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 |
| Osman | Herman Eugene | Army | WIA | RFD, Newark, IL | Dec | 22 | 1890 | Morris, IL | Jul | 20 | 1917 | Lisbon, IL | ||
| Abbott | Seth | USMC | Yorkville, IL | Jun | 12 | 1918 | N | |||||||
| Ames | Arthur E. | Navy | d. illness | Little Rock, IL | Dec | 3 | 1918 | Wales | ||||||
| Bebee | LeGrand, Jr. | Army | cited for gallantry | Jul | 18 | 1918 | Soissons, Fr. | N | ||||||
| Bennett | Ewart V. | Navy | Plattville, IL | Jun | 22 | 1918 | N | |||||||
| Burson | Leon Stanford | Army | KIA | Plano, IL | Jul | 15 | 1891 | Plano, IL | Aug | 14 | 1918 | France | ||
| Canniff | Paul B., Sgt. | Army | KIA | Plano, IL | Jul | 12 | 1899 | Nov | 5 | 1918 | St. Mikiel, France | |||
| Cole | Ivan Edgar | Army | Cpl. | d. illness | Yorkville, IL | May | 25 | 1895 | Plano, IL | Dec | 23 | 1918 | Camp Grant, IL | |
| Davidson | Willliam McKinley | Army | d. illness | RFD, Minooka, IL | Nov | 4 | 1893 | Liverpool, OH | Dec | 6 | 1918 | Camp Stanley, TX | ||
| Gilpatrick | Gladys | Army | d. illness | Plano, IL | Jul | 2 | 1894 | Plano, IL | Oct | 12 | 1918 | Philadelphia, PA | N | |
| Halverson | Harry | Army | d. wounds | Oct | 15 | 1918 | France | |||||||
| Nelson | Harvey Lewellin | Army | KIA | Lisbon, IL | Aug | 10 | 1890 | Lisbon Twp | Oct | 14 | 1918 | Argonne Forest, FR | ||
| Ragness | Andrew C. | Army | d. illness | Minooka, IL | Feb | 15 | 1896 | Seward Twp | Oct | 10 | 1918 | Morn Hill, Eng. | ||
| Severson | Albert John | Army | RFD 1, Minooka, IL | Sep | 16 | 1878 | Oct | 7 | 1918 | Camp Grant, IL | ||||
| Severtson | Albert Melvin | Army | d. illness | Lisbon, IL | 1895 | Oct | 7 | 1918 | Camp Grant, IL | N | ||||
| Tesdall | Ornel Adolph "Arnold" | Army | d. illness | Lisbon, IL | Sep | 11 | 1893 | Saratoga Twp | Dec | 8 | 1918 | Camp Stanley, TX | ||
| Thompson | Fred P. | Army | KIA | Plattville, IL | Jan | 22 | 1918 | France | ||||||
| Anderson | Gordon Emerson | Navy | Yorkville, IL | Apr | 9 | 1919 | N | |||||||
| Torkelson | Joseph | Army | Lisbon, IL | May | 22 | 1889 | Lisbon, IL | Feb | 10 | 1920 | Grundy Co. | |||
| Willis | Claire Wadleigh | Army | Oswego, IL | Oct | 26 | 1892 | Custer City, SD | May | 28 | 1920 | Oswego, IL | |||
| Falkenberg | Walter M. | Army | Plainfield, IL | Dec | 30 | 1895 | NaAuSay Twp | Jul | 28 | 1921 | NaAuSay Twp | |||
| Knutson | Walter Myron | Army | Newark, IL | Jun | 23 | 1921 | Newark, IL | |||||||
| Cummings | Edwin Leon | Army | Millington, IL | Nov | 13 | 1891 | Chicago, IL | May | 10 | 1922 | Ottawa, IL | |||
| Kleiss | Clifford J. | Army | Cpl. | Plano, IL | Dec | 5 | 1892 | Plano, IL | Aug | 7 | 1924 | Chicago, IL | ||
