Just outside the original Phoebus
city limits sits the Hampton
National Cemetery.
Resting here are almost 28,000 souls.
Included in that number are those whose service antedated the Civil War, those who fought on both sides of that conflict, and veterans of virtually every war or military conflict since.
Scattered throughout are stones marking the graves of children and spouses who qualified for interment with a family member.
Also buried at Hampton National Cemetery are 55 German and five Italian soldiers or sailors who died in nearby prison camps during or immediately after World War II.
In compliance with the spirit of the Geneva Convention, 28 German servicemen whose remains were recovered after the German submarine U-85 went down off the Virginia Coast in April, 1942 are also interred here. Read more »
Hampton National Cemetery at the VA
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