery]]
| [[Mechanicsville, Virginia|Mechanicsville]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Corinth National Cemetery]]
| [[Corinth, Mississippi|Corinth]]
| [[Mississippi]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Crown Hill National Cemetery]]
| [[Indianapolis]]
| [[Indiana]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Culpeper National Cemetery]]
| [[Culpeper, Virginia|Culpeper]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Custer National Cemetery]]
| [[Crow Agency, Montana|Crow Agency]]
| [[Montana]]
| NPS
|1879
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Cypress Hills National Cemetery]]
| [[Brooklyn]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| VA
|1862
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery]]
| [[Dallas]]
| [[Texas]]
| VA
|2000
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Danville National Cemetery (Illinois)]]
| [[Danville, Illinois|Danville]]
| [[Illinois]]
| VA
|1898
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Danville National Cemetery (Kentucky)]]
| [[Danville, Kentucky|Danville]]
| [[Kentucky]]
| VA
|1862
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Danville National Cemetery (Virginia)]]
| [[Danville, Virginia|Danville]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Dayton National Cemetery]]
| [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]]
| [[Ohio]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Eagle Point National Cemetery]]
| [[Eagle Point, Oregon|Eagle Point]]
| [[Oregon]]
| VA
|1952
|-
|[[Fargo National Cemetery]]
|[[Harwood, North Dakota|Harwood]]
|[[North Dakota]]
|VA
|2019
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fayetteville National Cemetery]]
| [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]]
| [[Arkansas]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Finn's Point National Cemetery]]
| [[Salem, New Jersey|Salem]]
| [[New Jersey]]
| VA
|1875
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Florence National Cemetery]]
| [[Florence, South Carolina|Florence]]
| [[South Carolina]]
| VA
|1865
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Florida National Cemetery]]
| [[Bushnell, Florida|Bushnell]]
| [[Florida]]
| VA
|1987
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Bayard National Cemetery]]
| [[Bayard, New Mexico|Bayard]]
| [[New Mexico]]
| VA
|1922
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Bliss National Cemetery]]
| [[Fort Bliss]]
| [[Texas]]
| VA
|1939
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Custer National Cemetery]]
| [[Augusta, Michigan|Augusta]]
| [[Michigan]]
| VA
|1982
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Donelson National Cemetery]]
| [[Dover, Tennessee|Dover]]
| [[Tennessee]]
| NPS
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Gibson National Cemetery]]
| [[Fort Gibson, Oklahoma|Fort Gibson]]
| [[Oklahoma]]
| VA
|1868
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Harrison National Cemetery]]
| [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Jackson National Cemetery]]
|[[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|[[South Carolina]]
|VA
|2009
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery]]
| [[Fort Leavenworth]]
| [[Kansas]]
| VA
|1862
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Logan National Cemetery]]
| [[Denver]]
| [[Colorado]]
| VA
|1950
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Lyon National Cemetery]]
| [[Las Animas, Colorado|Las Animas]]
| [[Colorado]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort McPherson National Cemetery]]
| [[Maxwell, Nebraska|Maxwell]]
| [[Nebraska]]
| VA
|1873
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Meade National Cemetery]]
| [[Sturgis, South Dakota|Sturgis]]
| [[South Dakota]]
| VA
|1878
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Mitchell National Cemetery]]
| [[Fort Mitchell, Alabama|Fort Mitchell]]
| [[Alabama]]
| VA
|1987
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Richardson National Cemetery]]
| [[Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson|Fort Richardson]]
| [[Alaska]]
| VA
|1984
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery]]
| [[San Diego]]
| [[California]]
| VA
|1934
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery]]
| [[San Antonio]]
| [[Texas]]
| VA
|1937
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Scott National Cemetery]]
| [[Fort Scott, Kansas|Fort Scott]]
| [[Kansas]]
| VA
|1862
|-
|[[Fort Sheridan National Cemetery]]
|[[Fort Sheridan, Illinois|Fort Sheridan]]
|[[Illinois]]
|VA
|2019
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Sill National Cemetery]]
| [[Elgin, Oklahoma|Elgin]]
| [[Oklahoma]]
| VA
|2001
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Smith National Cemetery]]
| [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]]
| [[Arkansas]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fort Snelling National Cemetery]]
| [[Minneapolis]]
