Constructed from blocks of portland stone a type of limestone quarried on the south coast of England, the Tablets Of the Missing stretch a total of four hundred and seventy two feet in length and contain the details of five thousand one hundred and twenty six missing in action, lost or buried at sea in addition to those who gave their lives but could not be positively identified. Every State of the Union is represented on the tablets and include names of three thousand five hundred and twenty four United States Air Force and Army Air Force Personnel, one thousand three hundred and seventy one Naval personnel, two hundred and one Coast Guard personnel and thirty United States Marine Corps personnel. www.madingleyamericancemetery.info