Valley Park in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Veterans Memorial

Dedicated in Grateful Tribute to Those Who Served Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 25, 2025

1. Dedicated in Grateful Tribute to Those Who Served Marker

Inscription. Dedicated in grateful tribute to those who served in the Armed Forces of the United States

Erected 1958 by Citizens of Valley Park.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 38° 33.11′ N, 90° 29.232′ W. Memorial is in Valley Park, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is on Benton Street west of 4th Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 300 Benton St, Valley Park MO 63088, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies:

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Planters (approx. ¼ mile away); 1935 Frisco Caboose (approx. 0.3 miles away); Simpson Park and the Meramec River Greenway (approx. 1.2 miles away); West Barretts Tunnel (approx. 1.8 miles away); Boston & Albany #39 "Marmora" (approx. 1.8 miles away); Missouri-Kansas-Texas #311 (approx. 1.8 miles away); Pennsylvania #4700 (approx. 1.8 miles away); Brooklyn Rapid Transit #1365 (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Valley Park.

More about this memorial. The memorial stands in front of Valley Park City Hall.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 25, 2025

2. Dedicated in Grateful Tribute to Those Who Served Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2025, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 85 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 15, 2025, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.