The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) was established in 1923 by Congress to be the caretaker of America’s overseas commemorative cemeteries and memorials. Following World War I the government recognized the need for a burial and repatriation policy for America's war dead. Families were allowed to select permanent interment of a loved one’s remains in an American military cemetery on foreign soil or repatriation of the remains to the U.S. for burial in a national or private cemetery. The majority of families chose repatriation but approximately 30 percent chose permanent interment in an ABMC cemetery.These sites, most of which commemorate the service and sacrifice of Americans who served in World War I and World War II, are among the most beautiful in the world. A smaller number of records in this collection include burials from 1853-1917 and from 1974-2019.The cemeteries and memorials represented in this collection, ordered by descending number of records, are:
Manila American Cemetery, Luzon, Philippines
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne (Meuse), France
Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, (Moselle), France
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Holland
Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France
Corozal American Cemetery, Panama City, Panama
Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy
Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal (Vosges), France
Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium
Brittany American Cemetery, St. James (Manche), France
East Coast Memorial, New York City, New York, USA
St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe, France
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau (Aisne), France
Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, France
Somme American Cemetery, Bony (Aisne), France
Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, Var, France
Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England
Mexico City National Cemetery, Mexico City, Mexico
West Coast Memorial, San Francisco, California, USA
Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waregem, Belgium
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