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Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery (also known as the United States Disciplinary Barracks Cemetery) is a
/ref> It is the final resting place for 298 soldiers who died in the prison, 58 of whom lie in unmarked graves. The majority of the soldiers who are buried in Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery died between 1898 and 1905. The last known burial in the cemetery was in 1957, ten years after the one preceding it. Since families are expected to claim the bodies, the U.S. military does not have any plan for future burials.
Fourteen German prisoners of war who were executed in 1945 (for the murders of fellow-POWs Johannes Kunze, "Abolish Archives" 1 March, 1988
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
maintained by the Fort Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth () is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth. Built in 1827, it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., and the oldest perma ...
Military Prison, Leavenworth County, Kansas
Leavenworth County (county code LV) is located in the U.S. state of Kansas and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 81,881. Its county seat and most populous city is Leavenworth.
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. The purpose of this cemetery is for the burial of unclaimed bodies of soldiers who died in the United States Disciplinary Barracks
The United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) colloquially known as Leavenworth, is a military correctional facility located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas.
It is one of three major prisons built on Fort Leavenwo ...
.Fort Leavenworth Military Prison burial data from Interment.net/ref> It is the final resting place for 298 soldiers who died in the prison, 58 of whom lie in unmarked graves. The majority of the soldiers who are buried in Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery died between 1898 and 1905. The last known burial in the cemetery was in 1957, ten years after the one preceding it. Since families are expected to claim the bodies, the U.S. military does not have any plan for future burials.
Fourteen German prisoners of war who were executed in 1945 (for the murders of fellow-POWs Johannes Kunze, Horst Günther
Horst Günther (23 September 1920 – 6 April 1944) was a German World War II prisoner of war. An Afrika Korps ''Gefreiter'', he was "captured on 9 May 1943 in Tunisia ndmurdered in Camp Aiken prisoner-of-war camp, South Carolina" United State ...
and Werner Drechsler
Werner Drechsler (17 January 1917 – 12 March 1944) was a German U-boat crewman during World War II. He served on , which was sunk off the Azores in 1943. When he was taken prisoner, Drechsler, a conscript, enthusiastically cooperated with his ...
) in the military prison are buried in the northwest corner of the cemetery.See also
*List of people executed by the United States military
The following is a list of people executed by the United States military. The list separates executions by branches; the Uniform Code of Military Justice did not exist until 1950.
Executions by the Army (WW2 and Post War)
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{{Reflist Fort Leavenworth Military cemeteries in the United States Protected areas of Leavenworth County, Kansas Cemeteries in Kansas