West Virginia 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.

West Virginia National Cemetery was opened in 1982. In 2017, there were in total over 6,000 graves on this cemetery.
In 2010, the remains of World War II casualty Private First Class Lawrence Harris of Elkins, West Virginia were relocated to the National Cemetery after having been lost for 66 years. He was killed in France on 9 October 1944 with two other soldiers, but their bodies were lost. After 66 years it was found out that they were buried in unmarked graves in Ardennes American Cemetery.

West Virginia 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:

11 March 2011 , Private 1st Class Andrew M. Harper, aged 19
03 September 2018 , Command Sergeant Timothy Allen "Tim" Bolyard, aged 42


West Virginia 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 August 2004 , Private 1st Class Brandon Robert Sapp, aged 21
12 September 2009 , Sergeant 1st Class Duane A. Thornsbury, aged 30

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Jeff Turner