Havana Harbor
Havana, Municipio de La Habana Vieja, La Habana, Cuba – *No GPS coordinates
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Add PhotosWar dead were repatriated back to the United States for re interment for the first time from foreign soil. Except for the estimated 100 trapped in the hull of the Maine, the dead sailors were buried in Colon Cemetery, Havana. Twenty-four bodies were sent to Key West for burial. The following year, the war over, Dec 28 1899, 150 remains were exhumed and re buried together on Hall's Knoll in Arlington National Cemetery, transported by Armoured cruiser North Carolina. Sec. of War Stimson traveled aboard with the remains. The Maine itself remained submerged in Havana harbor for another ten years when it was finally raised and the remaining sailors recovered. Thirty-four bodies were identified, all buried at Arlington except Darwin Merrit whose remains were sent to his family in Iowa.
The memorials listed here are those who do not appear at Arlington National Cemetery or elsewhere in Findagrave. Please advise if any of those given here are known to be buried at another resting place.
See findagrave "USS Maine Memorial" for more information
War dead were repatriated back to the United States for re interment for the first time from foreign soil. Except for the estimated 100 trapped in the hull of the Maine, the dead sailors were buried in Colon Cemetery, Havana. Twenty-four bodies were sent to Key West for burial. The following year, the war over, Dec 28 1899, 150 remains were exhumed and re buried together on Hall's Knoll in Arlington National Cemetery, transported by Armoured cruiser North Carolina. Sec. of War Stimson traveled aboard with the remains. The Maine itself remained submerged in Havana harbor for another ten years when it was finally raised and the remaining sailors recovered. Thirty-four bodies were identified, all buried at Arlington except Darwin Merrit whose remains were sent to his family in Iowa.
The memorials listed here are those who do not appear at Arlington National Cemetery or elsewhere in Findagrave. Please advise if any of those given here are known to be buried at another resting place.
See findagrave "USS Maine Memorial" for more information
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- Added: 10 Jul 2014
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2546697
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