Somme American Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 49.984968, 3.213362
Location: Bony, Aisne
Record count: 2,169

Ownership: American Battle Monuments Commission

Directions: American Cemetery, 02420 Bony, France. Somme American Cemetery is situated a half mile southwest of the village of Bony (Aisne), France, which is one and half miles west of highway D1044, 13 miles north of St. Quentin and 14 miles southwest of Cambrai.

Background: The 14 acre Somme American Cemetery is situated on a gentle slope, typical of the open, rolling Picardy countryside. The cemetery is named after the region in which the American 1st, 30th, 33rd, and 80th Divisions and the 6th and 11th Engineers fought during the period between March 1917 and September 1918.

It is the final resting place of many of the American war dead who fought at Cambrai, Hamel, in front of Amiens, and during the Hindenburg Offensive.

The cemetery was first established as a temporary cemetery by the American Graves Registration Service following the offensive in 1918. It was known as the American Expeditionary Forces' Somme Cemetery No. 636. After the war, the other temporary cemeteries in the area were discontinued and the military dead of the region whose next-of-kin requested burial overseas were moved to the Somme American Cemetery for permanent interment.

Post-war administration of the cemetery passed to the American Battle Monuments Commission in 1934. The Commission landscaped the grounds and constructed the memorial chapel and other permanent buildings. The cemetery was dedicated on 30 May 1937.

Burial Records

• ABMC Burial Records, by Interment.net, November 30, 2019, (2,169 records)

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