Suresnes

Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial

Dedicated: 1937  |  Location: France  |  Burials: 1565  |  Missing in Action: 974  |  Acres: 7.50

From its location on the slope of Mont Valerian, Suresnes American Cemetery provides a panoramic view of Paris. Originally established in 1917 by the Graves Registration Service of the Army Quartermaster Corps, the cemetery later became the final resting place for the remains of WWII dead, as well. The remains of 1,541 Americans who died in World War I and 24 unknown dead of World War II lie here.

Many of the World War I dead buried here died of wounds or illness – in particular, the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 – in hospitals located in Paris.  In addition, the names of 974 buried or lost at sea from World War I are recorded on the chapel walls. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified.

• Brubaker, Elizabeth A., Secretary, Pennsylvania, 28 Oct 1919.
• Butler, Maude Mae, Stenographer, Nebraska, 2 Jan 1919. 
• Crittenden, Inez Ann Murphy, Civilian, California, Influenza, 11 Nov 1918.
• Cromwell, Dorothy K., Canteen Worker, New York, Suicide, 19 Jan 1919.
• Cromwell, Gladys, Canteen Worker, New York, Suicide, 19 Jan 1919.
• Dalton, Ella, Nurse, New York, Car accident, 25 May 1919.
• Dent, Katherine, Nurse, Louisiana, 16 Jun 1918. 
• Dingley, Nellie M., Nurse, New York, 28 Aug 1918.
• Durant, Lily, Secretary, Great Britain, 20 Feb 1920.
• Emmons, Eva, Civilian, New York, Influenza, 11 Oct 1918.
• Fletcher, Lucy N., Nurse, Massachusetts, 6 May 1918.
• Gay, Dorothea, Civilian, New York, 13 Nov 1918.
• Graham, Florence B., Nurse, New York, Car accident, 27 May 1919.
• Hagadorn, Alice, Nurse, New York, Car accident, 25 May 1919.
• Kimball, Florence, Nurse, Minnesota, 20 Oct 1918.
• Martin, Winona C., Canteen Worker, New York, 11 Mar 1918.
• Peck, Marian H., Dietitian, Massachusetts, 17 Feb 1919. 
• Robertson, Nelle, Secretary, Illinois, 23 Mar 1919. 
• Rogers, Alice C., Secretary, Connecticut, 21 Mar 1919.
• Scatchard, Ethel Fannie, Civilian, New York, Pneumonia, 11 Feb 1919.
• Slocum, Esther, Secretary, New Jersey, 5 May 1919.
• Smith, Ruth E., Civilian, New York, 18 Feb 1922.
• White, Marian H., Nurse, Pennsylvania, 3 Oct 1918.