Camp Marfa/Fort D. A. Russell Cemetery -- Marfa Cemetery, Marfa TX
N 30° 18.449 W 104° 02.344
13R E 592395 N 3353249
A dedicated section of Marfa Cemetery was set aside to bury those men and civilians at Fort D. A. Russell who died here in West Texas, VERY far from home.
Waymark Code: WMTYDK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2017
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In the Marfa (white) cemetery, there is a small block of graves that are all of soldiers and civilians from Camp Marfa, later known as Fort D A Russell. These graves are separated from the family plots by a concrete curb, and on the day Blasterz visited (22 Dec 2016), they still had flags on them from Veteran's Day.
Most of the men who died and are buried here are draftees from WWI working at Camp Marfa and soldiers who served at the later Fort D A Russell. Their units are listed on their official government tombstones, and some have their assigned duties as well. Others served here in the 1930s and 1940s, when Fort D. A. Russell was transitioning to a peacetime base, before ending its service to the nation as a POW camp for Rommel's Afrika Corps.
Civilians who supported or lievd at Camp Marfa/Fort D A Russell and died there are also buried here under Government-issued tombstones. The saddest one we saw was for James O'Brien Jr, an infant, who was born and died on 21 Jun 1920. He was the infant son of Sgt. James O'Brian, and his government tombstone was ordered on 17 Nov 1930, according to a US Government Interment Confrol Form. (
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