how many are buried in military cemeteries in the US?
I don't think there is anyway to know. The headstones give the name, date, rank, and service.
US Naval personnel were often buried at sea; the majority of people were buried in (land) cemeteries. The battleship USS Arizona is a traditional "sea" grave for over 1,000 US Sailors.
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Traditionally soldiers are sent to their native country to be buried. However I do know that most of the American soldiers that fell in France are buried there.
Yes, there are Jewish cemeteries in all 50 US states.
The US Veterans Administration has a complete list of national cemeteries. Check their website.
Veterans Day is a US Federal holiday. This allows citizens to fly the US flag, participate in military ceremonies, decorate graves at cemeteries, attend parades.
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It is a day to honor all members of the US military who died during a war in which the United States was involved. This is why the cemeteries have American flags flying over the graves and many line the roads/paths.
As I understand it the ground of all war cemetary's was given in perpetuity to the country of the troops buried there so that all U.S. troops are buried in American soil. The same applies to the U.K. and Canada etc.
Prisoners were not buried. Only those who died. Large cemeteries exist today in towns for soldiers who died in the battle. Families of Americans did have the chance to return the bodies of loved ones back to America at the conclusion of the war. They had to do so at their own expense and many families could not afford the high cost of transporting the body back home. So thousands of American soldiers are laid to rest in cemeteries all over Europe today
There are approximately 1,380,000 members of the US military.