Gen. Patton and the 130,000 American Heroes Buried on Foreign Soil
Vets
By Mac Caltrider | September 29, 2021
White marble headstones dot 639 acres of emerald slopes sprawling just north of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Home to approximately 400,000 American veterans, Arlington National Cemetery is visited annually by more than 3 million people. But Arlington is just one of many final resting places for American service members: Nearly 130,000 American war dead lie buried on foreign soil.
The American Battle Monuments Commission maintains 26 American cemeteries and 32 federal memorials scattered across 17 foreign countries. Those buried on foreign soil in American cemeteries around the world were killed in action in wars spanning the Mexican-American War to the Korean War, and some of America’s most famous military heroes rest among them.
Jimmie Monteith
First Lt. Jimmie Monteith Jr. is one of three Medal of Honor recipients buried in the Normandy American Cemetery in France. Screenshot from YouTube.
In Luxembourg, 17 acres of marble crosses and Stars of David mark the graves of 5,070 US Army soldiers, most of whom were killed during the Battle of the Bulge. An additional 371 names are inscribed on two pylons, representing soldiers listed as missing in action. Among the veterans of the battle buried in that remote corner of Europe is Gen. George S. Patton, commander of the 3rd US Army during World War II.
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