American Battle Monuments Commission
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).
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ABMC We Remember Burial Search
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. Includ...
Features
Searchable database of more than 200,000 fallen service members buried or commemorated at ABMC cemeteries and memorials abroad, searchable by name and cemetery.
Database of U.S. servicemembers who lost their lives during World War II, accessible via the ABMC WWII Registry portal.
Registry of U.S. servicemembers who gave their lives during the Korean War, searchable through the We Remember portal.
Information about 26 American military cemeteries and 31 memorials, monuments, and markers on foreign soil including virtual 360-degree tours.
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.
Use Cases
Families and descendants search for fallen service members buried at ABMC cemeteries to locate burial information and plan visits.
Historians, researchers, and educators access burial and memorial records for World War II, Korean War, and other conflicts.
ABMC administrators and partner organizations use cemetery and memorial data for ceremony planning and site maintenance.