Wood Dale in DuPage County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

City of Wood Dale Veterans Memorial

Freedom

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 29, 2024

1. City of Wood Dale Veterans Memorial

Inscription.
[Plaque on the rear of the concrete "Freedom" that faces Irving Park Road:]
Dedicated to the members of our community who have served and sacrificed for the preservation of freedom.

[Names on the large five-sided stone at the center of the memorial:]

Air Force M/Sgt. Frederic C. Willhoit, March 19, 1982 • 2nd Lt. Hans Gussarson, July 18, 1944, WWII

Army Private Harold R. Schuld, October 10, 1944, WWII • PFC Joseph C. Bleffer, January 7, 1945, WWII • PFC Edward F. Becker, January 30, 1946, WWII • Cpl. Lyle Francis Kell, December 2, 1969, Vietnam War • Sgt. Phillip John Essig, August 15, 1968, Vietnam War

Marine Corps PFC Thomas John Mead, June 3, 1969, Vietnam War • L. Cpl. Conrad T. Lange, June 9, 1967, Vietnam War • L. Cpl. Christian J. Porter, February 24, 1991, Persian Gulf War • L. Cpl. Daniel M. Lynch, September 6, 1969, Vietnam War

Coast Guard

Navy

Erected 2000 by City of Wood Dale.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism.

Location. 41° 57.894′ N, 87° 59.182′ W. Memorial is in Wood Dale, Illinois, in DuPage

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County. It is on Irving Park Road (Illinois Route 19) 0.4 miles west of Wood Dale Road, on the right when traveling west. The veterans memorial is in front of the Wood Dale water and wastewater facility. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 269 Irving Park Road, Wood Dale IL 60191, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Chicago.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Mill (approx. 1.6 miles away); 01839 Milwaukee Road (approx. 1.7 miles away); Milwaukee Road Locomotive Bell (approx. 1.8 miles away); Itasca Historical Depot (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Itasca Depot (approx. 1.8 miles away); Lynn C. Huffman (approx. 1.9 miles away); Bensenville Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); 1944 (approx.

City of Wood Dale Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 29, 2024

2. City of Wood Dale Veterans Memorial Marker

1.9 miles away).

More about this memorial. The memorial includes the word "Freedom" facing Irving Park Road. In the center of the memorial is a large five-sided stone dedicated to the five branches of the U.S. military, including the names of local people who died in war as well as an eternal flame.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 29, 2024

3. City of Wood Dale Veterans Memorial

The eternal flame is atop the stone.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 29, 2024

4. City of Wood Dale Veterans Memorial

This rear view shows the (partially obscured) plaque. Irving Park Road is in the background.

City of Wood Dale Veterans Memorial: Air Force image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 29, 2024

5. City of Wood Dale Veterans Memorial: Air Force

City of Wood Dale Veterans Memorial: Army image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 29, 2024

6. City of Wood Dale Veterans Memorial: Army

City of Wood Dale Veterans Memorial: Marine Corps image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 29, 2024

7. City of Wood Dale Veterans Memorial: Marine Corps

Credits. This page was last revised on October 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 203 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on October 30, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.