National cemetery
Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York
Overview
About Long Island National Cemetery
Long Island National Cemetery is a national cemetery in Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York. The grounds sit at about 95 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 100 notable people buried here, including Joe Simon, Helen Kane and Wynton Kelly. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 955867. The nearest other listed cemetery is Pinelawn Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Long Island Cremation Co Inc in West Babylon, about 1.7 mi away. It is one of 216 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 77 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Suffolk County dates to 1826. 10 of the 216 listings in Suffolk County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable burials
Notable people buried at Long Island National Cemetery
Among them: 26 World War II veterans, 20 Medal of Honor recipients, 13 musicians, 13 World War I veterans, 12 actors, 11 artists, 10 writers, 6 football players.
- Joe Simon1913-2011American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher
- Helen Kane1904-1966American actress
- Wynton Kelly1931-1971American jazz pianist
- William Redfield1927-1976American actor
- Noble Sissle1889-1975African-American jazz musician
- Leon Dabo1864-1960American artist
- Frank Silvera1914-1970Actor
- Jules Munshin1915-1970American actor
- Zutty Singleton1898-1975American jazz drummer
- Mignon G. Eberhart1899-1996Novelist
- Russell Gleason1907-1945American actor
- Bob Sheppard1910-2010Yankee Stadium announcer
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- Herbie Nichols1919-1963American musician
- Jerry Tucker1925-2016American child actor
- Judith Lowry1890-1976American actress
- Maurice Gosfield1913-1964American actor
- Pat Flaherty1897-1970American actor and baseball player
- William Aalto1915-1958United States Army soldier
- Joseph W. Sarno1921-2010American film director
- James Young Deer1876-1946American actor
- Martin Meulenberg1872-1941German Catholic bishop
- Frank J. Becker1899-1981American politician
- Stick McGhee1917-1961African-American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Lee J. Ames1921-2011American illustrator
- Neil Cohalan1906-1968American basketball coach
- Angelo Antonio Rizzuto1906-1967American photographer
- Charles W. Shea1921-1994United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Henry Dumas1934-1968American writer
- James H. Fay1899-1948American politician, New York
- Malcolm Jameson1891-1945US Navy officer and author
- William Artis1914-1977American artist
- William Henry Thompson1927-1950Korean War Medal of Honor recipient
- Alfred B. Nietzel1921-1944Medal of Honor recipient
- August Holtz1871-1938United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Bill Rooney1896-1966American football player
- Frank Haynes1928-1965American musician
- Frank Henry Schwarz1894-1951American artist
- Frank Owen1893-1968American writer
- James A. Walsh1897-1960United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- James Tim Brymn1881-1946American musician
- John J. Kedenburg1946-1968United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Joseph R. Julian1918-1945United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- Lionel Monagas1889-1945American actor
- Michael Valente1895-1976United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Sydney G. Gumpertz1879-1971United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Violet Moore Higgins1886-1967American cartoonist, children's book illustrator, and writer
- Alfred J. Kennedy1877-1944American politician
- Beatrice Mary MacDonald1881-1969American nurse
- Bernard J. Ray1921-1944U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient
- George A. Murphy1923-2015American politician in New York
- Joe Williams1896-1949American football player
- John E. Warren, Jr.1946-1969United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Joseph E. Schaefer1918-1987United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Ludwig Mactarian1908-1955American artist
- Robert Galbraith1878-1949United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Samuel Countee1909-1959American artist
- Stephen Karopczyc1944-1967United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- T. Frederick Candlyn1892-1964British musician
- Thomas Mitchell1857-1942United States Navy sailor, recipient of the Medal of Honor
