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The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Holmdel Township, New Jersey is a monument honoring New Jersey natives who served in the Vietnam War, especially the 1,564 men and one woman who lost their lives or went missing in action. [1] Dedicated in 1995, [2] the Memorial is located on the grounds of the PNC Bank Arts Center. [3]
The original project cost about $500,000 and was funded by donations by various groups and collection efforts by the Hudson County veterans, with about $300,000 from Jersey City corporations. The City of Jersey City donated about $70,000 and the City of Bayonne about $10,000. Local unions and contractors donated the rest in material and labor. [3]
Confederate prisoners interred at the cemetery totaled 2,436 and all are in a common grave as can still be seen as a huge pit in the north western corner of the site near the monument. It was officially made a National Cemetery on October 3, 1875, by request of Virginia Governor James L. Kemper , who criticized the poor maintenance of the ...
Detail of names engraved along the circular wall of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Holmdel, NJ Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Dedicated in 1998 by Sen. John McCain and Gen. Norman ...
a: The cemeteries in Hudson county is compiled from several existing lists which, catalog strictly minor, obscure or defunct cemeteries or burial grounds, [5] are historical surveys, [3] [13] are grave transcription projects, [14] political listing of interment [15] and statewide indexes. [16
A report from 1879 states that 2,500 graves lie in the cemetery, where the price of a grave annually was about $100, [5] and in the next century it was reported to have over 18,000 bodies in it. [ 14 ]
As a result, his name does not appear on the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Holmdel. That’s changing. Katz’s name will be added to the memorial as the 1,565th New Jerseyan who died ...
Of particular note, positive identifications were established for two interments who have living linear descendants. The remains of a woman who died in 1928 and a man who was buried in 1949 were returned to their respective families for private ceremonies and reburial - ending the search for their long-lost grandparents. [10]