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Cemeteries&Memorials Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Cemeteries & Memorials ABMC administers, operates and maintains 26 permanent American military cemeteries and 30 federal memorial, monuments and markers, which are located in 17 foreign countries, the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the British Dependency of Gibraltar; three of the memorials are located within the United States. These cemeteries and memorials, most of which commemorate the service and sacrifice of Americans who served in World War I and World War II, are among the most beautiful and meticulously maintained shrines in the world. Visit ABMC Burial and Memorialization Statistics to learn about the number of men and women we honor around the world. VIEW INTERACTIVE MAP Browse by Country Explore By: Country or War - Any - Apply Reset https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 1/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Aisne-Marne American Cemetery France World War I Ardennes American Cemetery Belgium World War II https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 2/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Audenarde American Monument Belgium World War I Belleau Wood France https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 3/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission World War I Bellicourt American Monument France World War I Brittany American Cemetery https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 4/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission France World War II Brookwood American Cemetery United Kingdom World War I https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 5/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Cabanatuan American Memorial Philippines World War II Cambridge American Cemetery United Kingdom World War II https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 6/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Cantigny American Monument France World War I Chateau-Thierry Monument France World War I https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 7/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Chaumont Marker - AEF Headquarters France World War I Clark Veterans Cemetery Philippines https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 8/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Other Corozal American Cemetery Panama Other Dartmouth Monument https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 9/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission United Kingdom World War II East Coast Memorial United States World War II https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 10/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Epinal American Cemetery France World War II Flanders Field American Cemetery Belgium World War I https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 11/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Florence American Cemetery Italy World War II Guadalcanal Memorial Solomon Islands World War II https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 12/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Belgium World War II Honolulu Memorial United States https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 13/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission World War II Korean War Vietnam War Kemmel American Monument Belgium World War I Korean War Monument at Busan https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 14/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission South Korea Korean War Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery France World War I https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 15/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Lorraine American Cemetery France World War II Luxembourg American Cemetery Luxembourg World War II https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 16/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Manila American Cemetery Philippines World War II Marker at Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea World War II https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 17/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery France World War I Mexico City National Cemetery Mexico https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 18/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Other Midway Monument United States Minor Outlying Islands World War II Montfaucon American Monument https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 19/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission France World War I Montsec American Monument France World War I https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 20/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Naval Monument at Brest France World War I Naval Monument at Gibraltar Gibraltar World War I https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 21/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Netherlands American Cemetery Netherlands World War II New Zealand Memorial New Zealand World War II https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 22/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Normandy American Cemetery France World War II North Africa American Cemetery Tunisia https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 23/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission World War II Oise-Aisne American Cemetery France World War I Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 24/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission France World War II Rhone American Cemetery France World War II https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 25/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Saipan Memorial Northern Mariana Islands World War II Santiago Surrender Tree Cuba Other https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 26/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Italy World War II Somme American Cemetery France World War I https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 27/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Sommepy American Monument France World War I Souilly Marker-1st Army Headquarters France https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 28/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission World War I St. Mihiel American Cemetery France World War I Suresnes American Cemetery https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 29/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission France World War I World War II Tours American Monument France World War I https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 30/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Utah Beach American Memorial France World War II West Coast Memorial United States World War II https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 31/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission Western Naval Task Force Marker Morocco World War II XI Amphibious Force Marker United Kingdom World War II https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 32/33 Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials 33/33 .
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