- William T. Hanna1920-1942United States Marine
- Carlos Lozada1946-1967United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Curtis Reginald Lewis1918-1969American songwriter
- Dick Poillon1920-1994American football player
- Harry Cykman1921-1994American violinist
- Heinrich Behnke1882-1952United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Irvin Brooks1891-1966American baseball player
- Jack A. Bade1920-1963American flying ace
- Jim Frugone1897-1972American gridiron football player
- John Crosby Jr.1951-2017American gymnast
- Joseph A. Flaherty, Jr.1930-2018American media executive
- Lauritz Nelson1860-1941United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Max Gerlach1885-1958Literary model for The Great Gatsby
- Roy Waldron1894-1963Horse trainer
- Royal Huddleston Burpee1897-1987American physiologist
- Edward W. Jacko1916-1979American civil rights lawyer
- Enya Gonzalez1915-1982Filipina singer
- Francis George Norton1900-1960American military veteran
- George William Rankin1919-1942
- Jack Clifford1880-1956Italian-born American boxer, dancer
- Jerome Morley Lynch1870-1951American surgeon and writer
- John Everetts1873-1956United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- John F. Blake1895-1974American athlete and coach
- John Gerard Chipura1961-2001American firefighter of FDNY, former police officer of NYPD and retired marine of USMC (1961-2001), first responder and victims of the September 11 attacks
- Loretta Ellen Brady1895-1956American children's book author and veteran of the Women's Army Corps
- Ray Malone1925-1970American tap dancer
- William Henry Gowan1884-1957United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Bervick Cahee1919-1987U.S. Army service member, 370th Infantry Battalion
- Catherine Agnes McLaughlin1893-1989American housewife
- Dorothy McKay1903-1974American cartoonist
- Gabriel Vitale1938-1980NYPD officer killed in line of duty
- Henry C. Hull1892-1966American World War I soldier
- Kathleen Murray1928-1969American actor
- Larry Conley1895-1960American songwriter, bandleader and trombonist
- Martin Zebersky1925-1944American WW2 airman
- Percival Clinton Thomas1879-1956American artist, 1879-1956
- Pierre de Rohan1891-1958America theatre critic
- Robert L. Coe1902-1975Broadcast executive who later taught communications at Ohio University and Temple University
- Samuel Melitzer1888-1970Basketball player and coach
- Thomas N. Savino1915-1944Technician fifth grade, United States Army; fallen operative in Ginny Mission II
- W. Nephew King1858-1943American writer and naval officer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Long Island 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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40.75638, -73.39578
Services & features
What Long Island 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.
Within 15 miles
Nearby cemeteries
- Pinelawn CemeteryWheatley Heights, NYCemetery0.5 mi
- Pinelawn Memorial ParkEast Farmingdale, NYMemorial park0.6 mi
- Pinelawn Memorial Park and Garden MausoleumsEast Farmingdale, NYMemorial park0.7 mi
- Pinelawn CemeteryEast Farmingdale, NYCemetery0.9 mi
- Beth Moses Cemetery1500 North Wellwood Avenue, West Babylon, NYJewish cemetery1.1 mi
- Wellwood Cemetery1400 North Wellwood Avenue, West Babylon, NYJewish cemetery1.3 mi
- Cemetery of the ResurrectionEast Farmingdale, NYCemetery1.3 mi
- Saint Charles CemeteryEast Farmingdale, NYCatholic cemetery1.6 mi
- Lower Melville CemeteryOld Bethpage, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Saint John's Catholic CemeteryNorth Lindenhurst, NYCatholic cemetery2.1 mi
Funeral providers
Funeral homes near Long Island National Cemetery
- Artistic Memorials1.6 miMonument dealer · West Babylon · (516) 753-9491
- Fox Memorials1.6 miMonument dealer · West Babylon · (631) 490-5986
- Long Island Cremation Co Inc1.7 miCremation provider · West Babylon · (631) 293-6664
- Eden Memorial Jewish Funeral Home and Chapel New York1.8 miFuneral home · West Babylon · (631) 612-6206
- Star of David Memorial Chapels Inc1.8 miFuneral home · West Babylon · (631) 454-9600
- Eternal Memorials1.8 miMonument dealer · West Babylon · (631) 755-1200
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Long Island National Cemetery located?
Long Island National Cemetery is at 2040 Wellwood Avenue, Farmingdale, NY 11735 in Suffolk County. GPS coordinates: 40.75638, -73.39578.
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