Luxembourg-American Cemetery

The cemetery was first created by the US Graves registration as a provisional burial place for soldiers who fell in the north of Luxembourg during the Second World War. More notably during the winter of 1944-1945 as the ‘Battle of the Bulge’ was raging.

The cemetery was officially inaugurated and dedicated in 1960. 

There are 131 soldiers of Jewish faith and 22 pairs of brothers interned within. Two Congressional Medal of Honor recipients are at rest. Two General Officers are buried in the cemetery, one of which is General George Smith Patton, Jr. There is one female nurse and 371 burials of unknown persons. 

Several men of ‘Easy Company’, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, US 101st Airborne Division are buried here. This was famously depicted in the HBO series ‘Band of Brothers’. 

The graves made up of white marble crosses or Stars of David, are laid out in rows and plots. Each grave has an individual marked number, this assists people in identifying graves when visiting. 

The cemetery has a central chapel with a combined altar for the Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish faiths, and stained glass windows with the patches of the US higher command units of both Army and Army Air Force. 

There are two panels with maps of the European Theatre of Operations of the Second World War, as well as the ‘Battle of the Ardennes’ and the ensuing Rhineland Campaign. 

The grave rows are accessible to people with reduced mobility and the visitor centre at the entrance provides information about the burials. The cemetery is open daily from 09:00 to 17:00, except for 25 December and 1 January. 

Every year, the American Embassy and the Luxembourg commemorative community organise an elaborate commemoration ceremony open to the public on the occasion of Memorial Day.