List of military tombstone abbreviations

The following is a partial list of military tombstone abbreviations used in American cemeteries.

United States

Ranks

BBG = Brevet Brigadier General
BGEN = Brigadier General
BMG = Brevet Major General
CDR = Commander USN
COL = Colonel
CPL = Corporal
CPT = Captain
CSGT = Commissary Sergeant
GEN = General
LCDR = Lieutenant Commander USN
LGEN = Lieutenant General
LT = Lieutenant
1 LT = First Lieutenant (2 LT = 2nd Lieutenant, and so on)
Ens - Ensign USN
LTC = Lieutenant Colonel
MAJ = Major
MGEN = Major General
NCO = Non-commissioned Officer
OSGT = Ordnance Sergeant
PFC = Private First Class
PVT = Private
PVT 1CL = Private First Class
QM = Quartermaster
QMSGT = Quartermaster Sergeant
SGM = Sergeant Major
SGT = Sergeant
SPC = Specialist
WO = Warrant Officer

U.S. Civil War (1861-1865)

Regiments

58 PENN. INF. = 58th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers
185 N.Y. INF. = 185th Regiment of the New York Infantry Volunteers

Divisions

CO. G = Company G
CO. K = Company K

World War I (1917-1918)

Divisions

17 CO = 17th Company

See also

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