Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
American Battle Monuments Commission
Lorraine American Military Cemetery, Memorial Day 2010, ceremonial wreaths
Used for those deceased 1944–1945
EstablishedSeptember 1944 (1944-09)
(Completed 1960 (1960))
Location49°7′19″N 6°43′3″E / 49.12194°N 6.71750°E / 49.12194; 6.71750
near 
Designed byMurphy & Locraft, Washington, D.C. (Monument)
Allyn R. Jennings of Oley, Pennsylvania (Landscaping)
Total burials10,481
Commemorated444
Burials by nation
United States
Burials by war
Statistics source: ABMC website

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery, located just outside Saint-Avold, Moselle, France. The cemetery, containing 10,481 American soldiers KIA (the second largest number of American burials in Europe, after the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery of World War I dead, with 14,246), covers 113.5 acres (45.9 ha), was dedicated in 1960. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission.