Riverside in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed By Sean Flynn
1. Korean Conflict Marker
In their memory
James J. Anderle Jr. • David M. Barrett • Edward V. Hladik • William Leonard • Edward Clarke Saxe
In their memory
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam.
Location. 41° 49.613′ N, 87° 49.189′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Illinois, in Cook County. Memorial can be reached from the intersection of Bloomingbank Road and East Quincy Street, on the left when traveling west. This marker is in the center of Guthrie Park, among several memorials to Riverside's war veterans. It is affixed to the side of a stone that includes a marker honoring the dead of World War I and II and another for the dead of the Vietnam War. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 90 Bloomingbank Rd, Riverside IL 60546, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. War Dead of World Wars I and II (here, next to this marker); Sergeant James P. Quinn (here, next to this marker); Reverend Hedley Heber Cooper (here, next to this marker); World War Memorial
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Regarding Veterans Memorial. The marker honors five Riverside residents who died in the Korean War.
1st Lt. James Anderle Jr. was a pilot in the 8th Fighter Bomber group. He went missing on September 2, 1950, over North Korea and was presumed dead. He was 26 years old. A Department of Defense news release from 1950 listed his home address as 2528 Lewe Court in the neighboring village of North Riverside, about 1½ miles north of this marker.
Pfc. David M. Barrett, a member of the Army's 187th Airborne Infantry Regimental Combat Team, was killed in action on May 29, 1951. His home on Pine Avenue in Riverside is about ¼-mile from this marker.
Pfc. Ed Hladik was 22 years old and a member of the 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division when he was killed on October 15,
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2. Vietnam Conflict Marker
Edward Clarke Saxe died on July 7, 1953, when a Navy Constellation transport plane crashed near Chestertown, Maryland, during a service test flight from the naval air center in Patuxent, Maryland. Saxe's address was listed as 77 Lincoln Avenue in Riverside, about ½-mile northwest of the marker. A Chicago Tribune article about his death stated that his mother resided in that Riverside home, and that he and his family—including his wife and two sons, aged 10 and 8—were living in Lexington Park, Maryland, near the naval air center. Saxe is not listed on standard casualty lists for the war.
William James Leonard was born in 1928 in Riverside to Lowell and Margaret Leonard, and had an older sister and an older brother. His father was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I; William's maternal grandfather, James McDougal, was the first president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. William graduated from Riverside-Brookfield High School in 1946; when he submitted a draft card that year, he listed his home at 358 Longcommon Avenue, about a mile from Guthrie Park. William married in 1951 and had a daughter, born in Philadelphia, in 1952. According to a McDougal family history, Leonard was lost at sea on January 15, 1953, in the Mediterranean, off Minorca Island, as a member
Photographed By Sean Flynn
3. Veterans Memorial
The front of the boulder has a memorial to Riverside's dead from World War I. Not visible to the rear left is a memorial to the village's Vietnam War dead.
Photographed By Sean Flynn, November 13, 2023
4. Guthrie Park memorials
Riverside's train station is visible in the rear.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 45 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 14, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. 2. submitted on November 13, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. 3, 4. submitted on November 14, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
