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Lockport Works World War II Memorial

1941 • 1945

— The Texas Company —

 
 
Lockport Works World War II Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 7, 2016
1. Lockport Works World War II Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Erected in honor of all employes
of Lockport Works
who served in the Armed Forces in
World War II
and in memory of those listed below
who lost their lives while in the
service of our country

Harold A. Adamson • La Verne Bundy
Donald Coe • Wallace Cox, Jr.
Louis Ginnetti • Frank W. Graning
Louis J. Kelm • John I. Kirkham
Nicholas Kozak • Charles Lamont, Jr.
Arthur Pius

[Dedicated] September, 1948


 
Erected 1948 by Lockport Works.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 35.636′ N, 88° 2.365′ W. Memorial is in Lockport, Illinois, in Will County. It is on 9th Street (Illinois Route 7) east of Summit Drive, on the left when traveling east. Memorial is on the grounds of Lockport VFW Post 5788. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1026 E 9th Street, Lockport IL 60441, 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
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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: Lockport City Hall (approx. 0.9 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Old Congregational Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Illinois & Michigan Canal Office (approx. one mile away); George Gaylord (approx. one mile away); Gaylord Donnelly Canal Trail Mile Marker 29.1 (approx. one mile away); William Schuler (approx. one mile away); "Whittling Their Time Away" (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lockport.
 
Lockport Works World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 7, 2016
2. Lockport Works World War II Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 7, 2019. It was originally submitted on April 18, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 523 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 18, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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