Wheaton in DuPage County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
World War I Obelisk
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, November 11, 2025
1. World War I Obelisk Marker
Inscription.
In honor of the men of this community who went forth at the call of their country 1917-1919
Ackerman, Herbert H. • Adams, Geoffrey W. • Ankens, Paul D. • Albrecht, John • Albright, Albert A. • Alexander, John • Allen, Edmund T. • Ames, Benjamin C. • Anderson, Alvin T. • Anderson, Carl • Anderson, Carl L. • Anderson, Earl A. • Angel, Austin O. • Antisdell, A.E. • Applegren, Eric A. • Armbrust, Joseph S. • Ashley, Clifford A. • Aspden, Le Roy • Aspinwall, Hugh • Assink, George • Atkinson, George B. • Atwater, Arthur G. • Axelson, Albert • Axelson, Joseph W. • Backhaus, Fred • Bacon, Henry • Ballou, Joseph L. • Ballou, Robert O. • Ballou, Wm. H. • Barton, Merle B. • Beck, C.W. • Beers, Barnett W. • Behegan, Michael U. • Bellam, Chester P. • Besch, Frank • Besch, John J. • Binder, Byron O. • Birrel, Gordon B. • Black, Lawrence • Blanchard, Paul • Blase, William • Bobbitt, M.A. • Bollweg, Joseph P. • Bollweg, Otto • Bollweg, Peter U. • Borton, Elon J. • Boyes, John • Bradfield, Faust • Bradfield, George H. • Bradfield, Virgil • Brahm, Arthur • Brewster, Geo. H. • Brewster, Wm. H. • Brooks, Clarence C. • Brooks, Charles
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W. • Brooks, Ernest C. • Brooks, Henry N. • Brooks, Lawrence • ★ Brooks, Russell R. • Brown, Eugene G. • Brown, Everett G. • Brown, Prentice W. • Brown, Preston • Brown, Wm. A. • Brown, Adolph • Browner, Vincent L. • Buehler, Elmer A. • Bunnel, Alfred E. • Burgess, A.B. • Burgess, Thomas • Burgeson, Robert • Burke J.J. • Butterfield, William • Cady, Nelson H. • Cahas, Taufic Y. • ★Cahill, John • Caldwell, Clarence R. • Callahan, Michael O. • Campbell, Fred T. • Cantrall, Lawrence W. • Carbaugh, Harvey C. • Carbaugh, Horrace F. • Carlson, Arvid P. • ★Carlson, Carl C. • Carlson, Clarence E. • Carlson, G. Edwin • Carlson, Edgar • Carlson, John V. • ★Carroll, Bertram J. • Carroll, William • Caywood, Leonard W. • Chase, Edwin W. • Cheatham, Albert • Clark, Alfred G. • Clark, Charles M. • Clark, Frank R. • Clark, Gurney A. • Code, Okey K. • Conley, Harold H. • Conley, John F. • Conley, Merriam • Connor, Arthur B. • Conti, Daniel • Cook, Jack • Cook, Ray • Corbin, Clyde S. • Cork, Harry C. • ★Cork, Willis Hugh • Crenshaw, Richard B. • Christopherson, Arthur E. • Cushing, John J. • Cutter, William • Davenport,
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2. World War I Obelisk Marker, west-facing plaque
John P. • Davenport, W.I. • Davis, John W. • Davis, Joshua G. • Davis, Marshall • Denson, Ernest • De Grasse, Paul F.J. • De Wolf, George A. • De Wolf, Edwin L. • De Wolf, John W. • De Wolf, Lyman • De Wolf, Richard H. • De Wolf, Roy • Dezall, Samuel A. • Dieter, Henry M. • Dietrich, Norman • Dille, Chester • Dille, Holmes O. • Duner, Sven • Dunton, Harold • Durant, Perry C. • Durant, Phillip S. • Eaton, Ferdinand • Edwards, Walter L. • Eggleston, Gerald • Ehle, Allen A. • Ehle, Harold P. • Ehlenburg, H.F. • Ekvall, Robert • Ellsworth, Lewis M. • Engstrand, Henning • Evans, Howell G. • Fahey, John W. • Fahey, Leo • Fahey, Wm. J. • Farnham, Charles • Fernald, Paul • Ferris, Donald • Fickett, Wm. • Finley, Max H. • Finucane, John A. • Fischer, Anton • Fischer, Carlton L. • Fischer, Ernest W. • Fischer, Edward G. • Fischer, Herman A. • Fischer, Lawrence H. • Fish, John K. • Fish, John U. • Fisher, Harry H. • Fix, Ralph • Fletcher, John F. • Flett, Austin T. • Flynn, W.L. • Forrester, Fred • Fortman, Clarence G. • Fox, ALfred G. • Fox, Phillip H. • Fox, Raymond R. • Frasa, August H. • French, Zeno • Garber, Nicholas J. • Garner, Eddie •
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3. World War I Obelisk Marker, east-facing plaque
Garrity, Edward D. • Gasner, Fred J. • Gauger, August • Gauger, Wm. A. • Gauger, Charles A. • Gary, Jude Perrin • Glossup, Raymond R. • Goldsmith, Alfred G. • ★Goodwin Jr., Charles A. • Gould, Ralph • Graham, Le Roy W. • Grange, John D. • Gray, Frank I. • Gray, Max • Griffin, Wm. W.C. • Grote, Wm. F. • Grote, Waldorf W. • Grove, Albert • Guild, Chester W. • Guild, Warren • Guild, John W. • Gutzmer, Ernest • Hadley, Phillip L. • Hachmeister, Walter A. • Halleman, Fred J. • Halleman, Arthur G. • Hallgrimson, Skulie • Hallgrimson, Ollie • Halverson, Joseph O. • Hamilton, Darrel P. • Hamlin, Daniel • Harbeck, Vincent • Harris, Ross W. • Harris, Wm. • Hattendorf, Arthur • Hattendorf, Edwin • Haven, Harold R. • Hayes, Peter • Heathfield, Frank • Helt, Alfred • Hedenreich, George • Higgins, Howard • Hill, Thomas C. • Hoelscher, Edward M. • Hoffman, Elmer • Holstein, Frank • Holt, Herbert E. • Holtzman, Harold H. • Holt, Lester H. • Hoppe, Leo O. • Hoppe, Louie W. • Hubble, Edwin P. • Humphries, Arthur • Hunt, Donald • Hunter, Harold H. • Hurley, Raymond • Hurley Jr., E.N. • Jackson, Charles W. • Jayne, Ned M. • Johnson, Geo. D. • Johnson, Wm. E. • Jones, Horace N. Jr. • Jones, Ralph M. • Jones, Williard • Jordan, John B. • Jordan, Wm. G. • Kampp, Harry J. • Kanish, Martin • Karstens, Harry H. • Kelley, Eugene E. • Kelley, Walter J. • Kellogg, Albert B. • Kelogg, H. Louis • Kennedy, Harold C. • Kennedy, Thomas E.
★They gave their lives
In honor of the men of this community who went forth at the call of their country 1917-1919
Kidston, Roy P. • King, Maurice E. • King, Raymond E. • King, Raymond S. • Kirizais, Constantinos • Klein, John • Kletschke, Karl • Kline, Adam • Knight, Clarence D. • Knisley, Geo F. • Kreis, John A. • Kuhn, Andrew • ★Kull, George P. • Lake, Edward N. • Lambert, Oscar J. • Lane,
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4. World War I Obelisk in Wheaton's Northside Park
Oren D. • Langan, John LeRoy D. • Lewis Dickerson • Lewis, John E. • Lewis, F.D. • Lewis, Goodrich • Lewis, John • Lewis, Kenneth • Lewis, Thomas D. • Lewis, James • Link, Lawrence V.K. • Llewellyn, George S. • Lloyd, Llewellyn A. • Loerzel, Robert L. • Loveless, George C. • Loveless, Claire C. • Loveless, Wendell P. • Ludgate, Harry • Ludgate, William • Lundt, Arthur E. • Lyford, Calhoun T. • Lyman, Earl F. • Lyon, Bradford H. • Lyon, Luther H. • Lyon, Walter H. • Machamer, J. Ellis • Mackenzie, C.A. • MacVeigh, R. Franklin • Mailander, Herbert • Main, Everett H. • March, Sidney A. • March, Vincent I. • Marino, Carmen • Martin, Grover G. • Matter, Herbert J. • Maxey, Geo. R. • McCormick, Robert R. • McCarry, Robert E. • McKay, Wm. G. • McKay, Ernest G. • McKay, Lewis P. • McKay, James R. • McKeen, Gerald L. • McMinn, Wendell • McReynolds, Edwin C. • Mead Kenneth • Meedbold, Charles L. • Merz, Otto • Mignin, Fred P. • Milldrum, Carl H. • Miller, Aloysius R. • Mills, Harry W. • Mills, John S. • Mink, Owen J. • Mithcell, Paul M. • Mogg, Albert Alden • Monroe, W.R. • Monroe, Howard R. • ★Morton, Winston • Mullen, Burt J. • ★Murray,
Courtesy of Chicago History Museum, circa 1918
5. Stuart Robinson Murray (1895-1918)
According to his gravestone inscription at Wheaton Cemetery, Murray enlisted at Fort Sheridan in 1917 and was a member of the 149th Field Artillery. Murray saw action in France and died at Bulson, Sedan, France, on the morning of November 11, 1918, just hours before the armistice ended the war. Originally buried in France, his remains were returned to his hometown in 1922. His photo is preserved by the Chicago History Museum's file of photographs of Chicago-area men who died in World War I.
Stuart R. • Murray, Everett B. • Nall, Parker • Neitz, Wm. F. • Nelson, Walter • Nelson, Arthur H. • Nelson, Horace • Nelson, J.B. • Nerger, Valette Lewis • Newhall, Kenenth • Newman, Clyde C. • Nolan, Urban R. • Nord, Oscar • Northrup, Frank • Olson, Joseph E. • Park, Arthur P. • Park, John S. • Parks, Chas C. • Parsons, Edward R. • Patrick, Kirk P. • Pawlik, Charles G. • Peaslee, Eugene • Pearson, Nels • Perrottet, Harry C. • ★Perrottet, LaVerne T. • Phillips, E.S. • Phillips, Julius • Philpott, Murray M. • Piatt, Howard R. • Pinkous, Cecil H. • Plane, Leslie J. • Platt, Ralph H. • Polley, John L. • Polley, Jesse L. • Pope, Frederick A. • Pope, George H. • Porter Jr., W.H. • Portner, Ferris D. • Prendergast, Edmund J. • Purnell, Ernest A. • Rademacher, Henry S. • Randall, Ellsworth B. • Rathje, Bertram J. • Reed, Gail • Reynolds, DeLoss • Reynolds, Richard A. • Rice, Earl I. • Ring, William J. • Roberts, Charles W. • Robertson, Andrew • Robinson, Robert • Robinson, Jacob Confer • Rogers, George H. • Rohr, Jacob F. • Ruddock, Laverne J. • Rudolph, Hugo • Rumsey, Clarence W. • Russell, Everett C. • Russell, Joseph W. • Sabantino, Samuel • Sager, George • Sandri I.P. • Sanne, Fred • Sauer, Casper • Sauer, Earl F. • Savage, Arthur • Sawyer, Ned • Sayler, Nels A. • Schatz, Floyd • Schatz, Charles J. • Schatz, Edwin L. • Schatz, Loring • Schneider Jr., August F. • Schussler, Darrel E. • Schulz, Victor A. • Sears, Lawrence T. • Sears, Baldwin • Shaw Jr., Joseph P. • Sheahan, James • Shepard, Amos B. • Shugers, Orville E. • Sittler, Albert • Sittler, Louis • Sittler, Frank M. • Slusser, Carl Wilson • Slusser, Thomas Harry • SlusserJean Paul • Slusser Horace G. • Slusser, Herbert