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United States Naval Academy Cemetery

February 15, 2023

The United States Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium is a cemetery at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

United States Naval Academy Cemetery
Headstones at the USNA Cemetery
Details
Established1868
Location
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Country United States of America
Coordinates38°59′15″N 76°29′24″W / 38.98750°N 76.49000°W / 38.98750; -76.49000Coordinates: 38°59′15″N 76°29′24″W / 38.98750°N 76.49000°W / 38.98750; -76.49000
TypeVeterans
Owned byU.S. Department of the Navy
Size6.7 acres (2.7 ha)[1]
No. of interments>5,600
WebsiteUnited States Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium
Find a GraveUnited States Naval Academy Cemetery

History

 
A map of the campus as it was in 1924. The cemetery can be seen near the middle of the map

In 1868 the Naval Academy purchased a 67-acre piece of land called Strawberry Hill as part of their efforts to expand after the American Civil War.[2] Within a year of its acquisition part of the property became the cemetery. Since its beginning the cemetery has become the final resting place for Medal of Honor recipients, Superintendents of the Naval Academy, Midshipmen, and former employees of the Academy and hundreds more of the nation's veterans.

The cemetery is also home to monuments that do not mark remains, but commemorate the heroism of individuals who gave their life in service to their country. The Jeannette Monument, erected in 1890, is the most notable such monument. It was built in memory of the men who lost their lives in the Jeannette Arctic Expedition.[3]

Columbarium

In 1987, the Naval Academy constructed a columbarium adjacent to the cemetery on College Creek. The columbarium was built by the Naval Academy Alumni Association and principally sponsored by the Class of 1959 with $500,000 in gifts from alumni and friends of the Academy. This included a major grant from the George and Carol Olmsted Foundation in memory of Jerauld L. Olmsted, Class of 1922. The columbarium offers resting places for Graduates who wish to be inurned at the Naval Academy.

The columbarium is approximately 160 feet long and six feet high on a three-tiered pedestal. All exterior surfaces are white marble. Each niche front is removable by a special key. Niches are assigned in consecutive order and cannot be reserved in advance.

In front of the columbarium stands a memorial donated by the Class of 1937 in honor of the academy graduates who died in the line of duty and whose bodies were never recovered.[4]

Notable burials

 
Grave of Ernest J. King
 
Grave of Arleigh A. Burke
 
Grave of Wilson F. Flagg
 
Grave of Senator John McCain

Medal of Honor recipients

See also: List of United States Naval Academy alumni (Medal of Honor)

Superintendents of USNA

See also: List of Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy

Eligibility requirements

To be buried at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery is an honor; below are the eligibility requirements. Naval Academy graduates must attain a flag rank while on active duty in order to be eligible.[5]

1. Those eligible for burial in the Naval Academy Cemetery are:

  • Officers, Midshipmen, or enlisted persons of the Navy or Marine Corps on active duty at the Naval Academy, Naval Station, Annapolis, or the staff of the Naval Medical Clinic, Annapolis who die while stationed at the Academy.
  • Those Naval Academy graduates who have served on active duty with the rank of Rear Admiral or Brigadier General, or senior thereto, and such others as the Secretary of the Navy or the Superintendent may designate.
  • Unremarried spouse of an officer or enlisted person of the Navy or Marine Corps who is buried or eligible to be buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery. In the event the spouse remarries, his or her eligibility is automatically terminated.
  • Any officer, former officer, or enlisted person of the Navy or Marine Corps whose spouse is buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery.
  • Stillborn and infant children of the officers or enlisted persons on active duty at the Naval Academy; Naval Station, Annapolis; or Naval Medical Clinic, Annapolis may be buried in a specific lot reserved for such cases. For purposes of this regulation, an infant is considered to be a child who has not reached 7 years of age.
  • Graduates of the Air Force Academy or West Point who cross commissioned to the Navy or Marine Corps and completed 20 years of commissioned service with the rank of Rear Admiral or Brigadier General, or senior thereto.
  • Distinguished Graduates of the Naval Academy.

