Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
American Battle Monuments Commission
Lorraine American Military Cemetery, Memorial Day 2010, ceremonial wreaths
Used for those deceased 1944–1945
EstablishedSeptember 1944; 80 years ago (1944-09)
(Completed 1960; 64 years ago (1960))
Location49°7′19″N 6°43′3″E / 49.12194°N 6.71750°E / 49.12194; 6.71750
near 
Designed byMurphy & Locraft, Washington, D.C. (Monument)
Allyn R. Jennings of Oley, Pennsylvania (Landscaping)
Total burials10,481
Commemorated444
Burials by nation
United States
Burials by war
Statistics source: ABMC website

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery, located just outside Saint-Avold, Moselle, France. The cemetery, containing 10,481 American soldiers KIA (the second largest number of American burials in Europe, after the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery of World War I dead, with 14,246), covers 113.5 acres (45.9 ha), was dedicated in 1960. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission.[1]

  1. ^ American Battle Monuments Commission. "Lorraine American Cemetery". abmc.gov. Retrieved 26 February 2019.