Cemetery office hours are Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day.

Cemetery is open daily from sunrise to sunset.

Directions from nearest airport:
Situated in Douglas County approximately three miles west of downtown Roseburg, Ore. From Interstate 5, coming north or south, exit 124 off Interstate 5 and go West about 4/5 of a mile on Harvard Blvd. Make the first right after the Umpqua Art Center.

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Contact Address:

913 NW Garden Valley Blvd

Roseburg, OR 97471

Phone: 541-677-3152

FAX: 541-677-3044



Roseburg National Cemetery is located in Douglas County, Ore., approximately one-half mile from the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Roseburg.



Roseburg National Cemetery was established in 1897 to serve veterans residing at the Oregon State Soldiers' home. The Oregon Soldiers' Home itself opened in 1893 to "provide a home for honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who had served in any wars in which the United States was engaged, or who served in the Indian Wars of Oregon, Washington or Idaho, provided they were or might become citizens of Oregon."



In 1933, the home was turned over to the National Soldiers' Home Bureau and its administration transferred to the new Veterans Administration; the cemetery attached to the grounds was included in the move. In September 1973, the cemetery was transferred to the National Cemetery System within VA.



Monuments and Memorials

POW Memorial – donated by Veterans of 20th Century.



Notable Burial

Major Joseph Raymond Giesel, who was white, was among the first officers to train African-American marines. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2012 for his role at Montford Point, the segregated North Carolina facility where an estimated 20,000 black men trained from 1942-1949. The Marine Corps was white-only until 1942, when President Roosevelt directed that black soldiers be trained at Montford Point. Giesel served 21 years in the marines, in the Pacific Theater during World War II and in Korea in 1953. He died June 20, 2014, and is buried at Roseburg National Cemetery (Section 6, Site 131).