Raleigh National Cemetery
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
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Raleigh, North Carolina 27610 United StatesCoordinates: 35.77453, -78.62137 - (252)637-2912
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Visitation Hours: Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Medal of Honor Recipients
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force that can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Recipients receive the Medal of Honor from the president on behalf of Congress. It was first awarded during the Civil War and eligibility criteria for the Medal of Honor have changed over time.
Recipients buried or memorialized here:
Sergeant First Class William Maud Bryant (Vietnam). William Maud Bryant was born in February 1933 and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1955. Sergeant First Class Bryant served in Company A, 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, and he re-enlisted as late as April 1968. Bryant was killed in action at Long Khanh Province on March 24, 1969. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for courage in combat and selfless regard for his comrades. Bryant is buried in Section 15, Site 1227.
Other Burials
North Carolinian Millie Dunn Veasey was born in 1918 and graduated from Washington High School in Raleigh. She enlisted in 1942 and joined the "six triple eight" battalion, the only all-female, all-black unit to serve overseas during World War II. Dunn arrived in Glasgow, Scotland, in early 1945 among the 800 or so "women in technicolor" who overcame prejudice serving in the Women's Army Corps – first stationed in Birmingham, England, then Rouen, France. Staff Sergeant Dunn was discharged in 1945. She married Warren Veasey in 1949, graduated from St. Augustine College in 1953, and became president of the local chapter of the NAACP (1965-1968). She was honored by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation for her service and life-long advocacy of education and civil rights. Veasey died March 9, 2018, at age 100, and is buried in Raleigh National Cemetery (Section 21, Site 215).
Visitation Hours: Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Medal of Honor Recipients
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force that can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Recipients receive the Medal of Honor from the president on behalf of Congress. It was first awarded during the Civil War and eligibility criteria for the Medal of Honor have changed over time.
Recipients buried or memorialized here:
Sergeant First Class William Maud Bryant (Vietnam). William Maud Bryant was born in February 1933 and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1955. Sergeant First Class Bryant served in Company A, 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, and he re-enlisted as late as April 1968. Bryant was killed in action at Long Khanh Province on March 24, 1969. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for courage in combat and selfless regard for his comrades. Bryant is buried in Section 15, Site 1227.
Other Burials
North Carolinian Millie Dunn Veasey was born in 1918 and graduated from Washington High School in Raleigh. She enlisted in 1942 and joined the "six triple eight" battalion, the only all-female, all-black unit to serve overseas during World War II. Dunn arrived in Glasgow, Scotland, in early 1945 among the 800 or so "women in technicolor" who overcame prejudice serving in the Women's Army Corps – first stationed in Birmingham, England, then Rouen, France. Staff Sergeant Dunn was discharged in 1945. She married Warren Veasey in 1949, graduated from St. Augustine College in 1953, and became president of the local chapter of the NAACP (1965-1968). She was honored by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation for her service and life-long advocacy of education and civil rights. Veasey died March 9, 2018, at age 100, and is buried in Raleigh National Cemetery (Section 21, Site 215).
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 109438
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