Evergreen Park in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Spc. Jared D. Stanker
In Memoriam
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Photographed by Sean Flynn, June 15, 2024
1. Spc. Jared D. Stanker Marker
We love you and you will never be forgotten.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • War, Afghanistan.
Location. 41° 43.018′ N, 87° 42.336′ W. Memorial is in Evergreen Park, Illinois, in Cook County. It is on West 97th Street 0.2 miles west of South Kedzie Avenue, in the median. The marker is in Klein Park, a short walk from where 97th Street meets the diamond-shaped park's eastern corner, where a 1968 marker dedicated to former Mayor Henry Klein is located. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 9700 South Homan Avenue, Evergreen Park IL 60805, 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.
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Regarding Spc. Jared D. Stanker. According to his obituary, Jared D. Stanker was an 18-year-old senior in the class of 2006 at Brother Rice High School (a mile southwest of here, but inside Chicago city limits) when he enlisted in the Army. A member of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Stanker was sent to Afghanistan in July 2009. On October 27, 2009, Stanker and six other soldiers were killed when the vehicle they were in was struck by an improvised explosive device. He had just turned 22.
Stanker is buried
Photographed by Sean Flynn, June 15, 2024
2. Spc. Jared D. Stanker Marker
The memorial is near the eastern ball field at Klein Park.
Also see . . .
1. Evergreen Park Honors Fallen Hero Spc. Jared Stanker. From Patch.com (Submitted on June 16, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
2. Legacy.com: Jared Stanker obituary. (Submitted on June 16, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
Photographed by Sean Flynn, June 16, 2024
3. Klein Park
A memorial dedicating the park in honor of former Evergreen Park Mayor Henry Klein is just to the left of the yellow sign in this photo, taken from the eastern edge of Klein Park; the Jared Stanker memorial is further to the left. A native of the Netherlands who moved to the United States as a young boy, Henry Klein had been mayor for eight years when he suffered a stroke and died a week later in October 1968. The diamond-shaped park that is now his namesake was laid out in the 1870s with the intention of being the center of the burgeoning community, with eight streets emanating from it like a star. A cluster of evergreen trees at this park lent Evergreen Park its name.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 16, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 233 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 16, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
