Fort McClellan EPW Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 33.717933, -85.809279
County: Calhoun
Record count: 29

Ownership: Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs

Directions: Located at the top of Blue Mountain Ridge in the City of Anniston, along the north side of Shipley Rd. between Littlebrandt Dr. and Avery Dr.

Background: The German Italian Memorial Cemetery at the Fort McClellan United States Army post is the burial site for 26 German and three Italian World War II enemy combatants who had been interned at Fort McClellan at their time of death.

This cemetery was originally set aside for German POWs. But after the Italian POW cemetery was closed, three Italian POWs died and were interred here.

Transcriptions

We have 1 transcription for this cemetery.

• Tombstone Transcription, compiled by Aaron and Johanna Bock, August 1998, (29 records)