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Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial

ABMC World War I cemetery in Picardie, France

Summary

ABMC World War I cemetery in Picardie, France

Field	Value
name	Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial
body	American Battle Monuments Commission
image	Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial 2.jpg
caption	Tombstones and the memorial chapel
use_dates	1918
established	1918
designer	Cram & Ferguson of Boston, Ma. (Monument)
•Alfred Bottiau, Paris, France (Figures)
coordinates
nearest_town	Château-Thierry, France
total	2,289 plus 1,060 commemorated
unknowns	250
by_country	United States
by_war	World War I
source	ABMC
embedded	{{designation list	embed=yes
designation1	WHS
designation1_offname	Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)
designation1_type	Cultural
designation1_criteria	i, ii, vi
designation1_date	2023 (45th session)
designation1_number	1567-AI01

•Alfred Bottiau, Paris, France (Figures) The Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial is a 42 acre World War I cemetery in Belleau, Northern France. It is located at the foot of the hill where the Battle of Belleau Wood was fought, with many American fatalities. The cemetery also contains burials from the Battle of Château-Thierry, later that summer.

The site is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission, and its dedication ceremony was held on Memorial Day, May 30, 1937. Among those buried there are Medal of Honor recipient Weedon Osborne.

The grounds include both the Château-Thierry American Monument and a monument to US Marines.

Cemetery

The cemetery itself is laid out in the form of the capital letter T, with the Memorial Chapel crowning the T-shape on a small hill to south, the cross-bars making up the two burial plots and the pathway leading into the cemetery making up the stem of the letter-shape.

Each of the two burial plots (Plot A and Plot B) contain 13 rows of headstones, which consist of either Stars of David or Latin crosses. There are 2,289 burials in the cemetery, 250 of which contain unknown remains.

Memorial Chapel

The Memorial Chapel is built over the site of front-line battle trenches dug in defense of Belleau Wood. When entering the Memorial Chapel, one can see on the wall to the right a small hole that was made by a passing German anti-tank gun. Looking above the inside entrance door, one will see the following inscription:

The names of 1,060 soldiers missing in action are inscribed on the Chapel's walls.

Notable burials

US Navy Lt. (j.g.) Weedon E. Osborne (1892–1918), recipient of the Medal of Honor
Major Allen Melancthon Sumner (1882-1918) USMC officer awarded the Croix de Guerre and Silver Star

Gallery

File:Entrance gate at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France, 1923 (21437641814).jpg|Entrance gate, 1923 File:93rd anniversary Battle of BelleauWood.jpg|U.S. Marines and French soldiers during the 93rd anniversary service of the Battle for Belleau Wood in 2011. File:Cimetière américain du bois Belleau 4.jpg

References

[https://www.abmc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Aisne-Marne_Booklet.pdf Cemetery booklet], ABMC
[https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/788361/walking-in-footsteps-of-wwi-marines/ Walking in footsteps of WWI Marines]

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