Famous Graves in New Mexico
137 records found
Smokey Bear
1950 – 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 1860 – 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
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
Bataan Death March Memorial
1941 – 1945This memorial is dedicated to the brave soldiers that were...
Albuquerque, Bernalillo 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
Mangas-Coloradas
1791 – 18 Jan 1863Native American Tribal Chief. Eastern Chiricahua or Mimbreno...
Grant 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
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 Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served...
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
John Schnitzer
1854 – 26 Oct 1904Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the...
Fort Bayard, Grant 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
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
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
Jan Clayton
26 Aug 1917 – 28 Aug 1983Actress. She created the role of 'Julie Jordan' in the original...
Tularosa, Otero 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
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
