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Today, the Clark Veterans Cemetery contains the remains of almost 8,600 individuals with the earliest recorded burial being Private Santiago Belona, a Philippine Scout who served in the US Army and died on January 13, 1900.<ref name="SOrendain25FEB2013">{{cite news |title='Forgotten' Cemetery in Philippines Gets US Recognition |author=Simone Orendain |location=Angeles City, Philippines |url=http://www.hawaiireporter.com/forgotten-cemetery-in-philippines-gets-us-recognition/123 |newspaper=Hawaii Reporter |date=25 February 2013 |agency=VOA News |access-date=1 March 2013}}</ref> While there are no remaining records, it is believed he was moved from one of the two old Fort Stotsenburg post cemeteries. In addition to the 650 Philippine Scouts, there are thousands of U.S. veterans from the US Army, US Navy, [[US Marine Corps]], US Air Force and [[US Coast Guard]] and their dependents, which comprise the preponderance of the burials. There are veterans interred at Clark who served in every American conflict since the Spanish–American War, including the [[Philippine–American War]], | Today, the Clark Veterans Cemetery contains the remains of almost 8,600 individuals with the earliest recorded burial being Private Santiago Belona, a Philippine Scout who served in the US Army and died on January 13, 1900.<ref name="SOrendain25FEB2013">{{cite news |title='Forgotten' Cemetery in Philippines Gets US Recognition |author=Simone Orendain |location=Angeles City, Philippines |url=http://www.hawaiireporter.com/forgotten-cemetery-in-philippines-gets-us-recognition/123 |newspaper=Hawaii Reporter |date=25 February 2013 |agency=VOA News |access-date=1 March 2013}}</ref> While there are no remaining records, it is believed he was moved from one of the two old Fort Stotsenburg post cemeteries. In addition to the 650 Philippine Scouts, there are thousands of U.S. veterans from the US Army, US Navy, [[US Marine Corps]], US Air Force and [[US Coast Guard]] and their dependents, which comprise the preponderance of the burials. There are veterans interred at Clark who served in every American conflict since the Spanish–American War, including the [[Philippine–American War]], World War I, World War II (survivors who died after the war), the [[Korean War]], [[Vietnam War]] and [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq War]]. There are also over 2,100 unknowns buried at Clark. | ||
While the majority of all burials are American veterans, Philippine Scouts and their dependents, there are some exceptions authorized by the US Government for burial. For example, there are several hundred civilians who served in the US Army Quartermaster Department as [[teamsters]], [[farriers]], [[wheelwright]]s, [[blacksmiths]] and [[pack train|packers]] with the majority of these having served in the Spanish–American War and Philippine–American War. They died in the early 1900s when the Army relied solely on civilians to drive the wagons and tend the horses. A female civilian [[trumpeter]] who was assigned to the [[9th Cavalry Regiment (United States)]] who died in 1916, and civilian Ordnance Specialists and the Chief Engineer of a US [[revenue cutter]], a customs vessel, who died in 1906, are buried at the cemetery. | While the majority of all burials are American veterans, Philippine Scouts and their dependents, there are some exceptions authorized by the US Government for burial. For example, there are several hundred civilians who served in the US Army Quartermaster Department as [[teamsters]], [[farriers]], [[wheelwright]]s, [[blacksmiths]] and [[pack train|packers]] with the majority of these having served in the Spanish–American War and Philippine–American War. They died in the early 1900s when the Army relied solely on civilians to drive the wagons and tend the horses. A female civilian [[trumpeter]] who was assigned to the [[9th Cavalry Regiment (United States)]] who died in 1916, and civilian Ordnance Specialists and the Chief Engineer of a US [[revenue cutter]], a customs vessel, who died in 1906, are buried at the cemetery. | ||