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The American Cemetery of St.Mihiel, officially named World War I St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, is a place of memory dedicated to American soldiers who died during the First World War. Located in the commune of Thiaucourt-Regnieville, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, it gathers the burials of 4,158 soldiers, while the walls of its memorial bear the names of 284 missing whose bodies have never been found. This funerary site, managed by the American Battle Monuments Commission, illustrates the United States' commitment to the conflict and its decisive role in the offensive of the St.Mihiel's Fortress in 1918.

The cemetery is distinguished by its architectural unit and its decorative party, reflecting the way the American state treats the memory of soldiers who died in combat. Its inclusion in the additional inventory of historic monuments, by order of 28 December 2017, underlines its heritage value, both historically and artistically. Nearby, the hillside of Montsec and the German military cemetery of Thiaucourt recall the scale of the fighting in this strategic area of Lorraine, marking a landscape still imbued with the stigmas of the Great War.

The site is part of a larger commemorative complex, including monuments and military necropolises scattered throughout the Greater East Region. These often complementary places of memory shed light on the battles between Allied forces and German armies between 1914 and 1918. The American cemetery, by its design and its symbolism, also bears witness to cultural differences in the management of the graves of war, between sobriety and solemnity, in the image of the values carried by the nations involved.

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