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The Jefferson Barracks Military Post is located on the Mississippi River at Lemay, Missouri, south of St. Louis. It was an important and active U.S. Army installation from 1826 through 1946. It is the oldest operating U.S. military installation west of the Mississippi River, and it is now used as a base for the Army and Air National Guard .
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Lemay, St. Louis County. Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis; Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, University City; Cold Water Cemetery, Florissant in St. Louis; NRHP-listed
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MO-1938, "Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, St. Louis County, MO", 16 photos, 20 data pages, 4 photo caption pages Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. MO-2, " Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, St. Louis County, MO ...
Benton Barracks (or Camp Benton) was a Union Army military encampment, established during the American Civil War, in St. Louis, Missouri, at the present site of the St. Louis Fairground Park. Before the Civil War, the site was owned and used by the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association , which at the time was located on the ...
The United States Air Force's 157th Air Operations Group is an Air Operations Center manning unit located at Jefferson Barracks National Guard Base in St Louis, Missouri. The unit is geographically separated from its supporting unit, the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing .
A World War II soldier was laid to rest Friday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 80 years after he was killed on D-Day. ... ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A World War II soldier was laid to rest ...
The area now comprising Benton Park proper was first used as the City Cemetery, from 1842–1865. [3] Those buried in the cemetery were relocated in 1865, and the neighborhood was created on June 25, 1866, by city ordinance. [4] The site of the park was originally 17 acres, but was reduced to 14 1/3 acres to accommodate perimeter streets.
Michael Joseph Blassie (April 4, 1948 – May 11, 1972) was a United States Air Force officer who was killed in action during the Vietnam War in May 1972. Prior to the identification of his remains, Blassie was the unknown service member from the Vietnam War buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.