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As of 2007, the cemetery has 13,486 interments (up from 13,321 interments in 2004), and is currently closed to new interments. However, space may be available in the same grave site for eligible family members. It is administered by the National Cemetery Administration, a part of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
The cemetery is the burial site of two Medal of Honor recipients, Sergeant Willie Sandlin (World War I), United States Army, and Sergeant John C. Squires (World War II), United States Army.
Members of the Taylor family are buried in an area now at the back of the national cemetery. Zachary Taylor was originally buried in a tomb, but was later placed in the marble mausoleum in 1926; both still stand to this day. Also buried in the area of the original Taylor family cemetery are W.G.L. Taylor, who was a captain for the Confederate States of America, and other family members, including the president's parents. Soldiers from Fort Knox engage in a wreath-laying ceremony every November 24, which marks Zachary Taylor's birthday.
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