American Battle Graves Archive

Netherlands American Cemetery

Margraten, Netherlands

8,288

Graves

1,722

Tablets of the Missing

65.5 acres

Acres

About this cemetery

The Netherlands American Cemetery is the only American military cemetery in the Netherlands. It holds the graves of 8,288 of the American dead, most of whom died in the advance into Germany and in airborne operations across the region.

Location & directions

The cemetery lies in the village of Margraten, east of Maastricht.