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{{Short description|ABMC World War II cemetery}}
{{Infobox military memorial
|name=North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial
|body=[[American Battle Monuments Commission]]
|image=North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial.JPG
|caption=Grave markers at the cemetery
|use_dates=1943
|established=
|designer=
|coordinates={{Coord|36|51|56|N|10|19|46|E|type:landmark_region:TN|display=inline,title}}
|nearest_town=[[Carthage]], Tunisia
|total=2,841
|unknowns=
|by_country=
* [[United States]]: 2,841
|by_war=
* [[World War II]]: 2,841
|source=[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/africa/north-africa-american-cemetery American Battle Monuments Commission]
}}
'''North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial''' is a Second World War military [[war grave]] cemetery, located in the town of [[Carthage]] in [[Tunisia]]. The cemetery, the only American one in North Africa and dedicated in 1960, contains 2,841 American war dead and covers {{convert|27|acre|ha|abbr=on}}. It is administered by the [[American Battle Monuments Commission]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/africa/north-africa-american-cemetery |title=North Africa American Cemetery |author=American Battle Monuments Commission |website=abmc.gov |date= |publisher= |access-date=26 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Secretary Esper's Remarks at the North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/2367437/secretary-espers-remarks-at-the-north-africa-american-cemetery-in-carthage-tuni/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defense.gov%2FNews%2FTranscripts%2FTranscript%2FArticle%2F2367437%2Fsecretary-espers-remarks-at-the-north-africa-american-cemetery-in-carthage-tuni%2F |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=U.S. Department of Defense |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Description==
[[File:North African American Cemetery and Memorial 2006 Carthage.jpg|thumb|left|Cemetery view]]

Headstones are set in straight lines subdivided into nine rectangular plots by wide paths, with decorative pools at their intersections. Along the southeast edge of the burial area, bordering the tree-lined terrace leading to the memorial is the Wall of the Missing. On this wall 3,724 names are engraved. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified.

The chapel and the memorial court, which contains large maps in mosaic and ceramic depicting the operations and supply activities of American forces across Africa to the Persian Gulf, were designed to harmonize with local architecture. The chapel interior is decorated with polished marble, flags and sculpture.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Santa |first=John |date=2012-05-31 |title=GN honors its fallen veterans |url=https://theislandnow.com/news-98/gn-honors-its-fallen-veterans/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=The Island Now |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-30 |title=US defense chief visits North Africa, World War II cemetery |url=https://www.abc27.com/news/us-world/politics/us-defense-chief-visits-north-africa-world-war-ii-cemetery/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=ABC27 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Location==
[[File:North African American Cemetery and Memorials 2006 Tunisia.jpg|thumb|right|180px|The flagpole and the cemetery]]

The North Africa American Cemetery is located close to the site of the ancient city of [[Carthage]], Tunisia, destroyed by the Romans in {{BCE|146|link=y}}, and lies over part of the site of Roman Carthage. It is near the present town of the same name, {{convert|10|mi|km}} from the city of [[Tunis]].

==Notable interments==
[[File:US Navy 061117-N-6544L-005 The Marine Corps color guard assigned to the American Embassy in Tunis marches past a corridor of Tunisian honor guards while retiring the colors during a wreath-laying ceremony at the North African A.jpg|thumb|left|An American & Tunisian honor guard at the cemetery's chapel]]
* Captain [[Foy Draper]] (1911–1943), Gold Medal Olympic sprinter (1936 Olympics) and USAAF pilot
* Private [[Nicholas Minue]] (1905–1943), [[Medal of Honor]] recipient for his bravery near [[Majaz al Bab]], Tunisia
* First Lieutenant [[Robert M. Emery]] (1911–1942), Distinguished Service Cross (posthumous) for his actions near Djebel Mrdajajdo in [[Algeria]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{USGovernment|url=http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/na.php|title=North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial|agency=American Battle Monuments Commission}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080517084914/http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/na.php American Battle Monuments Commission – North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial]
* {{Find a Grave cemetery}}

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[[Category:Cemeteries in Tunisia]]
[[Category:World War II cemeteries]]
[[Category:World War II memorials]]
[[Category:World War II sites in Tunisia]]
[[Category:American Battle Monuments Commission]]
[[Category:Tunisia–United States relations]]