Somme American Cemetery and Memorial

Somme American Cemetery and Memorial
United States
Somme American Cemetery
For United States military dead from World War I
Location49°59′06″N 3°12′48″E / 49.98500°N 3.21333°E / 49.98500; 3.21333 (Somme American Cemetery)
Designed byGeorge Howe[1]
Marcel Loyau

The Somme American Cemetery and Memorial in Picardie, France, is an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery, situated ½ mile southwest of the commune of Bony, Aisne in northern France. It is located on a gentle slope typical of the open, rolling Picardy countryside.[2]

  1. ^ "American Armies and Battlefields in Europe: A History, Guide and Reference Book" (PDF). p. 528.
  2. ^ "Somme American Cemetery | American Battle Monuments Commission". www.abmc.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-15.