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Federal Overseas Cemetery Memorial And Visitor Center

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Visitor Center

Frank D Peregory is buried at Normandy American Cemetery in Plot G, Row 21, Grave 7, and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society also records the cemetery as the location of his Medal of Honor. Peregory earned the award for extraordinary gallantry near Grandcamp, France, shortly after D-Day. The archive therefore records both a permanent recipient burial-and-memorial relationship and a separate original-medal repository relationship, while not promising continuous public access to the medal itself.

MOH-MUS-000170Evidence reviewed 2026-10-11Open during scheduled hours
Modern visitor center at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Visitor CenterPhoto: mpwheatley, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported ↗ · Source ↗

Historical context

About this institution

The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial overlooks Omaha Beach near Colleville-sur-Mer and is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Its cemetery, memorial, landscaped grounds, and visitor center interpret the Normandy campaign, the service members buried or commemorated there, and the human cost of the liberation of Europe. The visitor center provides historical orientation before visitors enter one of the most significant American commemorative landscapes overseas.

Why it matters to Medal of Honor research

This institution expands the archive beyond domestic museums by connecting recipient commemoration, burial location, battlefield geography, federal stewardship, and an original-medal location in one carefully separated record. The two relationship types let researchers distinguish the permanent grave from the medal repository rather than collapsing both into a vague museum connection.

Collection guide

What to look for

The following highlights summarize the strongest verified reasons to include this institution in the archive. They are a planning guide, not a promise that every object is on view at all times.

Frank D Peregory original Medal of Honor repository relationship

Peregory grave at Plot G, Row 21, Grave 7

Normandy campaign visitor-center interpretation

American cemetery and memorial overlooking the D-Day battlefield landscape

Verified connections

Medal of Honor relationships

2 total1 original medal

Original Medal of Honor

Frank D Peregory

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society records Normandy American Cemetery in France as the location of Frank D Peregory’s Medal of Honor. This relationship documents the original-medal repository separately from his grave and does not claim that the medal is continuously available to visitors.

Record: Frank D Peregory Medal of Honor

Verified 2026-10-11 · Current, display status not specified

Evidence sources and scope

Recipient-linked original-medal relationship; public availability should be confirmed with the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Recipient burial and memorial

Frank D Peregory

Frank D Peregory is buried at Normandy American Cemetery in Plot G, Row 21, Grave 7. The permanent grave relationship is recorded separately from the cemetery’s documented location of his Medal of Honor.

Record: Plot G, Row 21, Grave 7

Verified 2026-10-11 · Permanent

Evidence sources and scope

Permanent federal cemetery relationship with plot, row, and grave location documented by the recipient database.

Collection focus

Historical specialties

Normandy campaign interpretationAmerican World War II cemetery and memorial landscapeVisitor-center historical exhibitsFrank D Peregory burial and Medal of Honor repository

Service connections

U.S. Army

Conflict connections

World War II