2. Those eligible to make a reservation for future burial in sections 9 or 10 of the Naval Academy Cemetery are Naval Academy graduates who have served on active duty with the rank of Rear Admiral or Brigadier General or senior thereto and such others as the Secretary of the Navy or Superintendent may designate. Individual lots in sections 9 and 10 are not reserved in advance. They are assigned sequentially at the time of need.

3. Nothing in these regulations will change or alter cemetery reservations and commitments made under previous regulations.

To be buried at the United States Naval Academy Columbarium an individual must be a Naval Academy graduate:

1. Those eligible for burial in the Naval Academy Cemetery are:

  • Officers, Midshipmen, and enlisted personnel of the Navy or Marine Corps on active duty at the Naval Academy; Naval Station, Annapolis; or the Naval Health Clinic, Annapolis.
  • All Naval Academy graduates honorably discharged/retired from the service.
  • Unremarried spouse of one inurned or eligible for inurnment in the Naval Academy Columbarium.  Such inurnments will be in the same niche as the spouse.
  • Stillborn and infant children of officers or enlisted personnel on active duty at the Naval Academy; Naval Station, Annapolis; or the Naval Health Clinic, Annapolis.  For purposes of this regulation, an infant is considered to be a child who has not reached seven years of age.  Such inurnments shall be in the same niche as the eligible sponsor.
  • Unremarried widow(er) of Naval Academy graduates who have no known grave (i.e., lost at sea, etc.).
  • Civilian faculty members who complete at least 20 years of service at the Naval Academy and are associate or honorary members of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.
  • Graduates of the Air Force Academy or West Point who cross-commissioned to the Navy or Marine Corps and completed 20 years of active duty service.
  • Others whose inurnment is specifically approved by the Superintendent.

2. Reservations can not be made for the Columbarium. Niches are assigned sequentially at the time of need.

References

  1. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". US Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium. United States Navy. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. ^ Benjamin, Park (1900). The United States Naval Academy. New York: G. P. Putnam's sons.
  3. ^ "The Jeannette Monument Unveiled". Daily Alta California. October 31, 1890. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  4. ^ USNA Columbarium
  5. ^ "Cemetery and Columbarium Eligibility Requirements". www.usna.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-07.

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States Naval Academy Cemetery.
  • United States Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium site and criteria
  • George and Carol Olmsted Foundation
  • United States Naval Academy Cemetery at Find a Grave  

