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Veteran Memorials

in Ventura CountyIn honor of our Veterans

Service to our Country

Veterans Memorials in Ventura CountyCity Memorial Description Items of Note Address Phone

CamarilloVietnam

VeteransPleasant Valley Aquatic Center Flagpole with plaques 1030 Temple Ave 805-987-8198

Camarillo Veterans Constitution Park Monument; flags & plaquesCorner of Carmen Dr.

& Paseo Camarillo

Camarillo Museum Commemorative Air Force Museum WWII aircraft; displays 455 Aviation Drive, Camarillo 805-482-0064

Fillmore Veterans Veterans Memorial Building Plaques inside building Not open to public: 511 2nd St 805-524-1500

Moorpark Veterans Veterans Memorial Park Monument; flags & plaquesSpring St. approximately 1/2 mile

North of Los Angeles Ave.

Oxnard Veterans Plaza Park Monument; flags & plaques NW corner of the park off 5th St.

Port Hueneme MuseumUSN Seabee Museum & Purple Heart

MemorialDisplays & memorabilia 1000 23rd Ave 805-982-5169

Port Hueneme Veterans U.S.S. Norton Sound Memorial & MuseumAn exhibit of residents who

served in the military

Simi Valley Museum VFW Museum of Military History Posters & memorabiliaSimi Town Center

1555 Town Center Way #220805-578-1539

Simi Valley Veterans El Rancho Simi Pioneer Cemetery Monument; flags & plaque 1461 Thompson Lane 805-526-8245

Simi Valley Veterans Simi Valley Veterans Plaza Walking path; flags; plaquesRancho Tapo Community Park

(Lemon Park)

3700 Avenida Simi at Lemon Dr.

Santa Paula Veterans Veterans Memorial Park Memorial with plaques S. Mill St.

Santa Paula Veterans Santa Paula High School Swimming Pool Memorial plaque 404 N 6th St.

Ventura Veterans Grounds at Ventura Gov't Center Memorial with plaques & flags Corner Victoria Ave & Telephone Rd

Ventura Veterans Cemetery Memorial Park Plaques & flag Between Main St & Poli at Aliso Lane

Ventura Veterans Plaza Park Cannon with plaques 651 E. Thompson

Westlake Village Veterans Pierce Brothers Cemetery Memorial with plaques; flags 5600 Lindero Cyn. Rd.

Thousand Oaks Veterans Beyer Park Plaque dedicated to WWII vets 280 North Conejo School Road

Thousand Oaks Veterans Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks Sculpture & plaque 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd

Thousand Oaks Veterans Water feature in Conejo Creek Park Plaques & flag 1379 East Janss Road

Thousand Oaks Veterans Near picnic area in Conejo Creek Park Plaque & dedicated tree same

Commemorative Air ForceSouthern California Wing, Camarillo

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is an all-volunteer organization, with members from all walks of life, dedicated to preserving

the history of combat aircraft which were flown by all military services of the United States. The CAF hangars are located at the

Camarillo Airport just off Highway 101 in Camarillo. Take the Las Posas exit and go south to Pleasant Valley Road. Turn right and

take a right onto Eubanks Street (2nd light) into the airport. Museum hangar is located on the corner of Eubanks and Airport.

Ventura County Veterans Memorials

Leisure Village Recreation Center, Camarillo

The service ribbons are hand made tiles

by Ed Vasquez. They represent the

awards earned by the military veterans of

Leisure Village.

Leisure Village is a private gated community with no public access.

511 2nd St. at Central Ave. Fillmore, CA 93015

Call (805) 524-1500 ext. 216 for access to the building

Ventura County Veterans Memorials

Fillmore-Piru Veterans Memorial Building, Fillmore

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Veterans Memorial Park, Moorpark

Located on Spring St, approximately

1/2 mi north of Los Angeles Ave. If

exiting the Reagan Fwy (118) go West

on New Los Angeles Ave. Turn Right

(North) onto to Spring Road. Memorial

is on right at Flinn Ave.

N.W. corner of Plaza Park in Oxnard

Ventura County Veterans Memorials

Oxnard Veterans Memorial, Oxnard

220 N. Market St. Port Hueneme CA

805-986-6542

Ventura County Veterans Memorials

Historical Society Museum, Port Hueneme

In addition to the US Seabee Museum, the Navy Base

contains a memorial dedicated to Purple Heart Veterans. It is

on the 8th fairway at the Seabee Golf Course

Access to the Base can be obtained at the Sunkist Gate

Ventura County Veterans Memorials

In Honor of Fallen Heroes, Port Hueneme

Roger S. Boles Veterans Memorial PoolSanta Paula High School

404 N 6th St, Santa Paula, CA 93060. Near the intersection of N 6th St and E Pleasant St, Santa Paula.

The site is not open during school hours, just before, after and on weekends. The plaque is outside of the

pool area. Park on 5th Street.

