West Ocean View in Norfolk, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, October 12, 2023
1. Veterans Memorial Marker
Our Departed Comrades
By the
Ocean View Post 3160
and Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
May 30, 1937
Erected 1937 by The Ocean View Post 3160 and Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 36° 57.18′ N, 76° 15.144′ W. Memorial is in Norfolk, Virginia. It is in West Ocean View. It is at the intersection of A View Avenue and Duffys Lane, on the right when traveling east on A View Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 111 A View Avenue, Norfolk VA 23503, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: OceanView Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Landing of Wool and Surrender of Norfolk (approx. 0.4 miles away); Operation Torch, 1942 (approx. half a mile away); USS Intrepid (CV-11) (approx. half a mile away); Susan Constant Shrine (approx. 0.6 miles away); Flagship Sarah Constant (approx. 0.6 miles away); First Flight Ship to Shore (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Norfolk 17 (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Norfolk.
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Photographed by Brandon D Cross, October 12, 2023
2. Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, October 12, 2023
3. Rededication Plaque
Comrades of WW II, Korean War &
Vietnam War by Ocean View VFW
Post 3160 & Ladies Auxiliary
September 6, 1971
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, October 12, 2023
4. Ocean View VFW 3160 sign
Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 21, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 232 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 21, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
