Houston National Cemetery: Difference between revisions

'''Houston National Cemetery''' is a [[United States National Cemetery]] in [[Harris County, Texas]], near [[Houston]].<ref>"[https://www.cem.va.gov/CEMs/nchp/houston.asp Houston National Cemetery]." [[Department of Veterans Affairs]]. Retrieved on September 27, 2018. "Address: 10410 Veterans Memorial Dr. Houston, TX 77038" [https://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/maps/houston851.pdf Cemetery Map].</ref><ref>[http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Annexation/docs_pdfs/etj_city_11x8.pdf Map of the Houston city limits]. City of Houston. Retrieved on September 27, 2018.</ref> It encompasses {{convert|419.2|acre}} only about half of which is developed. The cemetery had more than 111,000 interments as of 2021.  It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2017.

* [[Medal of Honor]] recipients

** Captain [[James H. Fields]], for action in [[World War II]]

** Staff Sergeant [[Marcario Garcia]], for action in World War II

** First Lieutenant [[Raymond L. Knight]], for action in World War II

** First Sergeant [[David McNerney]], for action in the [[Vietnam War]]

** Specialist Five [[Clarence Sasser]], for action in the Vietnam War

** [[Dan Bankhead]], the first African American pitcher in [[Major League Baseball]]

** [[Kermit Beahan]], bombardier of the ''[[Bockscar]]'', which dropped the second atomic bomb in Japan

** [[Brooks Benedict]], actor

** [[Walt Bond]], Major League Baseball player

** [[Willard Brown]], [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]r

** [[Goree Carter]], [[rock and roll]] pioneer and [[Korean War]] veteran

** [[Margie Duty]], first African American woman on the Houston police force

** [[Hal Epps]], Major League Baseball player

** [[Lisa Gaye]], actress

** [[Teala Loring]], actress

** [[Amos Milburn]], musician

** [[J. L. Parks]], basketball player<ref>[https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/houston-tx/john-parks-7791311 John Leonard Parks]</ref>

** [[Albert Thomas (American politician)|Albert Thomas]], US Representative