Following the ceremony at the Vietnam Traveling Wall, a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Clark County Veterans Memorial was held. The new memorial site is a block south of the Wall location, at the Vancouver Barracks.

Why a new memorial?

The original memorial located at the Clark County Courthouse was built in 1945. Several years ago it was discovered that names were missing from that memorial. Because of the smaller size, age and handicap inaccessbility of the original memorial it was thought a new memorial might be in order. Upon a request from Clark County officials, the 40 et 8 formed The Clark County Veterans Memorial Advisory Committee, co-chaired by Chuck Jones and Coleah I. Penley-Ayers. Meeting monthly, committee members worked for five years uncovering more missing names, designing, planning and fundraising. Primarily the memorial was funded by individual donations from within the community. The memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1999.

Your contributions to complete the project
were greatly appreciated!

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Clark County Veterans Memorial Advisory Committee
P O Box 1215
Brush Prairie, WA 98606