The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, located one and one half miles east of Fère-en-Tardenois in France, contains the remains of 6,012 American War Dead.[1] Plot "E" of the cemetery currently contains the remains of 94 United States servicemen executed under military authority for crimes of murder and/or rape during World War II. Plot "E" is detached from the main cemetery and visitors are not encouraged. Gravemarkers within Plot "E" do not list the names of the decedents, who are instead referenced using numbers as shown below.
The below table provides names, serial numbers, locations, and grave numbers of deceased interred in Plot "E" of the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery.[2]
Name of Person | Serial Number | Row | Grave Number |
---|---|---|---|
Agee, Amos | 34163762 | 1 | 14 |
Anderson, Roy W. | 35407199 | 2 | 29 |
Bailey, Milbert | 34151488 | 4 | 90 |
Baldwin, Walter J. | 34020111 | 2 | 43 |
Bennerman, Sidney Jr | 34174757 | 3 | 57 |
Brinson, Eliga | 34052175 | 4 | 93 |
Burns, Lee A. | 38520648 | 4 | 74 |
Clark, Ernest L. | 33212946 | 3 | 68 |
Clay, Matthew Jr | 38490561 | 1 | 3 |
Cooper, John D. | 34562464 | 4 | 81 |
Crews, Otis B. | 14057830 | 2 | 30 |
Davis, Arthur E. | 36788637 | 4 | 82 |
Davis, Lee A. | 18023362 | 3 | 61 |
Davis, William E. | 33541888 | 1 | 19 |
Davison, Tommie | 34485174 | 3 | 60 |
Donnelly, Robert L. | 13131982 | 4 | 95 |
Downes, William C. | 33519814 | 1 | 16 |
Ervin, Charlie Jr | 34042926 | 3 | 54 |
Farrell, Arthur J. | 32559163 | 1 | 21 |
Gordon, Tom | 34091950 | 1 | 10 |
Grant, General L. | 34557976 | 3 | 59 |
Green, George Jr | 38476751 | 2 | 36 |
Guerra, Augustine M. | 38458023 | 2 | 44 |
Hall, Willie | 33268841 | 4 | 83 |
Harris, Wiley, Jr | 6924547 | 4 | 92 |
Harrison, William Jr | 15089828 | 3 | 62 |
Heard, Haze | 34562354 | 2 | 38 |
Hendricks, James E. | 33453189 | 1 | 13 |
Holden, Mervin | 38226564 | 1 | 8 |
Hopper, Benjamin F. | 32720571 | 1 | 7 |
Jefferies, Charles H. | 33181343 | 4 | 78 |
Johnson, Willie | 38270465 | 2 | 28 |
Jones, Cubia | 34563790 | 1 | 15 |
Jones, James L. | 34221343 | 4 | 84 |
Jones, John T. | 38315973 | 2 | 48 |
Jones, Kinney | 34120505 | 2 | 42 |
Jordan, Charlie H. | 14066430 | 2 | 40 |
Kendrick, James E. | 14026995 | 1 | 5 |
Kluxdal, Paul M. | 36395076 | 2 | 35 |
Leatherberry, J. C. | 34472451 | 4 | 86 |
Lucas, William N. | 36639075 | 4 | 96 |
Mack, John M. | 34042053 | 1 | 4 |
Mack, William | 32620461 | 3 | 63 |
Mahoney, Joseph J. | 12008332 | 1 | 11 |
Mariano, Blake W. | 38011593 | 1 | 12 |
Martinez, Aniceto | 38168482 | 2 | 39 |
Maxey, Curtis L. | 34554198 | 3 | 71 |
McCarter, William J. | 34675988 | 4 | 91 |
McGhee, Shelton Sr | 34529025 | 1 | 6 |
McMurray, Fred A. | 38184335 | 1 | 27 |
Nelson, Henry W. | 35726029 | 1 | 1 |
Newman, Oscar N. | 35226382 | 1 | 80 |
Norris, Clete O. | 37082314 | 4 | 79 |
Ortiz, Victor | 30405077 | 4 | 87 |
Parker, Woodrow | 34561139 | 3 | 56 |
Pearson, Robert L. | 38326741 | 1 | 22 |
Pennyfeather, William D. | 32801627 | 3 | 66 |
Philpot, Henry C. | 39080069 | 4 | 89 |
Pittman, Willie A. | 34400976 | 3 | 50 |
Pygate, Benjamin | 33741021 | 4 | 85 |
Robinson, Charles M. | 38164425 | 3 | 70 |
Rollins, Alvin R. | 34716953 | 3 | 51 |
Sanders, James B. | 34124233 | 3 | 58 |
Schmiedel, Werner E. | 7041115 | 3 | 53 |
Scott, Richard B. | 38040012 | 2 | 45 |
Skinner, Robert L. | 35802328 | 3 | 64 |
Smalls, Abraham | 34512812 | 1 | 23 |
Smith, Charles H. | 36337437 | 4 | 77 |
Smith, George E. Jr | 33288266 | 3 | 52 |
Smith, John C. | 33214953 | 3 | 67 |
Smith, Willie | 3456556 | 3 | 69 |
Spears, Charles E. | 32337619 | 1 | 18 |
Spencer, Elwood, J. | 33739343 | 2 | 33 |
Spinks, Mansfield | 36793241 | 3 | 49 |
Stroud, Harvey | 33215131 | 2 | 26 |
Taylor, John W. | 37485128 | 1 | 24 |
Thomas, Madison | 38265363 | 4 | 76 |
Till, Louis | 36392273 | 4 | 73 |
Twiggs, James W. | 38265086 | 4 | 88 |
Valentine, Leo | 32954278 | 2 | 41 |
Waters, John H. | 32337934 | 2 | 46 |
Watson, Frank Jr | 34793522 | 3 | 55 |
Watson, Ray | 33139251 | 2 | 25 |
Watson, Joseph | 39610125 | 1 | 17 |
White, Armstead | 34401104 | 2 | 47 |
White, David | 34400884 | 3 | 72 |
Whitfield, Clarence | 34672443 | 2 | 37 |
Williams, Ellsworth | 34200976 | 2 | 32 |
Williams, John | 32794118 | 4 | 94 |
Williams, Olin W. | 34649494 | 1 | 20 |
Wilson, J. P. | 32484756 | 1 | 9 |
Wimberly, Willie J. | 36392154 | 2 | 34 |
Wray, Robert | 34461589 | 4 | 75 |
Yancy, Waiters | 37499079 | 2 | 31 |
Note: additional background information (e.g. place of enlistment and year of birth etc) regarding the condemned men can be found by entering the relevant service number into Online World War II Indexes & Records.