ZACHARY TAYLOR NATIONAL CEMETERY
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at 4701 Brownsboro Road (US-42), in Louisville, Kentucky. It is named for Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, who is buried there with his wife, Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 3, 1983. As of 2014, the cemetery has over 14,000 interments and is one of seven national cemeteries in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and one of 112 in the United States. Those buried at the national cemetery served in six wars: Spanish–American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War.
The cemetery began as the Taylor family cemetery and holds the graves of the president's parents, Richard Taylor, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War, and Sarah Strother Taylor, and other family members. President Taylor's son, Richard Taylor, a general for the Confederate States of America, is buried at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans. W.G.L. Taylor, a captain for the Confederate States of America, was reported to be buried in the family plot, but according to cemetery officials, there doesn't appear to be a marker for him.
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SURNAME
Johnson
FORENAME
Herman
UNIT
1 Bn (Red Combat Team)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
35106965
DATE OF DEATH
19th April 1944
AGE
28
GRAVESITE
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery,Louisville,Jefferson County,Kentucky Section A Site 880
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Louisville,Jefferson...
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SURNAME
Hancock
FORENAME
Gerald Quinn
UNIT
Company K (Ranger),75th Infantry
RANK
Specialist Fourth Class
NUMBER
51945014
DATE OF DEATH
16th February 1969
AGE
27
GRAVESITE
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery,Louisville,Jefferson County,Kentucky Section H Site 1560
ADDITIONAL...
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SURNAME
Rogers
FORENAME
Carl E.
UNIT
OSS
RANK
Sergeant
NUMBER
35837784
DATE OF DEATH
29th March 1945
AGE
24
GRAVESITE
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery,Louisville,Kentucky Section A Site 1169
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from St Lucie County,Florida
born 27.8.1920
US Army...