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National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
(United States of America - Hawaï - Honolulu)
At the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) are buried approximately 13,000 American soldiers and marines who fell during the Second World War in the Pacific Theatre. Most of them are recovered from battlefields such as Guadalcanal, China, Burma, Saipan, Guam and Iwo Jima. Others died in Japanese POW camps. The memorial for the missing contains 18.094 names of American servicemen from the Second World War.
In 2008, there were in total 49,203 graves on this cemetery.
Click for more information on the overview at the bottom of the page.
Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Dick Gerressen
Address and contactinformation
- Address:
- 2177 Puowaina Drive
96813 Honolulu - Phone:
- (808) 532 - 3720
- Fax:
- (808) 532 - 3756
- Website:
- www.cem.va.gov
- WWII grade:
- 60%
- Rating:
- 100%
Where is it?
Nearby (help)
Museum
Point of interest
Monument
- Japanese American Memorial Honolulu
- Memorial 442nd Regimental Combat Team Honolulu
- War Memorial Winward
Cemetery
Amongst others, the following persons are buried here (Overview)
| Name | Date of death |
|---|---|
| Farris, Fred | November 20th, 1943 |
| May, Martin O. | April 21st, 1945 |
| Pierce, Glen B. | November 20th, 1943 |
| Thompson, Gordon Thomas | March 4th, 1945 |
| Woodhouse, Horatio C., Jr. | May 30th, 1945 |
