Mount Olivet Cemetery
Located on Norman Mayer Avenue, Mount Olivet’s grounds feature tombs and copings dating back to a time when a family’s craftsman would build them themselves.
Standing tall in the cemetery is the Mount Olivet Mausoleum, the only 2-story mausoleum in the area. Called Legacy Square, it is dedicated to local musicians and includes a bubbling fountain surrounded by cremation niches as well as oversize crypts designed for larger bodies.
At rest within this historical cemetery are men and women who were New Orleans leaders in commerce, industry, medicine, law and religion. As one might expect, it’s also the final resting place for a number of legendary musicians. Beloved singer, pianist, and rock and roll pioneer Henry Roeland “Professor Longhair” Byrd was buried here in 1980. More recently, in 2016, saxophonist Herbert Hardesty, who collaborated with Fats Domino on hits such as “Ain’t That a Shame” and “Blueberry Hill,” was buried at Mount Olivet.
Veterans of Three Wars
Veterans of Three Wars
Veterans of Three Wars
There are 6 veterans buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA that were involved in three wars.
Veterans of Two Wars
Veterans of Three Wars
Veterans of Three Wars
There are 22 veterans buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA that were involved in two wars.
Civil War
Veterans of Three Wars
Spanish American War
There are 2 veterans of the Civil War buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Spanish American War
Spanish American War
Spanish American War
There are 13 Spanish American War veterans buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans LA.
World War I
Spanish American War
World War II: A - k
There are 181 World War I veterans buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans,
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World War II: A - k
Spanish American War
World War II: A - k
There are 462 World War II veterans buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
World War II: L - Z
World War II: L - Z
World War II: L - Z
There are 462 World War II veterans buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Korean War
World War II: L - Z
World War II: L - Z
There are 120 Korean War veterans buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Vietnam War
World War II: L - Z
Operation Iraqi Freedom
There are 115 Vietnam War veterans buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
There are 4 Veterans of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA
Persian Gulf
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Persian Gulf
There are 8 Persian Gulf veterans buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, La.
Non War Veterans
There are 242 veterans buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, LA that were not involved in a war.