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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Surname |
Given Name |
Cemetery |
War |
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Bostoph |
William M. |
Old Tacoma Cemetery |
not given |
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Bostowick |
Henry C. |
Old Tacoma Cemetery |
Civil |
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Bottoms |
John |
Oakwood Hill Cemetery |
Civil |
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Boucher |
Arthur |
Old Tacoma Cemetery |
not given |
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Boughton |
Richard William |
Old Tacoma Cemetery |
WW I |
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Bourdon |
Peter |
Oakwood Hill Cemetery |
Civil |
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Boushor |
Arthur |
Old Tacoma Cemetery |
WW I |
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Bowers |
Edward |
Oakwood Hill Cemetery |
not given |
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Bowers |
Lewis L. |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Bowler |
James |
Oakwood Hill Cemetery |
Civil |
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Bowlin |
Clarence D. |
Mountain View Memorial Park |
Spanish-American |
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Bowling |
George I. |
Tacoma Mausoleum |
Spanish-American |
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Bowlsby |
Warren C. |
Camp Lewis Cemetery |
not given |
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Bowron |
Bertram |
Mountain View Memorial Park |
WW I |
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Boyce |
G.W. |
Oakwood Hill Cemetery |
Civil |
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Boyd |
Bertie |
Camp Lewis Cemetery |
WW I |
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Boyd |
Henry |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Boyd |
John J. |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Boyes |
William |
Oakwood Hill Cemetery |
Civil |
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Boyson |
Louis T. |
Mountain View Memorial Park |
Spanish-American |
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Boyster |
H.C. |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Bracken |
William W. |
Tacoma Mausoleum |
Civil |
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Brackett |
Charles T. |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Bradfield |
Benj. N. |
Tacoma Mausoleum |
Civil |
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Bradford |
Ezra |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Bradford |
Sidney William |
Oakwood Hill Cemetery |
not given |
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Bradford |
William J. |
Oakwood Hill Cemetery |
Spanish-American |
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Bradley |
James |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Bradley |
Joseph G. |
Orting IOOF Cemetery |
Civil |
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Bradley |
Luther P. |
Old Tacoma Cemetery |
not given |
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Bradley |
Ralph D. |
Oakwood Hill Cemetery |
not given |
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Bradshaw |
Thomas |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Brady |
Peter |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Braham |
John |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Spanish-American |
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Brann |
Levi H. |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Brant |
Harry W. |
Longbranch Cemetery |
WW I |
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Brear, Jr. |
Samuel D. |
Old Tacoma Cemetery |
not given |
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Breckenridge |
H.C. |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Brecount |
Francis M. |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Brennan |
Audley |
Old Tacoma Cemetery |
WW I |
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Brennan |
Patrick |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Brent |
Jack |
Camp Lewis Cemetery |
WW ? |
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Brewster |
Monroe R. |
Tacoma Mausoleum |
Civil |
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Bridge |
Emerson J. |
Tacoma Mausoleum |
Spanish-American |
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Bridgefarmer |
C. |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Indian |
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Bridges, Jr. |
John |
Mountain View Memorial Park |
WW I |
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Briggs |
Adolphus E. |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Civil |
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Briggs |
Bernie |
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
Spanish-American |
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Briggs |
George W. |
Oakwood Hill Cemetery |
Civil |
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Bright |
Jesse |
Oakwood Hill Cemetery |
Civil |