The Saulcy-sur-Meurthe national cemetery

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Adjacent to a German cemetery, the Saulcy-sur-Meurthe national cemetery holds 2,565 French soldiers, of whom 1,174 were buried in two ossuaries, 11 Russians and a Romanian who died during the fighting in the Vosges and in the Gérardmer hospitals in 1914-1918. Created in 1921, this cemetery was developed up until 1935 in order to bring together the bodies exhumed from temporary military cemeteries located in the Col du Bonhomme, Col de la Schlucht, Gérardmer, Mandray and Valtin.

René Fonck, the famous Great War aviator, was from Saulcy-sur-Meurthe. The man nicknamed the French "ace of aces" was officially attributed with 75 victories and single-handedly shot down 142 enemy aircraft.

At the entrance to the cemetery is a plaque to commemorate the eight American soldiers from the 411th infantry regiment of the US Army who died on 22 November 1944 at Saulcy-sur-Meurthe and who are today buried at the American cemetery in Epinal.