Famous Graves in New Mexico
140 records found
William “Billy The Kid” Bonney
23 Nov 1860 – 14 Jul 1881Legendary Outlaw. He was born in New York City as Henry McCarty....
Fort Sumner, De Baca County, New Mexico, USA
Smokey Bear
1950 – May 1975Animal Folk Figure. In 1950, a huge forest fire in Lincoln...
Capitan, Lincoln 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
Mangas-Coloradas
1791 – 18 Jan 1863Native American Tribal Chief. Eastern Chiricahua or Mimbreno...
Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Daniel D. Fernandez
30 Jun 1944 – 18 Feb 1966Vietnam War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe 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
PVT Harold Herman Moon
15 Mar 1921 – 21 Oct 1944World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served...
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Robert Sheldon Scott
30 Nov 1913 – 5 Feb 1999World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipent. A native of...
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
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
Raymond Gerald Murphy
14 Jan 1930 – 6 Apr 2007Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He received...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
PFC Jose F. Valdez
3 Jan 1925 – 17 Feb 1945World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
SGT Y. B. Rowdy
unknown – 29 Mar 1893Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born a Yuma...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
1LT Alexander “Sandy” Bonnyman Jr. Cenotaph
2 May 1910 – 22 Nov 1943World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
Frederick Lincoln Ashworth
24 Jan 1912 – 3 Dec 2005World War II United States Naval Officer. He was the weaponeer...
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
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