About Fort Logan National Cemetery
Fort Logan National Cemetery is a national cemetery near Sheridan, Denver County, Colorado. It lies about 1.2 mi east of Sheridan. The grounds sit at about 5,394 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 38 notable people buried here, including John A. Carroll, Horace Henderson and Danny Dietz. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 182212. The nearest other listed cemetery is Atonement Lutheran Church Columbarium, about 1.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Horan & McConaty Funeral Service and Cremation in Lakewood, about 2.1 mi away. It is one of 6 cemeteries we list in Denver County, and 15 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sheridan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery
Among them: 11 World War II veterans, 5 football players, 4 basketball players, 3 Korean War veterans, 3 scientists, 3 Vietnam War veterans, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 World War I veterans.
- John A. Carroll1901-1983American politician
- Horace Henderson1904-1988American musician
- Danny Dietz1980-2005Navy Special Warfare Operator US Navy SEAL
- David Bolen1923-2022American sprinter and diplomat
- John Kenneth Stille1930-1989American chemist
- William E. Adams1939-1971United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Carl J. Johnson1929-1988American public health physician
- John F. Curry1886-1973American general
- Maximo Yabes1932-1967United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Hal Hutcheson1920-1991American basketball player
- Harv Schmidt1935-2020American basketball player-coach
- Jean Yancey1914-2000American entrepreneur and motivational speaker
Show all 38 notable burials
- Jerry Frei1924-2001American football player, coach, and scout
- Byron Johnson1911-2005American baseball player
- Edward Tipper1921-2017American World War II paratrooper
- Fran Polsfoot1927-1985American football player
- Marv Colen1915-1989American basketball player
- William T. Van de Graaff1895-1977American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
- Dave Wareham1924-1985American basketball player
- Douglas V. Radney1917-1994Major in the United States Air Force
- Earl McClung1923-2013
- Evert Vanderroest1920-2002American soldier
- Fred Gushurst1890-1977American football player
- Gary Richardson1935-2002American football player and coach
- Kathryn Margaret Van Deusen1922-2005
- Telfer Mead1888-1983American football player
- Winfield Hubbard1893-1976
- Anna Lisa Moline1906-2004World War II veteran
- Betty Jane Ackerson Ogg1924-1994Chemist
- Donald L. Smith1928-2018American journalism professor
- Florence Green Shay1892-1980World War I army nurse
- Gladys Welch1908-1986World War II and Korean War veteran
- Gordon G. Barnewall1924-2001Professor of marketing
- Jack D. Gillum1928-2012American engineer
- Judith Steubbe1943-2016Miss Idaho 1964
- Knox Lamb1902-1987American lawyer and prosecutor of the second Nuremberg Military Tribunal
- Sophie Steffer1910-1997World War II, Korean War, & Vietnam War veteran
- Steven S. Oriel1923-1986American geologist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fort Logan National Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
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What Fort Logan National Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Atonement Lutheran Church ColumbariumLakewood, COLutheran cemetery1.7 mi
- Littleton CemeteryLittleton, COCemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Joseph Episcopal Church ColumbariumLakewood, COEpiscopal cemetery4.7 mi
- Olinger Chapel Hill Memorial GardensGreenwood Village, COMemorial park6.4 mi
- Saint Paul's Episcopal ColumbariumLakewood, COEpiscopal cemetery6.6 mi
- Golden Hill CemeteryApplewood, COCemetery7.9 mi
- Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary and CemeteryWheat Ridge, COCemetery8.0 mi
- Morrison CemeteryDakota Ridge, COCemetery8.0 mi
- Olinger Hampden Memorial Gardens CemeteryCherry Creek, COMemorial park8.5 mi
- Fairmount MortuaryGlendale, COCemetery8.8 mi
Funeral homes near Fort Logan National Cemetery
- Horan & McConaty Funeral Service and Cremation2.1 miCremation provider · Lakewood · (303) 986-9615
- Baker Funeral Home llc Formerly Hoy-Baker FH2.5 miFuneral home · Englewood · (720) 809-6126
- Fort Logan Mortuary2.6 miMortuary · Lakewood · (303) 922-6279
- Romero Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Lakewood · (303) 276-6681
- Abbott Funeral Services3.2 miFuneral home · Denver · (303) 204-5685
- Encore Funeral & Cremation Service3.2 miCremation provider · Denver · (303) 935-5989
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