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|burials=368 interred (of which 21 are Unknowns) and 43 listed as missing in action.|location=[[Waregem]], [[Belgium]]}} | |burials=368 interred (of which 21 are Unknowns) and 43 listed as missing in action.|location=[[Waregem]], [[Belgium]]}} | ||
'''Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial''' is a | '''Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial''' is a World War I [[cemetery]] in the city of [[Waregem]], [[Belgium]]. Originally a temporary battlefield burial ground, Flanders Field American Cemetery later became the only permanent American World War I cemetery in Belgium. The Flanders Field American Cemetery commemorates 411 service members of the United States Armed Forces of which 368 are interred. The Walls of the Missing inside the chapel venerates 43 missing service members.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission |date=September 4, 2018 |title=ABMC World War I Battlefield Companion |url=https://www.abmc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/ABMC_WWI%2520Battlefield%2520Companion%2520Book_20180904.pdf}}</ref> | ||
This cemetery is administered by the [[American Battle Monuments Commission]] (ABMC) and occupies a six-acre (2.5 hectares) site. The government of Belgium granted its free use as a permanent burial ground in perpetuity without charge or taxation.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission |date=March 2018 |title=Flanders Field American Cemetery Brochure |url=https://www.abmc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Flanders%2520Field_Brochure_Mar2018.pdf}}</ref> | This cemetery is administered by the [[American Battle Monuments Commission]] (ABMC) and occupies a six-acre (2.5 hectares) site. The government of Belgium granted its free use as a permanent burial ground in perpetuity without charge or taxation.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission |date=March 2018 |title=Flanders Field American Cemetery Brochure |url=https://www.abmc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Flanders%2520Field_Brochure_Mar2018.pdf}}</ref> | ||