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Margraten US Military Cemetery (Holland)

Important note

The World War II Margraten American Military Cemetery photo portfolio is provided by Mr. Robert Mary. All photos on this page (except this aerial view here above) are copyright Robert Mary and may only be reproduced with his express permission. You may contact me here. The cemetery is located in Margraten, Holland. The cemetery occupies 65.5 acres of farmland and was liberated on 13 September 1944 by troops of the US 30th Infantry Division, a part of the US First Army, which were advancing northeastward toward the Ruhr River in Germany. A battlefield cemetery, one of the first to be used for internment of American soldiers who fell on German soil, was established there on 10 November 1944 by the US Ninth Army. Free use as permanent burial ground was granted by the government of the Netherlands in perpetuity without charge or taxation. There are 8,195 known burials, 106 unknown burials and 1,723 Missings commemorated.
More information about US cemeteries in Europe is available here. You can contact the Netherlands American cemetery there

Margraten is located to the south east of the town of Maastricht
You can find precise location of graves per soldier name here (you will have access to the database of the American Battle Monuments Commission). You can contact the ABMC there
The following website provides a list of US memorial throughout the world: Memorial sites listing
This Memorial Day website provides a list of US memorial troughout the world. It also refers to the 5 Star General Website where my photos of Margraten are also located.