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  1. Fastnålad Tweet
    18 juni 2020

    . National Cemeteries have resumed committal and memorial services halted by the pandemic. The number of attendees will be determined based on state and local health guidance. Masks and physical distancing apply.

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    16 mars

    A visitor captured this photo of a fawn in the fog.

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  3. för 14 timmar sedan

    For , NCA salutes Capt. Lillian Kinkela Keil. Pay tribute at

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  4. 15 mars

    This we remember the WWI service of Gertrude Pershing, sister-in-law of AEF Commander John Pershing. She enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps in 1917 and served overseas as an assistant Chief Nurse. She is buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery (Sec. 152, Row D, Site 17).

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  5. 13 mars

    We honor Cpl. Kory Wiens & Sgt. Cooper, first K9 team killed in Iraq. Ages 20 & 4, they were cremated & interred together. Wiens received NCA grave marker in private cemetery. Cooper is honored on Wiens’ inscription.

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  6. 12 mars

    Seventeen inches of snow overnight didn’t stop Ft. Richardson National Cemetery from providing the final act of service to Vietnam Era U.S. Navy Veteran CTR1 James N. Carter III, yesterday, March 11, 2021.

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  7. 11 mars

    NCA thanks CTL for a continued partnership to honor our nation's Veterans at VA national cemeteries nationwide.

    Each year Carry The Load works through a third-party committee to select non-profit partners that provide healing services for the mind, body and soul of our warriors. Warriors embodies our mission.
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  8. 11 mars

    Today is National Funeral Directors and Morticians Recognition Day. It takes empathetic funeral professionals to help families with the process of losing a loved one. NCA thanks our partners who serve our nations Veterans and their families with honor and dignity!

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  9. 8 mars

    On International Women’s Day, we honor WWI Veteran Clara Lindquist, U.S. Army Nurse Corps. She served on the Western Front and was wounded by shrapnel. Afterwards, she treated typhus patients in Serbia. She is buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery (Sec. 180, Row E, Site 7).

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  10. 5 mars

    Just announced: Medal of Honor recipient Army Chaplain Emil Kapaun's remains have been positively identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. He heroically accompanied U.S. troops into captivity and ministered to them until his death in 1951.

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  11. 4 mars

    March 4th is . Members of the U.S. military have been referred to as G.I.s since 1940, and today is the day that we celebrate everything they do for us. So March Forth and give a G.I. a hug!

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  12. 4 mars

    NCA salutes Brig. Gen. William Gamble's memorial at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

    GRAVE UPDATE: Brigadier General William Gamble’s memorial headstone has been installed at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois.
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  13. 2 mars

    Today is birthday of Maj. Edwin “Lucky” Wright. Earned in At 19, his P-47 Thunderbolt took this hit on 39th mission. He would complete 49 more & serve in . Interred in private cemetery, like all eligible Vets can, received NCA marker.

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  14. 1 mars

    Acting Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Ron Walters highlights the life of Dr. Hackley Woodford, one of more than 3.7 million Veterans memorialized on the Veterans Legacy Memorial site:

    Dr. Hackley Woodford
    Acting Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Ron Walters highlights the life of Dr. Hackley Woodford, one of more than 3.7 million Veterans memorialized on the Veterans Legacy Memorial site
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    26 feb.

    As we celebrate the close of Black History Month, I honor and celebrate the many Black VA Employees who serve Veterans, because a diverse team is a strong team.

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  16. 26 feb.

    As we close out NCA looks back at the lives of three of the officers and men who served in the 349th Field Artillery in World War I. Read part 1 of the three part series:

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  17. 24 feb.

    Veterans come from all backgrounds. WWI Sgt. Coy Herndon had a successful vaudeville career juggling wooden hoops before and after the war. Toured the country and wrote about vaudeville acts in the Chicago Defender. Interred Mobile Natl Cem.

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  18. 24 feb.

    For , NCA salutes Maj. Gen. Marcelite J. Harris-highest ranking female officer in ; nation’s highest ranking Black woman in DoD and one of 1st females commanding at the Interred at . NCA issued headstone.

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  19. 24 feb.

    For , NCA salutes Sherman Alexander Hemsley "aka" George Jefferson. Hemsley is buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery. Read more and post a tribute at

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  20. 24 feb.

    Acting Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Ron Walters highlights the life of Bill Blair, one of more than 3.7 million Veterans memorialized on the Veterans Legacy Memorial site:

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  21. 23 feb.

    Honored today to have Secretary McDonough visit Alexandria National Cemetery. This being , we shared the stories of some of the 200+ Black Civil War soldiers and post-Civil War Buffalo Soldiers interred there.

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