North Riverside in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson

1983-2003

— Iraq, September 2, 2003 —

Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, May 28, 2024

1. Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson Marker

Inscription. In Remembrance Of A Brave Soldier Who Gave The Ultimate Sacrifice To Keep People Free And Bring Peace To The World

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Heroes • Patriots & Patriotism • War, 2nd Iraq.

Location. 41° 50.775′ N, 87° 49.256′ W. Memorial is in North Riverside, Illinois, in Cook County. It can be reached from Des Plaines Avenue north of Village Commons Drive, on the right when traveling north. The marker is in Commons Park, a short walk north of the gazebo on the west end of the park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2359 Des Plaines Avenue, Riverside IL 60546, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Chicago.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Veterans Memorial Gazebo (within shouting distance of this marker); 9/11 Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Wreck (approx. 0.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Veterans Park (approx. half a mile away); Anshe Chodorkov Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Chenstochow Holocaust Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in North Riverside.

Regarding Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson. Pfc. Christopher Sisson died on September 2, 2003,

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in Baghdad when the helicopter he was riding in flipped and crashed on takeoff. He had been a paratrooper with the 3rd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.

While official sources list his hometown as Oak Park, Illinois, about four miles north of here, a Chicago Tribune article at the time of his death said he had lived in North Riverside. He attended Riverside-Brookfield High School, which is about two miles southwest of here, and enlisted in the Army after graduating. He is buried in Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois.

Also see . . .
1. Military Times "Honor the Fallen": Army Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson.

Excerpt: "'He died doing something that he loved to do and wanted to be a part of,' said Pfc. Jeremy Brown, one of his friends from the squad. Brown said he and Sisson did everything together. In North Carolina, they hung out when they weren’t working. In Iraq, they kept each other company on guard duty. 'He kept me going. He was motivated, determined and loyal. You could not ask any more from this guy. He did it all.'"

(Submitted on May 28, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

2. A neighbor, a comrade is gone. An article about Pfc. Sisson's death in the Chicago Tribune from September 4, 2003. (Submitted on May 28, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Photographed by Sean Flynn, May 28, 2024

2. Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson Marker

Pfc. Sisson's plaque is near the Commons Park gazebo, dedicated to North Riverside's war veterans, which is mostly obscured in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 280 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 28, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.