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Earl Seymour Wharton Reebie

Dec. 13, 1918 • June 26, 1944

— In Memory Of —

 
 
Earl Seymour Wharton Reebie Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2016
1. Earl Seymour Wharton Reebie Marker
Inscription.

Staff Sergeant
727 AAF Bomb Sq
15th Air Force U.S.A.
Killed by enemy action
over Yugoslavia

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceCemeteries & Burial SitesPatriots & PatriotismWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 57.593′ N, 87° 39.582′ W. Memorial is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Uptown. It is at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Main Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Lake Avenue. Monument is in Graceland Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4001 North Clark Street, Chicago IL 60613, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is 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 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 marker: Claude Seymour Reebie (here, next to this marker); Louis Henri Sullivan (within shouting distance of this marker); John Peter Altgeld (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Burnham Island Bridge (about 600 feet away); Getty Tomb (about 600 feet away); Allan Pinkerton (about 800 feet away); John A. "Jack" Johnson (approx. 0.2 miles away); Graves Family Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chicago.
 
Regarding Earl Seymour Wharton Reebie. The 727th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
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was equipped with B-24 Liberator bombers and assigned to the 451st Bombardment Group.
 
Earl Seymour Wharton Reebie Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2016
2. Earl Seymour Wharton Reebie Marker
Earl Seymour Wharton Reebie Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2016
3. Earl Seymour Wharton Reebie Monument
Looking WSW, with Lake Willowmere in background
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 552 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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