The last interment at the Margraten cemetery, the burial of 2nd Lieutenant Willis A. Utecht, took place on September 19, 1994. Untill then his name was inscribed at the Tablets of the Missing, but after the recovery of his remains in the vicinity of the Margraten cemetery, and positive identification was made he could be buried next to his comrades in arms. He is buried at the grave location N - 23 - 22. His grave is the only one in this "row". His name at the Tablets of the Missing is now marked with a bronze rosette.

Grave of 2nd Lieutenant Willis A. Utecht

Military ceremonial at the burial	Handing over the U.S. Flag to the next of kin

The remains of 2nd Lieutenant Willis A. Utecht were taken to his final resting place at the Margraten cemetery

As a rule the interment of the fallen soldiers at the U.S. cemeteries is on a permanent basis, but due to an administrative flaw in the years after the war, as a very unique exception, the remains of Pfc. Joseph F. Hill were, at the request of the next of kin, repatriated to the US for interment in April 2001. Thus since april 2001 there are 8301 soldiers buried in Margraten. His headstone though, is still maintained at the cemetery. ( at the location K - 1 - 2 )

The highest in rank to be buried at the Margraten cemetery is Major-General Maurice Rose ( C - 1 - 1 ). He was the commander of the 3rd Armored Division and was killed at March 30, 1945. He is also the most decorated person buried at the Margraten cemetery. He is decorated with: Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Belgium Croix de Guerre with Palm, French Legion of Honor, French Croix de Guerre with Palm. The elementary school in Margraten bears his name, as well as a hospital in Denver and a trooptransportship of the US Navy.

The grave of Major-General Maurice Rose

At the American cemetery in Margraten there are 106 unknown soldiers buried. Unknown soldiers are servicemen of whom no positive identification was possible. They have a headstone with the inscription: Here rests in honored glory, a comrade in arms, known but to god. One headstone marks the common grave of two unknown soldiers. ( O - 5 - 9 ) These two were probably killed in a tankbattle and the intense heat of the burning tank melted the remains together. It was ethically not considered to be appropriate to seperate the remains, thus they were buried together in one grave. Perhaps their names can be found at the Tablets of the Missing.

The headstone of the grave of two unknown soldiers

There were also women serving in the US Army during WWII. Most of them had a non-combat function, but the risk of being killed was always there. Also members of the American Red Cross were buried at military cemeteries during war. At the American cemetery in Margraten a total of 4 women can be found to be buried there. Two of them were civilians working for the Red Cross, the other two were 1st Lieutenants serving with the Airforce and did medical evacuations. They were:

Dorothy J. Burdge, American Red Cross, B - 7 - 4,

1st Lt. Christine A. Gasvoda, 817th air evac. SQ, F - 19 - 4

Anita R. McKenney, war shipping adm., N - 19 - 7

1st Lt. Wilma Vinsant, 806th air evac. SQ, B - 17 - 4

Grave of Dorothy J. Burdge, American Red Cross	Grave of 1st Lt. Christine A. Gasvoda, 817th air evac
Grave of Anita R. McKenney, war shipping adm	Grave of 1st Lt. Wilma Vinsant, 806th air evac

It was not uncommon for brothers to participate in the war. Brothers who got killed were on more then one occassion buried side by side. In Margraten this has happened in about 40 instances. It also happens that brothers weren't buried next to each other, but in the vicinity of each other, e.i. in the next row. Sometimes it happened that two soldiers were friends and that they were buried side by side for this reason. With over 8300 graves it happens that soldiers with the same surnames are buried in a cemetery. It is not clear who is related to each other.

A part of the list of brothers who were buried next to each other :

Atchley P – 2 – 1, 2
Barnum D – 12 – 23, 24
Beardsley C – 13 – 29, 30
Brizendine I – 2 – 13, 14
Bulgar P – 8 – 9, 10
Dasso O – 9 – 2, 3
Delmonico C – 11 – 29, 30
Dlugosz C – 6 – 3, 4
Donlin K – 21 – 6, 7
Durborow P – 6 – 13, 14
Esquibel E – 21 – 6, 7
Evancho N – 7 – 13, 14
Fanning D – 6 - 1, 2
Flowers I – 18 – 19, 22
Friscone J – 6 – 18, 19
Fulara E -15 – 8, 9
Goodman P – 16 – 1, 2
Grimes E – 9 – 21, 22
Harris J – 18 – 4, 5
Horn L – 14 – 21, 22
Hughes F – 19 – 13, 14
Klemm H – 21 – 6, 7
MacDougall/Legget P – 22 -3, 4 (step-brothers)
Leibensperger D – 1 – 21, 22
Linder G – 18 – 3, 4
Lovett J – 8 – 21, 22
Mervyn G – 10 – 22, 23
Miklich F – 9 – 11, 12
Pellegrino P – 1 – 1, 2
Pytel I – 21 – 2, 3
Spurrier K – 14 – 17, 18
Steiner J – 15 – 15, 16
Thompson H – 12 – 1, 2
Voelker I – 13 – 15, 16
Zacchi O – 7 – 4, 5