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 Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA


Latitude: 42.33845, Longitude: -85.31920 | Click to get directions to Fort Custer National Cemetery
Fort Custer National Cemetery

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Fort Custer was named after General George Armstrong Custer, a native of the state of Michigan.

The original Camp Custer was built in 1917 on 130 parcels of land, mainly small farms leased to the government by the local chamber of commerce as part of the military mobilization for World War I. After a two-year grace period, the Army was allowed to buy it for about $98 an acre. Construction of the camp started in July 1917 and within five months 2,000 buildings were ready to accommodate some 36,000 men. During World War I, some 90,000 troops passed through Camp Custer. Following the Armistice of 1918, the camp became a demobilization base for over 100,000 men. Some of the troops passed through here twice, going to war and upon returning home.


Headstones

 Thumb Description Status Location Name (Died/Buried)
<div style='color:darkgreen;'><h7 style='color:darkgreen;'><b>Fort Custer National Cemetery</b></h7>
Fort Custer National Cemetery
Augusta, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Find a Grave: #109405

 
 

National Cemetery


 
Source: Find a Grave (Military Cemetery-Fort Custer)
Ronald Wayne Lowe (d. 15 Aug 2017)
 

All Burials

 #   Last Name, Given Name(s)   Buried   Person ID 
1. Lowe, Ronald Wayne   d. 15 Aug 2017 Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location I31042

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