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Memorial Placed - National VA Cemeteries (April 2023 Update)

 

The Foundation placed the standard Americal Division monument (designed specifically for national VA Cemeteries) at five cemeteries in the past two years.

Two other monument placement projects are approved for placement at this time. Installation is expected to be complete by mid-2023. Foundation Director Gary Noller is heading the project placement for Fort Sill National Cemetery in Oklahoma. The design requirements for the Fort Sill location are slightly different than the standard design we have used at other national VA cemeteries; Gary is working with a local contractor on design and construction. The other location is Miramar National Cemetery near San Diego, California. The placement vendor has the monument at his facility and is working work a local volunteer to coordinate base construction and placement.

The monument design honors the legacy of the Americal Division during its three eras of activation as a U.S. Army infantry division.

In December 2021, monument placement was completed at the Fort Polk, Louisiana Army installation.

Caption: Fort Polk Museum

 

May 2022 was the installation date for the Americal Division monument at Fort Bliss, Texas National Cemetery

Caption: Fort Bliss National Cemetery

 

Foundation Director Ronald R. Ellis initiated the proposal for placement of an Americal Division monument at Fort Jackson, South Carolina National Cemetery. Following NCA Southeast District approval in January 2022, installation was complete in June 2022.

Caption: Fort Jackson National Cemetery

 

Foundation Director Robert Cowles initiated the proposal for placement of an Americal Division monument at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois in 2018. Due to a variety of issues, the time frame to obtain district approval became a longer process to complete. Once district approval was granted in mid-2022, pad construction and placement was completed in November 2022.

Caption: Camp Butler National Cemetery

 

ADVA member John Farley initiated the placement proposal in 2019 for Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania National Cemeter. Again a number of issues delayed district approval. Approval was granted in mid-2022. Pad construction and monument placement was completed in April 2023.

Caption: Washington Crossing National Cemetery

 

The Foundation is currently working with VA cemeteries in the states of California (Riverside), New York (Western New York) and Florida (Tallahassee) to place an Americal Division monument. Other VA cemetery sites are under consideration at this time for placement proposals.

 

Memorial Placed - National VA Cemeteries (May 2021 Update)

 

Placement of the first five granite monuments honoring the legacy of the Americal Division during its three eras of activation as a U.S. Army infantry division is complete. The final two monuments from the initial order of five were placed in mid-2019 and late 2020.

The fourth monument was placed at the National Museum of the Vietnam War, located in Mineral Wells, Texas. Installation was complete in April 2019.

National Museum of the Vietnam War

 

Our fifth monument from the initial order was placed in September 2020 at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, NY.

Long Island National Cemetery

 

The Foundation placed an order for five additional monuments in August 2018 in anticipation of more placement approvals at national VA cemeteries. Of the five monuments constructed per the second order, two have been placed.

The first monument from the second order was placed at Rock Island National Cemetery in Rock Island, Illinois in November 2020.

 

Rock Island Arsenal National Cemetery

 

The second monument from this order was placed at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock, Arkansas in April 2021.

 

Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery

 

The Foundation is currently working with VA cemeteries in the states of Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Illinois on proposals to place an Americal Division monument. Other VA cemetery sites are under consideration at this time for placement proposals.

 

 

 

Memorials Placed - National VA Cemeteries (July 2018 Update)

Construction is now complete on five granite monuments honoring the legacy of the Americal Division during its three eras of activation as a U.S. Army infantry division. The final design concept was conceptually different that the original intent, due primarily to difficulties achieving the intricate design cut into the granite for the Americal Division crest.

Read more: Update on Monument Installation at National Cemeteries

Memorial Placement Proposals at Veterans Cemeteries

 

 

Our foremost project is placement of monuments at national VA cemeteries and state veterans cemeteries throughout the country. We have entered a contract with Keith Monument Company out of Elizabethtown, Kentucky to have five monuments designed and constructed specifically to meet standard construction requirements per the VA document. Expected completion date for these five memorials is early fall 2017.

Read more: Monuments Planned for Veterans Cemeteries

Fort Sill – Americal Artillery Monument Dedication Ceremony

 

WWII Veterans Donald Wright and William Kiker unveiling WWII pedestal

The Americal Artillery Monument dedication ceremony was conducted on May 10th. What a tremendous success the event turned out to be. Nearly one hundred and fifty individuals turned out, including Americal Division veterans and ADVA members, along with many spouses and family members. Soldiers and staff of Fort Sill’s 1/14th Artillery Battalion were on hand to support the ceremony along with members of the Fort Sill’s 77th Army band.

Read more: Ft. Sill Monument Dedicated to Americal Division Veterans

Dedication set for Ft. Sill monument

The following presents information about the Fort Sill Americal Artillery monument dedication ceremony at Fort Sill.

The dedication date is confirmed for Wednesday, May 10th. The ceremony will be a one day event, scheduled to begin at 10:30am.   The  monument is at Constitution Park immediately adjacent to the Artillery Museum at Ft. Sill.  Other planned activities that day are tour of the post artillery museum and lunch at one of the post’s mess halls.

Read more: Dedication of Fort Sill Monument on May 10, 2017

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        Americal Legacy Foundation
        Gary L. Noller
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Americal Division Veterans Association (ADVA)

The ADVA is dedicated as a LIVING MEMORIAL to all veterans of the Americal Division. It is pledged to foster true American patriotism, provide social and fraternal activities for all members, encourage allegiance to the United States and to its flag, and to perpetuate the traditions and history of the Americal Division of the United States Army.

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