About Willamette National Cemetery
Willamette National Cemetery is a national cemetery near Happy Valley, Multnomah County, Oregon. It lies about 1.0 mi south of Happy Valley. It is operated by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It carries a heritage listing (NRHP 16000426). Wikidata records 53 notable people buried here, including Clifton James, Mark Hatfield and Harold Barron. The nearest other listed cemetery is Portland Chinese Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Portland, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 41 cemeteries we list in Multnomah County, and 57 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 6 of the 41 listings in Multnomah County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Happy Valley. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Willamette National Cemetery
Among them: 11 World War II veterans, 9 baseball players, 7 writers, 4 football players, 4 Korean War veterans, 4 Medal of Honor recipients, 4 World War I veterans, 3 US senators.
- Clifton James1920-2017American actor
- Mark Hatfield1922-2011American politician, governor of Oregon and U. S. Senator
- Harold Barron1894-1978Athletics competitor
- Wright King1923-2018American actor
- Farnsworth Wright1888-1940American editor
- Thomas E. Martin1893-1971American politician
- Donald Malarkey1921-2017American army noncommissioned officer
- Alexander G. Barry1892-1952United States Army officer
- Gerald J. Wasserburg1927-2016American geologist
- Scott Leavitt1879-1966American politician
- Carson Bigbee1895-1964American baseball player
- James Blue1930-1980American film director and screenwriter
Show all 53 notable burials
- Stanley T. Adams1922-1999United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Arnold L. Bjorklund1918-1979U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Dink O'Brien1894-1971American baseball player
- Elwood Towner1897-1954American lawyer
- Emerson C. Itschner1903-1995American military engineer; recipient of the Purple Heart medal
- George Freese1926-2014American baseball player
- George Scott1895-1962American baseball player
- Howie Haworth1893-1953American baseball player
- James A. Redden1929-2020American politician
- Larry G. Dahl1949-1971United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Len Younce1917-2000American football player
- Loren R. Kaufman1923-1951United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Willard Joseph Chamberlin1890-1971American entomologist
- Helen Beardsley1930-2000American writer
- Milt Davis1929-2008Player of American football
- Robert Y. Thornton1910-2003American politician
- William G. East1908-1985American judge
- Anne Walsh Willer1923-2017American politician
- Bill Pertica1898-1967American baseball player
- Bruce Hitt1897-1973Major League Baseball pitcher
- Homer N. Wallin1893-1984United States Navy admiral
- Joe Erautt1921-1976Canadian baseball player
- John Witte1933-1993American football player, lineman, tackle
- Ray Novotny1907-1995American football player and coach
- Bill Richter1916-2007American sports coach and college president
- Dane Paresi1963-2009US Army Master Sergeant
- Ethel Fortner1907-1987American writer
- Eugene Francis Klare1926-2008American investigative reporter and columnist based in Oregon
- Fred L. Peterson1896-1985American mayor
- George Alan Connor1895-1973
- Jim Spagg1939-2004Artist, Free speech activist
- Kenneth L. Reusser1920-2009Navy Cross recipient
- Wayne M. Bissell1921-1997Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces and participant in the Doolittle Raid
- Clyde W. Deal1888-1978Founder, president and business manager of the Ferryboatmen's Union of California, later the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, from 1918 to 1941
- Donald Joseph Stewart1895-1996American architect, active in Oregon and Washington
- Elaine Gwilliam1927-1987
- Jeannette McPherson Gates1924-2012African American poet and teacher
- Mayer D. Schwartz1946-2015Computer scientist
- Richard H. Dana1927-2015American psychologist
- Thomas B. Thorson1917-1999American zoologist
- W. Arthur Boggs1916-1966American poet and English professor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Willamette 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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What Willamette 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.
Nearby cemeteries
- Portland Chinese CemeteryHappy Valley, ORCemetery0.6 mi
- Lincoln Memorial Park CemeteryHappy Valley, ORMemorial park0.6 mi
- Lincoln Memorial CemeteryHappy Valley, ORCemetery0.7 mi
- Willamette National CemeteryHappy Valley, ORNational cemetery0.7 mi
- Cristilla Pioneer CemeteryHappy Valley, ORCemetery1.6 mi
- Christillia CemeteryHappy Valley, ORCemetery1.6 mi
- Gethsemani CemeteryHappy Valley, ORCemetery1.9 mi
- Gethsemani Catholic CemeteryHappy Valley, ORCatholic cemetery1.9 mi
- Sunnyside Chimes Memorial GardenHappy Valley, ORMemorial park2.0 mi
- Sunnyside CemeteryHappy Valley, ORCemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Willamette National Cemetery
- Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Portland · (503) 771-1117
- Oregon Cremation Co2.0 miCremation provider · Happy Valley · (503) 847-9018
- Gethsemani Catholic Cemetery and Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Happy Valley · (503) 659-1350
- Sunnyside Little Chapel of the Chimes2.0 miFuneral chapel · Happy Valley · (503) 659-1184
- Sunnyside Funeral Cremation and Memorial Gardens2.0 miCremation provider · Happy Valley · (503) 298-4339
- Synergy First Call Mortuary, Inc.2.4 miMortuary · Portland · (971) 354-0659
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