How were soldiers buried in wwii?

Henri-Chapelle, Belgium - March 14, 1945.

Maj. John B. Day, right, an Army chaplain from Springfield, Ill., conducts burial services for an unidentified American soldier in the largest military cemetery on the western front at Henri Chappell in Belgium. Lowering the body into the grave are left to right: T/Sgt. A.H. Herberts, of Chester, Ill; S/Sgt. Vito Mastrangelo, of Visalia, Calif.; and Pfc. Irvin W. Kestner, of Oakland, Calif.Crosses in the background marked the graves of several thousand other American dead. .Technical Sergeant Mastrangelo, at just 20 years old, was in charge of the 607th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company. He was selected for the position because he was able to observe an autopsy without getting sick.

“I didn’t know what I was getting into,” he said. “I had no idea what Graves Registration was.”