Assistance and SUPPORT
Attention anyone planning a visit or attending a service at the USNA Columbarium: Beginning on Friday 30 August 2024, access to the USNA Columbarium will be restricted due to road repairs on Ramsay Drive for approximately 18 months. During this time, memorial services normally held at the Columbarium will take place adjacent to Alumni Hall and Worden Field across College Creek from the Columbarium. Please email Wes Huey '87 with questions and concerns or call 410-295-4023.
The U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (USNA AA&F) aims to support family and friends mourning the loss of U.S. Naval Academy alumni.
Available assistance and information include advance planning, how to get the word out to classmates, preparing an obituary, choosing memorial tribute gifts, and honoring those lost in the service of our country.
We are here to help and appreciate any feedback you can provide about additional questions we can answer or information we can provide to better help our Naval Academy families navigate this process.
Recognition of Sacrifice and Valor
Honor Our Heroes
Honoring Deceased USNA Graduates at the Fluegel Alumni Center (FAC)
Every day a deceased Naval Academy graduate has a memorial service at the Naval Academy, the USNA AA&F honors them by flying their class & service flags at half-mast on the FAC masts. Our alumni community loses roughly 700 graduates each year, over 100 of whom have their memorial services at USNA. We are proud to play a small part in honoring their lives of service as alumni of USNA.
Visiting The USNA Cemetery and Columbarium
All visitors to the cemetery and Columbarium must adhere to Naval Academy access regulations. The current security policy is posted here. Since the Naval Academy considers the cemetery and Columbarium ceremonial spaces, visitors are asked to respect the dignity of the grounds. Smoking, eating, drinking, littering, dog walking, and jogging are prohibited at the cemetery and Columbarium.
In 2003, under the leadership of MIDN Tyler Hale Churchill, USNA 2003, the 13th Company placed benches in the cemetery for the convenience of visitors. The 13th Company's benevolent actions represent an important symbolic bond between today's midshipmen and those who have served before them.
In the Oratory of the USNA Columbarium is the Class of 1959 locator kiosk. This touch-activated kiosk shows the name/class of all those individuals who are interred or inurned and the location of the gravesite or columbarium niche.
Resources
Donating an alumni's Lucky Bag, sword, or other memorable items? Notify the local chapter or class. Also, you can contact USNA's Nimitz Library Archives or Preble Hall (USNA Museum).
Contact Information
Email Timothy Elizabeth Woodbury or call 410-295-4064
"THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD;
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
- LAURENCE BINYON, 1914