--- title: "An Air Force vet created an app to geolocate gravesites and digitize cemetery records" description: "Memor is more than a cemetery records app, it allows loved ones to digitally memorialize the fallen, as well as locate their graves." date: "2026-06-17" modified: "2026-06-17" authors: - name: "Blake Stilwell" job_title: "Editor-In-Chief, Air Force Veteran" link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/blake/" url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-news/an-air-force-vet-created-an-app-to-geolocate-gravesites-and-digitize-cemetery-records/" categories: - "Military News" - "Technology" - "Veterans" tags: - "Quick Hits" - "Veterans" --- # An Air Force vet created an app to geolocate gravesites and digitize cemetery records ![cemetery records app army graveyard]() *Soldiers and civilians clean, restore, and pay tribute at the headstones of U.S. service members at the Old English Cemetery in Livorno, Italy. (U.S. Army/Elena Baladelli)* Nothing lasts forever. Even headstones, which, for most of us, will be our lasting impression on Earth. Over time, they get discolored and work down by rain and sleet and whatever else mother nature can throw at it. Anyone who's ever tried to visit an old grave can tell you that the wear and tear of time combined with cemetery record-keeping can leave some graves just... lost. **Also Read: [The last 6 Revolutionary War veterans survived long enough to be photographed]()** Air Force veteran Jason Knapp was never a stranger to cemeteries, having grown up with a father who was both a funeral home director and a coroner. Knapp also lost more than his share of friends and fellow service members over his 22 years of service. Every Memorial Day, he could be found in cemeteries, placing flags on veteran gravesites, but grew increasingly frustrated trying to find them using old, faded, and handwritten lists. "The stones were deteriorating year by year. I realized we needed to electronically catalogue them before they were lost forever," Knapp said in a statement. It was time to bring cemeteries into the digital age, and he was going to do it. He created Memor Cemetery Management, a mobile app for cemetery records. Not only would the app replace decades-old typed records annotated in pen and pencil, it would eventually add photographs or GPS coordinates for each grave. Knapp can't be everywhere, of course. The Memor app allows individuals, businesses, and organizations to create digital records of gravesites that include photos and GPS coordinates of the grave, but also allow loved ones to share personal stories and photos of the departed. As more cemeteries adopt Memor, family and friends can visit and add to the memories of their fallen heroes from afar, even if they can never visit in person. One day Knapp hopes they'll be able to send flowers to gravesite using the app. "We want Memor to be the place that everyone uses to honor, remember, tell stories, gather to celebrate, share pictures, and talk about their friends and family who have passed while digitally preserving their final resting place for all to share," he said. Memor is not just for family and friends. It's also for veterans organizations, funeral homes, cemetery associations, and local historical societies. It's available now on both [iOS]() and [Android](). ### Don’t Miss the Best of We Are The Mighty **• [Iraq’s ‘Triangle of Death’ is still famously dangerous real estate]()** **• [This cemetery is the final resting place for the Army’s ‘dishonorable dead’]()** **• [Medal of Honor recipient turned on his helicopter lights during a risky rescue in Vietnam]()** ## Author Blake Stilwell is We Are The Mighty's Editor-in-Chief, covering military news, entertainment, and history, along with veteran education, employment and entrepreneurship. He is a former U.S. Air Force combat cameraman with degrees in Graphic Design, Television and Film, International Relations, Public Relations, Business Management and Middle Eastern Affairs. After leaving the military, he began working in film and television production in New York and Los Angeles, work that included ABC News, NBC Olympics, and HBO Sports. He then spent two years in Washington with White House Communications, before joining the Near East Foundation. At NEF he served as an International Development Fellow, then Communications Officer, and finally, Media Officer for the Middle East and Africa. Based in the Palestinian Territory, he coordinated strategic communications between eight country offices, international media, and government and NGO partners. He began a career focused on writing and editing in 2015 with We Are The Mighty. He left in 2019 for Military.com, but returned as Editor-in-Chief in 2025. Blake’s work has been seen on CBS News, Fox News, CBC, The Chicago Tribune, Task & Purpose, Military Times, Recoil, Skillset, American History, and was shockingly even used in a Supreme Court argument. He is an avid traveler and small business owner in Ohio, where he spends most of his energy fixing up a very old house. ### Author social links [Facebook]() [Twitter]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()