Oise-Aisne Cemetery

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

Related Topics:
Fère-en-Tardenois - Aisne - Picardy - France - Chateau-Thierry - American - World War I

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

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Private Eddie Slovik was 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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