Our mission is to support the activities of the Miramar National Cemetery by advising on specific memorial projects, raising funds to construct those projects, administering memorial trust funds, and sponsoring commemorative ceremonies to mark significant patriotic events throughout the year.

Miramar National Cemetery

Open to the public:

Sunrise to Sunset, Daily

Office Hours:

8:30 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:

Process to bury an unclaimed Veteran in San Diego:

Foundation News

Honoring Fallen Vietnam Veterans

  Remembering 55 Killed USN Special Warfare Operators (April 2024) This month, Honor Flight San Diego took 90 Korean and Vietnam War U.S. Navy Special Warfare (NSW) Operators on their Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. They also took 55 American ...
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Gold Star Family Memorial Monument

Goldstar Family Monument

  Gold Star Family Memorial Monument (November 2023) Five years after the project began, the Woody Williams Foundation, with help from local Gold Star Families, broke ground on the first Gold Star Family Memorial Monument in San Diego County. The ...
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National Vietnam War Veterans Day – March 29

Vietnam Veteran Jack Gauthier. Photo credit Chris Stone (March 2023) If you served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces (at any time) from November 1, 1955, to May 15, 1975, regardless of location, then this day is for ...
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Display of Flags

Honoring Fallen Heroes

(March 2023) As Honor Flight San Diego (HFSD) began to fly Vietnam Veterans, the Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation had the unique opportunity to assist the organization. HFSD took a plane filled with Navy HA(L)-3 Seawolves from the Vietnam War. ...
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Honoring Navy HA(L)-3 Seawolves

(February 2023) For the past several years we have had a dilemma – what to do with the 50 flags from the Avenue of Flags when they can no longer be flown. Twice a year, around Memorial Day and Veterans ...
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BGEN Cardenas Recognized

Brigadier General Bob Cardenas (photo courtesy of UT San Diego) (January 2023) In the recently published Distinguished Flying Cross Society Winter 2022 Magazine, there is an article detailing the life of USAF Brigadier General Robert "Bob" Cardenas. General Cardenas passed ...
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