World War I veterans buried in California
Wikidata records 207 World War I veterans as buried in 44 of the cemeteries we list in California. Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego holds the most, with 35. California has the 2nd highest count of any state, out of 1,874 nationally.
People recorded as having taken part in World War I.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
World War I veterans buried in California
- Walt Disney1901-1966American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney CompanyForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Humphrey Bogart1899-1957American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Buster Keaton1895-1966American actor, comedian and filmmakerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Raymond Chandler1888-1959American novelist and screenwriterMount Hope Cemetery, National City, CA
- Fritz Lang1890-1976Austrian filmmakerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Bela Lugosi1882-1956Hungarian-American actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Chester W. Nimitz1885-1966United States Navy fleet admiralGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
- Charles Laughton1899-1962British-American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- George Cukor1899-1983American film director and producerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Ronald Colman1891-1958British actorSanta Barbara Cemetery, Montecito, CA
- Theodore von Kármán1881-1963Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicistHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Victor McLaglen1886-1959British-American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Andranik Ozanian1865-1927Armenian politician and military personnelMountain View Cemetery, Fresno, CA
- Darryl F. Zanuck1902-1979American film producerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Jack Benny1894-1974American comedic entertainerHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Roy O. Disney1893-1971American businessman and producer, co-founder of The Walt Disney CompanyForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Adolphe Menjou1890-1963American actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Raymond A. Spruance1886-1969United States admiralGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
- James Whale1889-1957British-born American film directorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Louis Calhern1895-1956American stage and screen actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- William Cameron Menzies1896-1957American film production designer and art directorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- William Demarest1892-1983ActorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Paul Fix1901-1983American film and television character actor, best known for his work in WesternsWoodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, CA
- Jimmie Angel1899-1956American aviatorValhalla Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Gummo Marx1892-1977American comedianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Richard Boleslawski1889-1937Polish theatre and film director, actorCalvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Warren William1894-1948Broadway and Hollywood actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Jack Pickford1896-1933Canadian-American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Yakima Canutt1895-1986American rodeo rider, actor and stuntmanValhalla Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Holland Smith1882-1967United States Marine Corps generalFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- William Desmond Taylor1872-1922Irish-American film director and actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Art Acord1890-1931American silent film actor, stuntman, ranch handForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Ernst Toch1887-1964Austrian composerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Jerome Cowan1897-1972American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Alan Mowbray1896-1969British actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Norman Z. McLeod1895-1964American film directorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Tom Forman1893-1926American actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Richard Arlen1898-1976American actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Hoot Gibson1892-1962American actorInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Reginald Denny1891-1967British actor, aviator and businessmanForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Henry O'Neill1891-1961American film actorSan Fernando Mission Cemetery, Santa Clarita, CA
- George Zucco1886-1960British actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- John Boles1895-1969American actorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Hal Haig Prieste1896-2001American centenarian and Olympic bronze medalistInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Gene Austin1900-1972American singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Fred Thomson1890-1928American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Harold Rosson1895-1988American cinematographerHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Walter Wanger1894-1968American film producerHome of Peace Cemetery, Colma, CA
- Andrew Loomis1892-1959American artistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Wilhelm Thiele1890-1975Austrian film directorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Spencer Williams1893-1969American actor and filmmakerLos Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Jack Perrin1896-1967American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Robert Williams1894-1931American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Percy Helton1894-1971American actorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Bob Meusel1896-1977American baseball playerRose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery, Whittier, CA
- Ben Hardaway1895-1957American story artist and voice actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Bob Burns1890-1956American musical comedianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Joseph T. McNarney1893-1972United States Army generalForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Reed Howes1900-1964Model, actorFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Lester Cuneo1888-1925American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Forrest Taylor1883-1965American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Junius Matthews1890-1978American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Huntley Gordon1887-1956Canadian actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Herbert Mundin1897-1939British actorInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Laurence Stallings1894-1968American writerFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Guy Standing1873-1937British actorGrand View Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Hunter Liggett1857-1935American army officerSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- Vladimir Vitkovski1885-1978Russian White Army generalSerbian Cemetery, Colma, CA
- Viktorin Molchanov1886-1975Russian generalSerbian Cemetery, Colma, CA
- Fletcher Bowron1887-1968American mayorInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Clifton Sprague1896-1955United States U.S. Navy Vice admiralFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Charles A. Lockwood1890-1967United States admiralGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
- Miles J. Breuer1889-1945American physician and science fiction writerLos Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Chapman Grant1887-1983American zoologist, historian and publisherSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- John J. Phillips1887-1983US CongressmanDesert Memorial Park Cemetery, Cathedral City, CA
- Willis Winter Bradley1884-1954American politicianFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- LeRoy Prinz1895-1983American film director and choreographerLos Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- George Paul Miller1891-1982American politicianSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance1890-1932Canadian journalist, writer and actorInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Cecil R. King1898-1974American businessperson and politicianInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- William I. Traeger1880-1935American football player and coach, politicianAngelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Gatewood Lincoln1875-1957Naval officer and Governor of American SamoaFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Edward Hanson1889-1959U.S. Navy Vice admiral and Governor of American SamoaFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Frederick J. Horne1880-1959United States Navy Admiral and Navy Cross recipientFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Sam Dreben1878-1925American soldierGrand View Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- William J. Powell1897-1942AviatorLos Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- James H. Kindelberger1895-1962American businessmanWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Vsevolod Starosselsky1875-1935Soviet military personnelHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Nathan Asch1902-1964American authorGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
