Source:United States. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949

Source United States. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
Coverage
Subject Cemetery records, Military records, Vital records
Publication information
Type Government / Church records
Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Date issued 2014
Place issued Provo, Utah, United States
Citation
United States. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949. (Provo, Utah, United States: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).
Repositories
Ancestry.comhttp://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9..Paid website

Original Source

Headstone Inscription and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942–1949. Series A1 43, NAI ID: 7408555. Records of the American Battle Monuments Commission, 1918–ca. 1995. Record Group 117. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.


Usage Tips

This collection includes burial cards for veterans buried in overseas cemeteries during and after World War II through 1949.

The cards include the headstone inscription, which typically includes the name of the deceased, rank, military unit, state of residence, and date of death. Other information provided is the service number, name of the cemetery and grave number, gender, race, creed, decorations, temporary cemetery information, and the name and address of the next of kin.

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