Watch Memorial Day Commemorations recorded Live from: Fort Rosecrans, Miramar, Mt. Soledad, USS Midway. With COVID-19 preventing large gatherings, four of San Diego’s most iconic locations collaborated to hold the first online live-streaming tribute, May 25, to honor fallen military heroes and salute today’s frontline heroes.
Miramar National Cemetery
5795 Nobel Drive, San Diego, CA 92122
(858) 658-7360
Open to the public:
6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Daily
Office Hours:
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday
Closed federal holidays, except Memorial Day
To schedule a burial:
1-800-535-1117
For additional information:
National Cemetery Administration
For National Cemetery Advisory on
COVID-19 Measures, go to:
www.cem.va.gov
Committal Services with Military Honors Resume
at Fort Rosecrans, Miramar Cemeteries
Committal services with military honors resumed June 9 at Fort Rosecrans and Miramar National Cemeteries. The cemetery staff is contacting families who were unable to hold a committal service between March 23 and June 8 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and is assisting them in arranging memorial services for their loved ones beginning in July.
San Diegans Mark Memorial Day 2020
Cpl. James Dawson, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar.
As Marine Corps buglers Cpl. James Dawson and Lance Cpl. Elizabeth Follman played “Echo Taps”, family members visiting the graves of their loved ones at Miramar National Cemetery on Memorial Day 2020 rose and stood at attention. The haunting melody was a tribute to the men and women who had served their country as members of the United States Armed Forces.
COVID Measures:
A message from Jared Howard, Director
Fort Rosecrans and Miramar National Cemeteries:
You are all an important part of what we do at VA National Cemeteries to ensure proper tribute to Veterans being laid to eternal rest. These are unprecedented times and we are doing our best to navigate them.
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WWII POW Ralph F. Kling Has Died, Age 95;
LLed Effort for POW Monument at Miramar National Cemetery
Ralph F Kling
Ralph F. Kling, a fighter pilot who was shot down and captured by the Germans during World War II, died at his home 28 March 2020, at age 95. Kling, vice commander of American Ex-Prisoners of War San Diego Chapter 1, led the effort to place the POW Monument at Miramar National Cemetery.
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Distinguished Flying Cross Society Memorial
LA commemoration and a celebration
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert L. Cardenas
It was a commemoration and a celebration. The dedication at Miramar National Cemetery, March 7, of a memorial to recipients of The Distinguished Flying Cross, and a celebration of the 100th birthday of one of its oldest living recipients, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert L. Cardenas.
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Galen Seal, Original Foundation Board Member,
Laid to Rest at Miramar National Cemetery
Fort Rosecrans and Miramar National Cemeteries:
Pallbearers move Colonel Seal’s casket into the memorial shelter.
Galen E. Seal, Jr., an original member of the Miramar National
Cemetery Support Foundation, was laid to rest, today, following a family
interment service at Miramar National Cemetery. Seal, a retired U.S. Air Force
colonel, is buried in Section 15, Grave 74, adjacent to the Flag Assembly area.
Veterans Day Service Reunites Two Vietnam Veterans
Vietnam veterans Steve Brown and Dennis Schoville.
Two old soldiers were reunited on Veterans Day at Miramar National Cemetery. Vietnam veterans Dennis Schoville and Steve Brown are linked by a near tragedy that could have killed them both. The date: Nov. 11, 1969 – 50 years ago to the day.
Santa Fe National Cemetery Director Jared D. Howard
Named Director of Fort Rosecrans, Miramar National Cemeteries
Jared D. Howard
Jared D. Howard, former director of Santa Fe National Cemetery, has been named director of the Fort Rosecrans and Miramar National Cemeteries, effective Sept. 29, 2019. He will be responsible for all burial, maintenance, and administrative operations at both facilities.
Miramar Memorial Service Marks 75th Anniversary of D-Day, Pacific Battles
‘Determination, fighting spirit of American soldiers’
With the 75th Anniversary of the World War II invasion of Normandy to be observed in June, the Veterans Memorial Service at Miramar National Cemetery was dedicated to remembrance of D-Day veterans, as well as to veterans of battles fought during June 1944 in the Pacific.
On June 6, 1944, said Sallay Kim, Vice-President of the Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation, which sponsors the annual service, 132,000 Allied soldiers landed on the beaches of Northern France. It was the largest invasion in history.
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Avenue of Flags Refreshed with 50 New Flags
All 50 American flags on the Avenue of Flags at Miramar National Cemetery were recently replaced with brand new ones in a process that’s repeated several times a year.