Georgia National Cemetery

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

Georgia National Cemetery was opened in 2006. In 2014, there were in total over 8,000 graves on this cemetery. There is space for about 30,000 graves.


Georgia 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:

05 February 2008 , Staff Sergeant Donald T. Tabb, aged 29
13 July 2008 , Corporal Matthew Britten Phillips, aged 27
16 December 2008 , Private Colman Joseph Meadows III, aged 19
01 May 2009 , Specialist Ryan Charles King, aged 22
20 June 2009 , 1st Sergeant John David Blair, aged 38
15 February 2010 , Private 1st Class Jason Hill Estopinal, aged 21
03 July 2010 , Private 1st Class Jacob Anthony Dennis, aged 22
07 January 2011 , Lance Corporal Joseph Ryan Giese, aged 24
22 April 2012 , 1st Lieutenant Jonathan Patrick Walsh, aged 28
31 May 2012 , Staff Sergeant Alexander G. Povilaitis Jr., aged 47
17 December 2013 , Sergeant 1st Class Omar W. Forde, aged 28
24 October 2014 , Commander Christopher E. Kalafut, aged 49
21 September 2015 , Specialist Kyle E. Gilbert, aged 24
01 October 2015 , Airman 1st Class Kcey E. Ruiz, aged 21


Georgia 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:

23 September 2006 , Private 1st Class Kenneth Ellsworth Kincaid IV, aged 25
28 September 2006 , Lance Corporal James Chamroeun, aged 20
9 November 2006 , Lance Corporal Kristopher C. Warren, aged 19
25 December 2006 , Captain Hayes N. Clayton Jr., aged 29
1 September 2007 , Specialist Christopher Gabriel Patton, aged 21
8 September 2009 , 1st Lieutenant Joseph Dennis Helton Jr., aged 24
4 April 2011 , Specialist Gary Lee Nelson III, aged 20
29 September 2011 , Specialist Adrian G. Mills, aged 23

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons