Hinckley in DeKalb County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Lester Howard Wade

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, May 24, 2025

1. Lester Howard Wade Marker

Inscription. Co. D 130th Infantry
1896 — 1918

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 41° 46.167′ N, 88° 38.361′ W. Memorial is in Hinckley, Illinois, in DeKalb County. It can be reached from Maple Street north of Lincoln Avenue (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north. The marker is embedded into a wall behind the veterans memorial in front of the Hinckley Community Building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 120 Maple Street, Hinckley IL 60520, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern Illinois.

It is also in the American Midwest

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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: William H. Rissman (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Irving Wade (here, next to this marker); The Golden Age of Bands (a few steps from this marker); Site of the First Permanent Settlement in DeKalb County (approx. 0.6 miles away); Welcome to Hinckley (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bicentennial Grove (approx. 6.6 miles away); Stone Mill Museum (approx. 8.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hinckley.

More about this memorial. This marker is the left of three embedded into the wall behind the 2012 veterans memorial in front of Hinckley's community building.

Regarding Lester Howard Wade.

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Lester and his brother Irvin Wade both perished in World War I and are honored with small plaques that today can be found in front of Hinckley's Community Building. Irvin (whose plaque calls him Irving) was a Marine who died in battle in June 1918.

Lester Wade's draft registration card lists his birthday as December 29, 1895 (not 1896, as listed on this plaque). At the time that he registered, in June 1917, Howard was working as a farm laborer. Various reports about his service indicate that he married Genevieve Weber of nearby Sandwich, Illinois, in December of 1917. According to his headstone at Saint Mihiel American Cemetery in France, Howard died on November 11, 1918—Armistice Day.

Veterans Memorial at the Hinckley Community Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, May 24, 2025

2. Veterans Memorial at the Hinckley Community Building

Lester Wade's plaque is on the left, partially obscured by a flagpole in this photo.

Hinckley Community Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, May 24, 2025

3. Hinckley Community Building

Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 128 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 27, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.