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National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
(United States of America - Hawaï - Honolulu)
At the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) are buried approximately 13,000 American soldiers and marines who fell during the Second World War in the Pacific Theatre. Most of them are recovered from battlefields such as Guadalcanal, China, Burma, Saipan, Guam and Iwo Jima. Others died in Japanese POW camps. The memorial for the missing contains 18.094 names of American servicemen from the Second World War.
In 2008, there were in total 49,203 graves on this cemetery.
Click for more information on the overview at the bottom of the page.
Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Dick Gerressen
Address and contactinformation
- Address:
- 2177 Puowaina Drive
96813 Honolulu - Phone:
- (808) 532 - 3720
- Fax:
- (808) 532 - 3756
- Website:
- www.cem.va.gov
- WWII grade:
- 60%
- Rating:
- 100%
Where is it?
Amongst others, the following persons are buried here (Overview)
| Name | Date of death |
|---|---|
| Caddy, William Robert | March 3rd, 1945 |
| Davis, James J. | July 7th, 1944 |
| Ely, Arthur Vincent | June 5th, 1943 |
| Pyle, Ernest Taylor | April 18th, 1945 |
| Tanzola, Vincent J. | April 2nd, 1945 |
