Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

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Welcome Home, Corporal Mayer

USMC Stephen Joe Mayer was killed in action on November 20, 1943, while taking part in Operation Galvanic, an Allied campaign to capture the Gilbert Islands. Though buried shortly after his death on Tarawa Atoll, definitive identification wasn't possible when Allied casualties were disinterred for return to the U.S. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) was recently able to identify CPL Mayer through DNA and other forensic techniques, and almost 83 years after his death in the Pacific Theatre he was laid to rest with full military honors yesterday at JBNC (Section D, Gravesite 1609). Welcome home, Sir, and rest in peace.

Memorial Day Ceremony

Scout Sunday: 77th Annual Good Turn Event

The Honor Project

The Honor Project, hosted by the Travis Manion Foundation, will be placing tokens on gravesites this Saturday between 10:00 a.m. and noon. For more information or to volunteer, please visit

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We are humbled and grateful for the incredible show of support from the community for the Memorial Day events. Thank you to all who placed flags, attended the Ceremony to honor our fallen Veterans, visited loved ones, or picked up flags yesterday. You are the heart and soul of JBNC, and we appreciate you all.