| [[Minnesota]]
| VA
|1939
|-
|[[Fort Stevens National Cemetery]]
|Hammond
|[[Oregon]]
|VA
|2020
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Fredericksburg National Cemetery]]
| [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]]
| [[Virginia]]
| NPS
|1865
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Georgia National Cemetery]]
| [[Cherokee County, Georgia|Canton]]
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| VA
|2006
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery]]
| [[Schuylerville, New York|Schuylerville]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| VA
|1999
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Gettysburg National Cemetery]]
| [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|Gettysburg]]
| [[Pennsylvania]]
| NPS
|1863
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Glendale National Cemetery]]
| [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Golden Gate National Cemetery]]
| [[San Bruno, California|San Bruno]]
| [[California]]
| VA
|1938
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Grafton National Cemetery]]
| [[Grafton, West Virginia|Grafton]]
| [[West Virginia]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Great Lakes National Cemetery (Michigan)|Great Lakes National Cemetery]]
| [[Holly, Michigan|Holly]]
| [[Michigan]]
| VA
|2005
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Hampton National Cemetery]]
| [[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Hampton VA National Cemetery|Hampton VAMC National Cemetery]]
| [[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1898
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Hot Springs National Cemetery]]
| [[Hot Springs, South Dakota|Hot Springs]]
| [[South Dakota]]
| VA
|1930
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Houston National Cemetery]]
| [[Houston]]
| [[Texas]]
| VA
|1963
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Indiantown Gap National Cemetery]]
| [[Annville, Pennsylvania|Annville]]
| [[Pennsylvania]]
| VA
|1976
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Jacksonville National Cemetery]]
| [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]]
| [[Florida]]
| VA
|2009
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery]]
| [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]]
| [[Missouri]]
| VA
|1863
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Jefferson City National Cemetery]]
| [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]
| [[Missouri]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Keokuk National Cemetery]]
| [[Keokuk, Iowa|Keokuk]]
| [[Iowa]]
| VA
|1862
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Kerrville National Cemetery]]
| [[Kerrville, Texas|Kerrville]]
| [[Texas]]
| VA
|1943
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Knoxville National Cemetery]]
| [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]]
| [[Tennessee]]
| VA
|1863
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Leavenworth National Cemetery]]
| [[Leavenworth, Kansas|Leavenworth]]
| [[Kansas]]
| VA
|1930
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Lebanon National Cemetery]]
| [[Lebanon, Kentucky|Lebanon]]
| [[Kentucky]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Lexington National Cemetery]]
| [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]]
| [[Kentucky]]
| VA
|1863
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Little Rock National Cemetery]]
| [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
| [[Arkansas]]
| VA
|1868
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Long Island National Cemetery]]
| [[Farmingdale, New York|Farmingdale]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| VA
|1936
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Los Angeles National Cemetery]]
| [[Los Angeles]]
| [[California]]
| VA
|1930
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Loudon Park National Cemetery]]
| [[Baltimore]]
| [[Maryland]]
| VA
|1862
|-
|[[Louisiana National Cemetery]]
|[[Zachary, Louisiana|Zachary]]
|[[Louisiana]]
|VA
|2012
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Marietta National Cemetery]]
| [[Marietta, Georgia|Marietta]]
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Marion National Cemetery]]
| [[Marion, Indiana|Marion]]
| [[Indiana]]
| VA
|1930
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Massachusetts National Cemetery]]
| [[Bourne, Massachusetts|Bourne]]
| [[Massachusetts]]
| VA
|1976
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Memphis National Cemetery]]
| [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]
| [[Tennessee]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Mill Springs National Cemetery]]
| [[Nancy, Kentucky|Nancy]]
| [[Kentucky]]
| VA
|1862
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Miramar National Cemetery]]
| [[Miramar, San Diego|San Diego]]
| [[California]]
| VA
|2010
