Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Military cemetery in Dallas, United States.
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery of 638 acres on the eastern shore of Mountain Creek Lake, north of Dallas Baptist University. Administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, it has over 73,000 interments as of 2021 and space for more than 280,000.
Dallas–Fort Worth National Cemetery was established in 2000 on the eastern shore of Mountain Creek Lake, north of Dallas Baptist University. It is the sixth national cemetery created in Texas, built to serve the state's nearly 1.5 million veterans. It has space for more than 280,000 interments and already holds soldiers killed in the Iraq War and the war in Afghanistan.
Among the graves are Medal of Honor recipients Candelario Garcia, honored for action in the Vietnam War, and James L. Stone, for the Korean War. Other burials draw visitors with their own stories: Glenn McDuffie, the sailor in the V-J Day in Times Square photograph, and Patrick Zamarripa, a Navy sailor and Dallas police officer killed in the 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers.
The cemetery lies on the eastern shore of Mountain Creek Lake, north of Dallas Baptist University, and is reached by road from Harry Hines Boulevard. Grounds are open daily from dawn to dusk, with hours shifting by season and weather. A visitors center holds displays on the cemetery's monuments and memorials.
Two Medal of Honor recipients, Sergeant Candelario Garcia and Colonel James L. Stone, are buried here among other military figures. Their graves represent some of the most decorated individuals resting at this location.
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