grave/burial

GIs visiting US military graves at Kunming. In the background are markers for the deceased, including for one of 2nd Lt. George R. Barnes, #0-79770, 74th Fighter Squadron, deceased July 24, 1943 at Lingling, Hunan province. Photo from Warren C. Smith. George R. Barnes, entered the Service From: Pennsylvania, Cumberland County. "KIA"

A burial at sea for PFC Clorala Willard (this name is correct, not name on photo), of the 308th Bomb Group, 425th Bomb Squadron, on March 2, 1943 on the way back to the US after serving in the CBI. In the CBI.

A funeral procession preparing to head out for burial ground in a Burma Road Chinese village during WWII. In the CBI. Photo by Syd Greenberg.

A coffin prepared for a funeral in Guiyang city, Guizhou proving, China, during WWII, 1944. Photo by Robert G. Leavens.

"T. T. Hale in front of a Chinese Cemetery"-- The gravestone behind is for the Ni family, erected 1877, during the Qing dynasty (Guangxu period). In southwest China during WWII。

A graveyard in Yunnan province, China, during WWII. A gravestone close up is here. and here.

Elaborate tombstones in Yunnan province, China, during WWII. A gravestone close up is here and the full graveyard here.

A tomb in Yunnan province, China. The full graveyard can be seen here

The back of a rough hewn tombstone in Yunnan province, China.

Carvings on a gravestone in Yunnan province, China.