Notable Interments and Memorials
- Donn Beach (1907–1989), born Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, founder of Don the Beachcomber restaurants and inventor of the tiki bar
- John A. Burns (1909–1975), second Governor of Hawaii (1962–1974)
- Ralph Waldo Christie (1893–1987), Navy Admiral involved with torpedo and submarine operations before and during World War II
- Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins (1911–1973), prominent Honolulu tattoo artist
- Stanley Armour Dunham (1918–1992), grandfather of United States President Barack Obama
- Henry Oliver "Hank" Hansen (1919–1945), original Iwo Jima flag raiser
- John J. Hyland (1912–1998), Admiral and commander of the Pacific Fleet during Vietnam
- Young-Oak Kim (1919–2005), member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and first Asian-American to command a battalion in wartime
- Spark Matsunaga (1916–1990), U.S. Senator from Hawaii, member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
- Martin O. May (1922–1945), World War II Medal of Honor recipient
- Patsy Mink (1927–2002), U.S. Congresswoman from Hawaii and author of Title IX
- Allan M. Ohata (1918-1977), World War II Medal of Honor reccipient
- Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986), first astronaut from Hawaii, killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
- Ernie Pyle (1900–1945), World War I veteran and Pulitzer Prize-winning WWII war correspondent
- William F. Quinn (1919–2006), territorial governor of Hawaii (1957–1959) and first governor of Hawaii (1959–1962), after it achieved statehood
- Charles L. Veach (1944–1995), USAF fighter pilot and NASA astronaut
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