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Lee County World War II Memorial

 
 
Lee County World War II Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean Flynn, January 7, 2024
1. Lee County World War II Memorial Marker
Inscription.
A veteran is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to the United States of America for an amount of "up to and including their life!"

Lee County veterans died in service during WWWII
Anderson Curtis E. • Arrigo John J. • Bain Nelson H. • Baker Ronald F. • Baranski Edward V. • Beauchamp Bobb A. • Berry Wallace Percy • Black William A. • Bothe John H. • Braddy Lester L. • Bradley Bruce D. • Bradley William J. • Bremer Leslie E. • Bridgeman Junior Leand • Buchman Frank M. • Buchman Rodney V. • Bunnell Marshall W. • Bush Donald W. • Burns William E. • Caroulas Donald • Clayton Robert L. • Conkrite Donald B. • Cornelison Lowell H. • Costos Gust S. • Donnelly Harold J. • Davis William F. • Drake Charles Albert • Easabrook Ford C. • Engle Charles W. • Englen Richard C. • Fanelli John J. • Fenwick Estelle • Fightmaster Robert • Fink William B. • Fitzsimmons Eugene J. • Forster Wilbert C. • Frank Marvin E. • Galway Wilbur H. • Gentry Donald R. • Gewecke Clarence E. • Giese Antone A. • Gilbert Warren F. • Gillan Edward C. • Girton Donald J. • Grube Paul • Haas Milton J. • Hankerson William
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E. • Hardy William R. • Haub Albert P. • Heid Gerald Elwin • Hess Elmer • Hill Emery • Hill Theodore J. • Hopkins Elmer L. • Hunt William • Hurd Martin B. • Jeanblanc C. Keith • Johnson George D. • Joynt Raymond • Jones Carroll J. • Jones Harold • Jones John A. • Jones Russell R. • Jones Wesley C. • Karydes Peter • Ketchin James H. • Klausen Albert J. • Klenke Donald H. • Kohl Cleo R. • Leeper Frank L. • Lengel Walter A. • Levan Edwin A. • Lightner Everett J. • Linnemeyer Walter • Lupton Fred J. • Mahan John • Marcum Delbert W. • McDonald John M. • McKee Clifford H. • McNinch Lester L. • Merrifield Jacque (Jack) • Meyer Ralph • Michel Arthur C. • Michels George Charles • Miller Donald • Miller Edward • Miller John C. • Miller Robert W. • Mireley Guy E. • Morris Ted W. • Mosher Harry J. • Newman William C. • Nodine Willard L. • Nunemaker Ray • Pitman Glenn E. • Powell Thomas • Rapp Donald W. • Rasmussen Harlan E. • Reed Leonard E. • Reed Robert H. • Reynolds Charles W. • Reynolds Paul R. • Rhoads Arthur H. • Rodesch Roy K. • Rudersdorf Ralph O. • Sanders Lesslie H. • Schick Wilbur L. • Schmidt Floyd E. • Schulte Frank O. • Sibigtroth
Lee County World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean Flynn, January 7, 2024
2. Lee County World War II Memorial
The marker is to the west of the Thunderchief fighter jet at Veterans Memorial Park. Illinois State Route 2, which is also the historic Lincoln Highway, is on the right side.
Walter H. • Smyth Harry A. • Spotts Robert C. • Stackpole Gerald B. • Strauch Willard G. • Strong Scott • Tepovich Steve J. • Theodore Raymond R. • Vaessen William M. • Van Matre James P. • Vaughan Henry S. • Venter Herman • Vincent Urban H. • Wadsworth Robert M. • Walters Elmer L. • Wasson Robert L. • Waybright Clarence • Wernick Vernon • White Charles B. • Wiederhold Charles J. • Willett Burr E. • Williams Harry F. • Winterton Berger O. • Woodyatt Richard E. • Woolsey Herman • Young Adam C. • Zentz Howard C. • Williams Myron E.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 41° 50.872′ N, 89° 30.191′ W. Memorial is in Dixon, Illinois, in Lee County. It can be reached from Palmyra Street (Illinois Route 2) east of Palmyra Road, on the right when traveling west. The marker is near the center of Veterans Memorial Park in Dixon, on the western edge of the city. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 668 Veterans Pkwy, Dixon IL 61021, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Midwest
Lee County World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean Flynn
3. Lee County World War II Memorial
The marker is in the foreground of this west-facing photo.
and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mothers of World War II, Dixon Unit 123 (a few steps from this marker); F-105D Thunderchief (a few steps from this marker); Lee County World War I Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Beirut Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Kaiser Jeep M-725 (within shouting distance of this marker); Navy Anchor (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dixon.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 8, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 484 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on January 8, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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