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Lieutenant Colonel Fred E. Smith (1873–1918), for action near Binarville, France; Corporal Freddie Stowers (1896–1918), for action in the Ardennes (medal awarded in 1991) Other notables Sergeant Victor E. Chapman (1890–1916), first American aviator to die in battle in the war; Captain Edward L. Grant (1883–1918), pre-war professional ...
The Forest of Argonne in Northeastern France contains several World War I memorials, monuments, ossuaries and cemeteries. These are dedicated to the soldiers who died in combat during that war from the United States, France, Italy and the German Empire. Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery; Memorial of the Butte de Vauquois; Missouri Memorial
The Meuse-Argonne American Memorial (Montfaucon American Monument; French: Monument Américain de Montfaucon) is an American World War I memorial commemorating "the brilliant victory of the American First Army in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, September 26 – November 11, 1918, and pays tribute to the previous heroic services of the Armies of France on the important battle front upon which the ...
Anti-war protests in the inter-war years did use war memorials, however, as locations to communicate their messages; the Communist party in France, for example, held rallies at them. [242] In Britain, political views about the war influenced attitudes towards memorial design and the ceremonies that surrounded them.
List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Champagne-Ardenne; List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Lorraine; List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the area of the St Mihiel salient; List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the Somme; List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Verdun
4 France. 5 Germany. 6 Poland. ... This is a list of World War I monuments and memorials. ... Bromley War Memorial; Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial;
List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the Argonne; List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Pas-de-Calais; List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Champagne-Ardenne; List of Commonwealth War Graves Commission World War I memorials to the missing in Belgium and France; List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Lorraine
The St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial is located at the west edge of Thiaucourt (Meurthe-et-Moselle), France. The 40.5 acres (16.4 ha) cemetery contains the graves of 4,153 American military dead from World War I .