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{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
| seal            = American Battle Monuments Commission seal.svg
| seal_size       = 170
| seal_caption    = Seal of the American Battle Monuments Commission
| formed          = {{Start date|1923}}
| agency_type     = [[Independent agencies of the United States government|Independent Agency of the United States Government]]
| headquarters    = 2300 Clarendon Blvd.,<br /> Suite 500<br />[[Arlington, Virginia]] 22201
| coordinates     = {{coord|38|53|25|N|77|05|12|W|display=title}}
| motto           = "Time will not dim the glory of their deeds."
| employees       = 472 (2023)<ref name="ar2023"/>
| budget          = $73.1 million (2023)<ref name="ar2023"/>
| chief1_name     = [[Robert J. Dalessandro]]
| chief1_position = Acting Secretary
| website         = {{URL|https://www.abmc.gov/|abmc.gov}}
}}

The '''American Battle Monuments Commission''' ('''ABMC''') is an [[Independent agencies of the United States government|independent agency of the United States government]] that administers, operates, and maintains permanent U.S. military cemeteries, memorials and monuments primarily outside the United States.<ref name="intro">{{cite web| title=About| url=http://www.abmc.gov/about-us| publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission| access-date=2011-11-21| archive-date=2014-04-28| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428071845/http://www.abmc.gov/about-us| url-status=live}}</ref>

There were 26 cemeteries and 31 memorials, monuments and markers under the care of the ABMC. There are more than 140,000 U.S. servicemen and servicewomen interred at the cemeteries, and more than 94,000 missing in action, or lost or buried at sea are memorialized on cemetery Walls of the Missing and on three memorials in the United States. The ABMC also maintains an online database of names associated with each site.<ref name="history">{{cite web| title=History| url=http://www.abmc.gov/about-us/history| publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission| access-date=March 2, 2015| archive-date=March 13, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313164621/http://www.abmc.gov/about-us/history| url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
The ABMC was established by the [[United States Congress]] in 1923. Its purpose is to:<ref name="intro"/>
* Commemorate the services of the [[Military of the United States|U.S. armed forces]] where they have served since [[American entry into World War I|April 6, 1917]];
* Establish suitable [[War memorial]]s; designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining permanent U.S. military [[Cemetery|burial grounds]] in foreign countries;
* Control the design and construction of U.S. military monuments and markers in foreign countries by other [[Citizenship in the United States|U.S. citizens]] and organizations, both public and private;
* Encourage the maintenance of such monuments and markers by their sponsors.

The [[United States Department of War]] established eight European burial grounds for [[World War I]]. The ABMC's first program was landscaping and erecting non-sectarian chapels at each of the eight sites, constructing 11 separate monuments and two tablets at other sites in Europe, and constructing the [[World War I Memorial (Washington, DC)|Allied Expeditionary Forces World War I Memorial]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="history"/> For those buried who could not be identified during World War I, a percentage were commemorated by [[Star of David]] markers, rather than a cross; this practice was not continued for those who could not be identified during World War II.<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Rubin|title=The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzNuP4XYkLIC&pg=PA227|year=2013|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0547843698|page=227|access-date=2015-10-29|archive-date=2016-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518084402/https://books.google.com/books?id=uzNuP4XYkLIC&pg=PA227|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1934, President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signed an executive order transferring control of the eight cemeteries to the ABMC, and made the commission responsible for the design, construction, maintenance and operation of all future permanent American military burial grounds outside the United States.

The ABMC has been the caretaker of cemeteries, monuments and memorials for World War I, [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], the [[Vietnam War]] and the [[Mexican–American War]]. In 2013,  [[Clark Veterans Cemetery]] in the Philippines became the 25th site under the control of the commission. Clark Veterans Cemetery dates back to the [[Philippine–American War]] at the turn of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web| title=ABMC to Assume Control of Clark Veterans Cemetery| url=http://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/abmc-assume-control-clark-veterans-cemetery| publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission| date=December 16, 2013| access-date=2 March 2015| archive-date=14 February 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214115802/http://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/abmc-assume-control-clark-veterans-cemetery| url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Lafayette Escadrille]] Memorial Cemetery outside Paris, France was added to the commission's responsibilities in 2017.<ref>{{cite web| title=ABMC Assumes Ownership of Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery| url=https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/abmc-assumes-ownership-lafayette-escadrille-memorial-cemetery| publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission| date=January 9, 2017| access-date=7 February 2018| archive-date=12 October 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012165635/https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/abmc-assumes-ownership-lafayette-escadrille-memorial-cemetery| url-status=live}}</ref>

==Structure==
The agency has its headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, and its Overseas Operations Office in [[Paris]], [[France]].

