South Boston in Halifax County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

D-Day Normandy

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, August 30, 2025

1. D-Day Normandy Marker

Inscription. D-Day
Normandy
Dedicated to the men of
Company F 116th Regiment
29th Infantry Division
Omaha Beach
June 6, 1944

Erected 2010.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 36° 41.77′ N, 78° 53.977′ W. Memorial is in South Boston, Virginia, in Halifax County. It is at the intersection of Broad Street (U.S. 501) and Seymour Drive, on the right when traveling north on Broad Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 21 Broad St, South Boston VA 24592, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Piedmont,

in Southside Virginia,

and specifically in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in 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.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Campaign of 1781 (a few steps from this marker); Retreat to the Dan (a few steps from this marker); Crossing of the Dan (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Tiny Halifax County woman becomes mother of modern medicine (about 500 feet away); Constitution Square (about 500 feet away); Memorial Cannon (about 600 feet away); Ward Burton (about 800 feet away); Glasscock Hardware Building (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in South Boston.

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, August 30, 2025

2. D-Day Normandy Marker

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, August 30, 2025

3. D-Day Normandy Marker

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, August 30, 2025

4. D-Day Normandy Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2025, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. This page has been viewed 60 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 9, 2025, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.