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 Wood Mason H. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Woodard H.W. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Woodling Levi Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Woods Patrick Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Woodward Alonzo G. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Woodward Clarence E. Mountain View Memorial Park not given
View Record Wooldridge George E. Calvary Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum not given
View Record Woolf Miggo D. Oakwood Hill Cemetery not given
View Record Woollen William M. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Wooster Alpheus S. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Works Jessie I. Camp Lewis Cemetery not given
View Record Worten Alexander Gig Harbor Cemetery Civil
View Record Worth George S. Old Tacoma Cemetery Spanish-American
View Record Wotoszyn Mike Camp Lewis Cemetery WW I
View Record Wray John T. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Wright Arthur Barton Sumner Pioneer Cemetery WW I
View Record Wright B.D. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Wright Frank R. Woodbine Cemetery Civil
View Record Wright William Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Wright William M. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Wright William N. Tacoma Mausoleum not given
View Record Wrightington J.R. Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Wuest Francis W. Calvary Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum WW I
View Record Wyckoff William H. Woodbine Cemetery Civil
View Record Wyman Moses Prescott Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Wyrick Robert Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Yates Edward W. Camp Lewis Cemetery not given
View Record Yates John E. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Yeck Louis Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record York George Robert Mountain View Memorial Park Spanish-American
View Record Young Alfred B. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Young Charles W. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Young George H. Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Young Joseph Mountain View Memorial Park not given
View Record Young King H. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Young Russell Harold Mountain View Memorial Park WW I
View Record Young William C. Camp Lewis Cemetery not given
View Record Young William P. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Younger Robert Milton Old Tacoma Cemetery WW I
View Record Zenor William T. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Zimmerman D.T. Buckley Cemetery WW I
View Record Zimmerman George H. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Zoulin Curt Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
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