Aberdeen Proving Ground Post Cemetery

Captain John Smith Rd, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 21005

GPS Coordinates: 39.479894, -76.122754
County: Harford
Record count: 321

Ownership: Office of Army Cemeteries, U.S. Army

Directions: Located within Aberdeen Proving Ground, the post cemetery sits inside Shore Park, along the northeast side of Aberdeen Blvd, and adjacent to Shore Park Campground.

Background: The cemetery is part of the oldest active Military proving ground, Aberdeen Proving Ground, and was established on October 20, 1917 - six months after the U.S. entered World War I. The cemetery occupies just over 1/2 acre of land. This cemetery does not possess a columbarium; all graves are in-ground gravesites. Although the cemetery is only open to subsequent interments, the interment average is one interment per year.

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