World War II West Coast Memorial

The World War II West Coast Memorial is located on high ground overlooking the entrance to San Francisco Harbor at the intersection of Lincoln and Harrison Boulevards in the Presidio of San Francisco. The memorial was erected to honor soldiers, sailors, marines, coast guardsmen, and airmen who died in American coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean during World War II. It consists of a curved gray granite wall decorated with bas-relief sculpture and a statue of liberty, with inscriptions of the names, ranks, organizations, and states of 413 American missing whose remains were never recovered or identified. The site provides an excellent view of the neighboring shore and the exit from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Pacific Ocean.