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Mobile National Cemetery]]
| [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]]
| [[Alabama]]
| VA
|1865
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Morovis National Cemetery]]
| [[Morovis, Puerto Rico|Morovis]]
| [[Puerto Rico]]
| VA
|2020
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Mound City National Cemetery]]
| [[Mound City, Illinois|Mound City]]
| [[Illinois]]
| VA
|1864
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Mountain Home National Cemetery]]
| [[Mountain Home, Tennessee|Mountain Home]]
| [[Tennessee]]
| VA
|1903
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Nashville National Cemetery]]
| [[Madison, Tennessee|Madison]]
| [[Tennessee]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Natchez National Cemetery]]
| [[Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez]]
| [[Mississippi]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[National Cemetery of the Alleghenies]]
| [[Cecil Township, Pennsylvania|Cecil Township]]
| [[Pennsylvania]]
| VA
|2005
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona]]
| [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]
| [[Arizona]]
| VA
|1989
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific]]
| [[Honolulu]]
| [[Hawaii]]
| VA
|1948
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[New Albany National Cemetery]]
| [[New Albany, Indiana|New Albany]]
| [[Indiana]]
| VA
|1862
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[New Bern National Cemetery]]
| [[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]]
| [[North Carolina]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Northwoods National Cemetery]]
| [[Harshaw, Wisconsin|Harshaw]]
| [[Wisconsin]]
| VA
|2020
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery]]
| [[Rittman, Ohio|Rittman]]
| [[Ohio]]
| VA
|2000
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Omaha National Cemetery]]
| [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]]
| [[Nebraska]]
| VA
|2016
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Philadelphia National Cemetery]]
| [[Philadelphia]]
| [[Pennsylvania]]
| VA
|1885
|-
|[[Pikes Peak National Cemetery]]
|[[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
|[[Colorado]]
|VA
|2018
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Poplar Grove National Cemetery]]
| [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]]
| [[Virginia]]
| NPS
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Port Hudson National Cemetery]]
| [[Zachary, Louisiana|Zachary]]
| [[Louisiana]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Prescott National Cemetery]]
| [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott]]
| [[Arizona]]
| VA
|1931
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Puerto Rico National Cemetery]]
| [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico|Bayamón]]
| [[Puerto Rico]]
| VA
|1948
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Quantico National Cemetery]]
| [[Triangle, Virginia|Triangle]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1977
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Quincy National Cemetery]]
| [[Quincy, Illinois|Quincy]]
| [[Illinois]]
| VA
|1899
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Raleigh National Cemetery]]
| [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]
| [[North Carolina]]
| VA
|1865
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Richmond National Cemetery]]
| [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Riverside National Cemetery]]
| [[Riverside, California|Riverside]]
| [[California]]
| VA
|1976
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Rock Island National Cemetery]]
| [[Rock Island, Illinois|Rock Island]]
| [[Illinois]]
| VA
|1863
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Roseburg National Cemetery]]
| [[Roseburg, Oregon|Roseburg]]
| [[Oregon]]
| VA
|1932
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Sacramento Valley National Cemetery]]
| [[Dixon, California|Dixon]]
| [[California]]
| VA
|2006
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Salisbury National Cemetery]]
| [[Salisbury, North Carolina|Salisbury]]
| [[North Carolina]]
| VA
|1865
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[San Antonio National Cemetery]]
| [[San Antonio]]
| [[Texas]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[San Francisco National Cemetery]]
| [[San Francisco]]
| [[California]]
| VA
|1884
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery]]
| [[Gustine, California|Gustine]]
| [[California]]
| VA
|1992
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Santa Fe National Cemetery]]
| [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]]
| [[New Mexico]]
| VA
|1875
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Sarasota National Cemetery]]
| [[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]]
| [[Florida]]
| VA
|2009
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Seven Pines National Cemetery]]
