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The Oise-Aisne Cemetery lies one and a half miles east of Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne, Picardy, France and about fourteen miles northeast of Château-Thierry.

It contains the graves of 6,012 American soldiers who died while fighting in this vicinity during World War I, as well as a monument for 241 Americans who gave their lives in the service of their country and whose remains were never recovered.

Included among the soldiers here who lost their lives is poet Joyce Kilmer.

Private Eddie Slovik was also buried here until 1987 when his remains were returned to the United States for burial next to his wife.

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Cemeteries in France | Military memorials and cemeteries | Aisne

 

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