Tahoma National Cemetery is located at:
18600 Southeast 240th Street Kent, WA 98042‐ 4868
Phone: (425) 413‐9614
Tahoma National Cemetery was established Nov. 11, 1993, and opened for interments on Oct. 1, 1997. Tahoma has a Memorial Walkway containing 28 memorials that commemorate soldiers of various 20th century wars, donated by Veterans groups, including memorials to lost submariners by SVWWII and USSVI.
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| Seattle USSVI Members at the Submarine Veterans WWII memorial on Tahoma's Memorial Walkway |
If you need more information, please contact one of the base officers.
Commander: Keith Watson 360-886-0778
Sr. Vice Commander: Doug Abramson 360-652-9709
Secretary: Bill Giese 425-335-5990
Treasurer: Jim Harper 425-357-6485
USSVI Creed and Purpose: "To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and it’s Constitution.”
The Tahoma National Cemetery director cannot comprehend why someone stole 11 bronze memorial plaques Nov. 27 from a cemetery walkway. A vandal or vandals pried the plaques from granite boulders that line a memorial walkway in the cemetery at 18600 Southeast 240th Street in unincorporated King County, east of Kent and Covington. The Tahoma National Cemetery Support Group is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those who stole the plaques. The plaques were donated in the 1990s by various veteran groups to honor highly decorated units. "It cost about $2,000 a piece to make them," the director said. "If someone tries to sell them, I can't imagine they get much for the scrap metal. They probably won't even find a buyer because of all of the words on them." Vandals did not damage any other areas of the cemetery. The federal government will not pay for the replacement. The vandals also damaged three other plaques among the two dozen or so displays along the walkway. Donations to replace the 11 stolen plaques and repair the three damaged plaques can be made out to:
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18600 SE 240th St
Kent, WA 98042