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 |
| Brodie | Julius "Andrew" | Army | Sgt. | Millington, IL | Apr | 3 | 1897 | Millington, IL | Feb | 22 | 1943 | Millington, IL | ||
| Cassem | Martin | Army | RFD 4, Minooka, IL | Mar | 22 | 1892 | Seward Twp | Feb | 23 | 1953 | ||||
| Knight | Dan Edward | Army | Yorkville, IL | Sep | 29 | 1896 | Bristol Twp | Feb | 19 | 1953 | Maywood, IL | |||
| Overland | Clarence Martin | Army | Major | Newark, IL | Oct | 10 | 1887 | Newark, IL | Feb | 16 | 1953 | Miami, FL | ||
| Patterson | Charles Leslie | Army | Plano, IL | Jul | 9 | 1889 | Dwight, IL | Feb | 27 | 1973 | DeKalb, IL | |||
| Strickland | Harry Floyd | Army | Plano, IL | Feb | 24 | 1934 | Leavenworth, KS | |||||||
| Thomas | William | Navy | Plano, IL | Oct | 2 | 1890 | Plano, IL | Feb | 2 | 1959 | Maywood, IL | |||
| Torkelson | Joseph | Army | Lisbon, IL | May | 22 | 1889 | Lisbon, IL | Feb | 10 | 1920 | Grundy Co. | |||
| Wood | Gilbert G. | Army | Cpl. | Yorkville, IL | May | 12 | 1896 | Yorkville, IL | Feb | 3 | 1963 | Dwight, IL | ||
| Anderson | Vernie Ornel | Army | Newark, IL | Aug | 2 | 1895 | Newark, IL | Jan | 31 | 1951 | Des Moines, IA | |||
| Bates | Eri John | Army | Plano, IL | Jun | 9 | 1896 | Plano, IL | Jan | 24 | 1976 | Ancon, Canal Zone | |||
| Cornils | Henry Jacob | Army | Bristol Sta., IL | Jan | 6 | 1926 | N | |||||||
| Johns | Ellis "Michael" | Army | Cpl. | Plano, IL | Feb | 18 | 1898 | Mound City, IL | Jan | 22 | 1978 | Plano, IL | ||
| Johnson | Amos | Army | Newark, IL | Apr | 2 | 1895 | Danway, IL | Jan | 13 | 1929 | ||||
| Johnson | Tracy Lester, Sr. | Army | Newark, IL | Jan | 26 | 1896 | Morris, IL | Jan | 9 | 1955 | ||||
| Kilts | Edward Morton | Army | Plano, IL | Jun | 30 | 1889 | Plano, IL | Jan | 27 | 1978 | Sandwich, IL | |||
| Lincoln | Robert Nichols | Army | Plano, IL | Oct | 12 | 1896 | Plano, IL | Jan | 21 | 1984 | Sandwich, IL | N | ||
| Mathre | Gerhard William | Army | Newark, IL | Nov | 4 | 1896 | Fox Township | Jan | 15 | 1959 | Minneapolis, MN | |||
| Mathre | Oscar Lawrence | Army | Newark, IL | Sep | 23 | 1894 | Fox Township | Jan | 2 | 1964 | Fox Twp | |||
| Shoger | Lyle E. | Army | Oswego, IL | Apr | 11 | 1896 | Bristol, IL | Jan | 31 | 1972 | ||||
| Thompson | Fred P. | Army | KIA | Plattville, IL | Jan | 22 | 1918 | France | ||||||
| Walters | Edward Fred | Army | Plano, IL | Feb | 17 | 1892 | Plano, IL | Jan | 14 | 1942 | Maywood, IL | |||
| Anderson | Christian | Army | Millington, IL | Mar | 12 | 1893 | Millington, IL | Jul | 1 | 1943 | ||||
| Anderson | Oscar | Navy | Plano, IL | Jan | 13 | 1897 | Plano, IL | Jul | 26 | 1951 | Maywood, IL | |||
| Anderson | Samuel | Army | Millington, IL | Oct | 24 | 1894 | Millington, IL | Jul | 5 | 1949 | Danville, IL | |||
