Lorraine American Cemetery

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American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery World War II military cemetery

Lorraine American Cemetery is a World War II military cemetery in France where thousands of American soldiers are buried and commemorated.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial	4
Lorraine American Cemetery canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery ⓘ World War II military cemetery ⓘ
administeredBy	United States government ⓘ
burialsFrom	United States Army ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ other U.S. military branches involved in European Theater ⓘ
commemoratesCampaign	Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine ⓘ Battle of the Bulge ⓘ Lorraine campaign ⓘ surface form: Lorraine Campaign
commemoratesConflict	World War II ⓘ
commemoratesTheater	European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ surface form: European Theater of Operations
country	France ⓘ
dedicated	1960 ⓘ
dedicatedBy	American Battle Monuments Commission ⓘ
established	1944 ⓘ
establishedAs	temporary military cemetery ⓘ
gravesOrientation	aligned in straight rows ⓘ
hasAccess	open to the public ⓘ
hasFeature	Wall of the Missing ⓘ chapel ⓘ grave plots with Latin cross and Star of David headstones ⓘ landscaped lawns and trees ⓘ memorial ⓘ reflecting pool ⓘ
hasInformationCenter	visitor center ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguageForInscriptions	English ⓘ
hasSecondaryLanguageForInscriptions	French ⓘ
hasSymbol	American flag ⓘ Christian cross ⓘ Star of David ⓘ
hasVisitingHours	daily except certain holidays ⓘ
latitude	approximately 49.1 N ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion	Lorraine ⓘ
locatedNear	German border ⓘ
location	Saint-Avold ⓘ surface form: Saint-Avold, Moselle, France
longitude	approximately 6.7 E ⓘ
maintainedBy	American Battle Monuments Commission ⓘ
nearestCity	Saint-Avold ⓘ
notableFor	largest American World War II cemetery in Europe by number of graves ⓘ
numberOfBurials	over 10000 ⓘ over 10400 ⓘ
numberOfMemorializedMissing	over 440 ⓘ
numberOfUnknowns	over 280 ⓘ
operatedBy	American Battle Monuments Commission ⓘ
partOf	American Battle Monuments Commission ⓘ surface form: American Battle Monuments Commission World War II commemorative program
purpose	burial of American military dead of World War II ⓘ commemoration of missing American service members of World War II ⓘ
region	Grand Est ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Battle Monuments Commission → maintains → Lorraine American Cemetery ⓘ

World War II American cemeteries → include → Lorraine American Cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Saint-Avold → knownFor → Lorraine American Cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Saint-Avold → contains → Lorraine American Cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Saint-Avold → hasCemetery → Lorraine American Cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial