Fort Benning Main Post Cemetery is a military cemetery at Fort Benning in

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. Over 10,000

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soldiers and their dependents have been interred at the 8.38-acre facility since it was established in 1922. The first recorded interment occurred on 13 December 1922. Other burials at the cemetery include forty-four German and seven Italian prisoners of war who died at nearby detention camps during

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, as well as four allied Chinese pilots. As of July 2022, there are three

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recipients and twenty general officers interred at the cemetery.

Notable burials

Medal of Honor recipients

* SP4 Donald R. Johnston * COL

Robert B. Nett Robert Burton Nett (June 13, 1922 – October 19, 2008) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the campaign to recapture the Philippines in World War ...

* COL

Edward R. Schowalter Jr. Edward Rightor Schowalter Jr. (December 24, 1927 – November 21, 2003) was a United States Army officer in the Korean War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the medal for commanding his com ...

Other burials

* BG

Marcus B. Bell Marcus B. Bell (February 22, 1893 – May 18, 1981) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Pancho Villa Expedition, World War I and World War II, he attained the rank of brigadier general and was a recipient of the Silve ...

* LTG

William B. Caldwell III William Burns Caldwell III (July 20, 1925 – March 17, 2013) was a United States Army general who retired as the Fifth United States Army commanding general at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. A combat veteran of wars in Korea and Vietnam, he wa ...

* CSM Edward Crook Jr. * MAJ Myron Diduryk * LTG Harold G. Moore Jr. and his wife Julia Compton Moore * CSM

Basil L. Plumley Basil Leonard Plumley (January 1, 1920 – October 10, 2012) was a career soldier and airborne combat infantryman in the United States Army who rose to the rank of command sergeant major. As a combat veteran of World War II and the Vietnam W ...

* MG George D. Shea * LTG

George R. Stotser George Raymond Stotser (April 21, 1935 – July 1, 2022) was a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. Commands he held include the Fifth United States Army and Fort Sam Houston, the 3rd Infantry Division, the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Armo ...

* MG Thomas M. Tarpley * LTG Robert L. Wetzel

References

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