San Antonio National Cemetery is a

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in the city of

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in Bexar County, Texas. Administered by the

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, it encompasses , and as of the end of 2005, had 3,163 interments.

History

San Antonio National Cemetery was a part of the city's cemetery, which was deeded to the federal government 1867. The first interments were

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soldiers reinterred from the city cemetery and outlying cemeteries, over 300 of which are unknown. San Antonio National Cemetery was listed in the

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in 1999.

Notable monuments

* A monument dedicated to the unknown dead buried in the cemetery. Erected in 1912.

Notable interments

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valo ...

recipients ** Private David B. Barkley, for action in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. ** Private Frederick Deetline, for action at the

Battle of Little Big Horn The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Nor ...

during the

Indian Wars The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, were fought by European governments and colonists in North America, and later by the United States and Canadian governments and American and Canadian settle ...

. ** Sergeant Henry Falcott, for action in Arizona Territory during the

. ** Private John Harrington, for action in the Indian Wars. ** Corporal Henry A. McMasters, for action in the Indian Wars. ** Private James J. Nash, for action in the

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. ** Private Solon D. Neal, for action in the Indian Wars. ** Private Simon Suhler, a.k.a. Charles Gardner, for action in Arizona Territory during the

. ** First Lieutenant

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, for action in the Indian Wars. * Four Medal of Honor recipients, whose burial locations are unknown, are honored at the cemetery with

cenotaphs A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenot ...

** Private William H. Barnes, for action at the

Battle of Chaffin's Farm The Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, also known as Laurel Hill and combats at Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer, was fought in Virginia on September 29–30, 1864, as part of the siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War. ...

in the

. ** Sergeant William De Armond, for action in the Indian Wars. ** Corporal John J. Given, for action in the Indian Wars. ** Private George W. Smith, for action in the Indian Wars. * Other notable interments ** Brigadier General John L. Bullis, Civil War era military officer of 118th & 41st United States Colored Infantry, later as an officer in the 24th Infantry Regiment, a prominent Buffalo Soldier regiment, and commander of the famed Black Seminole scouts in Texas. Camp Bullis in San Antonio, TX is named for him. ** Lieutenant Eugene M. Bradley, first person who died at an airfield in Windsor Locks, CT. Airfield was renamed for him. Originally named Bradley Field, its name was changed to

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(BDL). ** Second Lieutenant George Edward Maurice Kelly, namesake of Kelly Air Force Base. **

Gustav Schleicher Gustav Schleicher (sometimes spelled Gustave) (November 19, 1823 – January 10, 1879) was a German-born Democratic United States Representative from Texas. He was an engineer who served briefly in the Texas legislature, and was a veteran ...

, US Congressman. ** Private Harry M. Wurzbach in

, as US Congressman served 1921 until his death 1931. * Other noteworthy interments ** Captain Solon McAdoo, leader of Belknap Rifles, at outbreak of

the group enlisted as Company F, First Texas Volunteer Infantry, under McAdoo, who died of fever. ** Private Prince Romerson, a Hawaiian who fought in the Civil War and as a Buffalo Soldier. ** Brigadier General Robert Francis Catterson American civil war general, physician and later United States Marshall. ** 281

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External links

National Cemetery Administration

San Antonio National Cemetery
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History

Notable monuments

Notable interments

See also

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