Suresnes American Cemetery France

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Dedicated:

1937

Location

France

Burials:

1,565

Missing in Action:

974

Acres:

7.50

ABMC Commemorative Sites Booklet (pdf)

Suresnes American Cemetery Visitor Brochure (pdf)

American Armies and Battlefields in Europe (pdf)

Suresnes American Cemetery Visitor Booklet (pdf)

Contact Us

Suresnes American Cemetery

123 Boulevard Washington
92150

Suresnes

France

tel Phone: +33 (0)1 46 25 01 70

Contact

ABMC Headquarters
2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22201
703-696-6900

Visiting Hours

The cemetery is open daily to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except December 25 and January 1. It is open on host country holidays. When the cemetery is open to the public, a staff member is on duty in the visitor building to answer questions and escort relatives to grave and memorial sites.

Overview

Originally a World War I cemetery, the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial just outside Paris now shelters the remains of U.S. dead of both wars. The 7.5-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.

The World War I memorial chapel was enlarged by the addition of two loggias dedicated to the dead of World War I and World War 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 our armed forces in each war, together with the location of the overseas commemorative cemeteries where our war dead are buried.

Gallery

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A little boy in a hat carries the American flag as he walks amongst the headstones.

Men in uniform in the first row stand and salute.

Two men talk to each other after the ceremony.

Two men kneel down to lay wreaths during the ceremony.

Men in uniform sit in the front row during the ceremony.

Flag bearers and men and women in uniform stand in front of the memorial building during the ceremony.

A man in uniform delivers remarks from the podium.

Three veterans in suits stand during the ceremony.

A ceremony is held every year at Suresnes American Cemetery to commemorate Memorial Day.

Rows of marble headstones are seen in front of the chapel at Suresnes American Cemetery.

Two girls assist with the wreath laying.

A U.S. military official salutes after laying a wreath.

A plane flies over the cemetery during the ceremony.

A bagpiper and drummers are ready to play during the ceremony.

A man and a girl help with the American and French flags.

A woman and two children help to place the American and French flags in front of a headstone.

A woman kneels next to a headstone at Suresnes American Cemetery.

Men of the 369th return to New York on a ship.

Secretary Hagel lays a wreath a Suresnes American Cemetery.

Historical image of President Woodrow Wilson and wife laying wreath at temporary cemetery.

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Rows of headstones in front of the chapel and flagpole at Suresnes American Cemetery.

The view from the chapel shows rows of headstones, and a distant Eiffel Tower.

Suresnes American Cemetery with Eiffel Tower in the distance.

A sculpture of a woman is adorned to a marble wall at Suresnes American Cemetery.

The headstone of Dorothy Cromwell at Suresnes American Cemetery.

A rose on a headstone at Suresnes American Cemetery.

Iron gates and stone columns, the entrance to the Suresnes American Cemetery

A mosaic and marble altar in the chapel at Suresnes American Cemetery.

Engraved columns at the entrance of Suresnes American Cemetery.

Inscription reads: "Some there be which have no sepulchre their name liveth evermore."

Pathways lead to the chapel at Suresnes American Cemetery.

A red rose bush is in the foreground, while rows of headstones line the background.

A mosaic with the letters A E F recognizes the American Expeditionary Forces.

The portico outside the chapel at Suresnes American Cemetery.

A wreath outside the chapel at Suresnes American Cemetery for Wreaths Across America 2011.

A wreath at Suresnes American Cemetery for Wreaths Across America 2011.

Three Americans pay their respects at Suresnes American Cemetery in 1919.

3rd Division surgeon examines an injured soldier, July 22, 1918.

Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces at Chaumont, October 19, 1918.

Directions

GPS Coordinates: N48 52.314 E2 13.126

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Suresnes American Cemetery is in the city of Suresnes, five miles west of the center of Paris. A panorama view of Paris can be seen from the site, which is located high on the slopes of Mont Valerien.

Travel via Car
The cemetery is west of Paris, directly accessible from Boulevard Washington.

Travel via Public Transportation
The cemetery can be reached by taxi, metro or suburban trains. Trains depart from Gare St. Lazare to the Suresnes Mont Valerien station. From the Suresnes station it is a 10 minute walk to the cemetery.

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