NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY
Normandy American Military Cemeteries in Calvados, France
The Normandy American Cemetery was dedicated on 18th July 1956 and is the final resting place of 9,385 servicemen and women from the Second World War. In the grounds of the cemetery there is also a memorial to the missing.
There are 9,386 headstones: 9,237 are Latin crosses and 149 are Stars of David. One burial is from the First World War (Lieutenant Quintine Roosevelt, younger Brother of Brigadier General THEODORE ROOSEVELT Jr.).
The cemetery is also where the Normandy American Memorial to the Missing is located. This lists the names of some 1,554 men who were listed as missing in action.
9,385 burials
The Normandy American Cemetery was dedicated on 18th July 1956 and is the final resting place of 9,385 servicemen and women from the Second World War. In the grounds of the cemetery there is also a memorial to the missing.
There are 9,386 headstones: 9,237 are Latin crosses and 149 are Stars of David. One burial is from the First World War (Lieutenant Quintine Roosevelt, younger Brother of Brigadier General THEODORE ROOSEVELT Jr.).
The cemetery is also where the Normandy American Memorial to the Missing is located. This lists the names of some 1,554 men who were listed as missing in action.
Honours and Awards
3 Medals of Honour.
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Betsy Sheppard
In honor of 1st Lt. Walter B. Bidlack, KIA 6 June 1944.
On Monday, March 19, 2018Terry Burket
Paul Eugene Burket rest in peace
On Saturday, September 2, 2017Linda B.Walker
Thomas Hanson Chaffin 7/25/1944 Normandy
On Wednesday, May 31, 2017Cathy Russo
In memory of Corporal John Desio,22 yrs old, killed in Normandy on 7/15/44
On Monday, July 25, 2016