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Henri Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial

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Established
  
1945

Total burials
  
7,989

Phone
  
+32 87 68 71 73

Unknown burials
  
554

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial

Location
  
near Welkenraedt, Belgium

Designed by
  
Holabird, Root and Burgee of Chicago, Illinois Franz Lipp of Chicago, Illinois(landscaping)

Address
  
Rue du Mémorial Américain 159, 4852 Plombières, Belgium

Hours
  
Closed now Thursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PMMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PM

Burials
  
Frederick Walker Castle, Francis X. McGraw

Similar
  
Stichting Margraten Memorial, Golf Business Club Cha, Remember Museum 39‑45 Asbl, Sticht Eerbetoon Netherlan, Fort Eben‑Em

Henri chapelle american cemetery and memorial belgium


The Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves of 7,992 members of the American military who died in World War II. It is one of fourteen cemeteries for American World War II dead on foreign soil, and is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. The fifty-seven acre cemetery and memorial is located three kilometers northwest of the Walloon village of Henri-Chapelle, which lies approximately 30 kilometers east of Liège, Belgium on highway N3. Aachen, Germany is about 16 kilometers to the east of Henri-Chapelle on N3. It is one of three American war cemeteries in Belgium: Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial (World War I) and Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial (World War II).

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In 1956 the statue Angel of Peace created by Donal Hord was unveiled at the cemetery.

Notable individuals buried at Henri-Chapelle

  • Medal of Honor recipients
  • Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle (1908–1944), for action as an Army Air Force pilot; also the highest in rank buried at Henri-Chapelle.
  • T/4 Truman C. Kimbro (1919–1944), for action against enemy forces in Belgium
  • PFC Francis X. McGraw (1918–1944), for action against enemy forces in Germany
  • Other notables
  • James G. Snitzer (1926–1945), film actor
  • William Harrell Nellis (1916–1944), USAAF pilot and namesake of Nellis Air Force Base
  • References

    Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Wikipedia