- Orin G. Murfin1876-1956United States Navy admiralFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Edward A. Craig1896-1994Lieutenant GeneralFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Emory Sherwood Adams1881-1967United States Army generalSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- John Henry Parker1866-1942United States Army generalSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- Al Espinosa1891-1957Professional golferSan Carlos Cemetery, Monterey, CA
- Mikhail Skorodumov1892-1963Russian generalHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- John R. Quinn1889-1979Commander of the American Legion, Los Angeles County SupervisorInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Wally Hood1895-1965American baseball playerRose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery, Whittier, CA
- Ora Graves1896-1961United States Navy Medal of Honor recipientFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- John T. Walker1893-1955Officer of the United States Marine CorpsFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Sidney Mashbir1891-1973Senior officer in the United States ArmyFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- William L. Calhoun1884-1963United States Navy admiralFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Charles Francis Bishop1888-1954United States Navy Medal of Honor recipientFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- William Russel Huber1903-1982United States Navy Medal of Honor recipientGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
- Ernest R. Redmond1883-1966United States Army officerGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
- William Badders1901-1986United States Navy sailorSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- Rapp Brush1889-1958American generalSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- Richard M. Blatchford1859-1934United States Army generalSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- Earl J. Atkisson1886-1941Colonel of the 1st Gas Regiment in World War ISanger Cemetery, Sanger, CA
- James J. Boyle1891-1970American politicianEternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, CA
- Clemence B. Horrall1895-1960American police officerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Thomas F. Cooke1863-1941American bankerHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- William George Bonelli1895-1970American politicianEternal Valley Memorial Park & Mortuary, Santa Clarita, CA
- Leonid Skipetrov1883-1956Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Daniel C. Jackling1869-1956American mining and metallurgical engineerCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Phillip C. Katz1889-1987United States Army Medal of Honor recipientCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Alphonse DeCarre1892-1977American military personnelFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Robert Blake1894-1983American military personnelGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
- John W. Roper1898-1963United States Navy admiralFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Walter N. Vernou1878-1955American Navy admiralFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Nelson M. Holderman1885-1953United States Army Medal of Honor recipientGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
- Ralph Van Deman1865-1952United States Army generalFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Ross Lindsey Iams1879-1952United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipientFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Thomas J. Cushman1895-1972American Marine Corps generalFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Edward L. Beach, Sr.1867-1943Author and United States Naval officerGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
- Cornelius C. Smith1869-1936United States Army Medal of Honor recipientEvergreen Cemetery, Riverside, CA
- William R. Munroe1886-1966United States Navy admiralFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Herman H. Hanneken1893-1986U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipientFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Middleton Stuart Elliott1872-1952United States Navy physician, admiral and Medal of Honor recipientFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Lewis R. Freeman1878-1960American journalistMountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, CA
- Bert Whaling1888-1965American baseball playerLos Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- John Henry Balch1896-1980United States Navy Medal of Honor recipientRiverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA
- Dwight Johns1894-1977United States Army generalSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- Adam Casad1878-1927American football playerSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- Charles S. Farnsworth1862-1955United States Army generalSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- Jesse A. Ladd1887-1957American generalSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- Eugene M. Landrum1891-1967American Army generalSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- Lloyd Seibert1889-1972United States Army Medal of Honor recipientSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- James Woodruff1877-1969American military officerSan Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
- Leslie E. Gehres1898-1975American Navy admiralGlen Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, CA
- P. P. Petrov1882-1967Serbian Cemetery, Colma, CA
- Howard Burdick1891-1975American flying aceForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- A. J. Sturzenegger1888-1949American football and baseball player and coachForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Robert Garner Curran1870-1948American writer, lecturer, magazine editor, traveler, and philatelistInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Frederick Coppins1889-1963Canadian soldier (1889-1963); recipient of the Victoria CrossChapel of the Chimes Cemetery, Union City, CA
- Pelham D. Glassford1883-1959US Army generalFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Albert M. Jones1890-1967American major general during World War IIGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
- Harold Benjamin Fiske1871-1960US Brigadier GeneralFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Stanley E. Ridderhof1896-1962United States Marine Corps generalFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Albert W. Marshall1874-1958American Navy admiralFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Archie F. Howard1892-1964U.S. Marine Corps Major GeneralFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 207. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Deaths by decade
- 1910s2
- 1920s9
- 1930s17
- 1940s22
- 1950s45
- 1960s55
- 1970s36
- 1980s19
- 1990s1
- 2000s1
By recorded year of death, for the 207 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery · San Diego, CA35
- San Francisco National Cemetery · San Francisco, CA28
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Glendale, CA24
- Golden Gate National Cemetery · San Bruno, CA15
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Burbank, CA13
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA11
- Los Angeles National Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA10
- Inglewood Park Cemetery · Inglewood, CA8
- Westwood Memorial Park · Santa Monica, CA5
- Santa Barbara Cemetery · Montecito, CA5
- Cypress Lawn Memorial Park · Colma, CA4
- Riverside National Cemetery · Riverside, CA3
- Serbian Cemetery · Colma, CA3
- Grand View Memorial Park · Burbank, CA3
- Holy Cross Cemetery · Inglewood, CA3
- Rose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery · Whittier, CA2
- Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum · Altadena, CA2
- Calvary Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA2
- Evergreen Cemetery · Riverside, CA2
- Greenwood Cemetery · National City, CA2
- Valhalla Memorial Park · Burbank, CA2
- San Fernando Mission Cemetery · Santa Clarita, CA2
- Goleta Cemetery · Goleta, CA2
- Home of Peace Cemetery · Colma, CA1
- San Carlos Cemetery · Monterey, CA1
Top 25 of 44 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Other notable burials in California
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.