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Puerto Rico National Cemetery

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Puerto Rico National Cemetery
Puerto Rico National Cemetery

Puerto Rico National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery located in the city of Bayamón, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It encompasses 108.2 acres (43.8 ha) of land, and at the end of 2005, had 44,722 interments. Until 2021, it was the only United States National Cemetery in Puerto Rico. A second United States National Cemetery was built in Morovis, Puerto Rico because the cemetery in Bayamón has reached its capacity.

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Puerto Rico National Cemetery
East Mall Drive, Bayamón Hato Tejas (Hato Tejas)

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East Mall Drive
00961 Bayamón, Hato Tejas (Hato Tejas)
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