Prescott National Cemetery Explained

Prescott National Cemetery
Established:	1869
Country:	United States
Location:	Prescott, Arizona
Type:	United States National Cemetery
Size:	15.4acres
Interments:	>7,500
Findagraveid:	109434

Prescott National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Prescott, in Yavapai County, Arizona. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses, and has over 7,500 interments. Beginning in 2020 its new columbaria is accepting new inurnments.^[1] It is one of two national cemeteries in Arizona (the other being National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona).

History

The cemetery was originally established near Fort Whipple in 1864, but was moved to its present location in 1869 after flash flooding washed out many of the grave sites. The majority of gravesites here span from the American Indian Wars to the Vietnam War.

Prescott National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Notable monuments

• Unknown Soldiers Monument, made of white marble blocks with a cross on top.

Notable interments

• Medal of Honor recipients
  • Nicholas Foran (1844–1927), recipient for action in Arizona Territory during the Indian Wars
• Others
  • Jim Russell Pike (1936–2019), vocalist with The Lettermen
  • Rufus Danforth (1888–1920), served as Sapper Rufus Davis, World War I soldier of British Royal Engineers, only Commonwealth war grave in the cemetery.^[2]

External links

• National Cemetery Administration
  • • • CWGC: Prescott National Cemetery

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Prescott National Cemetery – National Cemetery Administration. National Cemetery. Administration. www.cem.va.gov. 2021-01-21. 2021-01-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121025803/https://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/prescott.asp. live.
2. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/4010202/DANFORTH,%20RUFUS