Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial

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Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial
American Battle Monuments Commission
Tombstones and the reflecting pool
Used for those deceased 1918
Established	October 14, 1918
Location	near Meuse, France
Designed by	•York & Sawyer - New York, NY
Total burials	14,246 plus 954 commemorated
Unknown burials	486
Burials by nation
United States of America
Burials by war
World War I
Statistics source: ABMC Meuse-Argonne web page

The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial is a 130.5-acre World War I cemetery in France. It is located east of the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon (Meuse). The cemetery contains the largest number of American military dead in Europe (14,246)^[1] most of those here lost their lives during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The cemetery consists of 8 sections behind a large central reflection pool. Beyond the grave sections is a chapel which is decorated with stained glass windows depicting American units insignias. Along the walls of the chapel area are the tablets of the missing which include the names of those soldiers who fought in the region and in northern Russia, but have no known grave. It also includes the Montfaucon American Monument. This cemetery is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission. It is open daily to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The cemetery is closed January 1 and December 25, but is open on all other holidays.