POW/MIA Recognition Ceremony, hosted by the John J Pershing VA Medical Center

to be held at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield

Bloomfield, Missouri - The ceremony will be held on September 16th, 2016 at 11:30am at The Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in the Committal Shelter Plaza.  

Since opening on September 29, 2003 the cemetery has conducted over 2400 interments.  The interments have included individuals from WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War periods.  The cemetery is the final resting place for many veterans, including former Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action or Killed in Action.

Families and friends of those interred as well as the general public are invited to attend to help honor all veterans, former POW’s and remember those still Missing in Action.

For more information you may contact the cemetery at 573-568-3871.