Veterans of World War One from Kendall County, IL
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Criteria for inclusion. Citizen of Kendall County. Active duty between Apr 6, 1917 and Nov 11, 1918.
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The names of some World War One veterans are on bronze plaques on the inside of the Kendall County Court House. An 'N' in the On BP column indicates that that veteran's name is NOT on a bronze plaque.
| Birth | Death | Place Of | On | |||||||||||
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| Surname | Given name | Unit | Rank | Remarks | Residence | Mo | Dy | Yr | Place Of Birth | Mo | Dy | Yr | Death | BP |
| Birth | Death | Place Of | On | |||||||||||
| Surname | Given name | Unit | Rank | Remarks | Residence | Mo | Dy | Yr | Place Of Birth | Mo | Dy | Yr | Death | BP |
| Harris | Merrill George | Army | RFD 2, Yorkville, IL | Oct | 15 | 1897 | Kendall Twp | Apr | 5 | 1976 | Yorkville, IL | |||
| Hatch | Merle Wesley | Army | Plano, IL | Mar | 10 | 1897 | Little Rock Twp | |||||||
| Maier | William A. | Navy | Newark, IL | Dec | 6 | 1897 | Mar | 11 | 1984 | |||||
| McKanna | John William | Army | RFD 4, Minooka, IL | Jun | 1 | 1897 | Seward Twp | |||||||
| Oleson | Edwin Henry | Navy | Plano, IL | Feb | 23 | 1897 | Chicago, IL | Apr | 25 | 1984 | Sandwich, IL | |||
| Olson | Bert J. | Aero | Lisbon, IL | Jan | 28 | 1897 | Lisbon Twp | Jun | 21 | 1963 | Dwight, IL | |||
| Shefveland | Otto Harry | Army | Newark, IL | Aug | 2 | 1897 | Badger, IA | |||||||
| Walker | Clarence Alfred | Navy | Yorkville, IL | Jan | 26 | 1897 | Aurora, IL | |||||||
| Washburn | Charles "Homer" | Army | Lisbon, IL | May | 24 | 1897 | Morris, IL | |||||||
| Anderson | Orville Leslie | RFD 2, Newark, IL | Aug | 19 | 1898 | Lisbon Twp | Aug | 4 | 1943 | Joliet, IL | ||||
| Christian | Sherman McCoy | Army | RFD 2, Newark, IL | Nov | 15 | 1898 | Helmar, IL | Aug | 11 | 1987 | Joliet, IL | |||
| Green | Elmer Roy | RFD 3, Plainfield, IL | Mar | 1 | 1898 | |||||||||
| Johns | Ellis "Michael" | Army | Cpl. | Plano, IL | Feb | 18 | 1898 | Mound City, IL | Jan | 22 | 1978 | Plano, IL | ||
| Schmidt | Edgar | Army | Yorkville, IL | Jul | 10 | 1898 | ||||||||
| Smith | Lloyd Pride | Army | Yorkville, IL | May | 9 | 1898 | ||||||||
| Springer | Emil Albert | Navy | Plano, IL | Jul | 1 | 1898 | Aurora, IL | Aug | 22 | 1978 | Sandwich, IL | |||
| Stumm | Frank Arthur | Army | Yorkville, IL | Oct | 4 | 1898 | ||||||||
| Taylor | William Bert | Army | Yorkville, IL | Jun | 6 | 1898 | ||||||||
| VanKirk | Raymond Berry | Navy | Plano, IL | 1898 | ||||||||||
| Whitfield | Leo Basil | Navy | Plano, IL | 1898 | Jun | 13 | 1926 | Aurora, IL | ||||||
| Betz | Edwin Lincoln | RFD 1, Oswego, IL | Jun | 6 | 1899 | |||||||||
| Canniff | Paul B., Sgt. | Army | KIA | Plano, IL | Jul | 12 | 1899 | Nov | 5 | 1918 | St. Mikiel, France | |||
| Clark | Vincent Hopkins | Army | Yorkville, IL | Oct | 5 | 1899 | Rockford, IL | Sep | 8 | 1972 | Yorkville, IL | |||
| Colgrove | Volney Erness | Army | Millington, IL | Nov | 6 | 1899 | Big Grove Twp | Nov | 5 | 1978 | Sandwich, IL | |||
| Felper/Phelper | Jesse Lee | Army | Plano, IL | Aug | 1 | 1899 | May | 3 | 1960 | Sandwich, IL | ||||
| Gates | Harold Chappel | Army | RFD 1, Yorkville, IL | Jan | 12 | 1899 | Yorkville, IL | Jun | 15 | 1933 | Naperville, IL | |||
| Gilbertson | Charles "Edward" | Army | WIA | Plano, IL | Sep | 13 | 1899 | Newark, IL | Sep | 3 | 1940 | Plano, IL | ||
| Hage | Ervin Henry | Army | RFD 2, Plano, IL | Aug | 18 | 1899 | ||||||||
| Hellgren | Stanley David | Army | Plano, IL | Sep | 6 | 1899 | ||||||||
| Herren | Howard Potter | Army | Oswego, IL | Oct | 23 | 1899 | ||||||||
| Jessup | John Goodale, Jr. | Army | Oswego, IL | Sep | 20 | 1899 | ||||||||
| Johnson | Grant Lewis, Sr. | Army | Lisbon, IL | Jul | 9 | 1899 | ||||||||
| Larson | LaVerne Trumie | Army | Newark, IL | May | 24 | 1899 | ||||||||
| Palmer | Kenyon Turner | Oswego, IL | Feb | 4 | 1899 | |||||||||
| Richardson | Barnett Raymond | RFD 2, Oswego, IL | Nov | 5 | 1899 | |||||||||
| Steward | John S. "Jack" | Army | 1st Sgt. | Plano, IL | Mar | 5 | 1899 | |||||||
| Wormley | Lloyd H. | Army | Cpl. | Oswego, IL | Jan | 21 | 1899 | Oswego, IL | Jul | 7 | 1951 | Oswego, IL | ||
| Stratton | Samuel Walter | Wheaton, IL | Jun | 14 | 1900 | |||||||||
| Gilbertson | Harry "Leslie" | WIA | Plano, IL | Jun | 18 | 1901 | Newark, IL | Apr | 19 | 1941 | Denver, CO | |||
| Gray | Edward Elisha, Jr. | Navy | Plano, IL | Jan | 15 | 1901 | Hinsdale, IL | Apr | 18 | 1939 | Joliet, IL | |||
| Abbott | Seth | USMC | Yorkville, IL | Jun | 12 | 1918 | N | |||||||
| Ackerman | Gilbert | Army | Yorkville, IL | N | ||||||||||
| Ames | Arthur E. | Navy | d. illness | Little Rock, IL | Dec | 3 | 1918 | Wales | ||||||
| Anderson | Gordon Emerson | Navy | Yorkville, IL | Apr | 9 | 1919 | N | |||||||
| Anderson | Harry "Red" | Army | Plano, IL | |||||||||||
| Appel | Irvin A. | Army | Plano, IL | |||||||||||
| Bailey | Roy D. | USMC | Plano, IL | |||||||||||
| Baines | Arthur M. | Army | Plano, IL | |||||||||||
| Baines | Theodore | Army | Plano, IL | |||||||||||
| Bebee | LeGrand, Jr. | Army | cited for gallantry | Jul | 18 | 1918 | Soissons, Fr. | N |
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