Flanders Field American Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 50.873825, 3.453801
Location: Waregem, West Flanders
Record count: 391

Ownership: American Battle Monuments Commission

Directions: Wortegemseweg 117, 8790 Waregem, Belgium.

Background: Flanders Field American Cemetery is the only World War I American cemetery in Belgium. At 6.2 acres in size, it lies on a battlefield where the 91st Division fought during the Ypres-Lys offensive, from October 30 to November 11, 1918. The government of Belgium granted its free use as a permanent burial ground in perpetuity without charge or taxation.

In the center of the cemetery is a memorial chapel with 43 names of soldiers missing in action.

The United States does, however, operate a WWII cemetery in Belgium, the Ardennes American Cemetery in Neupré.

Burial Records

• ABMC Burial Records, by Interment.net, April 14, 2017, (391 records)

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