The authorizing legislation for the American Battle Monuments Commission (36 U.S.C., Chapter 21) specifies that the [[President of the United States|President]] may appoint up to 11 members to the commission (who serve indefinite terms and who serve without pay)<ref name="ar2023">{{cite web |date=14 November 2023 |title=ABMC Annual Report |url=https://www.abmc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/ABMC%20FY2023%20AFR.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114165836/https://www.abmc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/ABMC%20FY2023%20AFR.pdf |archive-date=November 14, 2023 |access-date=November 14, 2023 |publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission}}</ref> and an officer of the [[United States Army|Army]] to serve as the secretary.<ref name="commissioners">{{cite web| title=ABMC Commissioners| url=http://www.abmc.gov/about-us/commission| publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission| access-date=14 November 2023| archive-date=14 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114165323/https://www.abmc.gov/about-us/commission |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Chairmen of the ABMC===
* [[John J. Pershing]] (1923–1948)
* [[George C. Marshall]] (1949–1959)
* [[Jacob L. Devers]] (1960–1969)
* [[Mark W. Clark]] (1969–1984)
* [[Andrew Goodpaster]] (1985–1990)
* [[Paul X. Kelley]] (1991–1994, 2001–2005)
* [[Frederick F. Woerner Jr.]] (1994–2001)
* [[Frederick M. Franks Jr.]] (2005–2009)
* [[Merrill McPeak]] (2010–2018)<ref>{{cite web|title=History – Commission Structure|url=https://www.abmc.gov/about-us/history|publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission|access-date=7 February 2018|archive-date=5 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205072721/http://www.abmc.gov/about-us/history|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[David Urban]] (2018–2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abmc.gov/about-us/commission|publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission|title=The Commission|access-date=February 7, 2018|archive-date=February 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205125947/http://www.abmc.gov/about-us/commission|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Mark Hertling]] (2021–2023)<ref name="ABMC Commission 2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.abmc.gov/about-us/commission|publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission|title=The Commission|access-date=2023-03-24|archive-date=2023-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324235927/https://www.abmc.gov/about-us/commission|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Michael X. Garrett]] (2023–present)

===Secretaries of the ABMC===
* Xenophon H. Price (1923–1938)
* Thomas North (1946–1968)
* Andrew J. Adams (1968–1992)
* Joseph A. Laposata (1994–1995)
* John P. Herrling (1995–2005)
* [[John W. Nicholson]] (2005–2009)
* [[Max Cleland]] (2009–2017)
* William Matz Jr. (2018–2021)
* [[Charles K. Djou]] (2022–2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Staff – American Battle Monuments Commission |url=https://www.abmc.gov/about-us/our-staff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914172025/https://www.abmc.gov/about-us/our-staff |archive-date=2022-09-14 |access-date=2022-09-14}}</ref>

===Board of Commissioners===
ABMC's Presidentially-appointed commissioners are Michael X. Garrett; Florent Groberg; Christopher LaCivita; Kelly J. Roberts; Brooks Tucker; and John Freeman. Garrett was elected as chairman on August 1, 2023.

==Operations==
The American Battle Monuments Commission employs a full-time staff of 472 people in 2023.<ref name="ar2023"/> All ABMC sites are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, with the exception of Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Cemeteries are not closed for national holidays. When the sites are open to the public, a commission staff member is available to escort visitors and relatives to grave and memorial sites or to answer questions.

