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'''Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial''' is a [[Second World War]] American military [[war grave]] cemetery, located just outside [[Saint-Avold]], [[Moselle (department)|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 {{convert|113.5|acre|ha|abbr=on}}, was dedicated in 1960. It is administered by the [[American Battle Monuments Commission]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/lorraine-american-cemetery |title=Lorraine American Cemetery |author=American Battle Monuments Commission |website=abmc.gov |date= |publisher= |accessdate=26 February 2019 }}</ref>
'''Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial''' is a [[Second World War]] American military [[war grave]] cemetery, located just outside [[Saint-Avold]], [[Moselle (department)|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 {{convert|113.5|acre|ha|abbr=on}}, was dedicated in 1960. It is administered by the [[American Battle Monuments Commission]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/lorraine-american-cemetery |title=Lorraine American Cemetery |author=American Battle Monuments Commission |website=abmc.gov |date= |publisher= |accessdate=26 February 2019 }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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==Notable burials==
==Notable burials==
* [[Medal of Honor]] recipients
* Medal of Honor recipients
** Sergeant [[Salvador J. Lara]] (1920–1945{{KIA}}), awarded the medal in 2014<ref>{{cite news|last=Santschi|first=Darrell R.|title=Riverside men to get top honor: Jesus S. Duran and Salvador J. Lara will be awarded the Medal of Honor|newspaper=[[The Press-Enterprise]]|date=February 23, 2014}}</ref>
** Sergeant [[Salvador J. Lara]] (1920–1945{{KIA}}), awarded the medal in 2014<ref>{{cite news|last=Santschi|first=Darrell R.|title=Riverside men to get top honor: Jesus S. Duran and Salvador J. Lara will be awarded the Medal of Honor|newspaper=[[The Press-Enterprise]]|date=February 23, 2014}}</ref>
** Sergeant [[Andrew Miller (soldier)|Andrew Miller]] (1916–1944{{KIA}}), awarded the medal in 1945
** Sergeant [[Andrew Miller (soldier)|Andrew Miller]] (1916–1944{{KIA}}), awarded the medal in 1945

Latest revision as of 12:31, 31 January 2025

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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]

History

During and shortly after the war over 16,000 American casualties were interred across the Saint Avold region in France. Those interred at the Lorraine American Cemetery died mostly in the autumn of 1944 during the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine as the Americans sought to expel the Germans from fortress city of Metz and advance on the Siegfried Line during the latter stages of World War II. They were mainly part of the U.S. Third and Seventh Armies.

In the late 1940s many bodies from the Saint Avold region were repatriated to the US or concentrated at Lorraine.

Layout

The cemetery's headstones are arranged in nine plots forming an elliptical design ending with an overlook feature. A memorial has ceramic operations maps with narratives and service flags. Either side of the memorial are Tablets of the Missing commemorating 444 soldiers missing in action (rosettes mark those since recovered and identified).

Notable burials


Anecdote: Sheltered from view, hidden by trees in a place a little apart, is a small vegetable garden created in 1962 by Bouaroua Aissa, gardener of the cemetery. More than 60 years later, this garden still exists and is maintained by another gardener who perpetuates Aissa's work.

Gallery

  • Lorraine American Cemetery.jpg

    Facing southeast, toward the rear of the memorial

  • Lorraine American Cemetery sign DSC 0537.jpg

    Lorraine American Military Cemetery, entrance sign

  • Lorraine American Cemetery Chapel Memorial Day 2010 DSC 0569.jpg

    Lorraine American Military Cemetery, chapel

  • Lorraine American Cemetery Flags DSC 0536.jpg

    Lorraine American Military Cemetery, St-Avold, American and French flags

References

  1. ↑ American Battle Monuments Commission. "Lorraine American Cemetery". https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/lorraine-american-cemetery. Retrieved 26 February 2019. 
  2. ↑ Santschi, Darrell R. (February 23, 2014). "Riverside men to get top honor: Jesus S. Duran and Salvador J. Lara will be awarded the Medal of Honor". The Press-Enterprise. 
  3. ↑ "The Last American Killed in Action in Europe during World War II". American Battle Monuments Commission. https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/last-american-killed-action-europe-during-world-war-ii#.WyObTlVKiUk. 

External links

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