| [[Sandston, Virginia|Sandston]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Shiloh National Cemetery]]
| [[Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee|Shiloh]]
| [[Tennessee]]
| NPS
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Sitka National Cemetery]]
| [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka]]
| [[Alaska]]
| VA
|1924
|-
|[[Snake River Canyon National Cemetery]]
|[[Buhl, Idaho|Buhl]]
|[[Idaho]]
|VA
|2020
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[South Florida National Cemetery]]
| [[Lake Worth, Florida|Lake Worth]]
| [[Florida]]
| VA
|2007
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Springfield National Cemetery]]
| [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]]
| [[Missouri]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[St. Augustine National Cemetery|Saint Augustine National Cemetery]]
| [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]]
| [[Florida]]
| VA
|1881
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Staunton National Cemetery]]
| [[Staunton, Virginia|Staunton]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Stones River National Cemetery]]
| [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee|Murfreesboro]]
| [[Tennessee]]
| NPS
|1864
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Tahoma National Cemetery]]
| [[Kent, Washington|Kent]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| VA
|1997
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Tallahassee National Cemetery]]
| [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]]
| [[Florida]]
|VA
|2015
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Togus National Cemetery]]
| [[Chelsea, Maine|Chelsea]]
| [[Maine]]
| VA
|1936
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery|US Soldiers' & Airmen's Home National Cemetery]]
| [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]
| [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]]
| Army
|1862
|-
|[[Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery]]
|[[Vancouver, Washington|Vancouver]]
|[[Washington (state)|Washington]]
|VA
|2020
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Vicksburg National Cemetery]]
| [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]]
| [[Mississippi]]
| NPS
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Washington Crossing National Cemetery]]
| [[Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Newtown]]
| [[Pennsylvania]]
| VA
|2009
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Western New York National Cemetery]]
| [[Pembroke, New York|Pembroke]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| VA
|2020
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[West Virginia National Cemetery]]
| [[Grafton, West Virginia|Grafton]]
| [[West Virginia]]
| VA
|1987
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Willamette National Cemetery]]
| [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]
| [[Oregon]]
| VA
|1950
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Wilmington National Cemetery]]
| [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]]
| [[North Carolina]]
| VA
|1867
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Winchester National Cemetery]]
| [[Winchester, Virginia|Winchester]]
| [[Virginia]]
| VA
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Wood National Cemetery]]
| [[Milwaukee]]
| [[Wisconsin]]
| VA
|1871
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Woodlawn National Cemetery]]
| [[Elmira, New York|Elmira]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| VA
|1874
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Yellowstone National Cemetery]]
| [[Laurel, Montana|Laurel]]
| [[Montana]]
| VA
|2014
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Yorktown National Cemetery]]
| [[Yorktown, Virginia|Yorktown]]
| [[Virginia]]
| NPS
|1866
|- valign="bottom"
| height="13" | [[Zachary Taylor National Cemetery]]
| [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]]
| [[Kentucky]]
| VA
|1928
|}
 
==See also==
*[[Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery]]
*[[USVA emblems for headstones and markers]]
*[[List of military tombstone abbreviations]]
 
==Notes and references==
{{reflist}}
 
==Further reading==
*Bontrager, Shannon. ''Death at the Edges of Empire: Fallen Soldiers, Cultural Memory, and the Making of an American Nation, 1863–1921'' (University of Nebraska Press, 2020); memories of American war dead. [https://t.e2ma.net/webview/7c59hc/8ae525d39bd4c67b1ebd2ecdb3446e31 online summary by author]
 
==External links==
*[http://www.cem.va.gov/ Department of Veteran's Affairs, National Cemetery Administration]
 
{{USVA agencies}}
 
[[Category:United States national cemeteries| ]]
[[Category:Historic preservation in the United States|National Cemetery]]
[[Category:1867 establishments in the United States|National Cemetery]]

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