Cemeteries in Walnut, Illinois

Private Cemeteries in Walnut, Illinois often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in Walnut, Illinois are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in Walnut, Illinois are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

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Our database contains records of burials from 3 cemeteries.

The cemetery site, at the north end of its half mile access road, covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations.

Of the 18 Commonwealth cemeteries in Normandy containing 22,000 casualties of the invasion, Bayeux is largest. Although there was not a particular battle fought in Bayeux itself, casualties were brought to this cemetery from around the region. This includes field hospitals and soldiers who died on Sword Beach.

The cemetery is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from April 15 to September 15, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. the rest of the year. There is no charge for admission.

A few thousand D-Day veterans may be still alive; the youngest are in their late 90s. A few dozen are in Normandy for the 79th anniversary.

Unlike later wars, where combat fatalities were airlifted back to the United States for burial in family or national military cemeteries, the Allied dead of the Normandy invasion were buried close to where they fell.

VICTIMS ON ALL SIDES. A total of 4,414 Allied troops were killed on D-Day itself, including 2,501 Americans. More than 5,000 were wounded.

The first Allied cemetery in Europe was dedicated just two days after the D-Day invasion on June 8, 1944. Of the 4,414 Allied deaths on June 6, 1944, 2,501 were Americans. Allies suffered some 10,000 total casualties on D-Day itself.

In all, 80,000 German soldiers are buried in Normandy. Slightly inland from Isigny sur Mer, La Cambe is the largest and most visited of the German military cemeteries. More than 21,200 young men are buried there, their names engraved on dark stones laid flat on the ground.