originally a world war i cemetery, designed in 1922 on boulevard washington by french architect jacques gréber, suresnes american cemetery now shelters the remains of u.s. dead of both world wars. the cemetery contains the remains of 1,541 americans who died in world war i and 24 unknown dead of world war ii. bronze tablets on the walls of the chapel record the names of 974 world war i missing. rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified.