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Chalmette National Cemetery in Chalmette, Louisiana

Overview

About Chalmette National Cemetery

Chalmette National Cemetery is a national cemetery near Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 1.4 mi east of Chalmette. The grounds sit at about 7 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Lyons Wakeman and William H. Morgan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 560392. The nearest other listed cemetery is Freedmen's Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is St Bernard Memorial Funeral Home in Chalmette, about 1.9 mi away. It is one of 6 cemeteries we list in St. Bernard Parish, and 62 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chalmette. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Notable burials

Notable people buried at Chalmette National Cemetery

All in LA

Among them: 1 Civil War veteran.

  • Lyons Wakeman1843-1864
    Gender-nonconforming individual who was assigned female at birth and fought in the American Civil War as a man
  • Union Army general

People whose Wikidata entry gives Chalmette 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.

Map

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29.94103, -89.98812

Services & features

What Chalmette 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.

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