Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
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Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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American Battle Monuments Commission | |
Used for those deceased 1944–1945 | |
Established | September 1944 (Completed 1960) |
Location | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. near Saint-Avold, (Moselle), France |
Designed by | Murphy & Locraft, Washington,
D.C. (Monument) Allyn R. Jennings of Oley, Pennsylvania (Landscape) |
Total burials | 10,489 |
Total commemorated
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444 |
Burials by nation | |
United States
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Burials by war | |
Statistics source: Cemetery booklet |
The Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, is located just outside Saint-Avold, Moselle, France. It covers 113.5 acres (0.459 km2) and contains 10,489 graves, the largest number of any American World War II cemetery in Europe.[1] Those interred died mostly in the autumn of 1944 during the drive to the Siegfried Line as the Americans sought to expel the Germans; they were mainly part of the U.S. Third and Seventh Armies. The cemetery is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Notable burials include:
- Al Blozis (1919–1945), Football Player
- Willard Bowsky (1907–1944), animator
- Salvador J. Lara (?–1945), Medal of Honor recipient[2]
- Andrew Miller (died 1944), Medal of Honor recipient
- George Preddy (1919–1944), flying ace, buried next to his brother William Preddy
- David C. Waybur (c. 1921–1945), Medal of Honor recipient
References
- ↑ ABMC Lorraine Cemetery web page Retrieved 29 November 2014
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