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Golden Gate National Cemetery
(United States of America - California - San Bruno)
The National Cemeteries in the U.S.A. are used for war graves, graves of U.S. military personnel, veterans and their spouses but not exclusively so. There are also special state veteran cemeteries.
Golden Gate National Cemetery contains war graves of World War II. It is also used to bury veterans of the Second World War and other wars. In 2008, there were in total 139,037 graves on this cemetery.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is buried on this cemetery. There are also the graves of 44 German and Italian POW's from the Second World War.
Source
- Text:
- Fedor de Vries
- Photos:
- Wikimedia Commons
Address and contactinformation
- Address:
- 1300 Sneath Lane
CA 94066 San Bruno - Phone:
- (650) 589-7737
- Fax:
- (650) 873- 6578
- Website:
- www.cem.va.gov
- WWII grade:
- 20%
- Rating:
- 80%
Where is it?
Amongst others, the following persons are buried here (Overview)
| Name | Date of death |
|---|---|
| Bennett, Edward A. | |
| Gonsalves, Harold | april 15th, 1945 |
| Keppler, Reinhardt John | november 13th, 1942 |
| Nimitz, Chester W., Jr. | |
| Spruance, Raymond Ames | december 13th, 1969 |
