Junior College Neighborhood Association in Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Lost Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 11, 2026
1. Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Lost Veterans Memorial - Panel 1
Recognizing our "Lost" Veterans
U.S. military veterans buried in unknown locations within the Rural Cemetery
Seminole War
Charles W. Langdon
Mexican War
Robert McCallon · Anthony McDermott
Civil War Union
William J. Adams · William Armstrong · David Berlin · Edwin B. Dean · C. Lewis · Charles E. Makemson · Parchust D. Quimby · Henderson Tabor
Civil War Confederate
Samuel J. Gibson
Post-Civil War
Wilhelm Kerstan · Nelson E. Savage
Spanish-American War
Julius A. Larson
World War II
Leslie R. Burkhead · Donald E. Hedrick
Unknown Time of Service
Morris Conway · Frank E. Kelly · Frank McCarthy · Louis A. Spencer
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Military.
Location. 38° 27.339′ N, 122° 42.341′ W. Memorial is in Santa Rosa, California, in Sonoma County. It is in the Junior College Neighborhood Association. It can be reached from Franklin Avenue, on the right when traveling north. The memorial is located in the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, about 50 feet to the northwest of the Franklin
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Regionally, this memorial is in Wine Country, in the San Francisco Bay Area, in the North Coast, and specifically on the Coast Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, on the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Mableton (approx. 0.4 miles away); Fremont Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); Rosenberg’s Department Store (approx. one mile away); Santa Rosa Post Office and Federal Building (approx. 1.2 miles away); Luther Burbank Home (approx. 1.4 miles away); Luther Burbank's Garden (approx. 1.4 miles away); Isaac De Turk 1843 - 1896 (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 11, 2026
2. Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Lost Veterans Memorial - Panel 2
Another marker is no longer nearby. Comstock House Restoration (was approx. 0.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 11, 2026
3. Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Lost Veterans Memorial - Panel 3
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 11, 2026
4. Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Lost Veterans Memorial - Panel 4
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 11, 2026
5. Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Lost Veterans Memorial - Panels 1-4
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 11, 2026
6. Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Lost Veterans Memorial - wide view
Credits. This page was last revised on November 12, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2026, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 3 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 12, 2026, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
