Camden County Veterans Cemetery at Harleigh

The Garden of Honor, a 10-acre county veterans cemetery section in the historic Harleigh Cemetery in Camden, buries eligible Camden County veterans, their spouses and qualifying children at no cost - grave, marker, honor guard and flag included; the county’s Supervisor of Veterans Interment was appointed in December 2025.

Also called: Garden of Honor, Harleigh Cemetery, veterans cemetery, burial, Supervisor of Veterans Interment, Camden.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child.

Where it applies

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Camden County, NJCounty

"The Camden County Board of Commissioners is proud to offer you the Camden County Veterans Cemetery as their way of giving back to you and to honor your sacrifice and your service. The Garden of Honor sits on a beautiful scenic 10-acre section of the historic Harleigh Cemetery." Eligibility: "Internment at the Camden County Veterans Cemetery is open to all veterans from Camden County who have served active duty, except for training purposes in the Armed Services of the United Sates during both wartime and peacetime and who were honorably discharged from service." At no cost: "The burial in the Veteran's Garden of Honor or placement in a mausoleum; Either a headstone or ground marker*; Military honor guard; United States Flag. Not included would be all other funeral home services." Spouses and qualifying children may be buried alongside. The grounds are open for visiting 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., seven days a week; questions and visits go through the veterans office at (856) 963-3500. The board's own record. At its December 9-11, 2025 meetings the Board adopted "Resolution authorizing the appointment of the Supervisor of Veterans Interment," carried on the caucus agenda and confirmed in the December 11, 2025 minutes. The state cemetery is separate. The county's veterans page says only: "For veterans who wish to be buried at General Doyle in Wrightstown which is New Jersey's State veteran Cemetery the contact number is 609-758-7250." The BG William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery is state-run; Camden County runs no piece of it.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Camden County Veterans Cemetery at Harleigh
Gate	Rule
Honorably discharged Camden County veterans, their spouses and qualifying children	Burial is open to county veterans who served on active duty other than for training and were honorably discharged. No rating is required.

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