HELP NEEDED !!!!!
I've been involved with the Naperville VFW and American Legion over the past few years in their annual placing of flags on gravesites of all deceased Veterans for Memorial Day. In the 14 cemeteries covered we place over 2,800 flags. We prepare the gravesites just as is done at all National Cemeteries and at American Cemeteries abroad. We also have local Boy Scout troops and Sea Cadets help place the flags at the larger cemeteries.
Cemetery |
Address |
Town |
2019 Veteran Count |
Big Woods Cemetery |
3s477 Eola Road |
Eola |
25 |
Boardman Cemetery |
Paxton Drive |
Bolingbrook |
3 |
Brethren / Dunkard / Erb Cemetery |
Commons & West Streets |
Naperville |
1 |
Copenhagen Cemetery |
2077 Skylane Drive |
Naperville |
0 |
Naperville City Cemetery |
705 South Washington Street |
Naperville |
1467 |
Our Saviours Evangelical Lutheran Columbarium |
815 South Washington Street |
Naperville |
19 |
Our Saviours Evangelical Lutheran Memorial Garden Cemetery |
919 South Washington Street |
Naperville |
2
|
Saint John's Episcopal Ash Memorial Garden Cemetery |
750 West Aurora Avenue |
Naperville |
15 |
Saint Procopius Abbey Cemetery |
5601 College Road |
Lisle |
23 |
Saint Scholastica Cemetery |
1910 Maple Avenue |
Lisle |
1 |
Saints Peter & Paul Cemetery |
Columbia Street & North Avenue |
Naperville |
1182 |
Vermont Cemetery |
9945 Normantown Road |
Naperville |
0 |
Wheatland Township Cemetery |
22445 West 104th Street |
Naperville |
52 |
Zion Lutheran Cemetery |
11007 South Book Road |
Naperville |
17 |
|
|
|
2807 |
There is so much history in these Veterans that I thought it would be nice to honor their branch of service, conflict served, service record, and any other information of interest.
To this end, I would like to enlist the aid of interested folks to collect information about these Veterans (including any Veteran we may have missed):
- Full / Given first name and any nickname used
- Full / Given middle name
- Last name
- Suffix (Dr., Sr., Jr., Rev., etc)
- Date of Birth
- Date of Death
- Conflict Served (Civil War, WW-I, WW-II, etc., or “Other Service” if during peacetime)
- Branch of Service
- Rank Attained
- Notes – this can include
- Area served (Pacific Theater, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc)
- Medals received (Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Silver Star, etc)
- Dates of service
- Other information of interest
Some examples of information collected:
Last Name | First Name | Middle Name | Suffix | DoB | Date of Death | Conflict | Branch of Service | Rank | Notes |
Brown | William | 16-Jun-1832 | Black Hawk War | Mounted Volunteers | Private | ||||
Laird | William | J | 1835 | 1915 | Civil War | Army | 1st LT | Company H. 17th Illinois Calavary Regiment | |
Greene | Frank | D | 1862 | Civil War | Army | Corporal | |||
Miller | John | F | Jr. | 1842 | 1867 | Civil War | Army | Private | |
Pennels | John | Henry | Sr | 1917 | 2002 | WWII | Army Air Force | 2 LT | |
Shafer | Levi | Schiffler | 1837 | 1920 | Civil War | Army | SGT | ||
Lord | John | Gilbert | 1922 | 2008 | WW II | Army | Technician 4 | ||
Good | Sankey | S | 1886 | 1936 | WW I | Army | Seaman | ||
If you are interested in helping research these Veterans, and/or have information to share, please send to Jim Hoch at “jehoch1@aol.com”.
Links to Veterans Index by Last Name:
A - /files/Veterans_-_A_2020.pdf
B - /files/Veterans_-_B_2020.pdf
C - /files/Veterans_-_C_2020.pdf
D - /files/Veterans_-_D_2020.pdf
E - /files/Veterans_-_E_2020.pdf
F - /files/Veterans_-_F_2020.pdf
G - /files/Veterans_-_G_2020.pdf
H - /files/Veterans_-_H_2020.pdf
I - /files/Veterans_-_I_2020.pdf
J - /files/Veterans_-_J_2020.pdf
K - /files/Veterans_-_K_2020.pdf
L - /files/Veterans_-_L_2020.pdf
M - /files/Veterans_-_M_2020.pdf
N - /files/Veterans_-_N_2020.pdf
O - /files/Veterans_-_O_2020.pdf
P - /files/Veterans_-_P_2020.pdf
Q - /files/Veterans_-_Q_2020.pdf
R - /files/Veterans_-_R_2020.pdf
S - /files/Veterans_-_S_2020.pdf
T - /files/Veterans_-_T_2020.pdf
U - /files/Veterans_-_U_2020.pdf
V - /files/Veterans_-_V_2020.pdf
W - /files/Veterans_-_W_2020.pdf
X - /files/Veterans_-_X_2020.pdf
Y - /files/Veterans_-_Y_2020.pdf
Z- /files/Veterans_-_Z_2020.pdf