Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery: Difference between revisions

** Private [[Richard Gentry (soldier)|Richard Gentry]] (1763–1843), veteran of the Revolutionary and the [[Indian Wars]]. He was present at the surrender of [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Cornwallis]] at [[Siege of Yorktown|Yorktown]]. His son Colonel [[Richard Gentry (Missouri politician)|Richard Gentry]] (1788–1837), a veteran of the [[War of 1812]] and the Indian Wars, is also buried nearby.

** Major [[Russell Bissell]] (1756–1807), veteran of the Revolutionary and the Indian Wars.

** Colonel [[Thomas Hunt (soldier)|Thomas Hunt]] (1754–1808), a "[[Minuteman]]" at the [[Battle of Concord]], April 1775. During the revolution he was wounded at the [[Battle of Stony Point]] and Siege of Yorktown. He was also a veteran of the Indian Wars and commanded the 1st Infantry Regiment.

** [[Mass grave]] of sixty-one merchant marines and sailors who died in the fire aboard the {{SS|J. Pinckney Henderson}} on August 19, 1943.

** Mass grave for 123 of the 139 victims of the [[Palawan Massacre]]<ref name="Bob">{{cite book |last1=Wilbanks |first1=Bob |title=Last Man Out |date=2004 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |location=Jefferson |isbn=9780786418220 |pages=152–53}}</ref>

** Remains of 5 crewmen from B-36 Bomber 075 lost on the coast of British Columbia, Canada while conducting a training mission on February 13, 1950[[File:Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery - buck.JPG|thumb|Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery]]