Famous Graves in New Mexico
151 records found

The “Smokey” Smokey Bear
Jan 1950 – 9 May 1975Animal Folk Figure. In 1950, a huge forest fire in Lincoln...
Capitan, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA

William “Billy The Kid” Bonney
23 Nov 1859 – 14 Jul 1881Legendary Outlaw. He was born in New York City as Henry McCarty....
Fort Sumner, De Baca County, New Mexico, USA

Dennis Hopper
17 May 1936 – 29 May 2010Actor, Motion Picture Director. Considered one of Hollywood's...
Ranchos de Taos, Taos County, New Mexico, USA

Kit Carson
24 Dec 1809 – 23 May 1868Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, American Frontiersman. ...
Taos, Taos County, New Mexico, USA

“Apache Wolf” Victorio
1825 – 14 Oct 1880Native American Tribal Chief. He was an Eastern Chiricahua Apache...
Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA

Ham
Jul 1956 – 18 Jan 1983Animal Figure. The first chimpanzee in space. Born in...
Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico, USA

Pat Garrett
5 Jun 1850 – 29 Feb 1908Western Law Officer. He was the sheriff who gunned down Billy the...
Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA

PVT Harold Herman Moon
15 Mar 1921 – 21 Oct 1944World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during World War II...
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Bataan Death March Memorial
Birth and death dates unknown.This memorial is dedicated to the brave soldiers that were...
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA

Mangas-Coloradas
1791 – 18 Jan 1863Native American Tribal Chief. Eastern Chiricahua or Mimbreno...
Grant County, New Mexico, USA

D.H. Lawrence
11 Sep 1885 – 2 Mar 1930Author. He received world-wide notoriety as an English author at...
San Cristobal, Taos County, New Mexico, USA

Daniel D. Fernandez
30 Jun 1944 – 18 Feb 1966Vietnam War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Jan Clayton
26 Aug 1917 – 28 Aug 1983Actress. She created the role of 'Julie Jordan' in the original...
Tularosa, Otero County, New Mexico, USA

Tony Hillerman
27 May 1925 – 26 Oct 2008Author. Born Anthony Grove Hillerman, the youngest child of Lucy...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

PFC Jose F. Valdez
3 Jan 1925 – 17 Feb 1945World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. He received the award...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

1LT Alexander “Sandy” Bonnyman Jr. Cenotaph
2 May 1910 – 22 Nov 1943World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. He received the award...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

SGT Y. B. Rowdy
unknown – 29 Mar 1893Indian Wars Medal of Honor Recipient. Born a Yuma Arizona...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Raymond Gerald Murphy
14 Jan 1930 – 6 Apr 2007Korean War Medal of Honor Recipient. He received the nations...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Robert Sheldon Scott
30 Nov 1913 – 5 Feb 1999World War II Medal of Honor Recipent. A native of Washington,...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

John Schnitzer
1854 – 26 Oct 1904Indian Wars Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States...
Fort Bayard, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
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