National cemetery
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas
Overview
About Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery is a national cemetery in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. The grounds sit at about 663 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 171 notable people buried here, including Glenn Corbett, Charles Alvin Beckwith and Greer Skousen. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2701928. The nearest other listed cemetery is Congregation Beth El Memorial Park, about 1.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Memorial Services Detachment in San Antonio, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 163 cemeteries we list in Bexar County, and 67 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 9 of the 163 listings in Bexar County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable burials
Notable people buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Among them: 61 World War II veterans, 19 World War I veterans, 18 Korean War veterans, 12 Medal of Honor recipients, 12 Vietnam War veterans, 8 football players, 8 aviators and astronauts, 3 actors.
- Glenn Corbett1933-1993American actor
- Charles Alvin Beckwith1929-1994Innovative U.S. Army officer
- Greer Skousen1916-1988Mexican basketball player
- William Steele1888-1966Actor
- Sidney Hinds1900-1991American military officer and sport shooter
- Charles P. Hall1886-1953United States Army general during World War II
- Richard E. Cavazos1929-2017U.S. Army general
- William C. Chase1895-1986United States Army general in World War II
- Doc Blanchard1924-2009American football player and coach
- Mary E. Clarke1924-2011United States Army major general
- Roscoe B. Woodruff1891-19751915 West Point graduate and career U.S. Army officer 1915-1953.
- Roy Benavidez1935-1998United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Show all 171 notable burials
- David Lee "Tex" Hill1915-2007United States general
- Frank Tejeda1945-1997United States Marine
- Harry George Armstrong1899-1983United States Marine and aviation expert
- Innis P. Swift1882-1953United States Army general
- Joseph A. Green1881-1963United States general
- Lucian Adams1922-2003United States Army recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Bob Shaw1915-2005American actor
- Don Walser1934-2006American musician
- Emil F. Reinhardt1888-1969United States Army general
- Frank Snyder1895-1962American baseball player and coach
- John Howell Collier1898-1980United States general
- John L. Pierce1895-1959U.S. Army general
- José M. López1910-2005Mexican World War II Medal of Honor recipient
- Ralph E. Haines, Jr.1913-2011American army general
- Robert L. Rutherford1938-2013American general
- William J. Bordelon1920-1943Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- William Robertson Desobry1918-1996United States Army field commander during Cold War, and Lieutenant General in the United States Army
- Allen M. Burdett, Jr.1921-1980American military personnel
- Bennie L. Davis1928-2012United States Air Force general
- Cecil H. Bolton1908-1965U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Edward Thomas Williams1901-1973United States Army general
- Francis Dodd1899-1973American brigadier general
- Henry I. Hodes1899-1962United States general
- Henry Terrell, Jr.1890-1971United States general
- Herbert J. Brees1877-1958United States general
- Herbert Spiro1924-2010American political scientist and diplomat
- James Fuller McKinley1880-1941Adjutant General from 1933 to 1935
- Julius Woeltz1911-1956American artist
- Lloyd Herbert Hughes1921-1943United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
- Lonnie R. Moore1920-1956American flying ace
- Ralph Parr1924-2012American flying ace
- William G. Harrell1922-1964United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- Alvin Luedecke1910-1998United States Air Force general
- Barney M. Giles1892-1984United States Army Air Forces general during World War II
- Beaumont Bonaparte Buck1860-1950American Army general
- Carl H. Jark1905-1984US military personnel
- Edward Albert Kreger1868-1955American Major General
- Everett B. Cole1910-2001American writer
- Frank T. Mildren1913-1990United States general
- George Grunert1881-1971United States Army general
- George H. McManus1867-1954U.S. Army general
- Gerald Evan Williams1907-1949American army officer
