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The first known burial was Elizabeth Ann Lash, the infant child of an officer stationed at Jefferson Barracks. (OPS-1, Grave 2229-A). There are three veterans of the American Revolution buried in the Old Post Section (OPS). 1. Private Richard Gentry, (OPS-2, Grave 2093-A) was a veteran of the Revolutionary and the Indian Wars. He was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. 2. Major Russell Bissell, (OPS-1, Grave 2289-B) was a veteran of the Revolutionary and Indian Wars. 3. Colonel Thomas Hunt, (OPS-1, Grave 2289-C) was a "Minuteman" at the Battle of Lexington and Concord, April 1775. During the revolution he was wounded at the Battles of Stoneypoint and Yorktown. He was also a veteran of the Indian Wars. The cemetery is currently administered by the Department Of Veterans Affairs on the former site of Jefferson Barracks. The currently covers 331 acres (1.3 km²) and the number of Interments as of 2004 is approximately 154,300. NOTABLE BURIALS Jack Buck , former St Louis Cardinals baseball announcer First Lieutenant Michael Joseph Blassie , previously interred as the "Vietnam unknown soldier" at the Tomb Of The Unknowns , reinterred here after DNA testing positively identified his remains. EXTERNAL LINKS
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