Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
American Battle Monuments Commission
View of headstones and memorial
Used for those deceased 1944-1945
Established	September 1944 (Completed 1960)
Location	49°7′19″N 6°43′3″E near Saint-Avold, (Moselle), France
Designed by	Murphy & Locraft, Washington, D.C. (Monument) Allyn R. Jennings of Oley, Pennsylvania (Landscape)
Total burials	10,489
Total commemorated	444
Burials by nation
United States
Burials by war
World War II
Statistics source: Cemetery booklet

The Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, is located just outside of Saint-Avold, Moselle, France. It covers 113.5 acres (0.459 km²) and contains the largest number of graves of any American World War II cemetery in Europe. Those interred died mostly in the autumn of 1944 during the Drive to the Siegfried Line and were mainly part of the U.S. Third and Seventh Armies. The cemetery is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Notable burials include:

• Willard Bowsky (1907–1944), animator
• Andrew Miller (died 1944), Medal of Honor recipient
• George Preddy (1919–1944), flying ace, buried next to his brother William Preddy
• David C. Waybur (c. 1921–1945), Medal of Honor recipient

See also

• American Battle Monuments Commission home page
• ABMC Lorraine Cemetery web page
• ABMC Lorraine Cemetery video .wmv
• ABMC Lorraine Cemetery booklet .pdf
• Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Flickr group