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Rhode Island World War I Casualties
Burial in Suresnes American Cemetery


 

 The 7.5 acre cemetery is located in the city of Suresnes, on the south-eastern slope of the hill below Fort Mont Valerian just outside of Paris, France.  Originally a World War I cemetery, it now holds the remains of 1,541 American soldiers who died in World War I and 24 Unknown soldiers of World War II.  Bronze tablets on the walls of the chapel record the names of 974 World War I missing.  Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified.  The cemetery is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.

 

NAME RANK STATE DATE OF DEATH
ADAMS HARRY ERNEST LTJG Rhode Island October 5, 1918
BERTHERMAN RAY C.CPL Rhode Island December 10, 1918
BUFFUM ARTHUR D. PVT Rhode Island August 20, 1918
CROCKER ALONZO W. SN Rhode Island October 17, 1918
DEPARTHY HENRY L.F1 Rhode Island September 30, 1918
EWART JOSEPH S. MM1 Rhode Island November 19, 1917
FREDENBURG B. F. EM3 Rhode Island October 4, 1918
HAZARD HAROLD A. PVT Rhode IslandOctober 2, 1918
IACONO NICHOLAS PVT Rhode Island September 30, 1918
JACOB JOHN CK Rhode Island May 15, 1919
JOHNSON ARTHUR E. SN Rhode Island May 2, 1918
ROCHEFORD LUDGER PVT Rhode Island March 21, 1918
VIENS HENRY A. PFC Rhode Island September 14, 1918

Source: American Battle Monument Commission (machine-readable records).



 

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