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"Time will not dim the glory of their deeds."

 – John J. Pershing

Following the Great War, now known as World War I, America faced a problem it had never encountered before: thousands of her citizens buried on foreign soil. The Army Quartermaster Corps was tasked with locating and identifying the dead, an effort known as the Graves Registration Service. Families were given the option of repatriating their loved ones’ remains back to the U.S., but approximately 30% chose an overseas burial. Many were inspired by the example of President Theodore Roosevelt, and his family, who felt their son and brother should remain where he fell.

In that spirit, Congress established the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) in 1923. Eight cemeteries and fourteen monuments were created to honor the service and sacrifice of those who died. The cemeteries were dedicated in 1937 with over 30,000 burials, and monuments to more than 4,400 missing in action. Additional sites would be added following World War II. Meuse-Argonne Cemetery, the largest American cemetery in Europe, is located on the battlefield where the Great War’s final offensive was fought. Today, the remains of all service personnel are returned to the U.S.

In addition to the servicemen, a number of women serving during World War I were also buried in America's European cemeteries. This blog tells the stories of those women whose service and accomplishments are less well known, but no less worthy of remembering.

Listed below are the names of women buried in ABMC cemeteries, their role, the state they served from, their date of death and burial location.

Women Buried in ABMC WWI Cemeteries

A-D

Esther Amundson,  Nurse, Minnesota, 20 Oct 1918, St. Mihiel
Nora Emilie Anderson, Nurse, Minnesota, 16 Jan 1919, St. Mihiel
Florence L. Athay, Nurse, New York, 12 Nov 1918, Brookwood
Hazel E. Babcock, Nurse, Michigan, 12 Mar 1919, Oise-Aisne 
Margaret S. Bailey, Nurse, Massachusetts, 16 Oct 1918, St. Mihiel
May Berry, Nurse, Indiana, 20 Dec 1917, Oise-Aisne
Anne Maria C. Breen, Nurse, New York, 17 Nov 1918, St. Mihiel
Elizabeth A. Brubaker, Secretary, Pennsylvania, 28 Oct 1919, Suresnes
Maude Mae Butler, Stenographer, Nebraska, 2 Jan 1919, Suresnes
Caroline H. Christman, Nurse, Pennsylvania, 6 Oct 1918, Meuse-Argonne
Charlotte A. Cox, Nurse, Maryland, 28 Sep 1918, Meuse-Argonne

Marion G. Crandall, Secretary, California, 26 Mar 1918, Meuse-Argonne

Inez Ann Murphy Crittenden, Civilian, California, 11 Nov 1918, Suresnes 

Dorothy K. Cromwell, Canteen Worker, New York, 19 Jan 1919, Suresnes
Gladys Cromwell, Canteen Worker, New York, 19 Jan 1919, Suresnes

Ella Dalton, Nurse, New York, 25 May 1919, Suresnes
Katherine Dent, Nurse, Louisiana, 16 Jun 1918, Suresnes
Nellie M. Dingley, Nurse, New York, 28 Aug 1918, Suresnes
Alice S. Drisko, Civilian, Washington, 20 Feb 1919, Oise-Aisne
Lily Durant, Secretary, Great Britain, 20 Feb 1920, Suresnes

