— Historic Fort Knox —
Saint Patrick's Parish Church and Cemetery occupied this site from 1831 until 1899. The church was relocated to Stithton in 1899. When the Post Cemetery was established in 1920, the stones from the foundation of the old Saint Patrick's Church were used to build the small caretaker house and cemetery walls. The first grave in the post cemetery was that of Gerald Collins, a dependent child, in April 1920. The first soldier buried was Norman Curry in June 1921. The Armor Center Commander, Major General Hugh J. Gaffey, killed in an airplane crash at Fort Knox, was buried here in June 1946. German and Italian prisoners of war who died at Fort Knox during World War II were buried in a special section of the cemetery. Construction projects made it necessary to relocate the Reuben Jones and Pearson Family Cemeteries to this area in 1957| HM Number | HMQPD |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | USA Armor Center |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, September 11th, 2014 at 5:57am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 591039 N 4194742 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 37.89565000, -85.96455000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 53.739', W 85° 57.873' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 53' 44.34" N, 85° 57' 52.38" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 502 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 9 Park Rd, Fort Knox KY 40121, US |
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