Cemeteries and Headstones: Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

Cemeteries and Headstones in Belgium

Description	Status	Location	Name (Died/Buried)
American Battle Monuments Commission - Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery At the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium, covering 57 acres, rest 7,987 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives during the advance of the U.S. armed forces into Germany. Their headstones are arranged in gentle arcs sweeping across a broad green lawn that slopes gently downhill. A highway passes through the cemetery. West of the highway is an overlook that affords an excellent view of the rolling Belgian countryside, once a battlefield. To the east is the long colonnade that, with the chapel and map room, forms the memorial overlooking the burial area. The chapel is simple, but richly ornamented. In the map room are two maps of military operations, carved in black granite, with inscriptions recalling the achievements of our forces. On the rectangular piers of the colonnade are inscribed the names of 450 missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. The seals of the states and territories are also carved on these piers. The cemetery possesses great military historic significance as it holds fallen Americans of two major efforts, one covering the U.S. First Army's drive in September 1944 through northern France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg into Germany, and the second covering the Battle of the Bulge. It was from the temporary cemetery at Henri-Chapelle that the first shipments of remains of American war dead were returned to the United States for permanent burial. The repatriation program began on July 27, 1947 at a special ceremony at the cemetery when the disinterment began. The first shipment of 5,600 American war dead from Henri-Chapelle left Antwerp, Belgium the first week of October 1947. An impressive ceremony was held, with over 30,000 Belgian citizens attending, along with representatives of the Belgium government and senior Americans.		Latitude: 50.6973789, Longitude: 5.901069199999999	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Bolen, Everett E. (d. 23 Nov 1944) Brashear, Lawrence Clark (d. 18 Dec 1944) Smith, Delmo A. (d. 23 Oct 1944) Stanley, Milton Ray (d. 19 Sep 1944) Wease, Frank Leo (d. 14 Jan 1945)
Headstone, Bolen, Everett E.	Located	Latitude: 50.6973789, Longitude: 5.901069199999999	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Bolen, Everett E. (d. 23 Nov 1944)
Headstone, Bolen, Everett E.	Located	Latitude: 50.6973789, Longitude: 5.901069199999999	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Bolen, Everett E. (d. 23 Nov 1944)
Headstone, Brashear, Lawrence C.	Located	Latitude: 50.6973789, Longitude: 5.901069199999938	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Brashear, Lawrence Clark (d. 18 Dec 1944)
Headstone, Brashear, Lawrence C.	Located	Latitude: 50.6973789, Longitude: 5.901069199999999	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Brashear, Lawrence Clark (d. 18 Dec 1944)
Headstone, Smith, Delno A. Note: His first name is spelled "Delno" on his headstone	Located	Latitude: 50.6973789, Longitude: 5.901069199999999	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Smith, Delmo A. (d. 23 Oct 1944)
Headstone, Smith, Delno A.	Located	Latitude: 50.6973789, Longitude: 5.901069199999999	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Smith, Delmo A. (d. 23 Oct 1944)
Headstone, Stanley, Milton R.	Located	Latitude: 50.6973789, Longitude: 5.901069199999938	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Stanley, Milton Ray (d. 19 Sep 1944)
Headstone, Stanley, Milton R.	Located	Latitude: 50.6973789, Longitude: 5.901069199999999	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Stanley, Milton Ray (d. 19 Sep 1944)
Headstone, Wease, Frank L.	Located	Latitude: 50.6973789, Longitude: 5.901069199999938	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Wease, Frank Leo (d. 14 Jan 1945)
Headstone, Wease, Frank L.	Located	Latitude: 50.6973789, Longitude: 5.901069199999999	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Wease, Frank Leo (d. 14 Jan 1945)

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American Battle Monuments Commission - Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery

At the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium, covering 57 acres, rest 7,987 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives during the advance of the U.S. armed forces into Germany. Their headstones are arranged in gentle arcs sweeping across a broad green lawn that slopes gently downhill. A highway passes through the cemetery. West of the highway is an overlook that affords an excellent view of the rolling Belgian countryside, once a battlefield. To the east is the long colonnade that, with the chapel and map room, forms the memorial overlooking the burial area. The chapel is simple, but richly ornamented. In the map room are two maps of military operations, carved in black granite, with inscriptions recalling the achievements of our forces. On the rectangular piers of the colonnade are inscribed the names of 450 missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. The seals of the states and territories are also carved on these piers. The cemetery possesses great military historic significance as it holds fallen Americans of two major efforts, one covering the U.S. First Army's drive in September 1944 through northern France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg into Germany, and the second covering the Battle of the Bulge. It was from the temporary cemetery at Henri-Chapelle that the first shipments of remains of American war dead were returned to the United States for permanent burial. The repatriation program began on July 27, 1947 at a special ceremony at the cemetery when the disinterment began. The first shipment of 5,600 American war dead from Henri-Chapelle left Antwerp, Belgium the first week of October 1947. An impressive ceremony was held, with over 30,000 Belgian citizens attending, along with representatives of the Belgium government and senior Americans.

Latitude: 50.6973789, Longitude: 5.901069199999999

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Bolen, Everett E. (d. 23 Nov 1944)
Brashear, Lawrence Clark (d. 18 Dec 1944)
Smith, Delmo A. (d. 23 Oct 1944)
Stanley, Milton Ray (d. 19 Sep 1944)
Wease, Frank Leo (d. 14 Jan 1945)