Ventura County Veterans Memorials

Rancho Tapo Community Park & Veterans PlazaAlso known as Lemon Park, the Memorial consists of steel panels representing conflicts since the Revolutionary

War listing the number of US military deaths; six panels of military action themed silhouettes; stone monuments

containing 56 plaques listing the names in Honor of or in Memory of individual veterans.

3700 Avenida Simi, Simi Valley, 93063

280 North Conejo School Road, Thousand Oaks

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Beyer Park, Thousand Oaks

This memorial is located in the green belt in

front of the Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks.

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Civic Center, Thousand Oaks

There are three memorial plaques in this water feature. The central

pillars represent the five branches of our armed services.

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Conejo Creek Park, Thousand Oaks

This memorial plaque is located in Conejo Creek Park in Thousand Oaks,

on a small pier facing the memorial which is in the center of a large pond.

The pillars represent the five branches of our armed services.

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Conejo Creek Park, Thousand Oaks

USAF Capt. Hubert from Thousand Oaks, MIA in Cambodia on 5-13-70. VFW post 11395 in Thousand Oaks is named in his honor.

This memorial is also located in Conejo Creek Park,

north of the memorial with the water feature, near a

picnic area

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Conejo Creek Park, Thousand Oaks

5600 Lindero Canyon Rd. Westlake Village

Exit the (101) Fwy at Lindero Canyon Road.

Southbound turn left, Northbound turn right onto

Lindero Canyon. Entrance to Pierce Brothers

will be on your Right. Memorial is in about the

center of the Park, will see several flags.

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Pierce Brothers Memorial Park, Westlake Village

Corner of Victoria and Telephone Road, in Ventura

between the (101) Ventura Fwy. on the South and the

(126) Santa Paula Fwy.

Ventura County Veterans Memorials

Veterans County Veterans Memorial, Ventura

Ventura CountyVeterans Dedicated HighwaysSign photos and locations

A 54-mile stretch of Highway 126 between Santa Clarita and Ventura, California. The section between the City of Santa Paula and

I-5 is officially designated "The Korean War Veterans' Memorial Highway" a designation it received in 1997.

Ventura County Veteran Dedicated Highways

Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway, Santa Paula

Highway 126

All of Route 1 in Ventura , from the Los Angeles County line to the Santa Barbara County line.

Ventura County Veteran Dedicated Highways

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway

Pacific Coast Highway 1

The Purple Heart Trail is a highway network across the nation. The Purple Heart

Memorial Highway covers the entire length of Ventura County on US Highway 101. The

Purple Heart Trail was established in 1992 by the Congressionally-sanctioned Military

Order of the Purple Heart to be a symbolic trail throughout all 50 states to commemorate

and honor all men and women who have been wounded or given their lives in combat

while serving in the U.S. armed forces. The Purple Heart Trail originates in Mount Vernon,

Virginia, and traverses the United States to California. The 36-mile segment in Santa

Barbara County just north of this segment was designated in 2010.

Ventura County Veteran Dedicated Highways

Purple Heart Memorial Highway

Highway 101

Route 23 is known as the Military Intelligence Service Memorial Highway. It runs from US 101 in Thousand Oaks to

California Route 118 in Moorpark. It is in honor of the U.S. 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat

Team, composed entirely of Japanese Americans during WWII.

Ventura County Veteran Dedicated Highways

Military Intelligence Service Memorial Highway

Highway Route 23

Route 101 in Ventura County as the "Screaming Eagles Highway". This honors the 101st Airborne Division of the United

States Army, which formed on July 23, 1918 and has been involved in every major war that the United States has

participated in since then.

Ventura County Veteran Dedicated Highways

The Screaming Eagles Highway

Highway 101

United States Armed Forcesand

Veterans’ Military Service

The following slides depict the military campaign ribbons for our military ad veterans’ participation in our Nation’s

armed conflicts.

U.S. Armed Forces Conflicts

American Revolution (1775–1783)

War of 1812 (1812–1815)

Mexican War (1846–1848)

Civil War (1861–1865)

Indian Wars (colonial era to 1890)

Spanish American War (1898)

World War I (1914–1918)

World War II (1939–1945)

Korean War (1950–1953)

Ventura County Veterans

Have participated in all our

Nation’s armed conflicts

Vietnam War (1961–1973)

Dominican Republic (1965)(Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal)

Lebanon (1982–1984)

Grenada (1983) (Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal)

U.S. Armed Forces Conflicts

Ventura County Veterans

Have participated in all our

Nation’s armed conflicts

Panama 1989(Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal)

Gulf War 1991

Somalia (1992-1993)

Bosnia (1994-1995)

Kosovo (1999)

(Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal)

(NATO Medal)

U.S. Armed Forces Conflicts

Ventura County Veterans

Have participated in all our

Nation’s armed conflicts

Global War on Terror (2001 - )

Afghanistan (2001 - )

Iraq War 2003 – 2010)

Inherent Resolve

War against the Islamic State (2014 -)

U.S. Armed Forces Conflicts

Ventura County Veterans

Have participated in all our

Nation’s armed conflicts