Fort Logan National Cemetery

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Fort Logan National Cemetery is a National cemetery in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. Fort Logan was named after Union General John A. Logan, commander of US Volunteer forces during the American Civil War. It contains 214 acres (0.87 km²) and has had 92,243 interments as of September 2007.[1]

A street in Fort Logan National Cemetery during Memorial Day weekend

Gravesites located in a newer section of Fort Logan National Cemetery

Fort Logan National Cemetery

Flags that were placed on gravesites at Fort Logan National Cemetery during Memorial Day 2006

Picture of graves located in older section of Fort Logan National Cemetery

Fort Logan National Cemetery

1 Cemetery Map
2 Notable Graves / Burials
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Cemetery Map

Below is a scanned image of a map provided by Fort Logan National Cemetery.

Fort Logan National Cemetery Map

[edit] Notable Graves / Burials

Karl F. Baatz, a German POW is interred in Fort Logan National Cemetery. He died while being held at Fort Logan during World War II.

Grave of Karl F. Baatz

John Henry Deutshendorf, Sr., notable Air Force Instructor and father of music legend John Denver.
Arthur Harvey, an oil pioneer and a veteran of both World War I and World War II (Section Q site 7142).
Richard H. Kindig (1916-2008), a photographer who was noted for documenting the rail transport industry of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains.^[1]^[2]