Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
American Battle Monuments Commission
Entrance
For Operation Overlord
Established4 August 1944
Location48°31′08″N 01°18′15″W / 48.51889°N 1.30417°W / 48.51889; -1.30417
near 
Saint-James, France
Designed byWilliam T. Aldrich
Total burials4,410
Unknowns
498
Burials by nation
* United States: 4,410
Burials by war
* World War II: 4,410
Statistics source: American Battle Monuments Commission

The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Saint-James, Normandy, France, near the northeastern edge of Brittany. It contains the remains of 4,410 of World War II American soldiers, most of whom died in the Normandy and Brittany campaigns of 1944. Along the retaining wall of the memorial terrace are inscribed the names of 498 of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of soldiers whose remains have been identified.[1]