Wauconda Township in Lake County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Wauconda Township World War I Memorial
1917-1919
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, May 10, 2025
1. Wauconda Township World War I Memorial Marker
Alverson, Harry Alverson, Ralph Bangs, Andrew C. Baseley, Harry Baseley, Henry Broughton, Lyle Bristol, Clarence Carr, Clyde Carr, Floyd Carr, Victor Cook, Ira R. Cook, Ray Ε. Coon, W. W. Jr. Conners, Edward Cornwell, Merritt ★ Daley, Arthur J. Daley, Clarence T. Daley, William Derry, Hollis Doten, Herbert Dowell, Lloyd Fernandez, Aurelio E. Dr. Fisher, Ira Frost, William Gossell, William Haas, Paul A. Haas, Yvonne R. Hanson, William Harris, James L. Harris, Paul R. Hicks, Paul Johns, Vernon H. ★ Johnson, Victor Jones, James Kent, Clarence. H. Kimball, Alvin L. Kirwan, Harry M. Lucas, Joseph Meyer, Charles Meyer, Dan Meyer, John Murphy, Allan Murphy, Joseph Murphy, Raymond McCoy, Homer W. Monahan, Leon Matthews, Harry Nicholls, George North. Carl Pangburn, Walter Pfannenstill, Edward Rossdeutcher, Charles Rossdeutcher, Frank Scheid, Joseph Stroker,
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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
Location. 42° 15.51′ N, 88° 8.365′ W. Memorial is in Wauconda, Illinois, in Lake County. It is in Wauconda Township. It is at the intersection of Liberty Street (Illinois Route 176) and Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Liberty Street. The memorial is in Memorial Park, facing the intersection. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 309 South Main Street, Wauconda IL 60084, 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 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: World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Path of Honor
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, May 10, 2025
2. Wauconda Township World War I Memorial
A memorial plaque for World War II is on the rear of the stone at the center.
Regarding Wauconda Township World War I Memorial. The list of World War I veterans from Wauconda Township includes two men who died during the war.
Arthur Daley was the first Wauconda resident to die in World War I. According to his gravestone at Transfiguration Catholic Cemetery, about two miles east of this memorial, Daley died at age 30 on October 16, 1918, about four weeks before the end of the war. The only details of his death that could be verified were from a brief but poignant article in the Chicago Daily Tribune, from November 18, 1918. According to the article, phones in Wauconda had gone dead two nights earlier,
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, May 10, 2025
3. Memorial Park
The World War I Memorial is in Memorial Park, at the intersection of Main and Liberty streets.
The other Wauconda Township resident to die in World War I was Victor Evander Johnson. According to his draft registration card from 1917, Johnson was born in Sweden and was working as a farm laborer in Volo, a small town on the northern side of the township, for a man named Lee Huson. According to his Find a Grave entry, Johnson died at age 24 in October 1918 in an accident at Camp Ulysses S. Grant near Rockford. He is buried at Fort Sheridan National Cemetery in Highwood, Illinois.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 12, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 161 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 12, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
