Cemetery
[Also, see the separate "Cemetery Tour"]
“FindaGrave.com West Point Cemetery page with short biographies as well as gravestone pictures of more than 600 of the 5000 interred here”

The West Point Cemetery sits on a promontory, once known as "German Flats," on Washington Road overlooking the Hudson River and Constitution Island. There are more than 6,000 men and women buried here. Included are those who died in virtually every armed conflict in which the United States has taken part. Revolutionary War soldiers and local residents were buried here for several years before it was officially designated a military cemetery in 1817. The oldest grave, that of Ensign Dominick Trant, dates from 1782 and can be found in the oldest section of the cemetery in the northeastern corner. In this same section, a visitor will notice that there are many graves marked, "Unknown." These graves hold the reinterred remains of Revolutionary War soldiers and others who were buried in several plots around post, as well as the remains of those discovered during various building excavations over the years. The history of the Academy itself can be seen in the 21 graves of former superintendents and in the resting places of many military, civilian and sports heroes in West Point history. Generals Thayer, Custer, Scott, Buford and Clay are here, as are sports figures Michie, Bunker, Daly and Blaik. They lie forever side by side with professors, clergymen, astronauts, spouses and children. You are encouraged to walk through the historic burial grounds; a helpful map is located inside the Old Cadet Chapel.