Puerto Rico National Cemetery

The National Cemeteries in the U.S.A. are used for graves of war dead, graves of U.S. military personnel, veterans and their spouses but not exclusively so. There are also special state veteran cemeteries.

In 2005, there were in total 44,722 graves on Puerto Rico National Cemetery.

Puerto Rico National Cemetery contains the graves of American war casualties from the Second World War, including two Americans who served with the Royal Air Force. The cemetery also contains the grave of a British sailor.

Puerto Rico 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:

19 May 2006 , Staff Sergeant Christian Longsworth, aged 26
03 August 2011 , Private 1st Class Gil 'Isai' Morales Del Valle, aged 21
16 August 2012 , Sergeant Luis A. Oliver Galbreath, aged 41
06 April 2013 , Specialist Wilbel A. Robles-Santa, aged 25

Puerto Rico 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:

2 November 2003 , Specialist Frances Marie Vega, aged 20
4 November 2003 , Sergeant Francisco Martínez, aged 28
5 September 2004 , Staff Sergeant Gary Alexander Vaillant, aged 41
5 November 2004 , Sergeant Carlos Miguel Camacho Rivera, aged 24
1 March 2005 , Sergeant Lizbeth Robles Díaz, aged 31
26 May 2005 , Major Ricardo Antonio Crocker, aged 39
17 March 2007 , Sergeant Ed Santini De Jesús, aged 25
25 March 2007 , Corporal Jason Nuñez Fernández, aged 22
6 April 2007 , Captain Anthony Palermo Jr., aged 27
29 July 2007 , Staff Sergeant Wilberto Suliveras, aged 38
5 February 2008 , Sergeant Rafael Ángel Alicea Rivera, aged 30
2 January 2011 , Sergeant José Alberto Delgado Arroyo, aged 41
2 January 2011 , Staff Sergeant José Miguel Cintrón Rosado, aged 38
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Puerto Rico National Cemetery contains 1 British (Commonwealth war grave from the Second World War. There are also two Americans buried here who served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. These three graves are being maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Department of Veteran Affairs (1), Leilani (Findagrave) (2)