American War Cemetery Lorraine

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.

Those looking for more information and photos of the cemetery are encouraged to visit the cemetery’s page on the website of the American Battle Monuments Commission.