The county runs its own veterans cemetery - created by the Board of County Commissioners in May 1980 for Cape May County resident veterans and their spouses - at 129 Crest Haven Road, Cape May Court House, with registration through the Division of Veterans Services on a DD-214, marriage certificate and New Jersey driver’s license, and a public online plot finder; the board’s 2026 contracts carried its $1,600,126.20 Phase II beautification.
Also called: Gerald M. Thornton Veterans Cemetery, Crest Haven Road, Cape May Court House, established 1980, plot finder, registration, beautification.
The county's page. The Gerald M. Thornton Veterans' Cemetery: "The Cape May County Veterans' Cemetery was created by the Board of County Commissioners in May 1980 to provide a final resting place for Cape May County resident Veterans and their spouses. Veteran's interested in interment at the Cape May County Veterans' Cemetery are encouraged to register at the Cape May County Division of Veterans' Services. Veterans can register at our office, please bring or fax a copy of the following: Discharge papers/DD form 214; Marriage certificate, if applicable; New Jersey Driver's license. Once eligibility is determined, your registration information will be on file in our office." "Veterans' Cemetery, 129 Crest Haven Road, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210. Phone: 609-886-2762. Fax: 609-886-4161. Visitation Hours: Dawn - Dusk." Commissioner Bobby Barr is the liaison. A public "Cemetery Plot Finder" runs at www.capemaycountyims.net/veteranscemetery2.
The board's year of cemetery work. Resolution 31-26 (January 2026) "reject[ed] all bids submitted in response to 2025 Specification No. 42, Enhanced Beautification Project at the Cape May County Veterans' Cemetery - Phase II... pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-13.2(a), the lowest bid substantially exceeds the cost estimates"; Resolution 75-26 (January 27, 2026) then awarded "Contract No. C6-16 to Command Co., Inc. for enhanced beautification project at the Cape May County Veterans' Cemetery - Phase II... in the amount of $1,600,126.20 commencing on January 28, 2026, and expiring upon final acceptance and closeout"; and Resolution 193-26 (March 24, 2026) accepted the work and closed "Contract No. C4-2 with Command Co., Inc. for the enhanced beautification project at Cape May County Veterans' Cemetery" with a final payment. The minutes record Commissioner Barr "very excited to see the resolution for Phase 2 of the improvements to the Veterans Cemetery on today's agenda," and the county's planning/GIS staff "continue to map all grave sites at the Veterans Cemetery as time permits" and are "working with the CMC Veterans Cemetery to maintain their records keeping system and to map out cremation sites for future burial site planning." The county's pages make no reference to the state's BG William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery: this is Cape May County's own burial ground.
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Cape May County resident veterans and their spouses
Interment is for county resident veterans and spouses on DD-214 registration. No rating is required.
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