Welcome to Historic
Mount Olive Cemetery
Wilmington, Delaware
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Veterans of every war through 1972,including the Civil War, are interred at Mount Olive.American Legion Marker - N corner of cemetery |
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CIVIL WAR |
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| Bantum, John CPL 4 USCT Inf Co. F |
Burton, P. H. PVT 22 USCT Inf Co. K |
DeShields, Isaac PVT 7 USCT Inf Co. I |
Graves, Robrt CPL 6 USCF Inf. Co E |
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| Harris, Samuel PVT 9 USCT Inf Co. C |
Henson, J.W. US Navy |
Hicks, James PVT 6 USCT Inf. Co. I |
Hollis, Alexander CPL 8 USCT Inf. Co. C |
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| Hubert, James L 1 SGT 20 USCT Inf. Co. F | Leonard, Mitchell CPL 9 USCT Inf Co. I | Loper, Henry US Navy | Morris, William H PVT 29 Conn Inf Co. I | |
| Murray, David PVT 127 USCT Inf. F | Smith, Stephen PVT 8 USCT Inf Co. G | Ward, Jacob US Navy | Furrow, William 55th Inf. GAR (still being researched) | |
| Jefferson, Enoch U.S. Navy | Segears, Joshua Co. K | Watson, J. T. 24 USCT Inf Co. K (still being researched) | Smith, Wiliam A 43 U.S.C.I Co. C . | |
WORLD WAR I |
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| Hutt, Clarence | Jenkins, Wesley | Gibbs, Thomas | Miller, Louis | |
| Potts, Thomas | Williams, James |
Stokes, Percy | Wright, Louis |
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| Fisher, James | Hall. Lawrence | Harris, Henry | Harris, James Andrew | |
| Wing, Charles | Hilton, William | Harris, William | Dickerson, Willie | |
| Johnson, George | Devericks, Thomas | Gundy, Robert | Smith, Victor | |
| Hutson, Joseph | Armstrong, Herman F | Palmer, Erick | Ashton, Frank Mayo | |
| Jones, Howard | Giles, Samuel | Ellegood, Benjamin | Gordon, Howard | |
| Cork, Leon Hudson | Dexter, Willie | Dickerson, Willie E | Empson, Walter | |
| Ashby, John | Ellegood, Benjamin | Gundy, Robert L | Johnson, George | |
| Reynolds, S.W. 349 F.A -- musician | Rose, John | Williams, David | Baker, Samuel Lee | |
| Hilton, William | Jackson, George W | Jenkins, Wesley | Laws, Walter E | |
WORLD WAR II |
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| Evans. Marron | Hasty, Leroy Jr. | Chambers, Lee | Dorsey, Norman | |
| Clark, George | Dixon, Reese | Small, John Emerson | Congo, Bernard | |
| Harrison, Charles | Scott, Roscoe | Brittingham, Norman | Baynard, Orville | |
| Davis, Robert | Barritt, George Jr. | Green, Howard | Bantum, William | |
| Coleman, John H | Davis, George Henry Jr | Dorsey, Norman Clifford | Gillespie, Curits Henry | |
| Harris, James | Hasty, Leroy Jr. | Jenkins, Edward | ||
KOREA |
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| Moss, Henry Jr. | Blake, Norman | |||
VIETNAM |
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UNDETERMINED | (Veteran DOD stone but dates and / or service not visible) |  Unknown Soldier | ||
| Hubert, Elwood | Jenkins, Edward | Chalmers | ||
| Woodlin, John | White, Charles Henry | White, James M | Primrose, Joseph O | |
| Fields, Charles | Bright, John | Cooper, Ishmon | ||
| Mitchell, Pedrick | ||||
| Moss Jr, Henry | Best, Rudolph | |||
| Jefferson, Florence A | Payne, William Bruce | Stokes, Percy | ||
| Brown, Elmer Alfred | White, James M | Redding, Samuel | ||
| NOTE: these are based on DOD stones and/or a Veteran designation on a death certificate. Please send corrections if needed! |
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EXAMPLES OF VETERANS’ HEADSTONES
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs “History of Government Furnished Headstones and Markers.” United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Web 10 Mar 2013
Before 1873, soldiers’ graves were generally marked with wooden markers. Congress authorized the use of granite or marble in 1873. The Office of the Quartermasters’ General handled veterans’ burials until 1973; when the Department of Veterans Affairs assumed responsibility.
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Mount Olive |
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1873 ff |
Round top with Shield Union Civil War dead Spanish-American War Veterans who died before May 1925 |
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May 1925 ff |
Standard Upright Cross Marble or Granite (until 1947) |
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1937 – 1947 (marble or granite)
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Flat Religious symbol - center top |
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1947 – 1973 (marble) |
Flat Religious symbol - center top |
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July 1942 – Nov 1945 |
metal markers were not available due to WWII |
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1940 – 1973 (metal) |
Flat Plain edges Religious symbol – center top |
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1973 – present (metal) |
Flat Beveled edges Religious symbol – center bottom |
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1973 – present (marble) |
Flat Religious symbol - center bottom |
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1994 to present (granite) |
Standard upright |
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