Notable Interments
Among the burials at the cemetery are three recipients of the Medal of Honor, including Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of President Theodore Roosevelt. After the creation of the cemetery, another son of President Roosevelt, Quentin, who had been killed in World War I, was exhumed and reburied next to his brother Theodore, Jr.
Notable burials at the cemetery include:
- Lesley J. McNair, U.S. Army general, one of the two highest-ranking Americans to be killed in action in World War II
- Jimmie W. Monteith, Medal of Honor recipient
- Two of the Niland brothers, Preston and Robert
- Frank D. Peregory, Medal of Honor recipient
- Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of President Theodore Roosevelt, Medal of Honor recipient
- Quentin Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, aviator killed in action in World War I
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