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Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is an American military cemetery located in St. Louis County, Missouri, just on the banks of the Mississippi River. The cemetery was established after the American Civil War in an attempt to put together a formal network of military cemeteries.
Prior to the identification of his remains, Blassie was the unknown service member from the Vietnam War buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. After his remains were identified by DNA testing in 1998, they were reburied at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis County, Missouri.
– A World War II soldier was laid to rest Friday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 80 years after he was killed on D-Day. Army Private William A. Smith, a native of Syracuse, Missouri ...
It is now the site of two St. Louis County Parks (Jefferson Barracks County Park and Sylvan Springs County Park), a National Guard Base (Army and Air), the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery and the Department of Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System - Jefferson Barracks Division. Part of the hospital grounds were donated to the ...
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 ...
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Lemay, St. Louis County. Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis; Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, University City; Cold Water Cemetery, Florissant in St. Louis; NRHP-listed
His body was recovered from the wreckage of P-51B, QP-X and the Red Cross ultimately notified Hofer's unit. Hofer is buried in a mass grave at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1904, newspaper stories, most notably in The St. Louis Republic, recorded the recovery and moving of 33 burials with headstones to the new Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. A considerable number of unmarked burials remain at the now-decertified cemetery. The article in The St. Louis Republic included rough photos and drawings of the site ...