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Located opposite the ossuary of La Gruerie, the national war cemetery of Saint-Thomas-en-Argonne contains the bodies of 8,173 soldiers gathered from temporary cemeteries or isolated graves in La Biesme and La Gruerie. Created in 1924, this French war cemetery brings together the bodies of 8,085 soldiers who died fighting in Argonne, including 3,324 laid to rest in two ossuaries. From 1941 to 1952, the remains of 88 servicemen killed during the Battle of France were transferred to this site. A monument commemorates the commitment and sacrifice of the men of the 128th Infantry Division.

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Located opposite the Saint-Thomas en Argonne national war cemetery, the La Gruerie cemetery contains, in one ossuary, the bodies gathered from the Gruerie woods. Created in 1923, this mass grave preserves the memory of almost 10,000 unidentified soldiers. Bearing only the inscription "Aux Morts de la Gruerie 1914-1918", a monument, the work of Raoul Eugène Lamourdedieu (1877-1953), stands on this grave. It was inaugurated on 7 July 1929.  Beneath the features of Marianne, this victorious sculpture, in ancient dress, carried in one hand the flame of memory and the other arm raised horizontally as if to indicate the mass grave. Below ground, numerous plaques have been put up, as a symbol of the grief felt by the families of the disappeared soldiers.

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La Harazée National Cemetery is located in Vienne-le-Château in eastern France. It is the resting place of French soldiers who fell on the Argonne battlefields in 1915.

The cemetery was created as soon as fighting began and was set up close to the field hospitals to bury soldiers who had died from their wounds. It was reorganised from 1924 to 1936 to accommodate the remains of soldiers exhumed from military cemeteries and from graves in the woods of La Gruerie and La Harazée. It contains the remains of nearly 1,700 soldiers, including one-third in ossuaries. A French soldier killed during World War II is also buried there.

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The La Forestière national cemetery, also nicknamed "the hydrangea cemetery", mainly holds the remains of soldiers who gave their lives for France during the battles in Argonne between 1914 and 1918. Created in 1915, this cemetery was developed between 1920 and 1925 in order to welcome the bodies of other soldiers who had fallen in this sector, exhumed from military cemeteries on the left banks of the Meuse. Today, 2,005 soldiers lie there.

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The Les Islettes national cemetery brings together the bodies of 2,226 French soldiers who died during the fighting in the Argonne between 1914 and 1918. These remains were initially buried in temporary cemeteries in neighbouring communes. In numerous communes, such as Les Islettes, several ambulance centres (i.e. medical facilities) were set up in order to treat the wounded soldiers. The majority of the soldiers buried here died in these health units as a result of their injuries.

Among them are several soldiers from the colonial troops. Moreover, four soldiers from the 129th infantry regiment (RI), who were shot at Rarécourt on 28 June 1917, are buried in this cemetery. These four men, who were involved in pacifist demonstrations, are Marcel Chemin (grave 501), Marcel Lebouc (grave 447), Adolphe François (grave 365) and Henri Mille (grave 384).

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The Sainte-Ménehould national cemetery brings together the remains of French soldiers who, despite the treatment administered in the town's many hospitals, died as a result of their injuries. Nearly 5,700 bodies are buried there. Created from 1914 onwards, this cemetery was developed after the war to accommodate bodies exhumed from the temporary military cemeteries in the Bionne area. 5,486 soldiers from the First World War lie in individual graves and 277 in eight ossuaries. This cemetery was developed until 1953 in order to bring together the bodies of soldiers who had fallen in the Marne during the Second World War.

A monument dedicated to the defenders of the Argonne was erected at the end of the cemetery. This obelisk, built in brick and stone, thus preserves the memory of the men of the 10th and 18th army corps (CA).

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The French war cemetery of Bar-le-Duc holds the remains of 3,183 soldiers, 63 in ossuaries, who died for France during the battles of Verdun in 1914 to 1918, as well as seven British soldiers.

Created in 1914 this cemetery received bodies exhumed from military cemeteries in the Brionne region up until 1931.

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The national necropolis of Rembercourt-aux-Pots contains the graves of 5,510 Frenchmen who died in the battles of Vaux-Marie and behind the front lines of Verdun between 1914 and 1918. Four Russians are also laid to rest here. Two ossuaries contain almost 3,400 bodies.

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Behind the Champagne and Verdun fronts, Revigny was an essential hub in the organisation of the French front. This is why, on 21 February 1916, the first day of the Verdun offensive, three German zeppelins flew over the town and targeted the Revigny railway junction. Lit up by spotlight beams, these aircraft were targeted by the armoured cars of the 17th section of autocannons. One of them, the L.Z 77., was shot down. None of the 22 crew members survived. For propaganda purposes, the media at the time reported the story of the first anti-aircraft battle in history. Those involved in the attack were honoured by President Poincaré. This feat of arms ensured that the Sacred Way railway, the Meusien, could continue to operate. This narrow path provided a route to the Verdun front.

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Covering 1,459 sqm, Pargny-sur-Saulx National Cemetery holds the remains of 284 French soldiers who were killed during the Battle of the Marne in September 1914. Established in 1919, it was developed up until 1920. The cemetery also holds the remains of three French soldiers and an Australian pilot who were killed during the Second World War. Since 1931, a commemorative monument has stood here, dedicated to the memory of the French soldiers killed in action at Pargny.