Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

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Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
American Battle Monuments Commission
Used for those deceased 1944–1945
Established September 1944 (Completed 1960)
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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
444
Burials by nation
United States
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:

References

  1. ABMC Lorraine Cemetery web page Retrieved 29 November 2014
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