MANSFIELD'S LITTLE ARLINGTON--

About 1991 the veteran's burial area of the Mansfield Cemetery was reaching capacity.  Local veterans then purchased 800 additional spaces in the southeast corner of the cemetery property and created the burial area that has grown to appear as in the above photo.

Some stones have a veteran's name only.  That usually would be for an unmarried veteran.

When both a veteran and spouse are buried in the single grave site, the second to die is buried on top of the first and a marker with both names is erected.

If a non-veteran spouse dies first, her grave site is marked with a wooden cross painted white and a temporary plaque containing the spouse's name is attached.

The older veteran's burial section in the cemetery is in a pretty swale about midway along the east side of the facility.  It has only surface-level, grave markers but is quite visible with its bronze service affiliation flag holders rising prominently above the markers.