Mortuary Affairs Historical Photos – Army Quartermaster Foundation, Inc.

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World War IHow a grave is marked by the Graves Registration Service, Q.M.C.cross has both the identity tag and plate prepared by the Service.Mareuil-en-Dole, 77th Division

12 September 1918

World War I
A burial party of the 42nd Division, these parties were kept busy for days digging graves for the dead that littered the fields and woods after the advance beyond Chateau-Thierry. Beuvardes, France, 30 July 1918 Unknown Soldier of World War Iin the rotunda of the CapitolNovember 1921

(National Archives)

Unknown Soldier of World War Iwith military escort at the Capitol preparing to depart for the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery11 November 1921

(National Archives)

Camp Evans, VietnamA bugler on a hill overlooking the A Shau Valley plays taps at a memorial service for the fallen soldiers of the 2nd Bn, 319th Arty., 101st Airborne Division, 1969

(Information Office, 101st Abn Div SP4 Larry Peterson)