==Cemeteries and Memorials of the ABMC==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;line-height:1.4em;"
!! scope="col" style="background-color: #d5bb7b; color: #000000; white-space:nowrap;" |Cemetery
!! scope="col" style="background-color: #d5bb7b; color: #000000; white-space:nowrap;" |Country
!! scope="col" style="background-color: #d5bb7b; color: #000000;" |Conflict
!! scope="col" style="background-color: #d5bb7b; color: #000000;" |Dedicated
!! scope="col" style="background-color: #d5bb7b; color: #000000;" |Burials
!! scope="col" style="background-color: #d5bb7b; color: #000000;" |MIA
!! scope="col" style="background-color: #d5bb7b; color: #000000;" class="unsortable"|Web
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[World War I]]
|1937
|2,289
|1,060
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/aisne-marne-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|[[World War II]]
|1960
|5,323
|463
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/ardennes-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|World War II
|1956
|4,409
|498
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/brittany-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|World War I
|1937
|468
|563
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/brookwood-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|World War II
|1956
|3,812
|5,127
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/cambridge-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Clark Veterans Cemetery]]
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|[[Philippine–American War]]<br>and after
|c. 1900<br>2013 (with ABMC)
|8,000+
|
|[http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/pacific/clark-veterans-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Corozal American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|veterans of the<br>[[Mexican–American War]]<br>[[American Civil War]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]
|1914<br>1982 (with ABMC)
|5,450
|
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/americas/corozal-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|World War II
|1944<br>1956 (with ABMC)
|5,255
|424
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/epinal-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|World War I
|1937
|368
|43
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/flanders-field-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Florence American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|World War II
|1960
|4,402
|1,409
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/florence-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|World War II
|1960
|7,992
|450
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/henri-chapelle-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Lafayette Escadrille#Tributes|Lafayette Escadrille Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|World War I
|1928 <br>2017 (with ABMC)
|51
|5
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/lafayette-escadrille-memorial-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|World War II
|1960
|10,489
|444
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/lorraine-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|World War II
|1960
|5,076
|371
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/luxembourg-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Manila American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|World War II
|1960
|17,201
|36,285
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/pacific/manila-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|World War I
|1937
|14,246
|954
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/meuse-argonne-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Mexico City National Cemetery]]
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|[[Mexican–American War]]
|1851
|813
|750
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/americas/mexico-city-national-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|World War II
|1960
|8,301
|1,722
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/netherlands-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|World War II
|1956
|9,387
|1,557
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/normandy-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|World War II
|1960
|2,841
|3,724
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/africa/north-africa-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|World War I
|1937
|6,012
|241
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/oise-aisne-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|World War II
|1956
|860
|294
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/rhone-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|World War II
|1956
|7,861
|3,095
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/sicily-rome-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Somme American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|World War I
|1937
|1,844
|333
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/somme-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|World War I
|1937
|4,153
|284
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/st-mihiel-american-cemetery Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|World War I
|1937
|1,565
|974
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/suresnes-american-cemetery Details]
|}

