World War II veterans buried in North Carolina
Wikidata records 21 World War II veterans as buried in 17 of the cemeteries we list in North Carolina. Salisbury National Cemetery in Salisbury holds the most, with 3. North Carolina has the 29th highest count of any state, out of 3,181 nationally.
People recorded as having taken part in World War II.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
World War II veterans buried in North Carolina
- John Christenbury1907-1944American sports coachOakwood Cemetery, Statesville, NC
- William C. Lee1895-1948United States generalGreenwood Cemetery, Dunn, NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham1896-1957American politicianSalem Cemetery, Winston-Salem, NC
- Thomas James Wilson1902-1969American publishing executiveOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Itimous Thaddeus Valentine1887-1970American judgeOakdale Cemetery, Spring Hope, NC
- Kenneth Claiborne Royall1894-1971United States generalWillow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, NC
- Grant Alonzo Black1913-1976(1913-1976) United States Air Force pilotRaleigh National Cemetery, Raleigh, NC
- Gig Young1913-1978American actorGreen Hill Cemetery, Waynesville, NC
- Al Evans1916-1979Major League Baseball playerKenly Cemetery, Kenly, NC
- Stan Spence1915-1983American baseball playerMaplewood Cemetery, Kinston, NC
- Wallace Wade1892-1986American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coachMaplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC
- Floyd McKissick1922-1991Civil Rights ActivistMcKissick Family Cemetery, Norlina, NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain1913-2002American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Tarboro, NC
- Woodrow Wilson Jones1914-2002American politicianRutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, NC
- Norma Petree Shaver1921-2002U.S. military veteranOakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
- Robert K. Morgan1918-2004United States Air Force officerWestern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, Black Mountain, NC
- James H. Semans1910-2005American urologist and philanthropist in arts and arts-education in North CarolinaMaplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC
- J. Burton Linker, Jr.1923-2016American electrical engineerOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Olga L. Lathrop1924-2019U.S. military veteranSalisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury, NC
- Lloyd Hogan1923-2019American economist and activistSalisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury, NC
- Arthur Rogers1926-2020Early victim of the COVID-19 pandemicSalisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury, NC
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1940s2
- 1950s1
- 1960s1
- 1970s5
- 1980s2
- 1990s1
- 2000s5
- 2010s3
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 21 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Salisbury National Cemetery · Salisbury, NC3
- Old Chapel Hill Cemetery · Chapel Hill, NC2
- Maplewood Cemetery · Durham, NC2
- Raleigh National Cemetery · Raleigh, NC1
- Greenwood Cemetery · Tarboro, NC1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Statesville, NC1
- Greenwood Cemetery · Dunn, NC1
- Green Hill Cemetery · Waynesville, NC1
- Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery · Black Mountain, NC1
- Kenly Cemetery · Kenly, NC1
- McKissick Family Cemetery · Norlina, NC1
- Oakdale Cemetery · Spring Hope, NC1
- Oakdale Cemetery · Wilmington, NC1
- Willow Dale Cemetery · Goldsboro, NC1
- Maplewood Cemetery · Kinston, NC1
- Rutherfordton City Cemetery · Rutherfordton, NC1
- Salem Cemetery · Winston-Salem, NC1
Other notable burials in North Carolina
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.