Memorials Placed – National VA Cemeteries (August 2024 Update)
Since mid-2023, the Foundation has overseen placement of SMM Americal Division monuments at national VA Cemeteries in California and Oklahoma. Currently, we have approval to place an Americal Division monument at the VA Cemetery in Sarasota, FL. Work is underway at the contractor’s shop on the stonework.
In June 2023, installation was completed at Miramar National Cemetery near San Diego, California. The Americal Monument placement was along the cemetery’s memorial walkway.
Miramar/Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
In October 2023, installation was complete at the Fort Sill National Cemetery in Elgin, Oklahoma. The Americal Monument placement was along the cemetery’s circular memorial walkway. Foundation director and First Vice President Gary Noller headed up this project.
Fort Sill National Cemetery
Other Memorial sites.
Work is underway to place an Americal Division monument at The Highground Veterans Memorial Park near Neillsville, Wisconsin. The contractor started the stonework in June 2024. The Park staff is in the process of planning relocation of existing monuments to accommodate placement of the Americal Division monument. We expect to have the Americal Division monument in place by early September.