Long Island 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 333,592 graves on this cemetery.

It also contains 36 Commonwealth war graves from World War II.

The Long Island National Cemetery contains the following American war graves from the Second World War:

- Mass grave with the remains of three officers, one technical sergeant, two sergeants and four corporals who perished on 4 May 1945.
- Mass grave with the remains of four American servicemen and two members of the British Armed Forces who crashed in the Burmese jungle in April 1945. They were discovered in 1957.


Long Island 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:

23 March 2003 , Master Sergeant Michael Harry Maltz, aged 42
24 April 2005 , Specialist Robert William DeFazio, aged 21
26 June 2008 , Sergeant 1st Class Joseph A. McKay, aged 51
22 October 2008 , Specialist Deon Lamarr Taylor, aged 30
06 August 2009 , Lance Corporal James D. Argentine, aged 22
05 December 2010 , Sergeant Nicholas Jose Aleman, aged 24
10 August 2012 , Lance Corporal Gregory T. Buckley Jr., aged 21

Long Island 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:

27 March 2003 , Corporal Robert Marcus Rodriguez, aged 21
11 April 2003 , Staff Sergeant Riayan Augusto Tejeda, aged 26
24 July 2003 , Private 1st Class Raheen Tyson Heighter, aged 22
3 November 2003 , Private 1st Class Rayshawn S. Johnson, aged 20
13 November 2003 , Specialist Jacob Samuel Fletcher, aged 28
13 April 2004 , Corporal Kevin Thomas Kolm, aged 23
3 May 2004 , Sergeant Gregory L. Wahl, aged 30
3 September 2004 , 1st Lieutenant Ronald D. Winchester, aged 25
31 October 2004 , 1st Lieutenant Matthew Devin Lynch, aged 25
29 November 2004 , Specialist Wilfredo Fernando Urbina, aged 29
30 November 2004 , Sergeant Pablo Andres Calderon, aged 26
15 January 2005 , Sergeant Nathaniel T. Swindell, aged 24
16 January 2005 , Specialist Alain Louis Kamolvathin, aged 21
2 March 2005 , Specialist Wai Phyo Lwin, aged 27
7 May 2005 , Lance Corporal Michael V. Postal, aged 21
15 August 2005 , Specialist Jose L. Ruiz, aged 28
7 November 2005 , Corporal Robert Christopher Pope II, aged 22
27 February 2006 , Staff Sergeant Dwayne Peter Ryan Lewis, aged 26
11 May 2006 , 1st Lieutenant Michael Lucian Licalzi, aged 24
21 June 2006 , Lance Corporal Nicholas J. "Nick" Whyte, aged 21
20 July 2006 , Corporal Julian Alberto Ramon, aged 22
1 August 2006 , Specialist Hai Ming Hsia, aged 37
1 October 2006 , Sergeant Mario Nelson, aged 26
19 February 2007 , Staff Sergeant Pedro Jesus Colon, aged 25
1 April 2007 , Private 1st Class Miguel A. Marcial III, aged 19
6 April 2007 , Specialist Daniel A. Fuentes, aged 19
21 June 2007 , Private 1st Class Raymond Nigel Spencer, aged 23
6 July 2007 , Private 1st Class LeRon A. Wilson, aged 18
6 August 2007 , Corporal Juan Mariel Alcantara, aged 22
27 November 2007 , Private Isaac T. Cortes, aged 26
9 July 2008 , Sergeant Alex Ramon Jimenez, aged 25

Long Island National Cemetery contains 36 Commonwealth war graves from World War II.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Jim Henderson