Cemeteries and Headstones in Calvados, Normandy, France, Overseas
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Cemetery-Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (France) The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial -- Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France ~ The Cemetery and Memorial is located in Colleville-sur-Mer, on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944 as the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. The cemetery site, at the north end of its half mile access road, covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. On the Walls of the Missing, in a semicircular garden on the east side of the memorial, are inscribed 1,557 names. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified + https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1990757/normandy-american-cemetery-and-memorial |
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Grave-KILLEBREW Paul Pvt Paul Dotson Killebrew ~ Killed in Action in France during World War II -- Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55906295/paul-dotson-killebrew |