Willamette National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of the city of Portland, Oregon. The cemetery encompasses 269.4 acres (109.0 ha) straddling the county line between Multnomah and Clackamas Counties. Up to the end of 2005, there had been 126,561 interments.
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