Fort Custer National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located just outside the village of Augusta in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
Named for General George Armstrong Custer, the original Camp Custer was built in 1917 as part of the military mobilization during World War I.
During World War II Fort Custer was expanded to serve as a training ground and as a place to hold German prisoners of war.
Of the German POWs held during World War II, 26 died and were buried in the cemetery.
Sixteen of them were killed when a truck carrying them from a work detail collided with a train near Blissfield, Michigan.