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Route du Condroz, 164

B-4121 Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium

Tel +32.(0).43.71.42.87

Gps N50 32.513 E5 28.145

 

The Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial is home to the graves of 5.329 American soldiers, 792 of them are unidentified.. Around 60% of the burried soldiers served in the United States Air Force.

Next to the Memorial are 12 granite slabs, wich bear the names of 462 missing soldiers. Their bodies were never found or identified.

 

My adoption graves:  

 

Sergeant Virgil O. Morrow  754 Bomb Sq/458 Bomb Group Heavy        Plot: B   Row: 28  Grave nr: 16 

Pfc William J. Starkey         110 Inf Regt/28 Inf Division                          Plot: B   Row: 28  Grave nr: 21

Pfc Glenn S. Goodwin        110 Inf Regt/28 Inf Division                           Wall of the Missing
1st Lt. Perry E. Powell        603 Bomb Sq/398 Bomb Group Heavy        Plot: B    Row: 33  Grave nr: 56

2nd Lt Bruce E. Phelps       603 Bomb Sq/398 Bomb Group Heavy        Plot: D    Row: 23  Grave nr: 16

 

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

American Cemetery and Memorial Henri-Chapelle

157 Rue du Memorial Americain

B-4852 Hombourg, Belgium

Tel +32.(0).87.68.71.73

Gps N50 41.803 E5 53.932

 

At the American Cemetery and Memorial Henri-Chapelle are 7.849 soldiers burried, of wich 94 are unknown.

There is also a colonnade made of rectangular piers. Those are engraved with the names of 450 Missing In Action.

 

My adoption graves:

 

Pfc       John J. Cangiano       3234 Ord Depot Co                 Wall of the Missing

Tec5     Stephen Slabak         87 Rcn Trp/87 Inf Division       Plot: H   Row: 02   Grave nr: 05

Pvt        Rudy J. Esquibel       15 Engn Bn/9 Inf Division        Plot: G  Row: 14    Grave nr: 69

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

14710 Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Tel +33.(0)2.31.51.62.00

Gps N49 21.394 WO 51.192

The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is situated in Colleville-sur-Mer, just behind Omaha Beach.

The Cemetery holds 9.387 graves, of wich 1 is a WWI casualty. There are 307 unknown burials.

The Wall of the Missing is engraved with the names of 1.557 Americans who lost their lives, but were never found or identified.

My adoption graves:

 

Pfc         Louis Klepac             60 Inf Regt/9 Inf Division    Plot: F Row: 2 Grave nr: 40

Tec4       Charles D. Clark        41 Inf Regt/2 Arm Div        Wall of the Missing

Pfc         Fred E. Kitchens      358 Inf Regt/90 Inf Div         Plot: F Row: 10 Grave nr: 17

 

 

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

Amerikaanse begraafplaats 1

6269 NA Margraten, Netherlands

Tel (31) 43.45.81.208

8.302 Americans are burried in this Cemetery in Margraten. However, there are only 8.301 graves, because 2 unknow soldiers were burried in the same grave. The Walls of the Missing hold the names of 1.722 soldiers who are still Missing In Action.

My adoption graves:

T Sgt      Don M. Gordoni           337 Bomb Sq/96 Bomb Grp                Walls of the Missing

2nd Lt     Floyd W. Eakman       337 Bomb Sq/ 96 Bomb Grp                Walls of the Missing 

Pvt         Jacob W. Givens           60 Inf Regt/ 9 Inf Division                   Walls of the Missing

Pvt         John J. Caccese            506 PIF/ 101st Airborne Division        Plot: G Row: 2 Grave nr: 1

 

Sources: www.abmc.gov 

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