R. • Smith, Murray M. • Smith, Francis W. • Smith, Larmon L. • Smith, George M. • Snyder, William • Sohmer, Louie • Spoden, John N. • Sprague, Chester E. • Spreit, Henry • Steffen, Emil C. • Stickney, Grosvenor W. • Stockton, Orland • Stockton, John • Stough, Paul • Stratton, Samuel • Stretch, C.R. • Sutcliffe, Elbert • Sutcliffe, Willis H. • Sykes, John W. • Thomas, John LeRoy • Thomas, Robert W. • Thomann, Leo C. • Thompson, H.P. • Thompson, B.V. • Thompson, Paul A. • Thompson, Howard N. • Timm, Charles E. • Tomlinson, Wilbur • Topic, Joseph S. • Treacy, Raymond W. • Trost, Carl C. • Tucker, Clarence C. • Tucker, James E. • Turner, Verne Wm. • ★Tweedie, Norman James • Twigg, Arthur L. • Vallette, Allen • Vallette, Charles E. • Vallette Jr., Herbert J. • Vallette, William • Vining, Warren C. • Vining, Carl • Vogt, William J. • Vogt, George E. • Vogt, Siegel • Voight, Arthur • Voight, George • Voight, Lawrence • Voight, Henry • Voight, Alfred A. • Voight, Olen • ★Voss, Frederick C. • Voss, Irving J. • ★Wagner, Andrew F. • Wagemann, Clarence V. • Wakelee, Goodwin • Waldman, Fred J. • Warner, Charles • Webster, Lewis S. • Wehling, Herbert C. • Weisbrock, Erwin S. • Welch, H.W. • Welden, E.A. • Welden, Charles D. • Wellner, George • Welter, John M. • Westenfeldt, Ralph A. • Westenfeldt, Theodore • Westwood, George • Wheaton, Jesse R. • Wheaton, Olin G. • Wheeler, Harry • Whitaker, John I. • White, Byron • Wilson, Floyd C. • Wilson, Robt. I. • Wisneth, Joseph • Wolff, George • Wood, Arthur R. • Wood, Fred L. • Wright, Glen W. • Wylie, Alexander E. • Zander, Harry R. • Zoller, Joseph J.
★They gave their lives
Erected 1922 by The Community of Wheaton, Illinois.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
Location. 41° 52.631′ N, 88° 6.702′ W. Memorial is in Wheaton, Illinois, in DuPage County. It is on West Street north of Prairie Avenue, in the median. The obelisk is in a circle at the entrance to Northside Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1300 North West Street, Wheaton IL 60187, 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.
Regarding World War I Obelisk. The two plaques, one facing west and other east, feature the names of hundreds of Wheaton-area men who served in World War I. The roughly one dozen Wheaton men who died in service during the war have a star next to their names.
According to a Wheaton Park District history of this memorial, the two plaques were dedicated in 1922 on an obelisk that stood at the home of Warren L. Wheaton, one of the city's founders, at the intersection of Roosevelt and Naperville roads, about two miles south of here. Five hundred ash trees, representing the 500 Wheaton-area veterans, were planted along Roosevelt Road to create what was called the "Road of Remembrance." When Roosevelt Road was widened in 1931, the obelisk was removed and the trees were moved to parks around Wheaton. In 1936, the plaques were rededicated on a new obelisk at the entrance to Northside Park, where it still stands today.
The list of names includes some ties to Wheaton's original settlers of the 1830s. Jesse Wheaton, who served as an engineer in World War I, was the grandson and namesake of Jesse Wheaton, who settled this area with his brother Warren Wheaton and Erastus Gary in the 1830s. Jude Perrin Gary was the great-grandnephew of Erastus Gary; his grandfather, also named Jude, was Erastus's younger brother.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 24, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 153 times since then and 88 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on November 11, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. 2, 3. submitted on November 12, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. 4. submitted on November 11, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. 5. submitted on January 21, 2026, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
