Dallas–Fort Worth National Cemetery is a

United States national cemetery The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 military cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War, in an act passed by the U.S. ...

located in the city of

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(United States). Administered by the

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, it encompasses , and as of 2021, had over 73,000 interments.

History

Dallas–Fort Worth National Cemetery was established in 2000 on the eastern shore of

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north of

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. It is the sixth National Cemetery created in

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and was created to meet the future needs of

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veterans, nearly 1.5 million of whom live in the state of Texas. It currently has space for over 280,000 interments. It already serves as the resting place for several soldiers who have died in the

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and

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Notable interments

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recipients ** Candelario Garcia (1944–2013), for action in the

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** James L. Stone (1922–2012), for action in the

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* Others **

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(1939–2013), Rockabilly musician **

Earl Lunsford Earl Lunsford (October 19, 1933 – September 3, 2008), known as the "Earthquake", was a fullback for the Calgary Stampeders and is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. College football Lunsford played during college at with Oklahom ...

(1933–2008), professional football player and executive **

Glenn McDuffie ''V-J Day in Times Square'' is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a United States Navy, U.S. Navy sailor kissing a total stranger after grabbing her—a dental assistant—on Victory over Japan Day ("V-J Day") in New York City's ...

(1927–2014), US Navy sailor known for being the subject of the ''

V-J Day in Times Square ''V-J Day in Times Square'' is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a U.S. Navy sailor kissing a total stranger after grabbing her—a dental assistant—on Victory over Japan Day ("V-J Day") in New York City's Times Square on Augu ...

'' photograph **

Pat Summerall George Allen "Pat" Summerall (May 10, 1930 – April 16, 2013) was an American professional American football, football player and television sportscaster who worked for CBS Sports, CBS, Fox Sports (USA), Fox, and ESPN Sunday Night Football, ESP ...

(1930–2013), American football player and television sportscaster **

Jim Swink Jim Swink (March 14, 1936 – December 3, 2014) was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Dallas Texans of the American Football League (AFL). He was an All-American playing college football at Texas Christian Un ...

(1936–2014), American football halfback ** Royce Womble (1931–2016), American football running back ** Patrick Zamarripa (1983–2016), US Navy sailor and Dallas Police officer killed in the line of duty in the

2016 shooting of Dallas police officers On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and shot police officers in Dallas, Texas, killing five, injuring nine others, and wounding two civilians. Johnson, a 25-year-old Army Reserve Afghan War veteran, was angry over white police sh ...

References

External links

National Cemetery Administration

Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery
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Aerial Tour of the DFW National Cemetery
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