Oakdale Farms in Norfolk, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
United States Army Memorial
111th Field Artillery Battalion 29th Infantry Division
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
1. United States Army Memorial Marker
In Memory of our Comrades
who gave their lives
in a supreme sacrifice
for their country
Normandy 6 June 1944
6 June 24 July 1944
Northern France
25 July 14 Sept 1944
Rhineland
15 Sept 1944 21 Mar 1945
Central Europe
22 Mar 11 May 1945
111th Field Artillery Battalion
Lt Col Thornton L. Mullins Capt Frederic E. Consolvo Capt Nernard J. Sabatino Lt Murray C. Freedman Lt Louis E. Linsey Lt Jack H. Poehlman Lt Gordon G. Price Lt Joseph C. Stancil Lt Westmore Willcox T/Sgt Arthur B. Hardiman S/Sgt Stanley F. Glasser Sgt Ivan C. Bryant Sgt Norman D. Buckingham Sgt Robert E. Robinson John B. Weaver Cpl Leslie C. Baughan Cpl Fitzhugh Elliott Cpl Eugene L. Hoeding Cpl Arthur E. Ratliff Cpl Raymond E. Selah
29th Infantry Division
T/5 Swanson W. Altice T/5 Carroll J. Patterson Pfc Joseph A. Delak Pfc Donald H. DeVoll Pfc Clyde W. Dunkle Pfc Albert J. Hodges Pfc Earnest L. Jackson, Jr. Pfc Thurman H. Marion Pfc Clayton Stevens Pvt Edward R. Berg Pvt Henry J. DeSarno Pvt John S. Hemstreet Pvt Charles T. Lewin Pvt William G. Mariels Pvt Clifford D. Milford
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Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, World II.
Location. 36° 55.327′ N, 76° 16.121′ W. Memorial is in Norfolk, Virginia. It is in Oakdale Farms. It can be reached from Granby Street 0.9 miles south of East Bayview Boulevard, on the left when traveling south. Marker is located within Forest Lawn Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 8100 Granby Street, Norfolk VA 23505, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: George D. Hay (approx. half a mile away); The Norfolk 17 (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named The Norfolk 17 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Camp Talbot (approx. 1.4 miles away); Airship Roma Disaster (approx. 2.2 miles away); Naval Aviation Depot, Norfolk (approx. 2.2 miles away); a different marker also named The Norfolk 17 (approx. 2.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Norfolk.
Also see . . . 111th Field Artillery. 29th Division Association website entry (Submitted on January 10, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
2. United States Army Memorial
via City of Norfolk, unknown
3. Forest Lawn Cemetery
City of Norfolk website entry
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 8, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 198 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 8, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. 3. submitted on March 18, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
