Honoring New Orleans Veterans

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  • Greenwood Cemetery
  • Cypress Grove Cemetery
  • Resthaven Memorial Park
  • St Patrick Cemetery No 1
  • New Orleans Honor Home
  • Korean War LA Veterans
  • Vietnam War LA Veterans
  • Alcee Fortier High School
    • Greenwood Cemetery
    • Cypress Grove Cemetery
    • Resthaven Memorial Park
    • St Patrick Cemetery No 1
    • New Orleans Honor Home
    • Korean War LA Veterans
    • Vietnam War LA Veterans
    • Alcee Fortier High School

Honoring New Orleans Veterans

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  • Greenwood Cemetery
  • Cypress Grove Cemetery
  • Resthaven Memorial Park
  • St Patrick Cemetery No 1
  • New Orleans Honor Home
  • Korean War LA Veterans
  • Vietnam War LA Veterans
  • Alcee Fortier High School

St Patrick Cemetery No 1

The St. Patrick Cemeteries were established in 1841 by the parish of St. Patrick’s Church, located on Camp Street in today’s Central Business District. Catholic Irish immigrants formed the parish in 1833 and they began worshiping out of a small wood frame church on the site of the current building. In the late 1830s, with an ever-growing congregation, administrators hired architects Charles and James Dakin to construct the present building, which was completed by prominent local architect James Gallier in 1840 after problems with the foundation were uncovered.

With the new church constructed, the vestry of St. Patrick’s purchased the land for the cemeteries on the naturally high ground of Metairie Ridge in 1841 from Gabriel Jason (c. 1817-1860), and shortly thereafter received permission to form a cemetery there from the city council of New Orleans. Due to the layout of the site, with Canal Street and City Park Avenue dividing the parcel, the cemetery was separated into three distinct sections known as St. Patrick Cemetery No. 1, 2, and 3.

Early on, in-ground burials were the preferred type of interment within St. Patrick Cemetery No. 1 due to cultural preferences and cost concerns. The yellow fever epidemic of 1847 and that of 1853, which has been labeled the worst in New Orleans’ history, left an indelible mark upon the landscape of the cemetery. In August of 1853, a reported 1,300 people died from the disease each week. The Irish population of New Orleans, and that of other recent immigrant groups such as the Germans, were especially hard hit by the epidemic. In the month of August alone, approximately 1,100 yellow fever victims were laid to rest in St. Patrick Cemetery No. 1. The large number of interments within such a short period of time is why St. Patrick Cemetery No. 1 is not organized in distinct rows.
 

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There are 545 veterans buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1, 95% of which are war veterans.


22 Died While In Service

15 Killed In Action

7 Died Non Battle

1 Prisoner of War


1 Veteran of World War II, Korea, Vietnam

1 Veteran of the Civil War, Spanish American War

3 Veterans of World War I, World War II

1 Veteran of 2nd Nicaraguan Campaign, World War II

5 Veterans of World War II, Korea

2 Veterans of Korea, Vietnam

1 Veteran of Vietnam, Persian Gulf


4 Veterans of the Civil War

6 Veterans of the Spanish American War

148 Veterans of World War I

1 Veteran of the 2nd Nicaraguan Campaign

307 Veterans of World War II

45 Veterans of the Korean War

17 Veterans of the Vietnam War

2 Veterans of the Persian Gulf

1 Veteran of the Gulf War


LOCATING A VETERAN IN THE CEMETERY

We have the location in the cemetery of each veteran buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1. Please contact us if you need the location by using the chat button at the bottom of the screen.


Forever Serving

Veteran of Three Wars

Veteran of Three Wars

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There are 15 veterans that were Killed In Action and 7 veterans that died while in service buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

Forever Serving

Veteran of Three Wars

Veteran of Three Wars

Veteran of Three Wars

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There is 1 veteran that was involved in three wars buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

Veteran of Three Wars

Veterans of Two Wars

Veteran of Three Wars

Veterans of Two Wars

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There are 13 veterans that were involved in two wars buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

Veterans of Two Wars

Prisoner of War

Spanish American War

Veterans of Two Wars

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There is one former Prisoner Of War from the Civil War buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

Prisoner of War

Civil War

Spanish American War

Spanish American War

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There are four veterans of the Civil War buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

Civil War Veterans

Spanish American War

Spanish American War

Spanish American War

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There are 6 veterans of the Spanish American War buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

Spanish American War Veterans

World War I

2nd Nicaraguan Campaign

2nd Nicaraguan Campaign

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There are 148 veterans of World War I buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

World War I Veterans

2nd Nicaraguan Campaign

2nd Nicaraguan Campaign

2nd Nicaraguan Campaign

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There is 1 veteran of the 2nd Nicaraguan Campaign buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

2nd Nicaraguan Campaign

World War II A - J

2nd Nicaraguan Campaign

World War II A - J

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There are 307 veterans of World War II buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

World War II Veterans A - J

World War II K - Z

World War II K - Z

World War II A - J

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There are 307 veterans of World War II buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1. 

World War II Veterans K - Z

Korean War

World War II K - Z

Vietnam War

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There are 45 veterans of the Korean War buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

Korean War Veterans

Vietnam War

World War II K - Z

Vietnam War

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There are 17 veterans of the Vietnam War buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

Vietnam War Veterans

Persian Gulf and Gulf War

Persian Gulf and Gulf War

Persian Gulf and Gulf War

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There are 3 veterans of the Persian Gulf and Gulf War buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

Persian Gulf and Gulf War Veterans

Non War

Persian Gulf and Gulf War

Persian Gulf and Gulf War

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There are 29 veterans that were not involved in a war buried in St Patrick Cemetery No 1.

Non War Veterans

Forever Serving List


Forever Serving


Former Prisoner of War


Veteran of Three Wars


Veterans of Two Wars List


Civil War Veterans


Spanish American War Veterans


2nd Nicaraguan Campaign Veteran


Korean War Veterans List


Korean War Veterans


Vietnam War Veterans List


Vietnam War Veterans


Persian Gulf and Gulf War Veterans


Non War Veterans List


Non War Veterans

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