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Sign at the entrance of the cemetery. Calverton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the Town of Riverhead in Suffolk County on eastern Long Island in New York. The cemetery's street address is in Calverton but the property is in the adjacent hamlet of Wading River. It encompasses 1,045 acres (423 ha) and as of the end of ...
This page categorizes burials at Calverton National Cemetery. Pages in category "Burials at Calverton National Cemetery" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
In 1978, more than 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) of the base were used to create Calverton National Cemetery, which is the largest and busiest (in terms of burials per day) United States national cemetery. In 1995, after Northrop acquired Grumman, the new Northrop Grumman pulled out of the base, and the Navy began liquidating the land.
In 1974, when the two National Cemeteries on Long Island (Cypress Hills National Cemetery and Long Island National Cemetery) were running out of space, the Navy was approached about donating its undeveloped land north of Route 25 for a cemetery. On December 7, 1977, a 902 acres (365 ha) tract was donated to form Calverton National Cemetery. In ...
The National Cemetery Administration lists a total of 73 Civil War-Era National Cemeteries from 1861 to 1868. [ 9 ] 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.
Burials at Calverton National Cemetery (29 P) Burials at Long Island National Cemetery (62 P) Pages in category "Cemeteries in Suffolk County, New York"
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She was interred in Calverton National Cemetery, 25 miles from their home in Dix Hills. Gabreski died of an apparent heart attack in Huntington Hospital, Long Island, New York on January 31, 2002, and is buried in Calverton National Cemetery.