- Henry J. F. Miller1890-1949US Army general
- I.B. Donalson1915-2006Colonel in the United States Air Force and flying ace in World War II
- Joe Sage1920-1977American lawyer and state legislator
- Johnny Lucadello1919-2001American baseball player
- Joseph Harold Moore1914-2006United States general
- Karl Greenwald1888-1986American equestrian
- Ken Cooper1923-1997Player of American football
- Lillian Dunlap1922-2003American army officer and military nurse
- Milton A. Lee1949-1968United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Oscar Bergstrom Abbott1890-1969American General
- Peter Johnson1857-1943United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Richard Bronaugh Barnitz1891-1960American airport manager
- Robert B. Williams1901-1977American Air Force general
- Robert Wesley Colglazier, Jr.1904-1993Lieutenant General
- Samuel Tankersley Williams1896-1984United States Army general
- Therese Slone-Baker1917-2013Retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel
- William H. Schneider1934-1994American Army general
- Augustine McIntyre Jr.1876-1954U.S. Army major general
- Carl Raguse1902-1988American military officer and equestrian
- Charles Passmore Graham1927-2021American Army General
- Cleto Rodriguez1923-1990United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Edward J. York1912-1984Colonel in the United States Air Force
- Eugene L. Eubank1892-1997United States Air Force general
- Francis Don Miller1920-1996American military officer and Olympic committee leader
- Frank F. Ledford, Jr.1934-2019U.S. Army surgeon general
- George Acheson1904-1989American Air Force general
- George W. Mundy1905-2000American military officer
- Guy Carleton1857-1946United States Army general
- Harry H. Johnson1895-1987United States general
- Hector Quintanilla1923-1998American Air force investigator
- Henry Russell Spicer1909-1968United States Air Force general
- James E. Robinson, Jr.1918-1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Jay T. Robbins1919-2001United States Air Force general
- Joe Cusack1868-1930American football player
- John G. Van Houten1904-1974United States Army general
- Joseph Lennard Mason1915-1974Colonel in the United States Air Force
- Lewis S Turner1888-1951
- Napoleon Riley1881-1941American football player, army officer
- Olie Cordill1916-1988American football player
- Seth L. Weld1879-1958Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient
- Walter G. Benz Jr.1919-2010American flying ace
- William Charles Ocker1880-1942(1880-1942) American aviation pioneer + military
- Arthur James Coyle1897-1989American aviator
- Bertram A. Bone1893-1961U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General
- Charles C. Pixley1923-2005United States general
- Charles I. Murray1896-1977United States Marine Corps general
- Charles W. Lawrence1901-1982American Air Force general
- Clarence T. "Curly" Edwinson1912-1985American flying ace
- Dutch Connor1895-1978American football player and sports coach
- Edward C. Kenney1904-1983American Navy surgeon general
- Edward C. Spaulding1912-1975American Army officer
- Elmer Adler1892-1970American general
- Francis A. March1895-1967American Army general
- Frank M. Townsend1914-2001American Air Force physician and pathologist
- Frank Walsh1905-1985American baseball umpire
- Frederick Gilbreath1888-1969United States Army general
- Gene Offield1927-2005American football player and coach
- George Ruhlen1911-2003
- Gustavo C. Garcia1915-1964American lawyer
- Guy S. Meloy III1930-2013
- Henry Berryman Terrell Jr.1896-1978
- James Johnson Kelly1928-2018Tuskegee Airmen
- James P. Hodges1894-1992American Air Force general
- John K. Boles1916-1980
- John P. Flynn1922-1979United States Air Force officer
- John W. White1910-1992United States Air Force general
- Joseph B. Starker1929-1975United States Army general
- Joseph W. Manske1921-1998Colonel in the United States Air Force and participant of the Doolittle Raid
- Karen J. Wagner1961-2001United States Army officer, victim of the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon
- Kyle L. Riddle1913-2008US Air Force Brigadier General
- Mahlon Eugene Gates1919-2008American military personnel
- Ralph A. Snavely1898-1995American Air Force general
- Roger J. Price1934-2011
- Rolia H. Whitinger1916-2001Recipient of the Bronze Star Medal
- Samuel J. Brown1917-1990United States Air Forces fighter pilot