==Monuments of the ABMC==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
!! scope="col" style="background-color:#000000; color: #ffffff;  white-space:nowrap;"|Monument
!! scope="col" style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; white-space:nowrap;"|  Location
!! scope="col" style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; white-space:nowrap;"|  Country
!! scope="col" style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff;" |Dedication
!! scope="col" style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff;" |Battle
!! scope="col" style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff;" class="unsortable"|Web
|-
! colspan=6 style="background: #d5bb7b; font-size: 120%; color: #000000;"| Spanish–American War
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style=white-space:nowrap|[[Santiago Surrender Tree]]
|[[Santiago de Cuba]]
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|Site of the negotiation of the Spanish Gen. [[José Toral y Velázquez|José Toral]]'s surrender of Santiago de Cuba on July 13, 1898
|[[Siege of Santiago]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/americas/santiago-surrender-tree-memorial Details]
|-
! colspan=6 style="background: #d5bb7b; font-size: 120%; color: #000000;"|World War I
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Audenarde American Monument]]
|[[Oudenaarde]]
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|[[37th Division (United States)|37th]] and [[91st Division (United States)|91st]] Divisions
|October–November 1918
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/audenarde-american-monument Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Iron Mike#Belleau, France|Belleau Wood American Monument]]
|[[Belleau, Aisne|Belleau]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[5th Marine Regiment (United States)|5th]] and [[5th Marine Regiment (United States)|6th Marine]] Regiments
|[[Battle of Belleau Wood]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/belleau-wood Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Bellicourt American Monument]]
|[[Saint-Quentin, Aisne|St. Quentin]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[27th Infantry Division (United States)|27th]] and [[30th Infantry Division (United States)|30th Divisions]]
|[[Battle of St. Quentin Canal]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/bellicourt-american-monument Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Cantigny American Monument]]
|[[Montdidier, Somme|Montdidier]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[28th Infantry Regiment (United States)|28th Regiment]] of the [[First United States Army|First Army]]
|[[Battle of Cantigny]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/cantigny-american-monument Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style=white-space:nowrap|[[Château-Thierry American Monument]]
|[[Château-Thierry]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|U.S. and French soldiers
|[[United States campaigns in World War I#Aisne-Marne, 18 July – 6 August 1918|Aisne-Marne Offensive]] and [[United States campaigns in World War I#Oise-Aisne, 18 August – 11 November 1918|Oise-Aisne Offensive]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/chateau-thierry-monument Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Chaumont AEF Headquarters Marker]]
|[[Chaumont, Haute-Marne|Chaumont]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[American Expeditionary Forces]] led by [[John J. Pershing|General Pershing]]
|Headquarters of the AEF, September 1, 1917, to July 11, 1919
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/chaumont-marker-aef-headquarters Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Kemmel American Monument]]
|[[Ypres]]
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|27th and 30th Divisions of the [[II Corps (United States)|II Corps]]
|Ypres-Lys Offensive<br>August 18 to September 4, 1918
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/kemmel-american-monument Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Meuse-Argonne American Memorial]]
|[[Verdun]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[First United States Army|First Army]] and [[Second United States Army|Second Army]]
|[[Meuse-Argonne Offensive]]<br>September 26, 1918, to November 11, 1918
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/montfaucon-american-monument Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Montsec American Monument]]
|[[Saint-Mihiel]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[First United States Army|First Army]]<br>[[Second United States Army|Second Army]]
|September 12–16, 1918<br>November 9–11
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/montsec-american-monument Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Naval Monument at Brest]]
|[[Brest, France|Brest]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|the naval forces of the United States and France during World War I
|Headquarters of the United States and French navies
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/naval-monument-brest Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Naval Monument at Gibraltar]]
|[[Straits of Gibraltar]]
|{{Flag|Gibraltar}}
|U.S. Navy and British Royal Navy for major victories
|August 1917–November 11, 1918
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/naval-monument-gibraltar Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Sommepy American Monument]]
|style=white-space:nowrap|[[Arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould|Sainte-Menehould]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|70,000 troops who drove the German army back north of the Aisne River:<br>42nd Division<br>369th, 371st, and 372nd Infantry Regiments<br>2nd and 36th Divisions<br>36th Division
|&nbsp;<br>July 15–18, 1918<br>September 26-October 8<br>September 29-October 28<br>October 11–October 27
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/sommepy-american-monument Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style=white-space:nowrap|[[Souilly American Headquarters Marker]]
|[[Souilly]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|Marking the headquarters of the [[First United States Army|First Army]] during the last few months of the war
|[[Meuse-Argonne Offensive]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/souilly-marker-1st-army-headquarters Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Tours American Monument]]
|[[Tours]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|24,000 civilians of the [[United States Army Services of Supply|Services of Supply]] and 645,000 soldiers of the [[American Expeditionary Forces]]
|*Constructed almost 1,000 miles of railway tracks;
* Assembled more than 1,500 locomotives and 18,000 rail cars;
* Managed hospitals with a capacity of 192,844 beds.
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/tours-american-monument Details]
|-
! colspan=6 style="background: #d5bb7b; font-size: 120%; color: #000000;"|World War II
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Mardasson Memorial|Battle of the Bulge Monument]]
|[[Bastogne]]
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|U.S. soldiers wounded or killed in the Battle of the Bulge
|[[Battle of the Bulge]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/abmc-accepts-responsibility-31st-federal-monument Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Cabanatuan American Memorial]]
|[[Cabanatuan]]
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|U.S. and Filipino victims of the [[Bataan Death March]] and Cabanatuan internment camps
|
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/pacific/cabanatuan-american-memorial Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Battery Park#East Coast Memorial|East Coast Memorial for the Missing]]
|[[New York City]]
|{{Flag|United States}}
|4,611 U.S. sailors and service members lost in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] during the war
|[[Battle of the Atlantic]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/americas/east-coast-memorial Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Guadalcanal American Memorial]]
|[[Guadalcanal]]
|{{Flag|Solomon Islands}}
|U.S. soldiers and allies who died in the Battle of Guadalcanal
|[[Guadalcanal campaign]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/pacific/guadalcanal-memorial Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Honolulu Memorial]]
|[[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]]
|{{Flag|United States}}
|Dedicated to the 18,096 U.S. World War II soldiers missing from the Pacific (excluding those from the southwest Pacific), 8,200 missing from the Korean War, and 2,504 from the Vietnam War
|
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/americas/honolulu-memorial Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style=white-space:nowrap|[[Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument]]
|style=white-space:nowrap|[[Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[2nd Ranger Battalion (United States)|Second Ranger Battalion]] members who on June 6, 1944, scaled the {{convert|100|foot|m|abbr=on}} cliff of [[Pointe du Hoc]] and seized German artillery that could have fired on the U.S. troops landing at Omaha and Utah beaches.
|[[D-Day]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/pointe-du-hoc-ranger-monument Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Papua American Marker]]
|[[Papua, New Guinea|Papua]]
|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|U.S. soldiers who fought in Southwest Pacific theatre
|[[South West Pacific theatre of World War II]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/pacific/marker-papua-new-guinea Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Saipan American Memorial]]
|[[Saipan]]
|style=white-space:nowrap|{{Flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}
|U.S. marines and soldiers (24,000) and [[Chamorro people|Chamorro]] who died during the liberation of the Mariana Islands during World War II
|[[Mariana and Palau Islands campaign]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/pacific/saipan-american-memorial Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Utah Beach American Monument]]
|[[Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche|Ste-Marie-du-Mont]]
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[VII Corps (United States)|VII Corps]] members who liberated the Cotentin Peninsula
|[[Battle of Cherbourg]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/utah-beach-american-memorial Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II|West Coast Memorial to the Missing]]
|[[San Francisco]]
|{{Flag|United States}}
|417 U.S. sailors and service members lost in the Pacific Ocean theater
|[[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/americas/west-coast-memorial Details]
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[Western Naval Task Force Marker]]
|[[Casablanca]]
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|U.S. Western Task Force soldiers who made the first transoceanic amphibious operation
|[[Operation Torch]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/africa/western-naval-task-force-marker Details]
|-
! colspan=6 style="background: #d5bb7b; font-size: 120%; color: #000000;"|Korean War
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|[[United Nations Memorial Cemetery]]
|[[Busan]]
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|U.S. service members who fought in the Korean War
|[[Korean War]]
|[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/pacific/korean-war-monument-busan Details]
|}

