Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Dallas, Texas (USA). It encompasses 638.4 acres (258.4 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 13,166 interments.

[edit] History

Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery was established in 2000 on the eastern shore of Mountain Creek Lake. It is the sixth National Cemetery created in Texas and was created to meet the future needs of American veterans. Nearly 1.5 million of which live in the state of Texas alone. When completed, it will have the space for over 280,000 interments. It already serves as the resting place for several soldiers who have died in the Iraq War.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../d/a/l/Dallas-Fort_Worth_National_Cemetery_39f6.html"