Place:Main Post Cemetery, Fort Bragg, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States

History

Fort Bragg Main Post Cemetery was established during the 1918 influenza pandemic for interments of civilian workers (most Puerto Rican) whose remains, for a number of reasons, could not be shipped home. Between the wars the post was an artillery base, and the cemetery was mainly used for the burial of dependents. In 1940 Fort Bragg was designated as a Selective Service Reception Station, and in 1942 Fort Bragg and nearby Camp Mackall became major airborne training sites. A number of interments from that period were from training accidents, but there are also several German POWs buried here (Row 26) who either died accidentally or from disease. After the war, the cemetery took on its main responsibility as a veterans' cemetery for the central North Carolina area. The cemetery was closed to new interments after the nearby Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake was established in the 1990s.^[1]

Timeline

Population

The Fort Bragg Main Post Cemetery is closed for new requests for internment.^[2]

Research Tips

Information: Request for information on any Fort Bragg cemetery (including historic cemeteries) must be made in writing to the Director of Public Works Business Center, XVIII Airborne Corps Fort Bragg, ATTN: AFZA-PW, Fort Bragg, NC 28310.

Location: East end of Randolph Streets, Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina 28307

External Links

• The Fort Bragg Main Post Cemetery is recognized by Wreaths Across America.
• In 1995 a survey was conducted to record all markers and graves found on Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force Base and Camp Mackall. Information on this survey is recorded at this link.

Photo Gallery

Aerial View of Cemetery	Main Post Cemetery (West Entrance)	Main Post Cemetery (West Entrance)	Main Post Cemetery (West Gate)
Main Post Cemetery (East Entrance)	Main Post Cemetery (East Gate)	Main Post Cemetery Headstones	Main Post Cemetery Headstones
Memorial (MAJ Kegelmeyer)	GOMES	DEWBERRY	BRADY
LEWIS	HOLBERT	VIVIAN	SOLE
BULLUCK	HAPPNEY	MCDONALD	GETER
JACKSON	SNOW	JONES	BRINDLE
NASH	BALDWIN	PANDY	MASON
MASON	WALSH	MALENICH

References

1. ↑ Fort Bragg Main Post Cemetery, Find-A-Grave, accessed 4 April 2009 by BobC
2. ↑ "Fort Bragg Cemetery Running Out of Space," 23 Feb 1998. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/123869/ at WRAL.com; accessed 4 April 2009 by BobC