Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 49.332904, 5.093627
Location: Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse
Record count: 15,189

Ownership: American Battle Monuments Commission

Directions: Rue du Général Pershing, 55110 Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France. Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is located next to the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon in the Meuse region of Northeast France.

The cemetery is 26 miles northwest of the city of Verdun.

Background: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is located in the area of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in 1918 in eastern France and western Germany. It was the largest battle that occurred in WWI.

The cemetery, which measures some 130 1/2 acres in extent, was established on 14 October 1918 by the American Graves Registration Service on terrain captured by the 32nd Infantry Division. In 1934, administration of the cemetery was transferred to the American Battle Monuments Commission. The ABMC made further landscaping refinements and erected the memorial chapel and other structures.

Burial Records

• ABMC Burial Records, by Interment.net, November 13, 2019, (15,189 records)

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