Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial

Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial

Remembering the Fallen American Heroes of Afghanistan and Iraq Since 2003

Visiting the Memorial

The Memorial is officially open to the public 24 hours a day, year-round.

The Memorial is located at 4531 Bryan Avenue in Irvine, CA, about 1 hour south of Los Angeles and 20 minutes south of Anaheim.

  • Interstate 5 – Culver Drive (Exit 99)
  • Drive NE on Culver Drive approx. 1/2 mile (toward the mountains)
  • Turn Right onto Bryan Avenue
  • Northwood Community Park will be on your left in approx. 1/2 mile (intersection of Bryan Ave. and Yale Ave.)

    The list of engraved names is available on the Fallen Heroes page. If you would like to do a name rubbing, please stop by the Park Center to request the free materials, or send an email to us to arrange for a volunteer to meet you at the Memorial with materials. (See the Visiting page for more details.)

“To be killed in a war is not the worst that can happen. To be lost is not the worst. To be forgotten is the worst.”

Pierre Claeyssens (1909–2003)