| Dettra | Harold J. | Army | Sgt. | May | 22 | 1925 | Yorkville, IL | |||||||
| Cornils | Henry Jacob | Army | Bristol Sta., IL | Jan | 6 | 1926 | N | |||||||
| Foster | Harold Gifford | Aero | Capt. | Plano, IL | Jan | 8 | 1897 | Little Rock Twp | Dec | 22 | 1926 | Rantoul, IL | ||
| Waite | Joseph Emanuel | Army | Sgt. | Newark, IL | Nov | 26 | 1891 | Steward, IL | Mar | 31 | 1926 | Sandwich, IL | ||
| Whitfield | Leo Basil | Navy | Plano, IL | 1898 | Jun | 13 | 1926 | Aurora, IL | ||||||
| Johnson | Amos | Army | Newark, IL | Apr | 2 | 1895 | Danway, IL | Jan | 13 | 1929 | ||||
| Barkley | Hugh C. | Army | Yorkville, IL | May | 11 | 1893 | Gardner, IL | Nov | 8 | 1930 | ||||
| Gillam | Charles Ansel | Army | Plano, IL | Aug | 26 | 1884 | Yorkville, IL | Oct | 29 | 1930 | Plano, IL | |||
| Patterson | Matthew S. | Army | Cpl. | Plano, IL | Sep | 19 | 1878 | Bristol, IL | Aug | 21 | 1931 | Plano, IL | ||
| Gates | Harold Chappel | Army | RFD 1, Yorkville, IL | Jan | 12 | 1899 | Yorkville, IL | Jun | 15 | 1933 | Naperville, IL | |||
| Johnson | Elmer Gayhard | Army | Lisbon, IL | Jun | 20 | 1888 | Lisbon Twp | Nov | 8 | 1933 | Minooka, IL | |||
| Boston | John "Robert" | Army | 2nd Lt. | WIA | Yorkville, IL | Jan | 29 | 1888 | May | 21 | 1934 | |||
| Strickland | Harry Floyd | Army | Plano, IL | Feb | 24 | 1934 | Leavenworth, KS | |||||||
| Anderson | Silas Allen | Army | Newark, IL | Apr | 2 | 1894 | Norway, IL | Oct | 6 | 1935 | Ottawa, IL | N | ||
| Carlson | Charles "Thure" | Apr | 28 | 1885 | New Britain, CT | May | 1 | 1935 | Oswego, IL | N | ||||
| Priebe | William A. F. | Army | Plano, IL | Sep | 5 | 1889 | Plano, IL | May | 4 | 1937 | Plano, IL | |||
| Gray | Edward Elisha, Jr. | Navy | Plano, IL | Jan | 15 | 1901 | Hinsdale, IL | Apr | 18 | 1939 | Joliet, IL | |||
| Gilbertson | Charles "Edward" | Army | WIA | Plano, IL | Sep | 13 | 1899 | Newark, IL | Sep | 3 | 1940 | Plano, IL | ||
| Ahng | Cressy Ellis | Army | Plano, IL | Jan | 23 | 1897 | Aurora, IL | May | 21 | 1941 | Aurora, IL | |||
| Gilbertson | Harry "Leslie" | WIA | Plano, IL | Jun | 18 | 1901 | Newark, IL | Apr | 19 | 1941 | Denver, CO | |||
| Melrose | Ivan Gerald | Army | Sgt. | Plano, IL | May | 21 | 1893 | Plano, IL | May | 25 | 1941 | Kirkwood, MO | ||
| Olson | Andrew | Army | Newark, IL | Sep | 2 | 1889 | Grundy Co. | Jun | 4 | 1941 | Sandwich, IL | |||
| 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 | Orville Leslie | RFD 2, Newark, IL | Aug | 19 | 1898 | Lisbon Twp | Aug | 4 | 1943 | Joliet, IL | ||||
| Belfield | Roy Edward | Navy | Seward Twp | Seward Twp | Dec | 8 | 1943 | Chicago, IL | N |
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