About us
The Fields of Honor Foundation is a non-profit organisation that has been working since 2007 to keep alive the memory of fallen American liberators. Because we believe that no one deserves to be forgotten.
Our work stems from gratitude. As a group of adopters, we began researching the soldiers whose graves we adopted at the American cemeteries in Ardennes (Belgium), Henri-Chapelle (Belgium) and Margraten in 2008. More than 15 years later, the digital monument, which now also includes the American cemeteries in Epinal, Lorraine and Luxembourg, consists of the stories of 45,000 soldiers, and thousands of soldiers at the American cemetery in Margraten have been given a face during the tribute The Faces of Margraten, which had its first edition in 2015.
The website has therefore become a valuable resource for adopters, soldiers’ families and cemetery staff. By working with these groups, our volunteers are able to add new information to the database on a daily basis, which now also includes the American cemeteries in Epinal, Lorraine and Luxembourg.
Timeline
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The information and photos in this virtual memorial have been obtained from soldiers’ family members, grave adopters, researchers in the field, veteran organizations, and through research by our volunteers: André Koch, Arie-Jan van Hees, Carla Mans, Corina Halters, Debbie Holloman, Ed Tiebax, Frans Rabuda, Jori Videc, Justine Camps, Kathy McDermott, Leo Minne, Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Ria Cholly, Sebastiaan Vonk, Sophie Vleugels en Terry Hirsch.
The new virtual memorial was launched in 2025. It was built thanks to more than 400 generous donations and (financial) contributions from:
How can I help?
You can help too. Submit information to the memorial, or make a donation. You can also become a volunteer.