Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery

National Cemeteries in the U.S.A. are used for war graves, graves of U.S. military personnel, veterans and their spouses but not exclusively!

There are also state veteran cemeteries.

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery contains war graves of World War II and the Korea War. It is also used to bury veterans of the World Wars and other wars. In 2008, there were 96,626 graves on this cemetery.

Fort Rosecrans became a national cemetery on October 5, 1934. At the cemetery there is the grave of General Holland McTyeire "Howlin' Mad" Smith,

He is seen as the father of amphibious warfare and was commander of the 5th Amphibious Corps involved in the fighting on Attu, Kiska, Tarawa, Makin, Saipan, Tinian, Kwajalein and Eniwetok.

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery contains the graves of the following people, who fought for the United States of America and who gave their lives in the War in Afghanistan and/or Operation Enduring Freedom:

25 June 2003 , 1st Class Petty Officer Thomas Eugene Retzer, aged 30
28 June 2005 , Senior Chief Petty Officer Daniel Richard Healy, aged 36
05 May 2006 , Specialist Justin Lee O. Donohoe, aged 27
26 August 2009 , Lance Corporal Donald James Hogan, aged 20
16 October 2008 , Sergeant Federico Guerra Borjas, aged 33
27 March 2009 , Lieutenant Florence B. Choe, aged 35
26 October 2009 , Sergeant 1st Class David Eliah Metzger, aged 32
22 July 2010 , Lieutenant Colonel Mario Delosangeles Carazo, aged 41
22 July 2010 , Major James Matthew "Matthew" Weis, aged 37
30 August 2010 , Staff Sergeant Casey James Grochowiak, aged 34
14 October 2010 , Sergeant Rafael Martinez Jr., aged 36
12 December 2010 , Corporal Kenneth E. Necochea Jr., aged 21
11 June 2011 , Lance Corporal Jason Daniel Hill, aged 20
10 July 2011 , Lance Corporal Norberto Mendez Hernandez, aged 22
06 August 2011 , Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class Darrik C. Benson, aged 29
06 August 2011 , Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Daryl Pittman, aged 27
24 September 2011 , Sergeant Tyler Nicholas Holtz, aged 22
12 October 2011 , Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Michael Rex Tatham, aged 33
22 April 2012 , Staff Sergeant Joseph Henry Fankhauser, aged 30
26 April 2012 , Lieutenant Christopher E. Mosko, aged 28
25 October 2012 , Sergeant Clinton Keith Ruiz, aged 22
06 October 2013 , Captain Jennifer Madai Moreno, aged 25

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery contains the graves of the following people, who fought for the United States of America and who gave their lives in the War in Iraq and/or Operation Iraqi Freedom:

21 March 2003 , Major Jay Thomas Aubin, aged 36
21 March 2003 , Corporal Brian Matthew Kennedy, aged 25
22 March 2003 , Lieutenant Thomas Mullen Adams, aged 27
23 March 2003 , Corporal Jorge Alonso Gonzalez, aged 20
4 April 2003 , Private Devon Dimilo Jones, aged 19
5 April 2003 , 1st Sergeant Edward Smith, aged 38
19 May 2003 , Lance Corporal Jason William Moore, aged 21
15 July 2003 , Lance Corporal Cory Ryan Geurin, aged 18
10 December 2003 , Staff Sergeant Richard Alan Burdick, aged 24
6 April 2004 , Lance Corporal Marcus Miguel Cherry, aged 18
17 April 2004 , Major Richard John Gannon II, aged 31
1 May 2004 , Specialist Ramon Candelario Ojeda, aged 22
14 May 2004 , Sergeant Brud Joseph Cronkrite, aged 22
7 June 2004 , Lance Corporal Jeremy Lee Bohlman, aged 21
18 August 2004 , Sergeant Harvey Emmett Parkerson III, aged 27
13 October 2004 , Specialist Jeremy Francis Regnier, aged 22
15 November 2004 , Sergeant Rafael Peralta, aged 25
26 January 2005 , Lance Corporal Mourad Ragimov, aged 20
2 February 2005 , Captain Sean Lee Brock, aged 29
14 November 2005 , Major Ramon Juan Mendoza Jr., aged 37
12 April 2006 , Lance Corporal Marcus Stephen Glimpse, aged 22
2 August 2006 , Petty Officer 2nd Class Marc Alan Lee, aged 28
29 September 2006 , Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anthony Monsoor (MoH), aged 25
2 October 2006 , Sergeant Joseph Walter Perry, aged 23
7 December 2006 , Corporal Micah Stephen Gifford, aged 27
20 January 2007 , Captain Brian S. Freeman, aged 31
14 February 2007 , Specialist Ronnie Gene Madore Jr., aged 34
2 April 2007 , Specialist Curtis Robert Spivey, aged 25
26 May 2007 , Corporal Gregory Nolan Millard, aged 22
12 June 2007 , Specialist Damon Glenn LeGrand, aged 27
20 June 2007 , Major Sid W. Brookshire, aged 36
28 June 2007 , Sergeant Michael J. Martinez, aged 24
14 August 2007 , Staff Sergeant Sean Paul Fisher, aged 29
22 August 2007 , Staff Sergeant Jason Lee Paton, aged 25
24 September 2007 , Corporal Anthony Kamalu Bento, aged 23
19 October 2007 , Corporal Erik Thomas Garoutte, aged 22
8 January 2008 , Private 1st Class Ivan Ernesto Merlo, aged 19
4 June 2008 , Sergeant Cody Ronald Legg, aged 23
24 June 2008 , Sergeant Alejandro Antonio Dominguez, aged 24
7 August 2008 , Corporal Stewart Silvester Trejo, aged 25
24 January 2009 , Private Grant Andrew Cotting, aged 19
9 May 2009 , Specialist Omar Mohammed Albrak Jr., aged 21

On Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery is one Commonwealth war grave from World War I and one from World War II.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Geoffrey Patrick (1), Commonwealth War Graves Commission (2)