Pleasant Grove West in Chesapeake, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Cody S. Childers
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 27, 2022
1. Cody S. Childers Marker
Cody S. Childers
Lance Corporal,
2 March 1991 - 20 August 2010
Killed in Action
Mariah, Afghanistan
2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment
Devils Cowboy
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Afghanistan.
Location. 36° 42.837′ N, 76° 19.108′ W. Memorial is in Chesapeake, Virginia. It is in Pleasant Grove West. It is at the intersection of Scenic Parkway and Dominique Crescent, on the right when traveling south on Scenic Parkway. The Marker is located in front of Grassfield High School. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2007 Scenic Pkwy, Chesapeake VA 23323, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Hampton Roads, specifically in Coastal Virginia, and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Village of Deep Creek (approx. 2½ miles away); Unknown and Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial (approx. 2.8 miles away); Dismal Swamp Canal (approx. 2.9 miles away); Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (approx. 2.9 miles away); Justin Holland (approx. 3 miles away); Owens-Melvin House (approx. 3.1 miles away); Dismal Swamp Canal Trail (approx. 3.1 miles away); Herring (Heron) Ditch
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Village of Deep Creek (was approx. 2½ miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Also see . . . Marine from Chesapeake killed in Afghanistan. The Virginia-Pilot Online website entry (08/22/2010) (Submitted on July 3, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
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2. Cody S. Childers
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 27, 2022
3. Cody S. Childers Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 664 times since then and 64 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on February 9, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. 2. submitted on July 3, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on February 9, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
