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 | 49°7′19″N 6°43′3″E / 49.12194°N 6.71750°E near Saint-Avold, Moselle, France |
Designed by | Murphy & Locraft, Washington, D.C. (Monument) Allyn R. Jennings of Oley, Pennsylvania (Landscaping) |
Total burials | 10,481 |
Commemorated | 444 |
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]