Holgate in Henry County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Alene Duerk

Photographed by Craig Doda, February 22, 2025

1. Alene Duerk Marker

Inscription. First female Admiral
United States Navy

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Women.

Location. 41° 15.002′ N, 84° 7.884′ W. Memorial is in Holgate, Ohio, in Henry County. It is at the intersection of North Greenler Street and Railway Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Greenler Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 204 Railway Ave, Holgate OH 43527, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Black Swamp

and in the Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Holgate Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); New Bavaria War Memorial

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(approx. 3.7 miles away); Hope Lutheran Church Veterans Memorial Flag (approx. 4 miles away); A Tribute To Our Military (approx. 5.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.3 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.3 miles away); Revolutionary Soldier (approx. 5.7 miles away); Florida (approx. 6.2 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Girty's Island (was approx. 5.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Alene Duerk. Alene Bertha Duerk (March 29, 1920 – July 21, 2018) became the first female admiral in the U.S. Navy in 1972. She was also the director of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps from 1970 to 1975. She is a 1974 recipient of a Distinguished Alumni Award of Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. (Submitted on July 21, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.)

Photographed by Craig Doda, February 22, 2025

2. Alene Duerk Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 21, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 87 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 21, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.