The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, located one and one half miles east of Fère-en-Tardenois

Fère-en-Tardenois

Fère-en-Tardenois is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France, .-Population:-Personalities:It was the birthplace of Camille Claudel , sculptor and graphic artist.-Sights:...

 in France, contains the remains of 6,012 American War Dead. Plot "E" of the cemetery currently contains the remains of 94 United States servicemen executed under military authority for crimes of murder and/or rape during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. Plot "E" is detached from the main cemetery and visitors are not encouraged. Gravemarkers within Plot "E" do not list the names of the decedents, who are instead referenced using numbers as shown below.

Burials at Plot "E" of the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery

The below table provides names, serial numbers, locations, and grave numbers of deceased interred in Plot "E" of the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery.

Name of Person	Serial Number	Row	Grave Number
Agee, Amos	34163762	1	14
Anderson, Roy W.	35407199	2	29
Bailey, Milbert	34151488	4	90
Baldwin, Walter J.	34020111	2	43
Bennerman, Sidney Jr	34174757	3	57
Brinson, Eliga	34052175	4	93
Burns, Lee A.	38520648	4	74
Clark, Ernest L.	33212946	3	68
Clay, Matthew Jr	38490561	1	3
Cooper, John D.	34562464	4	81
Crews, Otis B.	14057830	2	30
Davis, Arthur E.	36788637	4	82
Davis, Lee A.	18023362	3	61
Davis, William E.	33541888	1	19
Davison, Tommie	34485174	3	60
Donnelly, Robert L.	13131982	4	95
Downes, William C.	33519814	1	16
Ervin, Charlie Jr	34042926	3	54
Farrell, Arthur J.	32559163	1	21
Gordon, Tom	34091950	1	10
Grant, General L.	34557976	3	59
Green, George Jr	38476751	2	36
Guerra, Augustine M.	38458023	2	44
Hall, Willie	33268841	4	83
Harris, Wiley, Jr	6924547	4	92
Harrison, William Jr	15089828	3	62
Heard, Haze	34562354	2	38
Hendricks, James E.	33453189	1	13
Holden, Mervin	38226564	1	8
Hopper, Benjamin F.	32720571	1	7
Jefferies, Charles H.	33181343	4	78
Johnson, Willie	38270465	2	28
Jones, Cubia	34563790	1	15
Jones, James L.	34221343	4	84
Jones, John T.	38315973	2	48
Jones, Kinney	34120505	2	42
Jordan, Charlie H.	14066430	2	40
Kendrick, James E.	14026995	1	5
Kluxdal, Paul M.	36395076	2	35
Leatherberry, J. C.	34472451	4	86
Lucas, William N.	36639075	4	96
Mack, John M.	34042053	1	4
Mack, William	32620461	3	63
Mahoney, Joseph J.	12008332	1	11
Mariano, Blake W.	38011593	1	12
Martinez, Aniceto	38168482	2	39
Maxey, Curtis L.	34554198	3	71
McCarter, William J.	34675988	4	91
McGhee, Shelton Sr	34529025	1	6
McMurray, Fred A.	38184335	1	27
Nelson, Henry W.	35726029	1	1
Newman, Oscar N.	35226382	1	80
Norris, Clete O.	37082314	4	79
Ortiz, Victor	30405077	4	87
Parker, Woodrow	34561139	3	56
Pearson, Robert L.	38326741	1	22
Pennyfeather, William D.	32801627	3	66
Philpot, Henry C.	39080069	4	89
Pittman, Willie A.	34400976	3	50
Pygate, Benjamin	33741021	4	85
Robinson, Charles M.	38164425	3	70
Rollins, Alvin R.	34716953	3	51
Sanders, James B.	34124233	3	58
Schmiedel, Werner E.	7041115	3	53
Scott, Richard B.	38040012	2	45
Skinner, Robert L.	35802328	3	64
Smalls, Abraham	34512812	1	23
Smith, Charles H.	36337437	4	77
Smith, George E. Jr	33288266	3	52
Smith, John C.	33214953	3	67
Smith, Willie	3456556	3	69
Spears, Charles E.	32337619	1	18
Spencer, Elwood, J.	33739343	2	33
Spinks, Mansfield	36793241	3	49
Stroud, Harvey	33215131	2	26
Taylor, John W.	37485128	1	24
Thomas, Madison	38265363	4	76
Till, Louis Louis Till Louis Till was an American soldier and the father of Emmett Louis Till, whose murder in 1955 at the age of fourteen galvanized the African-American civil rights movement. Louis Till was executed by the U.S. Army in 1945 after being found guilty of murder and rape...	36392273	4	73
Twiggs, James W.	38265086	4	88
Valentine, Leo	32954278	2	41
Waters, John H.	32337934	2	46
Watson, Frank Jr	34793522	3	55
Watson, Ray	33139251	2	25
Watson, Joseph	39610125	1	17
White, Armstead	34401104	2	47
White, David	34400884	3	72
Whitfield, Clarence	34672443	2	37
Williams, Ellsworth	34200976	2	32
Williams, John	32794118	4	94
Williams, Olin W.	34649494	1	20
Wilson, J. P.	32484756	1	9
Wimberly, Willie J.	36392154	2	34
Wray, Robert	34461589	4	75
Yancy, Waiters	37499079	2	31

Note: additional background information (e.g. place of enlistment and year of birth etc) regarding the condemned men can be found by entering the relevant service number into Online World War II Indexes & Records.

• Private Eddie Slovik
  Eddie Slovik
  Edward Donald Slovik was a private in the United States Army during World War II and the only American soldier to be court-martialled and executed for desertion since the American Civil War....
  
  , 36896415, was buried in Row 3 Grave 65 until his remains were returned to the United States in 1987.

See also

• Capital Punishment by the United States military
• Shepton Mallet (HM Prison)
  Shepton Mallet (HM Prison)
  HMP Shepton Mallet, sometimes known as Cornhill, is a prison located in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. It is the United Kingdom's oldest operating prison.Shepton Mallet is a Category C Lifer Prison and holds 186 prisoners...
  
  - provides details of the 18 American servicemen executed there