United States National Cemeteries Portal

The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 147 nationally important cemeteries in the United States. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War, in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862. By the end of 1862, 14 national cemeteries had been established. A national cemetery is generally a military cemetery containing the graves of U.S. military personnel, veterans and their spouses, but not exclusively so. The best known national cemetery is Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C.. Some national cemeteries, especially Arlington, contain the graves of important civilian leaders and other important national figures. Some national cemeteries also contain sections for Confederate soldiers. In addition to national cemeteries, there are also state veteran cemeteries.

The National Cemetery Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs maintains 131 of the 147 national cemeteries as well as the Nationwide Gravesite Locator, which can be used to find burial locations of American military veterans. The Department of the Army maintains two national cemeteries, Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. The National Park Service (NPS) maintains 14 cemeteries associated with historic sites and battlefields.

The American Battle Monuments Commission, an independent agency, maintains 24 American military cemeteries and other memorials outside the United States.

National Cemetery Administration

Please link to specific cemetery project

List of United States national cemeteries

• Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood Illinois VA
• Alabama National Cemetery Montevallo Alabama VA
• Alexandria National Cemetery Pineville Louisiana VA
• Alexandria National Cemetery Alexandria Virginia VA
• Alton National Cemetery Alton Illinois VA
• Andersonville National Cemetery Andersonville Georgia NPS
• Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Greeneville Tennessee NPS
• Annapolis National Cemetery Annapolis Maryland VA
• Antietam National Cemetery Sharpsburg Maryland NPS
• Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Virginia Army
• Bakersfield National Cemetery Bakersfield California VA
• Balls Bluff National Cemetery Leesburg Virginia VA
• Baltimore National Cemetery Baltimore Maryland VA
• Barrancas National Cemetery Pensacola Florida VA
• Bath National Cemetery Bath New York VA
• Baton Rouge National Cemetery Baton Rouge Louisiana VA
• Battleground National Cemetery Washington D.C. NPS
• Bay Pines National Cemetery Bay Pines Florida VA
• Beaufort National Cemetery Beaufort South Carolina VA
• Beverly National Cemetery Beverly New Jersey VA
• Biloxi National Cemetery Biloxi Mississippi VA
• Black Hills National Cemetery Sturgis South Dakota VA
• Calverton National Cemetery Calverton New York VA
• Camp Butler National Cemetery Springfield Illinois VA
• Camp Nelson National Cemetery Nicholasville Kentucky VA
• Cape Canaveral National Cemetery Scottsmoor Florida VA
• Cave Hill National Cemetery Louisville Kentucky VA
• Chalmette National Cemetery Chalmette Louisiana NPS
• Chattanooga National Cemetery Chattanooga Tennessee VA
• City Point National Cemetery Hopewell Virginia VA
• Cold Harbor National Cemetery Mechanicsville Virginia VA
• Corinth National Cemetery Corinth Mississippi VA
• Crown Hill National Cemetery Indianapolis Indiana VA
• Culpeper National Cemetery Culpeper Virginia VA
• Custer National Cemetery Crow Agency Montana NPS
• Cypress Hills National Cemetery Brooklyn New York VA
• Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas Texas VA
• Danville National Cemetery (Illinois) Danville Illinois VA
• Danville National Cemetery (Kentucky) Danville Kentucky VA
• Danville National Cemetery (Virginia) Danville Virginia VA
• Dayton National Cemetery Dayton Ohio VA
• Eagle Point National Cemetery Eagle Point Oregon VA
• Fayetteville National Cemetery Fayetteville Arkansas VA
• Finn's Point National Cemetery Salem New Jersey VA
• Florence National Cemetery Florence South Carolina VA
• Florida National Cemetery Bushnell Florida VA
• Fort Bayard National Cemetery Bayard New Mexico VA
• Fort Bliss National Cemetery Fort Bliss Texas VA
• Fort Custer National Cemetery Augusta Michigan VA
• Fort Donelson National Cemetery Dover Tennessee NPS
• Fort Gibson National Cemetery Fort Gibson Oklahoma VA
• Fort Harrison National Cemetery Richmond Virginia VA
• Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth Kansas VA
• Fort Logan National Cemetery Denver Colorado VA
• Fort Lyon National Cemetery Las Animas Colorado VA
• Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell Nebraska VA
• Fort Meade National Cemetery Sturgis South Dakota VA
• Fort Mitchell National Cemetery Fort Mitchell Alabama VA
• Fort Richardson National Cemetery Fort Richardson Alaska VA
• Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego California VA
• Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Texas VA
• Fort Scott National Cemetery Fort Scott Kansas VA
• Fort Sill National Cemetery Elgin Oklahoma VA
• Fort Smith National Cemetery Fort Smith Arkansas VA
• Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis Minnesota VA
• Fredericksburg National Cemetery Fredericksburg Virginia NPS
• Georgia National Cemetery Cherokee County Georgia VA
• Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery Schuylerville New York VA
• Gettysburg National Cemetery Gettysburg Pennsylvania NPS
• Glendale National Cemetery Richmond Virginia VA
• Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno California VA
• Grafton National Cemetery Grafton West Virginia VA
• Great Lakes National Cemetery Holly Michigan VA
• Hampton National Cemetery Hampton Virginia VA
• Hampton VA National Cemetery Hampton Virginia VA
• Hot Springs National Cemetery Hot Springs South Dakota VA
• Houston National Cemetery Houston Texas VA
• Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Annville Pennsylvania VA
• Jacksonville National Cemetery Jacksonville Florida VA
• Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery St. Louis Missouri VA
• Jefferson City National Cemetery Jefferson City Missouri VA
• Keokuk National Cemetery Keokuk Iowa VA
• Kerrville National Cemetery Kerrville Texas VA
• Knoxville National Cemetery Knoxville Tennessee VA
• Leavenworth National Cemetery Leavenworth Kansas VA
• Lebanon National Cemetery Lebanon Kentucky VA
• Lexington National Cemetery Lexington Kentucky VA
• Little Rock National Cemetery Little Rock Arkansas VA
• Long Island National Cemetery Farmingdale New York VA
• Los Angeles National Cemetery Los Angeles California VA
• Loudon Park National Cemetery Baltimore Maryland VA
• Marietta National Cemetery Marietta Georgia VA
• Marion National Cemetery Marion Indiana VA
• Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne Massachusetts VA
• Memphis National Cemetery Memphis Tennessee VA
• Mill Springs National Cemetery Nancy Kentucky VA
• Miramar National Cemetery Miramar, San Diego California VA
• Mobile National Cemetery Mobile Alabama VA
• Mound City National Cemetery Mound City Illinois VA
• Mountain Home National Cemetery Mountain Home Tennessee VA
• Nashville National Cemetery Madison Tennessee VA
• Natchez National Cemetery Natchez Mississippi VA
• National Cemetery of the Alleghenies Cecil Township Pennsylvania VA
• National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona Phoenix Arizona VA
• National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu Hawaii VA
• New Albany National Cemetery New Albany Indiana VA
• New Bern National Cemetery New Bern North Carolina VA
• Oakdale Memorial Gardens Davenport Iowa VA
• Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery Rittman Ohio VA
• Omaha National Cemetery Omaha Nebraska VA
• Philadelphia National Cemetery Philadelphia Pennsylvania VA
• Pikes Peak National Cemetery Colorado Springs Colorado VA
• Poplar Grove National Cemetery Petersburg Virginia NPS
• Port Hudson National Cemetery Zachary Louisiana VA
• Prescott National Cemetery Prescott Arizona VA
• Puerto Rico National Cemetery Bayamon Puerto Rico VA
• Quantico National Cemetery Triangle Virginia VA
• Quincy National Cemetery Quincy Illinois VA
• Raleigh National Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina VA
• Richmond National Cemetery Richmond Virginia VA
• Riverside National Cemetery Riverside California VA
• Rock Island National Cemetery Rock Island Illinois VA
• Roseburg National Cemetery Roseburg Oregon VA
• Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Dixon California VA
• Salisbury National Cemetery Salisbury North Carolina VA
• San Antonio National Cemetery San Antonio Texas VA
• San Francisco National Cemetery San Francisco California VA
• San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery Gustine California VA
• Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe New Mexico VA
• Sarasota National Cemetery Sarasota Florida VA
• Seven Pines National Cemetery Sandston Virginia VA
• Shiloh National Cemetery Shiloh Tennessee NPS
• Sitka National Cemetery Sitka Alaska VA
• South Florida National Cemetery Lake Worth Florida VA
• Springfield National Cemetery Springfield Missouri VA
• St. Augustine National Cemetery St. Augustine Florida VA
• Staunton National Cemetery Staunton Virginia VA
• Stones River National Cemetery Murfreesboro Tennessee NPS
• Tahoma National Cemetery Kent Washington VA
• Tallahassee National Cemetery Tallahassee Florida VA
• Togus National Cemetery Chelsea Maine VA
• U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery Washington D.C. Army
• Vicksburg National Cemetery Vicksburg Mississippi NPS
• Washington Crossing National Cemetery Newtown Pennsylvania VA
• Western New York National Cemetery Pembroke New York VA
• West Virginia National Cemetery Grafton West Virginia VA
• Willamette National Cemetery Portland Oregon VA
• Wilmington National Cemetery Wilmington North Carolina VA
• Winchester National Cemetery Winchester Virginia VA
• Wood National Cemetery Milwaukee Wisconsin VA
• Woodlawn National Cemetery Elmira New York VA
• Yellowstone National Cemetery Laurel Montana VA
• Yorktown National Cemetery Yorktown Virginia NPS
• Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville Kentucky VA