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Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
(France - Basse-Normandie - Saint-James)
The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial in France covers 28 acres of rolling farm country near the eastern edge of Brittany and contains the remains of 4,410 of our war dead, most of whom lost their lives in the Normandy and Brittany campaigns of 1944.
Along the retaining wall of the memorial terrace are inscribed the names of 498 of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified.
Click for more information on the overview at the bottom of the page.
Source
- Text: American Battle Monuments Commission
- Photos: ABMC.gov & Ben Savelkoul
Address and contactinformation
- Address:
- D230
50240 Saint-James - Website:
- www.abmc.gov
- WWII grade:
- 100%
- Rating:
- 80%
Where is it?
Nearby
We don't have any other sites in the vicinity of this one.
Amongst others, the following persons are buried here (Overview)
| Name | Date of death |
|---|---|
| Carpenter, Marshall R. | August 24th, 1944 |
| Hallman, Sherwood Henry | September 14th, 1944 |
| Hergott, Joseph A. | August 27th, 1944 |
| Hernandez, William M. | August 20th, 1944 |
| Johnson, Harold (US-134th INF) | July 30th, 1944 |
