List of military tombstone abbreviations

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The following is a partial list of military tombstone abbreviations used in American cemeteries. [1]

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United States

Ranks

U.S. Civil War (1861–1865)

Regiments

  • 58 PENN. INF. = 58th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers
  • 185 N.Y. INF. = 185th Regiment of the New York Infantry Volunteers

Divisions

  • CO. G = Company G
  • CO. K = Company K

World War I (1917–1918)

Divisions

  • 17 CO = 17th Company

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References

  1. Administration, National Cemetery. "VA.gov | Veterans Affairs". www.cem.va.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-02.