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 Bates Edwin Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bates Elmer Mountain View Memorial Park WW I
View Record Bates Fred A. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bates William H. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Baugher Henry C. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bauman Franz Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Bauman John F. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Baumgardner Walter E. Mountain View Memorial Park Spanish-American
View Record Beach George W. Woodbine Cemetery not given
View Record Beach Luman E. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Beard Charles P. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Beardsley William H. Oakwood Hill Cemetery not given
View Record Bearss Levi Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Beary Lorenzo D. Tacoma Mausoleum Civil
View Record Beecher Daniel W. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Beechwood August Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Beeler Harry Mountain View Memorial Park not given
View Record Beer Thomas Roy Cemetery Boer War
View Record Beesler George Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Begalia George Harry Buckley Cemetery WW I
View Record Behymer James M. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Belcher Albert Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bell Andrew L. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Bell Joseph Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery not given
View Record Bellandi Kerubi Tacoma Mausoleum WW I
View Record Belles Peter Woodbine Cemetery Civil
View Record Bellus L. H. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bence John T. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Benefiel Claud M. Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Benett John P. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Bennett Frank H. Eatonville Cemetery WW I
View Record Bennett John Jr. Eatonville Cemetery WW I
View Record Bennett John Orion Mountain View Memorial Park not given
View Record Benson Andrew J. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Benson Robert F. Sumner Pioneer Cemetery WW I
View Record Benthein William H. Old Tacoma Cemetery WW I
View Record Berberich Anton W. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Berg Henry Oakwood Hill Cemetery not given
View Record Berry George H. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Berry John P. Orting IOOF Cemetery  Civil
View Record Berry Joseph Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Berry M. H. Sumner Pioneer Cemetery not given
View Record Berry William H.S. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Berwick Hester I. Mountain View Memorial Park not given
View Record Bevens William H. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bever Joel Fox Island Cemetery not given
View Record Bickford A. J. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Bickford Daniel Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bickford H. Gig Harbor Cemetery not given
View Record Bilfor John Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
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