Established 1976 Type U.S. National Cemetery No. of graves 44,000 + Phone +1 717-865-5254 | Country United States Size 677 acres (274 ha) Founded 1976 | |
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Address Indiantown Gap Rd, Annville, PA 17003, USA Similar Days Inn Lebanon Indiantow, Friends of Memorial Lake and, Coleman Memorial Park, Grand View Memorial, Comfort Inn Lebanon Valley‑Ft | ||
Fort indiantown gap national cemetery
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in East Hanover Township, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it occupies approximately 677 acres (2.74 km2), and has over 44,000 interments, as of 2014.
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- Fort indiantown gap national cemetery
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- History
- Notable interments
- References
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History
Indiantown Gap derives its name from the various Native American communities that resided the region. Starting in the 1930s, it became a training area for the United States Army and control of the facility was turned over to the Pennsylvania National Guard in 1998.
In 1976, a section of Fort Indiantown Gap Military Reservation was selected as the national cemetery for the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia and West Virginia. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania donated land for the site to the US Veterans Administration (now known as the United States Department of Veterans Affairs), specifically the branch of the VA known as the National Cemetery Administration (NCA).
Since 1976, the Fort Indiantown Gap National Cemetery has been administered by the NCA and is separate entity from the section of Fort Indiantown Gap assigned to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Notable interments
Notable interments include: