Point Marianne Cemetery in Diego Garcia

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Coordinates: -7.31905, 72.42555
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Utilized by the copra plantation at Pointe Marianne. Most sites have no legible markers. The cemetery is maintained by the British Indian Ocean Territory and assigned UK military personnel.

Includes graves of Indian troops of 1st and 25th Coast Batteries Royal Indian Artillery assigned to man guns during WWI who fell prey to disease.

Also holds a memorial marker for three U.S. Air Force from Hulk-46 flight which crashed 13nm north of Diego Garcia on 3 February 1991 after returning from a Dessert Storm combat mission.