List of military tombstone abbreviations

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

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

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

Divisions

 * 17 CO = 17th Company