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Fort Custer National Cemetery

The National Cemeteries in the U.S.A. are used for war graves, graves of U.S. military personnel, veterans and their spouses but not exclusively so. There are also special state veteran cemeteries.

In 2008, there were in total 23,863 graves on this cemetery.


Fort Custer National Cemetery contains the graves of the following people, who fought for the United States of America and who gave their lives in the War in Afghanistan and/or Operation Enduring Freedom:

08 August 2010 , Specialist Bradley D. Rappuhn, aged 24
01 October 2010 , Sergeant Anthony D. Matteoni, aged 22
04 October 2010 , Specialist Joseph Thomas "Joey" Prentler, aged 20
14 November 2010 , Specialist Shane Hasan Ahmed, aged 31
23 May 2011 , Private 1st Class Thomas Craig "Tom" Allers, aged 23
05 July 2011 , Staff Sergeant Joshua A. Throckmorton, aged 28
01 August 2012 , Sergeant Kyle B. McClain, aged 25
20 January 2013 , Sergeant Mark H. Schoonhoven, aged 38


Fort Custer National Cemetery contains the graves of the following people, who fought for the United States of America and who gave their lives in the War in Iraq and/or Operation Iraqi Freedom:

26 October 2005 , Master Sergeant Thomas Alexander Wallsmith, aged 38
26 December 2005 , Specialist Dane O. Carver, aged 20
7 January 2006 , Lance Corporal Jason T. Little, aged 20
15 March 2007 , Private 1st Class James L. Arnold, aged 21
4 September 2008 , Private 1st Class Bryan Richard Thomas, aged 22
15 September 2010 , Senior Airman James A. Hansen, aged 25

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Flickr

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