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Fort Bliss National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in West Texas, located at Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army post adjacent to the city of El Paso.
Notable Interments
- Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr. (1888–1969), decorated World War I veteran and World War II division commander
- Lieutenant Colonel William Wallace Smith Bliss (1815–1853), Adjutant General of the Western Division of the Army in 1850, married the youngest daughter of President Zachary Taylor.
- Master Sergeant Victor Hugo Espinoza (1928–1986), Medal of Honor for action in the Korean War
- Lieutenant General Hobart R. Gay (1894–1983), World War II general and Korean War division commander
- Staff Sergeant Ambrosio Guillen (1929–1953), Medal of Honor for action in the Korean War.
- Daniel Richard "Dan" Haggerty[1] (1948–2013), Vietnam War veteran and member of the El Paso County Commissioner's Court
- Sherman Hemsley (1938–2012), actor and United States Air Force veteran
- Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall (1900–1977), military historian and author
- Corporal Benito Martinez (1932–1952), Medal of Honor for action in the Korean War.
- Ray Salazar (1931–2016), former Mayor of El Paso (1977–1979)
- Colonel John Stapp (1910–1999), M.D., Ph.D., pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration and deceleration forces on humans.
- Goose Tatum (1921–1967), Harlem Globetrotters star and World War II Army Air Force veteran.
- Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA) William O. Wooldridge (1922–2012), first Sergeant Major of the Army
Cenotaphs
- Corporal Frank Bratling[2] (1845–1873), Medal of Honor for action in New Mexico Territory during the Indian Wars (cenotaph)
- Private George Hooker[3] (1847–1873), Medal of Honor for action in Arizona Territory during the Indian Wars (cenotaph)
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