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 Bull Gilbert Corwin Mountain View Memorial Park Spanish-American
View Record Bullock W.H. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Bundy Ernest E. Mountain View Memorial Park not given
View Record Bundy Orlando W. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bunn G.W. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Burdick Henry Peleg Tacoma Mausoleum Civil
View Record Burg Lelan L. Anderson Island Cemetery WW I
View Record Burger Charles K. Mountain View Memorial Park Spanish-American
View Record Burgess Alfred Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Burgess Ithamar E. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Burhart Ziba P. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Burke Henry Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Burkholder Henry Woodlawn Abbey Mausoleum Civil ?
View Record Burlingame A.K. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Burnham Alfred M. Gig Harbor Cemetery Civil ?
View Record Burnham August C. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Burns Francis Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Burr Charles M. Sumner Pioneer Cemetery not given
View Record Burroughs B.F. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil ?
View Record Burroughs W.M. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Burrows Robert (Bures) Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Burt T.E. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil ?
View Record Burton David R. Tacoma Mausoleum Civil ?
View Record Busch William Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bush George H. Camp Lewis Cemetery Civil ?
View Record Bush Henry B. Sumner Pioneer Cemetery Civil
View Record Bushby Asa Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Buster Levi Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery not given
View Record Butler Jed C. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Butts Charles A. Mountain View Memorial Park Civil
View Record Byrne Robert L. Old Tacoma Cemetery WW I
View Record Caines Daniel Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Cairns John M. Mountain View Memorial Park not given
View Record Caldwell George Henry Old Tacoma Cemetery WW I
View Record Caldwell John W. Oakwood Hill Cemetery not given
View Record Calender Joseph Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Calkins William Henry Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Call Charles A. Oakwood Hill Cemetery not given
View Record Callendar Elisha S. Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Callvert Stephen A. Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Cameron Alexander Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Cameron Laughlan Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Cameron Roderick A. Oakwood Hill Cemetery ? Civil
View Record Camp Alfred F. Old Tacoma Cemetery Spanish-American
View Record Campbell Charles Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Campbell J.S. Oakwood Hill Cemetery ? Civil
View Record Campbell James F. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Campbell John Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Campbell William Clifford Mountain View Memorial Park WW I
View Record Canady William F. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
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