Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial

48°52′19″N 02°13′05″E / 48.87194°N 2.21806°E / 48.87194; 2.21806 (Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial)
Designed byJacques Gréber (architect)
Charles A. Platt (main entrance gate and chapel)^[1]
Barry Faulkner (mosaics)

The Suresnes American Cemetery (French: Cimetière américain de Suresnes) is a United States military cemetery in the Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. It is the resting place of 1,541 American soldiers killed in World War I. A panoramic view of Paris can be seen from the site, which is located high on the slopes of Mont-Valérien.

History

Cemetery

Originally a World War I cemetery, designed in 1922 on Boulevard Washington by French architect Jacques Gréber, Suresnes American Cemetery now shelters the remains of U.S. dead of both World Wars. The 3-hectare (7.4-acre) cemetery contains the remains of 1,541 Americans who died in World War I and 24 Unknown dead of World War II. Bronze tablets on the walls of the chapel record the names of 974 World War I missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified.

Memorial

The World War I memorial chapel was enlarged by the addition of two loggias dedicated to the dead of World Wars I and II, respectively. In the rooms at the ends of the loggias are white marble figures in memory of those who lost their lives in the two wars. Inscribed on the loggia walls is a summary of the loss of life in the Armed forces of the United States in each war, together with the location of the overseas commemorative cemeteries where American war dead are buried.

Notable burials

• Inez Crittenden (1887–1918), leader of the Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit in France in World War I
• Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918), U.S. diplomat, investment banker, publisher, reporter and United States Army major

Gallery

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  November 1, 1918
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  Main avenue
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  Memorial
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  View from the memorial
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  Graves
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  View of Paris

See also

• American Battle Monuments Commission
• World War I memorials

References

Further reading

• Sledge, Michael (2005). Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury, and Honor Our Military Fallen. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 204. ISBN 9780231509374. OCLC 60527603.

External links

 This article incorporates public domain material from Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial. American Battle Monuments Commission.

Cemeteries and Memorials

Belgium	Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
France	Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Lafayette Escadrille Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial Somme American Cemetery and Memorial St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial
Italy	Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial
Luxembourg	Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
Mexico	Mexico City National Cemetery
Netherlands	Netherlands American Cemetery
Panama	Corozal American Cemetery and Memorial
Philippines	Clark Veterans Cemetery Manila American Cemetery
Tunisia	North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial
United Kingdom	Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Related organizationsPeople

General	David Urban
Principal Architects	Perry Dean Rogers Architects Paul Philippe Cret
Landscaping	Olmsted Brothers