Cemetery Works
Boulder, Colorado, USA
established 2001
Cemetery
Works
Index		 Veterans Buried in
Evergreen
Cemetery,
Breckenridge, CO		 Evergreen
Cemetery
19th Century War
Veterans		 Evergreen
Cemetery
20th Century War
Veterans		 Other
Aspects of
Cemetery Works
Evergreen Cemetery Veterans Burial Index
Soldiers / Sailors / Airmen Buried in Evergreen Cemetery

Three hundred and seventy five [375] soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen were found to be interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Leadville, Lake County Colorado, USA.

Roughly half of these veterans were in service in the 19th Century; half in the 20th Century..

The correspondence between the number of soldier, sailors, marines, and airmen identified and the war in which they serviced is tabulated below.

Number of Veterans   War / Service
01   Mexican War, 1846-1848
154   American Civil War, 1861-1865
02   Colorado State Militia [Colorado National Guard], 1881 Miners' Labor Strikes
02   Plains Indian Wars, 1854-1890
22   Spanish-American War, 1898, and Philippine-American War,
1899-1902
65   World War I, 1917-18
92   World War II, 1941-45
21   Korean War, 1950-53
06   Vietnam War, 1964-75
14   Not specifically known; catagorized as 'Cold War'


Frank James Neef served in both World War II and the Korean Conflict.
Robert D. Holt served in both the Korean Conflict and the Viet Nam War.

Rosters of and links to Evergreen Cemetery
  • 19th Century Veterans
    and
  • 20th Century Veterans
    rosters are provide on separate webpages.

    Separate webpages are provided for
  • American Civil War Veterans, Surnames A - G
  • American Civil War Veterans, Surnames H - O
  • American Civil War Veterans, Surnames P - Z
  • World War I Veterans
  • World War II Veterans
    due to the number of Evergreen Cemetery veterans in these conflicts.

    • Resources for Evergreen Cemetery Veterans Roster
    The Evergreen Cemetery Veterans Roster was derived from
  • Colorado Veterans' Grave Registrations, 1862-1949, database.
  • inscriptions on the military headstones obtained/transcribed by John R. Piearson, Leadville, in walkabouts up to 02 Oct 2005.
  • inscriptions on the military headstones digitally photographed by Jack R. Box, Boulder, in guided walkabouts on 01 and 02 Oct 2005.
  • Lake County Public Library Evergreen Cemetery burial records transcribed by John R. Piearson, Leadville. These records were last updated in 1981
  • History of Leadville and Lake County, Colorado, Don L. Griswold and Jean Harvey Griswold; [Denver] : Colorado Historical Society in cooperation with the University Press of Colorado, 1996

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    Index    		 Veterans Buried in
    Evergreen
    Cemetery,
    Breckenridge, CO    		 Evergreen
    Cemetery
    19th Century War
    Veterans    		 Evergreen
    Cemetery
    20th Century War
    Veterans    		 Other
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