Supporters & Contributors
The people and resources that make this free archive possible.
Our editorial team
The American Battle Graves Archive is researched and edited by a small, dedicated team at Hollow Oak Heritage Media.
Dr. Eleanor W. Hayes
Lead Historian & Editor
A historian of the two World Wars, Eleanor oversees the archive's editorial standards and the accuracy of its casualty records. She has spent two decades studying the American experience of overseas burial and commemoration.
Thomas R. Clarke
Archival Researcher — WWII
Thomas works directly with NARA service files and unit histories, reconstructing the final movements of individual servicemen so that each record reflects the fullest account the sources allow.
Margaret "Peg" Donovan
Genealogy & Records Specialist
A professional genealogist, Peg helps families connect a name in the archive to their own history, and leads our work reconciling variant spellings and duplicate records.
Harold V. Pruitt
Veterans & Family Liaison
Harold corresponds with descendants and veterans' organizations, gathers corrections, and ensures the archive answers the questions families most often ask.
Sarah L. Abbott
Contributing Writer — Remembrance
Sarah writes the archive's Remembrance Journal, telling the stories behind the records and explaining how to research a relative buried overseas.
Resources, advocates & supporters
We gratefully acknowledge the sources and organizations whose work underpins this archive.
American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
The U.S. agency that administers, operates and maintains permanent American military cemeteries and memorials on foreign soil — a primary source for the burial and commemoration information in this archive.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Custodian of U.S. federal service and casualty records, and a foundational reference for the personnel details presented here.
State and regimental history collections
Unit histories and state archives that help us place an individual within a campaign, a division and a date.
Family correspondents & descendants
Relatives who write to us with photographs, corrections and remembrances that enrich and verify individual records.
Can you help us complete a record?
If you hold family papers, photographs or corrections relating to a serviceman in this archive, we would be honored to hear from you.
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