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Veterans buried in Washington
82,133 veterans on record with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, in 2,269 cemeteries across 392 cities and towns. Browse by cemetery or by last name, or search.
Browse by cemetery2,269 cemeteriesEvery cemetery in the index, grouped by city, with the number of veterans on record at each.Browse by nameA to Z by last nameEvery veteran in the state, in alphabetical order, 100 to a page.
Quick facts
By branch
- Army
- 36,981
- Navy
- 22,991
- Air Force
- 15,995
- Marine Corps
- 5,748
- Coast Guard
- 1,586
- US Merchant Marine
- 398
- Women's Army Corps
- 53
- US Public Health Service
- 16
A veteran who served in two branches counts under both.
By war
- World War II
- 29,984
- Vietnam
- 24,375
- Korea
- 19,995
- Persian Gulf
- 2,171
- World War I
- 415
- Iraq
- 333
- Civil War
- 167
- Afghanistan
- 155
War is blank on many VA rows, so these are the ones the VA recorded.
Largest cemeteries
- Tahoma National CemeteryKent49,408
- Washington State Veterans CemeteryMedical Lake6,307
- Desert Lawn Memorial ParkKennewick933
- Fairmount Memorial ParkSpokane454
- Longview Memorial ParkLongview432
- Greenwood Memorial TerraceSpokane431
- Mountain View CemeteryWalla Walla402
- New Tacoma CemeteryUniversity Place383
- Terrace Heights Memorial ParkYakima344
- Greenacres Memorial ParkFerndale316
- Floral Hills CemeteryLynnwood315
- Cypress Lawn Memorial ParkEverett292
For cemeteries and veterans groups
Bring memorials to a cemetery in Washington
A pilot gives five veterans a memorial page and a code for the marker, with family submissions reviewed before anything is published.
Start a cemetery pilotSource: the Nationwide Gravesite Locator published by the National Cemetery Administration, as of 2026-09-24. National and state veterans cemeteries are listed in full; private cemeteries appear only where the VA furnished a headstone or marker.