Fort Bliss National Cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | 1894 |
Location | 5200 Fred Wilson Blvd., El Paso, Texas |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 31°49′23″N 106°25′28″W / 31.82306°N 106.42444°W |
Type | Veteran |
Owned by | U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs |
Website | Fort Bliss National Cemetery |
Find a Grave | Fort Bliss National Cemetery |
Fort Bliss National Cemetery | |
MPS | Inter-World War National Cemeteries, 1934–1939 |
NRHP reference No. | 16000066[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 8, 2016 |
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. Administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 82.1 acres (33.2 ha), and as of 2014, had over 50,000 interments. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.