E-K

Eva Emmons, Civilian, New York, 11 Oct 1918, Suresnes
Helen Fairchild, Nurse, Pennsylvania, 18 Jan 1918, Somme
Pauline Field, Civilian, California, 24 Mar 1919, Oise-Aisne
Lucy N. Fletcher, Nurse, Massachusetts, 6 May 1918, Suresnes
Joan Lorraine Forbes, Civilian, UNK, 16 Feb 1919, Oise-Aisne
Louisa Francks, Civilian, UNK, 29 Jul 1919, Oise-Aisne
Dorothea Gay, Civilian, New York, 13 Nov 1918, Suresnes
Florence B. Graham, Nurse, New York, 27 May 1919, Suresnes
Katheryne E. Greene, Nurse, New York, 22 Oct 1918, Oise-Aisne
Elma Groves, Nurse, Wisconsin, 9 Oct 1918, Somme
Sophia Haarman, Nurse, Michigan, 27 Jan 1919, St. Mihiel
Alice Hagadorn, Nurse, New York, 25 May 1919, Suresnes
Margaret Hamilton, Nurse, Illinois, 22 Oct 1918, Somme
Sabra Hardy, Nurse, Minnesota, 4 Oct 1918, St. Mihiel
Tula Harkey, Chemist, New York, 30 Nov 1918, Brookwood
Felicita W. Hecht, Nurse, Virginia, 8 Feb 1919, Oise-Aisne
Alice A. Ireland, Nurse, Pennsylvania, 3 Feb 1918, Oise-Aisne
Estelle Jegon, Civilian, France, 19 Apr 1918, Oise-Aisne
Florence Kimball, Nurse, Minnesota, 20 Oct 1918, Suresnes
Alice J. Knight, Civilian, Connecticut, 21 Feb 1919, Oise-Aisne

M-R

Elizabeth L. MacDonald, Nurse, Wisconsin, 20 Oct 1918, St. Mihiel
Ella Maescher, Nurse, Ohio, 11 Nov 1918, St. Mihiel
Winona C. Martin, Canteen Worker, New York, 11 Mar 1918, Suresnes
Crystal E. McCord, Nurse, Indiana, 18 Dec 1918, St. Mihiel
Dorothy B. Millman, Nurse, Ohio, 10 Oct 1918, Meuse-Argonne
Mary A. Moore, Civilian, California, 3 Feb 1919, Oise-Aisne
Alice V. Murphy, Nurse, Michigan, 7 Oct 1918, Brookwood
Teresa M. Murphy, Nurse, New Hampshire, 9 Nov 1918, Brookwood

Gertrude O'Connor, Nurse, Massachusetts, 8 Feb 1919, Oise-Aisne
Marion L. Overend, Nurse, New York, 16 Jun 1918, St. Mihiel
Marian H. Peck, Dietitian, Massachusetts, 17 Feb 1919, Suresnes
Lucile Pepoon, Nurse, Illinois, 24 Nov 1918, Somme
Hattie M. Raithel, Nurse, Colorado, 2 Nov 1918, Brookwood
Lorraine Ransom, Secretary, New York, 24 Feb 1919, Oise-Aisne
Annie D. Reveley, Nurse, Virginia, 18 Oct 1918, Meuse-Argonne
Nelle Robertson, Secretary, Illinois, 23 Mar 1919, Suresnes
Alice C. Rogers, Secretary, Connecticut, 21 Mar 1919, Suresnes

S-W

Ethel Fannie Scatchard, Civilian, New York, 11 Feb 1919, Suresnes
Charlotte Schonheit, Nurse, Michigan, 6 Dec 1918, St. Mihiel
Constance Sinclair, Nurse, Nebraska, 22 Feb 1918, Somme
Esther Slocum, Secretary, New Jersey, 5 May 1919, Suresnes
Ruth E. Smith, Civilian, New York, 18 Feb 1922, Suresnes
Elizabeth S. Tyler, Secretary, Massachusetts, 22 Feb 1919, Meuse-Argonne

Gertrude C. Valentine, Civilian, New York, 11 Jun 1919, Oise-Aisne
Ida H. Vietmeier, Nurse, California, 8 Jan 1919, Oise-Aisne
Nellie J. Ward, Nurse, Pennsylvania, 16 Oct 1918, St. Mihiel
Gladys Watkins, Nurse, Pennsylvania, 16 Oct 1918, St. Mihiel
Edith M. White, Civilian, New York, 13 Mar 1918, St. Mihiel
Marian H. White, Nurse, Pennsylvania, 3 Oct 1918, Suresnes
Margaret W. Worth, Nurse, New York, 23 Oct 1918, St. Mihiel