American Battle Monuments Commission

aid: american-battle-monuments-commission
name: American Battle Monuments Commission
description: The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), established by Congress in 1923, commemorates the service, achievements,
  and sacrifice of U.S. Armed Forces. ABMC administers and maintains 26 American military cemeteries and 31 memorials, monuments,
  and markers on foreign soil. The commission maintains a searchable database of more than 200,000 fallen service members
  buried or commemorated abroad, accessible via the We Remember burial search portal. ABMC is working on a data roadmap to
  provide open datasets on data.gov per the Foundations for Evidence-based Policymaking Act (2019).
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Federal Government
- Military
- Veterans
- World War II
- Memorial
- Open Data
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/american-battle-monuments-commission/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-21'
modified: '2026-04-19'
position: Consumer
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: american-battle-monuments-commission:we-remember
  name: ABMC We Remember Burial Search
  description: The ABMC We Remember portal provides a searchable database of more than 200,000 fallen U.S. service members
    buried or commemorated at American military cemeteries abroad. Includes World War II Registry and Korean War Honor Roll
    records. Searches can be performed by last name and other criteria across ABMC cemeteries and memorials worldwide.
  humanURL: https://weremember.abmc.gov/
  baseURL: https://weremember.abmc.gov
  tags:
  - Veterans
  - Military Burials
  - World War II
  - Korean War
  - Memorial
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.abmc.gov/about-us/reports-policy/data/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://weremember.abmc.gov/
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usabmc
- type: Website
  url: https://www.abmc.gov/
- type: Portal
  url: https://weremember.abmc.gov/
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Burial Search Database
    description: Searchable database of more than 200,000 fallen service members buried or commemorated at ABMC cemeteries
      and memorials abroad, searchable by name and cemetery.
  - name: World War II Registry
    description: Database of U.S. servicemembers who lost their lives during World War II, accessible via the ABMC WWII Registry
      portal.
  - name: Korean War Honor Roll
    description: Registry of U.S. servicemembers who gave their lives during the Korean War, searchable through the We Remember
      portal.
  - name: Cemetery and Memorial Information
    description: Information about 26 American military cemeteries and 31 memorials, monuments, and markers on foreign soil
      including virtual 360-degree tours.
  - name: Open Data Roadmap
    description: ABMC is developing a data roadmap to provide access to datasets hosted on data.gov per the Foundations for
      Evidence-based Policymaking Act (2019), with a designated Chief Data Officer.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Family Research
    description: Families and descendants search for fallen service members buried at ABMC cemeteries to locate burial information
      and plan visits.
  - name: Historical Research
    description: Historians, researchers, and educators access burial and memorial records for World War II, Korean War, and
      other conflicts.
  - name: Memorial Planning
    description: ABMC administrators and partner organizations use cemetery and memorial data for ceremony planning and site
      maintenance.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com