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Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery

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Not to be confused with Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery or Leavenworth National Cemetery.

Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery
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Established1884[1]
Location
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39°22′13″N 94°55′24″W / 39.37028°N 94.92333°W / 39.37028; -94.92333
Owned byUnited States Disciplinary Barracks
No. of graves298 (240 marked, 58 unmarked)
Find a GraveFort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery

Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery (also known as the United States Disciplinary Barracks Cemetery) is a cemetery maintained by the Fort Leavenworth Military Prison, Leavenworth County, Kansas. The purpose of this cemetery is for the burial of unclaimed bodies of soldiers who died in the United States Disciplinary Barracks.[2] It is the final resting place for 298 soldiers who died in the prison, 58 of which lie in unmarked graves.[2] The majority of the soldiers who are buried in Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery died between 1898 and 1905.[2] The last known burial in the cemetery was in 1957, ten years after the one preceding it.[2] Since families are expected to claim the bodies, the U.S. military does not have any plan for future burials.[2]

A headstone in the back row (11th) of a German POW buried at the site. This prisoner was hanged for the murder of Johannes Kunze.

Fourteen German prisoners of war who were executed in 1945 (for the murders of fellow-POWs Johannes Kunze, Horst Günther and Werner Drechsler[1]) in the military prison are buried in the northwest corner of the cemetery.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b Fort Leavenworth Historical Society, "German POW Execution"[failed verification]
  2. ^ a b c d e Fort Leavenworth Military Prison burial data from Interment.net
  3. ^ "Abolish Archives" 1 March, 1988 Archived September 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
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