United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery

Tombstones at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, covered in snow

United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, in Washington, D.C., is located next to the Armed Forces Retirement Home. It is one of only two national cemeteries administered by the Department of the Army, the other being Arlington National Cemetery. The national cemetery is adjacent to the historic Rock Creek Cemetery and to the Soldiers' Home.

Notable interments

Thomas Boyne (1849–1896), Buffalo Soldier in the Indian Wars, sergeant, and Medal of Honor recipient
Benjamin Brown (1859–1910), Buffalo Soldier in the Indian Wars, sergeant, and Medal of Honor recipient
John Denny (1846–1901), Buffalo Soldier in the Indian Wars, sergeant, and Medal of Honor recipient
Henry Jackson Hunt (1819–1889), Union army chief of artillery, and artillery general of The Army of the Potomac in the American Civil War
John C. Kelton (1828–1893), Adjutant Brigadier General of the U.S. Army from 1889 to 1892
John A. Logan (1826–1886), Union army major general in the American Civil War, 1884 Republican vice presidential nominee, Illinois senator (1853–1857), (1871–1877), and Illinois representative (1867–1871).
David S. Stanley (1828–1902), Union army major general in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient
Agnes von Kurowsky (1892–1984), an American nurse during World War I who was the basis for the character "Catherine Barkley" in A Farewell to Arms.

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