St. Mihiel American Cemetery

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St. Mihiel American Cemetery is a World War I military burial ground in France honoring American soldiers who fought and died in the St. Mihiel offensive.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I cemetery
military cemetery
area approximately 40.5 acres
commemoratesBattle Battle of Saint-Mihiel
surface form: St. Mihiel offensive
commemoratesConflict World War I
country France
distanceFromMetz approximately 40 kilometers west
established 1919
formalDedicationDate 1937-05-30
governedBy American Battle Monuments Commission
hasAccess open to the public
hasArchitect Thomas Harlan Ellett
hasBurialPeriod World War I
hasChapelStyle neoclassical architecture
hasFeature aligned white marble headstones
central chapel
decorative trees and shrubs
inscribed walls of the missing
landscaped lawns
reflecting pool
stone terrace
hasGraveMarkerMaterial white marble
hasLanguageOfInscriptions English
French
hasMemorial memorial chapel
hasNationalityOfBuried United States of America
surface form: United States
hasNotableSection Wall of the Missing
hasNumberOfMissingCommemorated 444
hasPurpose honor American soldiers who died in the St. Mihiel offensive
serve as a place of remembrance
hasSculptor Paul Manship
hasTypeOfBurial military personnel
war dead
hasVisitorFacilities information panels
visitor building
inUseForBurialsFrom 1918
inUseForBurialsUntil 1922
locatedIn Thiaucourt-Regniéville
locatedInRegion Grand Est
Meurthe-et-Moselle
locatedNear Saint-Mihiel
maintainedBy American Battle Monuments Commission
nearestMajorCity Metz
numberOfBurials 4146
numberOfUnknownBurials 284
overlooks Rupts de Mad valley
ownedBy United States government

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American Battle Monuments Commission maintains St. Mihiel American Cemetery
Saint-Mihiel hasWarCemetery St. Mihiel American Cemetery
this entity surface form: American military cemetery (Saint-Mihiel American Cemetery)