| Bebee | LeGrand, Jr. | Army | cited for gallantry | Jul | 18 | 1918 | Soissons, Fr. | N | ||||||
| Benson | Gunval | Army | Newark, IL | Sep | 2 | 1894 | Stavanger, Nor. | Jul | 5 | 1976 | Morris, IL | |||
| Cassem | John, Jr. | Army | RFD 1, Minooka, IL | Feb | 27 | 1895 | Seward Twp | Jul | 3 | 1949 | ||||
| Ericksen | Ezra W. | Army | Big Grove Twp | Oct | 25 | 1890 | Newark, IL | Jul | 25 | 1974 | St. Charles, IL | |||
| Falkenberg | Walter M. | Army | Plainfield, IL | Dec | 30 | 1895 | NaAuSay Twp | Jul | 28 | 1921 | NaAuSay Twp | |||
| Figge | Cyrus "Cass" | Aero | Sgt. | Oswego, IL | Jun | 8 | 1889 | Plainfield, IL | Jul | 28 | 1974 | |||
| Finnie | Thomas | Army | Millington, IL | Aug | 18 | 1892 | Jul | 28 | 1974 | Aurora, IL | N | |||
| House | Theodore Kneal | Army | Cpl. | Millington, IL | Aug | 11 | 1895 | Lisbon, IL | Jul | 18 | 1964 | Maywood, IL | ||
| Huntoon | Fred William | Army | Oswego Twp | Jul | 2 | 1954 | ||||||||
| Osman | Herman Eugene | Army | WIA | RFD, Newark, IL | Dec | 22 | 1890 | Morris, IL | Jul | 20 | 1917 | Lisbon, IL | ||
| Page | George Wunder | Army | Newark, IL | May | 16 | 1894 | Newark, IL | Jul | 19 | 1954 | Aurora, IL | |||
| Thompson | Nels Martin | Army | RFD 3, Newark, IL | Oct | 27 | 1891 | Big Grove Twp | Jul | 26 | 1966 | Yorkville, IL | |||
| Wormley | Lloyd H. | Army | Cpl. | Oswego, IL | Jan | 21 | 1899 | Oswego, IL | Jul | 7 | 1951 | Oswego, IL | ||
| Abbott | Seth | USMC | Yorkville, IL | Jun | 12 | 1918 | N | |||||||
| Bell | James Hall | Army | Oswego, IL | May | 6 | 1890 | Minooka, IL | Jun | 5 | 1969 | ||||
| Bennett | Ewart V. | Navy | Plattville, IL | Jun | 22 | 1918 | N | |||||||
| Gates | Harold Chappel | Army | RFD 1, Yorkville, IL | Jan | 12 | 1899 | Yorkville, IL | Jun | 15 | 1933 | Naperville, IL | |||
| Graham | Harold B. | Aero | Sgt. | Oswego, IL | Nov | 15 | 1895 | Oswego, IL | Jun | 17 | 1982 | |||
| Gray | Linsley Shepard | Army | Plano, IL | Aug | 10 | 1889 | Jun | 17 | 1982 | Aurora, IL | ||||
| Knutson | Walter Myron | Army | Newark, IL | Jun | 23 | 1921 | Newark, IL | |||||||
| Olson | Andrew | Army | Newark, IL | Sep | 2 | 1889 | Grundy Co. | Jun | 4 | 1941 | Sandwich, IL | |||
| Olson | Bert J. | Aero | Lisbon, IL | Jan | 28 | 1897 | Lisbon Twp | Jun | 21 | 1963 | Dwight, IL | |||
| Thurow | Walter William | Army | WIA | Plano, IL | Jan | 9 | 1896 | Plano, IL | Jun | 17 | 1970 | DeKalb, IL | ||
| Whitfield | Leo Basil | Navy | Plano, IL | 1898 | Jun | 13 | 1926 | Aurora, IL | ||||||
| Amland | Andrew | Army | RFD 2, Newark, IL | Aug | 22 | 1887 | Skaanevik, Nor. | Mar | 31 | 1973 | Yorkville, IL |
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