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World War II veterans buried in New York

Wikidata records 258 World War II veterans as buried in 77 of the cemeteries we list in New York. West Point Cemetery in West Point holds the most, with 106. New York has the 3rd highest count of any state, out of 3,181 nationally.

People recorded as having taken part in World War II.

258
World War II veterans
77
cemeteries
2%
of notable burials in New York
1970s
the decade with the most deaths (45)

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Best documented

World War II veterans buried in New York

Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 258. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.

Over time

Deaths by decade

  • 1920s1
  • 1940s28
  • 1950s12
  • 1960s36
  • 1970s45
  • 1980s31
  • 1990s34
  • 2000s43
  • 2010s27
  • 2020s1

By recorded year of death, for the 258 people with one.

Cemeteries

Where they are buried

Top 25 of 77 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.

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Other notable burials in New York

Writers and poets1,028Actors883United States representatives824Business leaders596Musicians and singers535Painters, sculptors and photographers474Journalists341American Civil War veterans300Medal of Honor recipients244Scientists241Inventors and engineers214Physicians194Baseball players191World War I veterans180Architects105American football players68Mexican-American War veterans58Spanish-American War veterans57Basketball players52Aviators and astronauts49Governors45Korean War veterans45United States senators44Vietnam War veterans36Boxers30Pulitzer Prize winners24War of 1812 veterans23

World War II veterans in every state

Method

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.

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