Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

The 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 so. There are also special state veteran cemeteries.

In 2008, there were in total 172,254 graves on this cemetery.

On the cemetery are also the graves of 2 German and 5 Italian POW's from the Second World War.

This National Cemetery holds the graves of many American war casualties. This cemetery contains the remains of 175 unknown soldiers of the 56th United States Colored Infantry. They died of Cholera in August 1866.

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery also 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:

09 August 2005 , Specialist Christopher Michael Katzenberger, aged 25
18 February 2007 , Private 1st Class Ryan C. Garbs, aged 20
14 June 2008 , Private 1st Class Michael Robert Patton, aged 19
13 July 2008 , Corporal Gunnar William Zwilling, aged 20
04 September 2008 , Private Vincent Cortez Winston Jr., aged 22
09 August 2009 , Lance Corporal Patrick W. Schimmel, aged 21
14 May 2010 , Sergeant Denis D. Kisseloff, aged 45
06 June 2010 , Corporal Donald M. Marler, aged 22
29 August 2010 , Staff Sergeant James R. Ide, aged 32
13 October 2010 , Lance Corporal Phillip D. Vinnedge, aged 19
03 April 2012 , Specialist Jeffrey L. White Jr., aged 21
13 May 2012 , Private 1st Class Richard Lewis McNulty III, aged 22
05 June 2014 , Specialist Matthew Herbert "Matt" Walker, aged 20
03 November 2016 , Captain Andrew D. Byers, aged 30

Jefferson Barracks 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:

15 November 2003 , Specialist William David Dusenbery, aged 30
25 August 2004 , Specialist Marco D. Ross, aged 20
28 April 2005 , 1st Lieutenant William Anthony "Wil" Edens, aged 29
19 July 2005 , Private LaVena Lynn Johnson, aged 19
13 December 2005 , Corporal Peter Joseph Navarro, aged 20
16 March 2006 , Sergeant Amanda Nicole Pinson, aged 21
11 April 2006 , Private 1st Class James F. Costello III, aged 27
22 June 2006 , Corporal Riley Elam Baker, aged 22
9 August 2006 , Sergeant Steven Paul Mennemeyer, aged 26
14 September 2006 , Corporal Russell Michael Makowski, aged 23
14 December 2006 , Lance Corporal Matthew W. Clark, aged 22
30 January 2007 , Sergeant Milton Anthony Gist Jr., aged 27
14 April 2007 , Sergeant Brandon Lee Wallace, aged 27
23 June 2007 , Lieutenant Daniel P. Riordan, aged 24
31 January 2008 , Specialist Matthew F. Straughter, aged 27
23 March 2008 , Private 1st Class Andrew J. Habsieger, aged 22
6 April 2008 , Colonel Stephen K. Scott, aged 54
27 September 2008 , Specialist Ja'Mel Antwon Bryant, aged 22
16 May 2009 , Specialist David Allen Schaefer Jr., aged 27
8 July 2009 , Private 1st Class Lucas M. Bregg, aged 19
30 October 2009 , Sergeant Christopher M. Cooper, aged 28

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Findagrave.com (DL James) (1), Findagrave.com (2)