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Fort Logan National Cemetery

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Established
  
1887

Country
  
United States

No. of graves
  
122,000

Phone
  
+1 303-761-0117

Location
  
Denver, Colorado

Size
  
214 acres (87 ha)

Founded
  
1887

Fort Logan National Cemetery

Type
  
United States National Cemetery

Address
  
4400 W Kenyon Ave, Denver, CO 80236, USA

Hours
  
Closed now Tuesday8AM–4:30PMWednesday8AM–4:30PMThursday8AM–4:30PMFriday8AM–4:30PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–4:30PM

Burials
  
Maximo Yabes, William E. Adams, Karl H. Timmermann

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Fort Logan National Cemetery is a National Military Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. Fort Logan was named after Union General John A. Logan, commander of US Volunteer forces during the American Civil War. It contains 214 acres (87 ha) and has over 122,000 interments as of 2014. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

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History

Fort Logan itself was established on October 31, 1887, and was in continuous use until 1960 when most of the acreage except for the cemetery was turned over to the state of Colorado. The national cemetery was created in 1950.

Notable burials

  • Medal of Honor recipients
  • Major William E. Adams (1939–1971) – U.S. Army, A/227th Assault Helicopter Co., 52nd Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade. Kontum Province, Republic of Vietnam, May 25, 1971.
  • First Sergeant Maximo Yabes (1932–1967) – U.S. Army, Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Phu Hoa Dong, Republic of Vietnam, February 26, 1967
  • Private John Davis (1838–1901) – Company F, 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry. Culloden, Georgia, April 1865 (Civil War) (cenotaph)
  • Others
  • George R. Caron (1919–1995) – tail gunner on the Enola Gay
  • John A. Carroll (1901–1995) – United States Representative and Senator
  • John F. Curry (1886–1973) – Major General and first commander of the Civil Air Patrol
  • Byron "Mex" Johnson (1911–2005) – Negro League baseball player
  • Ernest Klingbeil (1908–1995) – professional hockey player
  • Arthur Harvey (1895–1976) – oil pioneer and a veteran of World War I and World War II
  • Richard H. Kindig (1916–2008) – photographer noted for documenting the rail transport industry of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains
  • Fitzroy Newsum (1918–2013) – original member of the Tuskegee Airmen
  • Karl H. Timmermann (1922–1951) – Commanded the unit which captured the Rhine River's Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen during World War II
  • Steven Curnow, Kyle Velasquez- Victims of the Columbine High School Massacre

    • References

    Fort Logan National Cemetery Wikipedia
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