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The American War Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine is the largest U.S. World War II cemetery in Europe. The cemetery, which is located in the town of Saint Avold in France, is the final resting place of 10,481 U.S. war dead, including four recipients of the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. military award for valor. Besides those buried here, the names of 444 missing soldiers have been inscribed at the Walls of the Missing. Of the soldiers buried or memorialized here, many were killed while driving the German forces from the fortress city of Metz, France toward the Siegfried Line and the Rhine River.

The American War Cemetery and Memorial Luxembourg is the only American war cemetery in Luxembourg. The cemetery is located near the capital city of Luxembourg. 5,070 American war victims have found their final resting place here. Among the soldiers buried in the cemetery is General George Patton of the Third Army. In addition, the names of 371 missing soldiers are engraved on the Walls of the Missing. Many of the soldiers buried or commemorated here died in the Battle of the Bulge and during the Allied advance to the Rhine.

The American War Cemetery and Memorial at Epinal is located in the town of Dinozé, in northern France. The cemetery, situated at the foot of the Vosges mountains, is the final resting place of 5,252 American war victims. In addition to those buried here, the names of 424 missing soldiers are engraved on the Walls of the Missing. Many of the soldiers buried or commemorated here died during battles in central France, the Rhône Valley, the Vosges, the Rhine Valley and in Germany.

The American War Cemetery and Memorial in Ardennes is one of three American war cemeteries in Belgium. Two of these, including the Ardennes Cemetery in Neupré, are the final resting place for American war victims from the Second World War. 5,162 American soldiers from the Second World War have found their final resting place in this cemetery. Approximately sixty percent of the soldiers buried here served in the American Air Force during the war. 792 soldiers are buried as unknowns, because the cemetery served as a central identification point for the American Graves Registration Service. Those who could not be identified were buried here as unknowns. Among these unknowns are probably some of the 463 missing soldiers commemorated on the cemetery's Tablets of the Missing.

The American War Cemetery and Memorial at Henri-Chapelle is one of three American war cemeteries in Belgium. Two of them, including the Henri-Chapelle Cemetery, are the final resting places of American war victims from the Second World War. The cemetery, located in the town of Hombourg, is the final resting place of 7,987 American war victims, including three recipients of the Medal of Honour, the highest American military decoration for bravery. In addition to those buried here, the names of 450 missing soldiers are engraved on the Walls of the Missing. Many of the soldiers buried or commemorated here died in the Battle of the Bulge.

The American Way Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten is the sole U.S. war cemetery in the Netherlands. The cemetery is the final resting place of 8.288 U.S. WWII soldiers, of whom many died during Operation Market Garden in September 1944 or during the Allied push into Nazi-Germany.