Fort Benning Main Post Cemetery is a military cemetery at

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soldiers and their dependents have been interred at the 8.38-acre facility since it was established in 1922. The first recorded interment occurred on 13 December 1922. Other burials at the cemetery include forty-four German and seven Italian prisoners of war who died at nearby detention camps during

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, as well as four allied Chinese pilots. As of July 2022, there are three

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recipients and twenty general officers interred at the cemetery.

Notable burials

Medal of Honor recipients

* SP4 Donald R. Johnston * COL Robert B. Nett * COL Edward R. Schowalter Jr.

Other burials

* BG Marcus B. Bell * LTG William B. Caldwell III * CSM Edward Crook Jr. * MAJ Myron Diduryk * LTG Harold G. Moore Jr. and his wife

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* CSM Basil L. Plumley * MG

George D. Shea George D. Shea (January 11, 1894 – January 13, 1971) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, Shea attained the rank of major general, and was a recipient of the Army Distingui ...

* LTG George R. Stotser * MG Thomas M. Tarpley * LTG Robert L. Wetzel

References

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