Washington Soldier's Home Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 47.081067, -122.226243
Location: Orting, Pierce County
Record count: 54

Ownership: Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs

Directions: Located about 3/4 mile west of Washington State Soldiers Home at Orting, along the south side of Orting Kapowsin Hwy E, just west of 155th Ave E.

Background: The Soldiers Home in Orting, Washington has been in existence since June of 1891. A cemetery was built along with the Soldiers Home to serve as the final resting place for Veterans and their spouses. The current site of the cemetery is not the original. According to local historians, the first site was in the flood plain of the Puyallup River which holds runoff waters from Mount Rainier. Due to flooding, Washington State purchased additional land on a nearby hillside for a new cemetery in 1907 and existing burials were relocated to the new site. In 1909, hundreds of veterans, citizens, and state and military officials attended the dedication of the Soldiers' Home Cemetery Monument in the new cemetery. The inscription on the large memorial stone read: "Erected by the Women's Relief Corps of the Department of Alaska, June 23, 1909".

Documents

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  Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery History, Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs

Burial Records

• View All Transcriptions Combined, 54 records
  • Veterans Affairs Database, by Interment.net, April 17, 2025, (39 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Layna Wilson, (1 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Maggie Rail, (11 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Ray Sanders, (2 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Southron Shannon, (1 records)

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