- Spurgeon Neel1919-2003Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
- Thomas Ellis (Tuskegee Airman)1920-2018US airman, one of the Tuskegee Airmen
- Travis Hoover1917-2004United States Air Force colonel; participant in the Doolittle Raid
- William A. McElreath1915-1993American football coach and administrator
- William J. Cummings, Jr.1911-2007American Air Force officer
- William L. Lee1903-1976American Air Force general
- William Millican Randolphborn 1893
- William Sharp McNair1868-1936American general
- William V. Rattan1890-1985American-football player (1890-)
- Alice Pfeiffer1917-2006World War II and Korean War veteran
- Anna Spillman Atteberry1920-2011World War II veteran
- Betty Vogel1921-2005World War II veteran
- Bob Walters1927-2020American athletics competitor
- Brayton C. Ives1834-1857
- Carl J. Ekmark1882-1973American photographer and postcard publisher
- Charles Lee Prather1899-1978American economist
- Claude Vivian Birkhead1880-1950
- David M. Himmelblau1923-2011Chemical engineer
- Dorothy Lenzen1918-2008
- Edward Appleton Keyes1880-1957U.S. Army officer (1880-1957), namesake of Keyes Peak in California
- Everett Pruitt1921-1991U.S. Army service member, 370th Infantry Battalion Honor Guard
- Gerald Runkle1924-2021American philosopher and author
- Granville C. Coggs1925-2019American fighter pilot
- Harrison M. Stoneback1899-1961Instructor in military science and tactics
- Helen McQueen Forsyth Keyes1887-1971Namesake of Helen Lake near the head of Cherry Creek, Emigrant Wilderness
- Henry Wyatt Isbell1887-1971Military officer and professor of military science
- Hugh Lafayette Applewhite1874-1939Professor of military science and colonel in the United States Army
- Hurley Fuller1894-1975U.S. Army Colonel
- Irvin Alexander1896-1963American military officer
- Jean Schiffman1924-2014Korean War and Vietnam War veteran
- John C. Schwarzwalder1917-1992American broadcaster, educational television pioneer
- Joy Ann Leon1923-2008Professor of nursing
- Laura Jacquelin Coggin1931-2013American Vietnam War veteran
- Mildred C. Fritz1924-2010Korean War and Vietnam War veteran
- Paul Ader1919-2000Writer
- Perry B. McElroy, Jr.1918-2004Military officer and professor of military science
- Peter D. Duff1906-1990Instructor in military science and tactics
- Stanton L. Fickel1917-2003Professor of military science
- Thomas C. Hawkinsdied 1917Buffalo Soldier
- Thomas Welch Blackburn1892-1964American aviator
- Wilfred Edmund Baker1924-1991American explosion researcher
- Willard E. Benning1893-1981Professor of military science
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fort Sam Houston 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.
Map
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29.47559, -98.42417
Services & features
What Fort Sam Houston 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
- Congregation Beth El Memorial Park1715 Austin Highway, San Antonio, TXMemorial park1.5 mi
- Agudas Achim Memorial GardensWindcrest, TXMemorial park1.6 mi
- Sunset Memorial ParkWindcrest, TXMemorial park1.6 mi
- Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word CemeterySan Antonio, TXCemetery2.5 mi
- Perrin CemeteryWindcrest, TXCemetery3.6 mi
- Beitel Memorial CemeteryWindcrest, TXCemetery3.7 mi
- Bueche CemeteryWindcrest, TXCemetery3.9 mi
- Agudas Achim CemeterySan Antonio, TXJewish cemetery4.4 mi
- Temple Beth El Hebrew CemeterySan Antonio, TXJewish cemetery4.4 mi
- Dignowity CemeterySan Antonio, TXCemetery4.4 mi
Funeral providers
Funeral homes near Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
- Memorial Services Detachment0.6 miFuneral home · San Antonio · (210) 824-8404
- Funeral Caring USA1.8 miFuneral home · San Antonio · (210) 822-4445
- Funeral Caring USA1.9 miFuneral home · San Antonio · (210) 822-4445
- Sutton-Sutton & Woodards Mortuary3.7 miMortuary · San Antonio · (210) 359-6037
- D W Brooks Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · San Antonio · (210) 223-2045
- Lewis Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · San Antonio · (210) 227-7281
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery located?
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery is at 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, TX 78209 in Bexar County. GPS coordinates: 29.47559, -98.42417.
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