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Brooklyn, New York

Cypress Hills National Cemetery

31 Medal of Honor recipients are buried at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

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Cypress Hills National Cemetery is a 18.2-acre (7.4 ha) cemetery located in the Cypress Hills neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It is the only United States National Cemetery in New York City and has more than 21,100 interments of veterans and civilians. There are 24 Medal of Honor recipients buried in the cemetery, including three men who received the award twice. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Address: 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11208 · Phone: 631-454-4949 · Burial space: Closed · VA cemetery page

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By conflict

U.S. Civil War7
Indian Campaigns7
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)3
Interim 1865 - 18703
Interim 1871 - 18993
Interim 1899 - 19102
Interim 1915 - 19162
World War I1

Recipients buried here

John Mapes Adams Sergeant · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 RB Richard Bates Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 Wilbur E. Colyer Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ JC John Cooper Quartermaster · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1865 JC John Cooper Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 HC Henry C. Courtney Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 Daniel Joseph Daly Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Daniel Joseph Daly Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps Haiti 1915 · 1915 JD John Davis Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1862 JD James Dougherty Private · Marine Corps Korea 1871 · 1871 CF Christopher Freemeyer Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Frederick William Gerber Sergeant Major · Army Interim 1865–1870 PG Patrick Golden First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Edward P. Grimes Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 BJ Bernhard Jetter Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JJ Johannes J. Johannessen Chief Watertender · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 EM Edward S. Martin Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 JM James McLeod Captain of the Foretop · Navy Civil War · 1862 Mons Monssen Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1904 John Nihill Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 AO Anton Olsen Ordinary Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 HR Henry Rodenburg Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 VR Valentine Rossbach Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JS John Schiller Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ES Eugene P. Smith Chief Watertender · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1915 WS Wilhelm Smith Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1916 PS Peter Stewart Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 JW James W. Webb Private · Army Civil War · 1862 HW Henry Wilkens First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Louis Williams Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1883 Louis Williams Captain of the Hold · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1884