February 15, 2023
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The United States Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium is a cemetery at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland United States Naval Academy CemeteryHeadstones at the USNA CemeteryDetailsEstablished1868LocationAnne Arundel County MarylandCountry United States of AmericaCoordinates38 59 15 N 76 29 24 W 38 98750 N 76 49000 W 38 98750 76 49000 Coordinates 38 59 15 N 76 29 24 W 38 98750 N 76 49000 W 38 98750 76 49000TypeVeteransOwned byU S Department of the NavySize6 7 acres 2 7 ha 1 No of interments gt 5 600WebsiteUnited States Naval Academy Cemetery and ColumbariumFind a GraveUnited States Naval Academy Cemetery Contents 1 History 2 Columbarium 3 Notable burials 3 1 Medal of Honor recipients 3 2 Superintendents of USNA 4 Eligibility requirements 5 References 6 External linksHistory Edit A map of the campus as it was in 1924 The cemetery can be seen near the middle of the map In 1868 the Naval Academy purchased a 67 acre piece of land called Strawberry Hill as part of their efforts to expand after the American Civil War 2 Within a year of its acquisition part of the property became the cemetery Since its beginning the cemetery has become the final resting place for Medal of Honor recipients Superintendents of the Naval Academy Midshipmen and former employees of the Academy and hundreds more of the nation s veterans The cemetery is also home to monuments that do not mark remains but commemorate the heroism of individuals who gave their life in service to their country The Jeannette Monument erected in 1890 is the most notable such monument It was built in memory of the men who lost their lives in the Jeannette Arctic Expedition 3 Columbarium EditIn 1987 the Naval Academy constructed a columbarium adjacent to the cemetery on College Creek The columbarium was built by the Naval Academy Alumni Association and principally sponsored by the Class of 1959 with 500 000 in gifts from alumni and friends of the Academy This included a major grant from the George and Carol Olmsted Foundation in memory of Jerauld L Olmsted Class of 1922 The columbarium offers resting places for Graduates who wish to be inurned at the Naval Academy The columbarium is approximately 160 feet long and six feet high on a three tiered pedestal All exterior surfaces are white marble Each niche front is removable by a special key Niches are assigned in consecutive order and cannot be reserved in advance In front of the columbarium stands a memorial donated by the Class of 1937 in honor of the academy graduates who died in the line of duty and whose bodies were never recovered 4 Notable burials Edit Grave of Ernest J King Grave of Arleigh A Burke Grave of Wilson F Flagg Grave of Senator John McCain Vice Admiral Bernard L Austin 1902 1979 Captain Edward L Beach Jr 1918 2002 Vice Admiral Donald B Beary 1888 1966 Lieutenant Commander Wesley Brown 1927 2012 Admiral Arleigh A Burke 1901 1996 Lieutenant General Henry W Buse Jr USMC 1912 1988 Major General John P Condon USMC 1911 1996 Admiral William J Crowe 1925 2007 Commander William B Cushing 1842 1874 Lieutenant Commander George Washington DeLong 1844 1881 Rear Admiral George J Dufek 1903 1977 Ensign John R Elliott 1977 2000 Commander Theodore Gordon Ellyson 1885 1928 Rear Admiral Wilson F Flagg 1938 2001 Major General Ben Hebard Fuller 1870 1937 Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi 1832 1903 Lieutenant General George F Good Jr USMC 1901 1991 Rear Admiral Harold Hauser 1897 1981 Admiral James L Holloway III 1922 2019 Fleet Admiral Ernest J King 1878 1956 Lieutenant Commander Erik S Kristensen 1972 2005 Vice Admiral Herbert F Leary 1885 1957 Vice Admiral Julien J LeBourgeois 1923 2012 Captain Robert F R Lewis 1826 1881 Rear Admiral Charles Elliott Loughlin 1910 1989 Senator Captain John McCain 1936 2018 Captain Bruce McCandless II 1937 2017 Rear Admiral Clarence Wade McClusky 1902 1976 Rear Admiral John Porter Merrell 1846 1916 Major General Charles D Mize 1921 1998 Rear Admiral Edward J O Donnell 1907 1991 Commodore James Philips Parker 1855 1942 Lieutenant Samuel W Preston 1840 1865 Admiral Joseph M Reeves 1872 1948 Rear Admiral Frederick Lois Riefkohl 1889 1969 Vice Admiral Herbert D Riley 1904 1973 Colonel John W Ripley USMC 1939 2008 Rear Admiral Thomas H Robbins Jr 1900 1972 Rear Admiral Paul Wilhelm Steinhagen 1897 1968 Rear Admiral Charles J Train 1845 1906 Admiral Stansfield Turner 1923 2018 Lieutenant General Pedro Augusto del Valle USMC 1893 1978 Captain Jesse Wallace 1899 1961 Admiral Earl P Yates 1923 2021 Bandmaster Charles A Zimmerman 1861 1916 Medal of Honor recipients Edit See also List of United States Naval Academy alumni Medal of Honor Thomas Calvin Cooney 1853 1907 Eugene B Fluckey 1913 2007 Thomas Jones 1820 1892 Isaac Campbell Kidd 1884 1941 Bruce McCandless 1911 1968 Frederick Vallette McNair 1882 1962 Daniel Montague 1867 1912 Robert Sommers 1837 1919 James Bond Stockdale 1923 2005 William Peterkin Upshur USMC 1881 1943 Richard Wainwright Jr 1881 1944 Superintendents of USNA Edit See also List of Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy James L Holloway Jr 1898 1984 Charles Turner Joy 1895 1956 Draper Laurence Kauffman 1911 1979 Charles Cochran Kirkpatrick 1907 1988 Charles R Larson 1936 2014 William P Lawrence 1930 2005 William P Mack 1915 2003 Ronald F Marryott 1934 2005 Vice Admiral Charles L Melson 1904 1981 Charles Stamps Minter 1915 2008 Louis M Nulton 1869 1954 Eligibility requirements EditTo be buried at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery is an honor below are the eligibility requirements Naval Academy graduates must attain a flag rank while on active duty in order to be eligible 5 1 Those eligible for burial in the Naval Academy Cemetery are Officers Midshipmen or enlisted persons of the Navy or Marine Corps on active duty at the Naval Academy Naval Station Annapolis or the staff of the Naval Medical Clinic Annapolis who die while stationed at the Academy Those Naval Academy graduates who have served on active duty with the rank of Rear Admiral or Brigadier General or senior thereto and such others as the Secretary of the Navy or the Superintendent may designate Unremarried spouse of an officer or enlisted person of the Navy or Marine Corps who is buried or eligible to be buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery In the event the spouse remarries his or her eligibility is automatically terminated Any officer former officer or enlisted person of the Navy or Marine Corps whose spouse is buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery Stillborn and infant children of the officers or enlisted persons on active duty at the Naval Academy Naval Station Annapolis or Naval Medical Clinic Annapolis may be buried in a specific lot reserved for such cases For purposes of this regulation an infant is considered to be a child who has not reached 7 years of age Graduates of the Air Force Academy or West Point who cross commissioned to the Navy or Marine Corps and completed 20 years of commissioned service with the rank of Rear Admiral or Brigadier General or senior thereto Distinguished Graduates of the Naval Academy 2 Those eligible to make a reservation for future burial in sections 9 or 10 of the Naval Academy Cemetery are Naval Academy graduates who have served on active duty with the rank of Rear Admiral or Brigadier General or senior thereto and such others as the Secretary of the Navy or Superintendent may designate Individual lots in sections 9 and 10 are not reserved in advance They are assigned sequentially at the time of need 3 Nothing in these regulations will change or alter cemetery reservations and commitments made under previous regulations To be buried at the United States Naval Academy Columbarium an individual must be a Naval Academy graduate 1 Those eligible for burial in the Naval Academy Cemetery are Officers Midshipmen and enlisted personnel of the Navy or Marine Corps on active duty at the Naval Academy Naval Station Annapolis or the Naval Health Clinic Annapolis All Naval Academy graduates honorably discharged retired from the service Unremarried spouse of one inurned or eligible for inurnment in the Naval Academy Columbarium Such inurnments will be in the same niche as the spouse Stillborn and infant children of officers or enlisted personnel on active duty at the Naval Academy Naval Station Annapolis or the Naval Health Clinic Annapolis For purposes of this regulation an infant is considered to be a child who has not reached seven years of age Such inurnments shall be in the same niche as the eligible sponsor Unremarried widow er of Naval Academy graduates who have no known grave i e lost at sea etc Civilian faculty members who complete at least 20 years of service at the Naval Academy and are associate or honorary members of the Naval Academy Alumni Association Graduates of the Air Force Academy or West Point who cross commissioned to the Navy or Marine Corps and completed 20 years of active duty service Others whose inurnment is specifically approved by the Superintendent 2 Reservations can not be made for the Columbarium Niches are assigned sequentially at the time of need References Edit Frequently Asked Questions US Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium United States Navy Retrieved 30 March 2020 Benjamin Park 1900 The United States Naval Academy New York G P Putnam s sons The Jeannette Monument Unveiled Daily Alta California October 31 1890 Retrieved December 7 2019 USNA Columbarium Cemetery and Columbarium Eligibility Requirements www usna edu Retrieved 2019 12 07 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States Naval Academy Cemetery United States Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium site and criteria George and Carol Olmsted Foundation United States Naval Academy Cemetery at Find a Grave U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Naval Academy Cemetery Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States Naval Academy Cemetery amp oldid 1138967683, wikipedia, 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