Maywood in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Site Of Company "B" 192nd Tank Battalion
Photographed by Gibsonse, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), circa 2005
1. Site Of Company "B" 192nd Tank Battalion Marker
This marker was replaced in 2014 by a new memorial, which included the names of a few soldiers who had been omitted from this original. It is not known whether this old memorial survived, and if so, where it is today.
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★Died in line of duty
Erected 1959 by Maywood Veterans Council.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
Location. This memorial has been replaced by another memorial nearby. It was located near 41° 53.189′ N, 87° 50.082′ W. Memorial was in Maywood, Illinois, in Cook County. It was at the intersection of Oak Street and 1st Avenue (Route 171), on the right when traveling west on Oak Street. The marker was located in the Veterans Memorial section of Maywood Park. It was replaced in 2014. Touch for map. Memorial was at or near this postal address: 132 Oak Street, Maywood IL 60153, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial was in Greater Chicago. It was also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Company B, 192nd Tank Battalion Memorial (here, next to this marker); 192nd Tank Battalion Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Benjamin R. Morin, S.J., Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Maywood World War I Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Frederick Allen Hampton (about 600
Photographed by Sean Flynn, July 7, 2023
2. The site of the memorial today
The original plaque was at this exact location. It was replaced by a newer memorial in 2014.
More about this memorial. This marker originally was erected in 1959 at the National Guard armory in Maywood, which was located about a half-mile south of this park and which housed the unit that was sent to the Pacific. In 1999, that memorial was moved to this park, where a new Veterans Memorial was being erected. In 2014, the Maywood Bataan Day Organization (the successor to the Maywood Veterans Council) replaced the 1959 memorial with a brand new granite stone that was placed in the same exact spot. It is not known what happened to this old memorial.
The 2014 memorial includes the names of three Bataan survivors who were not listed on the 1959 plaque. The new one also has a handful of different spellings and also puts a few names in the correct alphabetical order.
The Maywood Bataan Day Organization was founded as the American Bataan Clan (ABC) in the summer of 1942, by a group of families demanding more information about the welfare
Photographed by Sean Flynn, July 7, 2023
3. Maywood Park Veterans Memorial: "Remember Bataan"
The Veterans Memorial was created in 1999 and includes a monument to World War I and monuments to local members of the 192nd Tank Battalion from World War II.
Regarding Site Of Company "B" 192nd Tank Battalion. The 192nd Tank Battalion's Company B originated as the 33rd Tank Company, 33rd Infantry Division of the Illinois National Guard, based out of Maywood, a suburb about 11 miles west of Chicago. The Maywood National Guard Armory was located about a half-mile south of the park, across the street from Proviso Township High School (now Proviso East), from which it drew many of its members.
The unit was incorporated into the U.S. Army in late 1940 and became Company B of the 192nd Tank Battalion. The battalion was one of two tank battalions sent to the Philippines in November 1941 and was in camp there when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7. Later that month, Company B was the first tank unit to engage forces in World War II.
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New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, 1942
4. "Death March Starts"
Caption from related photo, according to the Library of Congress: "This captured Japanese picture, the US Army says, shows the start of the bloody 'Death March' of American prisoners of war in 1942 from Mariveles after the Yanks surrendered on Bataan to the Japanese."
The other three companies of the 192nd are honored with memorials in their original hometowns: Company A in Janesville, Wisconsin, where they were known as the "Janesville 99"; Company C in Port Clinton, Ohio; and Company D in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, where they were originally known as the "Harrodsburg Tankers."
Also see . . . The Origins of Maywood's Bataan Day. The history of the Maywood Bataan Day Organization, which was created during the war by families demanding more information about the welfare of their sons.
Excerpt: "On May 17, 1959, at the conclusion of a special Armed Forces Day Parade, a bronze plaque was dedicated in front of the former National Guard Armory at Madison Street and Greenwood Avenue as a memorial to Co. B, 192nd Tank Battalion. The plaque and memorial installation was a donation from E. D. Coleman, President of E. D. Coleman Instruments Co. The invocation was given by Fr. Benjamin R. Morin, former Lt. Morin (Co.B) tank commander and Bataan Death March survivor. Also serving on the arrangement committee was George Dravo, HQ Co. 192nd Tank Battalion and Bataan Death March survivor."(Submitted on December 8, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 101 times since then and 64 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 8, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. 2, 3. submitted on July 21, 2023, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. 4. submitted on May 28, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