== See also ==
* [[American War Memorials Overseas]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places]]

=== Other national war graves commissions ===
* Austria – [[Österreichisches Schwarzes Kreuz|Austrian Black Cross]] (Austrian War graves on the [[Zentralfriedhof|Vienna Central cemetery]] are still looked after by German War Graves Commission<ref>''Österreich betreut Kriegsgräberstätten.'' In: Stimme & Weg, 2/2011, p. 24.</ref>)
* France – [[Minister of Defence (France)|Ministère de la Défense]]<ref>[http://www.sepulturesdeguerre.sga.defense.gouv.fr Ministère de la Défense, SGA Sépultures de guerre (File of French soldiers killed in action)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621192301/http://www.sepulturesdeguerre.sga.defense.gouv.fr/ |date=2013-06-21 }}</ref>
* Germany – [[German War Graves Commission]]
* Netherlands – [[:nl:Oorlogsgravenstichting|Oorlogsgravenstichting]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ogs.nl/ |title=Website of the Oorlogsgravenstichting in Netherlands |access-date=2013-04-06 |archive-date=2009-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206233125/http://ogs.nl/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (Dutch Wikipedia)
* Russia – [[Wojenyje Memorialy|Association of War Memorials]]
* United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa – [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] (CWGC)

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
* Nishiura, Elizabeth, editor (1989). ''American Battle Monuments: A Guide to Military Cemeteries and Monuments Maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission''. Detroit, Michigan: Omnigraphics Inc. {{ISBN|978-1558888128}}. {{OCLC|20504222}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090517045833/http://www.pbs.org/hallowedgrounds/ ''Hallowed Grounds''] (2009). [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] video of 11 America's overseas military cemeteries in eight countries.

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|author=American Battle Monuments Commission|title=American armies and battlefields in Europe: a history, guide, and reference book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanarmiesba00wash|publisher=U.S.G.P.O.|year=1938}}[http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/publications_detail.aspx?p=31 Selected photos available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection]
* {{cite book|author=American Battle Monuments Commission|title=American armies and battlefields in Europe: a history, guide, and reference book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanarmiesba00wash|publisher=U.S.G.P.O.|year=1938}} [http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/ww1/maps.aspx Maps available online through the Washington State Office of the Secretary of State's Washington History collection]
* {{cite book |last=Sledge |first=Michael |title=Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury, and Honor Our Military Fallen |year=2005 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=0-231-13514-9 |oclc= 81452881 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.abmc.gov/ Official website]

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