Grover Mapp (ca. 1885–1947) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftbliss.asp.  He was born in Georgia, and he enlisted in the U.S. Army at Fort Oglethorpe in 1914. Mapp joined the 10th U.S. Cavalry, one of the segregated regiments established for black soldiers after the Civil War. These men, including Private Mapp, became known as Buffalo Soldiers. Records indicate Mapp was a wagoner beginning in 1917. He was honorably discharged in 1919 and married soon thereafter. Although he did not serve overseas during World War I, Mapp re-enlisted in the army and was stationed in the Philippines. He returned in 1922 and rejoined his young family in San Antonio, where his wife's family resided, and they briefly lived in Arizona. After his wife's death in 1925, Mapp served another tour in the cavalry (1925–1926). He remained in Texas until his death.  http://www.concordiacemetery.org/Buffalo-Soldiers-Names.html.
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