Stamboom Philip Hodenpijl Isabella Dinsdale/Dinsdalen » Bronnen » American Overseas Military Burials, 1917-1974

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