VETERAN INFORMATION

HELP NEEDED !!!!!

I've been involved with the Naperville VFW and American Legion over the past few years in their annual placing of flags on gravesites of all deceased Veterans for Memorial Day. In the 14 cemeteries covered we place over 2,800 flags. We prepare the gravesites just as is done at all National Cemeteries and at American Cemeteries abroad. We also have local Boy Scout troops and Sea Cadets help place the flags at the larger cemeteries.

Cemetery	Address	Town	2019 Veteran Count
Big Woods Cemetery	3s477 Eola Road	Eola	25
Boardman Cemetery	Paxton Drive	Bolingbrook	3
Brethren / Dunkard / Erb Cemetery	Commons & West Streets	Naperville	1
Copenhagen Cemetery	2077 Skylane Drive	Naperville	0
Naperville City Cemetery	705 South Washington Street	Naperville	1467
Our Saviours Evangelical Lutheran Columbarium	815 South Washington Street	Naperville	19
Our Saviours Evangelical Lutheran Memorial Garden Cemetery	919 South Washington Street	Naperville	2
Saint John's Episcopal Ash Memorial Garden Cemetery	750 West Aurora Avenue	Naperville	15
Saint Procopius Abbey Cemetery	5601 College Road	Lisle	23
Saint Scholastica Cemetery	1910 Maple Avenue	Lisle	1
Saints Peter & Paul Cemetery	Columbia Street & North Avenue	Naperville	1182
Vermont Cemetery	9945 Normantown Road	Naperville	0
Wheatland Township Cemetery	22445 West 104^th Street	Naperville	52
Zion Lutheran Cemetery	11007 South Book Road	Naperville	17
			2807

There is so much history in these Veterans that I thought it would be nice to honor their branch of service, conflict served, service record, and any other information of interest.

To this end, I would like to enlist the aid of interested folks to collect information about these Veterans (including any Veteran we may have missed):

Full / Given first name and any nickname used
Full / Given middle name
Last name
Suffix (Dr., Sr., Jr., Rev., etc)
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Conflict Served (Civil War, WW-I, WW-II, etc., or “Other Service” if during peacetime)
Branch of Service
Rank Attained
Notes – this can include
- Area served (Pacific Theater, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc)
- Medals received (Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Silver Star, etc)
- Dates of service
- Other information of interest

Some examples of information collected:

Last Name	First Name	Middle Name	Suffix	DoB	Date of Death	Conflict	Branch of Service	Rank	Notes
Brown	William				16-Jun-1832	Black Hawk War	Mounted Volunteers	Private
Laird	William	J		1835	1915	Civil War	Army	1st LT	Company H. 17th Illinois Calavary Regiment
Greene	Frank	D			1862	Civil War	Army	Corporal
Miller	John	F	Jr.	1842	1867	Civil War	Army	Private
Pennels	John	Henry	Sr	1917	2002	WWII	Army Air Force	2 LT
Shafer	Levi	Schiffler		1837	1920	Civil War	Army	SGT
Lord	John	Gilbert		1922	2008	WW II	Army	Technician 4
Good	Sankey	S		1886	1936	WW I	Army	Seaman