Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery

{{short description|Military cemetery in France}}

{{for|the war memorial|Meuse-Argonne American Memorial}}

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{{Infobox military memorial

| name = Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery

| native_name = Cimetière Américain (Meuse-Argonne)

| native_name_lang = fr

| body = American Battle Monuments Commission

| image = 300px

| caption = Tombstones and the reflecting pool

| commemorates = the AEF, American Forces in Germany (1919–23), and AEF in North Russia (1918–19) dead and missing

| established = {{start date|1918|10|14}}

| unveiled = {{Start date and years ago|1937|05|30}}

| coordinates = {{coord|49|20|03|N|05|05|36|E|display=inline, title}}

| nearest_town = Romagne, France

| designer = York and Sawyer

| total = 14,246 plus 954 commemorated

| unknowns = 486

| source = [https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/meuse-argonne-american-cemetery#.XDW3dVz7RnI.php ABMC Meuse-Argonne web page]

|embedded = {{designation list | embed=yes

| designation1 = WHS

| designation1_offname = Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)

| designation1_type = Cultural

| designation1_criteria = i, ii, vi

| designation1_date = 2023 (45th session)

| designation1_number = [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1567 1567-ME03]

}}

}}

The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery ({{langx|fr|Cimetière Américain (Meuse-Argonne)|links=no}}) is a {{convert|130.5|acre|sing=on}} World War I cemetery in France. It is located east of the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon in Meuse. The cemetery contains the largest number of American military dead in Europe (14,246),[http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ma.php American Battle Monuments Commission] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060211134043/http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ma.php |date=2006-02-11 }}
{{cite book|author=Edward G. Lengel |title=To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pxkmbci77cC&pg=PA2 |year=2008 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |isbn=978-0805079319 |pages=2–3 }} most of whom lost their lives during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and were buried there.{{cite book|author=Chris Dickon|title=The Foreign Burial of American War Dead: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxR--SO3UnEC&pg=PA63|year= 2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786485017|page=63}}

The cemetery consists of eight sections behind a large central reflection pool. Beyond the grave sections is a chapel which is decorated with stained glass windows depicting American units' insignias. Along the walls of the chapel area are the tablets of the missing which include the names of those soldiers who fought in the region and in northern Russia, but have no known grave. It also includes the Meuse-Argonne American Memorial. This cemetery is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission. It is open daily to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The cemetery is closed January 1 and December 25, but is open on all other holidays.