Veterans Graves in Pierce County, WA
WPA Project - 1939
 
Introduction:
 
By 1939 at least 2,700 veterans were buried throughout Pierce County. They had served in various wars: Indian, Mexican, Civil, Spanish-American, WWI, and even the Boer War and Boxer Rebellion. In 1939 a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project was launched to identify graves and record more than 20 pieces of information on 5x8 inch index cards. The data was from cemetery records, death certificates, and service records.
 
What follows is a Name Index plus 8 items from the WPA cards. A card might also have rank, organization, birth date, and cause of death. A remarks section might indicate that the veteran was a clergyman, a nurse, a musician, or in one case: “served as a drummer boy for three months and was sent home as being too young for service.” Not all sections were filled in on all cards. These cards are in the holdings of the Northwest Room of the Tacoma Public Library. Contact the Library for additional information. Note that this list does NOT include all veterans buried in Pierce County prior to 1939.
 
A resource for a cemetery’s physical location and its records’ location (not always the same) is the Pierce County, WA Cemeteries list on our society’s website at: https://tpcgs.org/cemeteryRecords.php
 
Note: Dates are in standard American numerical form of month/day/year.
 
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Actions Surname Given Name Cemetery War
View Record Van Horn Sextus N. Tacoma Mausoleum Civil
View Record Van Ogle not given Sumner Pioneer Cemetery not given
View Record Van Scoyoc Stephen Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Van Slyke Alfred Vaughn Bay Cemetery Civil
View Record Van Staen Henry Camp Lewis Cemetery WW I
View Record Van Vechten Robert C. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Van Voris Howard H. Mountain View Memorial Park WW I
View Record Vance James N. Woodlawn Abbey Mausoleum not given
View Record Vancleve Asa M. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Vanderhoff John Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Mexican
View Record Vanderwalle Constantinus Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery WW I
View Record Vawter Charles D. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Spanish-American
View Record Veach William W. Buckley Cemetery not given
View Record Veasey Joel Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Veazie Benjamin F. Mountain View Memorial Park WW I
View Record Venegas Juan Camp Lewis Cemetery WW I
View Record Venus Joseph A. Calvary Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum Civil
View Record Vine Oliver Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Voorhees Abram Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Wade Lawrence W. Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Wadkins John Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Wadsworth Dexter C. Oakwood Hill Cemetery not given
View Record Wadsworth Horace Everett Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Waggoner Jesse Claude Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Waite Maurice B. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Wakefield Ray Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Wakefield Richard A. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Waldron William F. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Walker Earstus M. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Walker Hiram A. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Spanish-American
View Record Walker James Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Walker James Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Walker William H.H. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Wallace Elijah Andrew Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Wallace Hugh A. Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Waller Franklyn Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Waller W.D. Oakwood Hill Cemetery not given
View Record Walsh Luke Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Walsh Ormon W. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Walter Frederick G. Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Walters Harry R. Sumner Pioneer Cemetery WW I
View Record Ward James E. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Ward Moses Oakwood Hill Cemetery Indian
View Record Warden John Orting IOOF Cemetery  Civil
View Record Ware Franklin Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Wark Samuel Orting IOOF Cemetery  Civil
View Record Warner Edwin C. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Warner George Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Warner Henry H. Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Warner Moses Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
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