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 Bill Henry G. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Billings Gordon Allen Oakwood Hill Cemetery WW I
View Record Billings Jacob Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Binnings John R. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Bird Herbert Milton Woodlawn Abbey Mausoleum WW I
View Record Bishop Chauncy Mountain View Memorial Park not given
View Record Bishop Earl K. Mountain View Memorial Park WW I
View Record Bishop John Roy Cemetery not given
View Record Bishop John George Camp Lewis Cemetery not given
View Record Bissell Charles V. Mountain View Memorial Park Civil
View Record Black Joseph Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Blackwell William B. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Blackwood James Andrew Spanaway German Lutheran Cemetery WW I
View Record Blair Erastus W. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Blair James E. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Blair Robert A. Camp Lewis Cemetery not given
View Record Blake G. S. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Blake John Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Blanchard Ira D. Mountain View Memorial Park Civil
View Record Blankley Andrew J. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Blindheim Thomas Mountain View Memorial Park not given
View Record Bliss Mathew Vaughn Bay Cemetery Civil
View Record Blocksidge J. J. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Blodgett Silas Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bloedorn August A. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Spanish-American
View Record Blood Nathan W. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Blood William A. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bloom Benedict Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bloom James M. Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Bloomfield Richard D. Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Blow Peter E. Buckley Cemetery not given
View Record Bloyd William A. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Blythe Walter H. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Spanish-American
View Record Boardman George H. Old Tacoma Cemetery Civil
View Record Bode Joseph Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Boggs E. W. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Bogle James S. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Bohnankamp Francis W. Orting IOOF Cemetery  Civil
View Record Boisvert George Calvary Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum not given
View Record Bokien George D. Old Tacoma Cemetery not given
View Record Bolles G. L. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery not given
View Record Bonaguidi George Calvary Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum WW I
View Record Bone Harry Calvary Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum WW I
View Record Bonner Louis Gasgoinge Old Tacoma Cemetery WW I
View Record Boody Leonard G. Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Booker Levi H. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Booth William C. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery Civil
View Record Borgeson Benard Oakwood Hill Cemetery not given
View Record Bortle David Smith Oakwood Hill Cemetery Civil
View Record Bortle William F. Mountain View Memorial Park WW I
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