Notable burials · Military
World War II veterans buried in Illinois
Wikidata records 71 World War II veterans as buried in 47 of the cemeteries we list in Illinois. Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie holds the most, with 6. Illinois has the 6th highest count of any state, out of 3,181 nationally.
People recorded as having taken part in World War II.
71
World War II veterans
47
cemeteries
2%
of notable burials in Illinois
2000s
the decade with the most deaths (16)
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In order of death
World War II veterans buried in Illinois
- Bernard P. Mullady1892-1941American Cattle DealerCalvary Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Kenneth D. Bailey1910-1942United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipientSpringhill Cemetery, Danville, IL
- Elmer Charles Bigelow1920-1945United States Navy Medal of Honor recipientLinn - Hebron Cemetery, Hebron, IL
- Fred Faulkner Lester1926-1945United States Navy Medal of Honor recipientClarendon Hills Cemetery, Darien, IL
- Tony Butkovich1921-1945American football playerSaint Marys Cemetery, Canton, IL
- Anthony L. Krotiak1915-1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- John P. Fardy1922-1945United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- Edward J. Moskala1921-1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipientRock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
- Donald N. Aldrich1917-1947United States Marine Corps flying ace of World War IIOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Papa Charlie McCoy1911-1950American delta blues musician and songwriterRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Jānis Kurelis1882-1954Latvian military officerAcacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Norridge, IL
- Donald Fredrick Abel1898-1956Glen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Johnny Stompanato1925-1958American mobsterOakland Cemetery, Woodstock, IL
- Roi Ottley1906-1960JournalistBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Tadeusz Faliszewski1898-1961Polish cabaret performer
- Howard A. Brundage1892-1961American attorney (1892-1961); International Military Tribunal interrogatorAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- Bernie Masterson1911-1963American football player and coachAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- Barney Ross1909-1967United States MarineRosemont Park Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Norman H. Wickman1921-1967United States Army Air Forces sergeantMontrose Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Jack Ruby1911-1967American nightclub operator who killed American presidential assassin Lee Harvey OswaldWestlawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Norridge, IL
- John Steele1912-1969Recipient of the Purple Heart medalMasonic Cemetery, Metropolis, IL
- Emil Kush1916-1969American baseball playerSaint Joseph Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, River Grove, IL
- Povilas Plechavičius1890-1973General of the Lithuanian ArmySaint Casimir Catholic Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Reed G. Landis1896-1975American flying aceOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- William Howard Arnold1901-1976United States generalFort Sheridan Post Cemetery, Lake Forest, IL
- Ralph Metcalfe1910-1978American athlete and politician
- Virgil Fox1912-1980American musicianPioneer Cemetery, Princeton, IL
- Joe Zeller1908-1983American football playerSaint Casimir Catholic Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Stanisław Błaszczak1901-1983Lieutenant colonel of the Polish Army
- Johnny Rigney1914-1984American baseball playerQueen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Harold H. Velde1910-1985U.S. congressman from IllinoisLakeside Cemetery, Pekin, IL
- Chester A. Chesney1916-1986American politician
- Henry Winston1911-1986American communist leaderForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Harold Washington1922-1987American politician, former Mayor of the city of ChicagoOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Bernard Epton1921-1987American politicianOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Melvin Price1905-1988American politicianMount Carmel Cemetery, Fairview Heights, IL
- James H. Douglas Jr.1899-1988Served in the United States Department of Defense as Secretary of the Air Force and Deputy Secretary of DefenseLake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, IL
- Richard B. Ogilvie1923-1988U.S. politician, governor of IllinoisRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Claude Lightfoot1910-1991Author and CommunistForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Richard Stengel1914-1994American judge and legislatorChippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
- Emilio Aguirre1914-1995US Army WWII POW, Chicago Heatwave victimHomewood Memorial Gardens, Homewood, IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison1907-1996Illinois politician and newspaper publisherEdgar Cemetery, Paris, IL
- Don Bollweg1921-1996American baseball playerSaint Michaels Cemetery, Wheaton, IL
- Edwin Gustavus Hunter Comfort1907-1996American mathematicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Sid Luckman1916-1998American football playerMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Jack Brickhouse1917-1998American sportscasterRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Hugh Gallarneau1917-1999Player of American footballRidgewood Memorial Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL
- Jesse Walter Arbor1914-2000Member of the Golden 13Evergreen Cemetery, Evergreen Park, IL
- Gus Hall1910-2000American politicianForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- William Grant Stratton1914-2001Illinois governor, Illinois treasurer, and U.S. CongressmanRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Allen Britton1914-2003American music educatorBluff City Cemetery, Elgin, IL
- Dick Cusack1925-2003American actorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Mario Tonelli1916-2003American football playerMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Jerome Blair1923-2004Husband of Suzanne OlsenAbraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL
- Leo Klier1923-2005American basketball playerAssumption Cemetery, Winfield, IL
- Lee Artoe1917-2005American football playerMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Marshall Goldberg1917-2006American football playerBethel Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Harold Huntley Bassett1907-2007United States Air Force generalGraceland Cemetery, Albion, IL
- Henry Hyde1924-2007American member of the United States House of RepresentativesAssumption Cemetery, Winfield, IL
- Alex Agase1922-2007American football player and coach, college athletics administratorMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Adeline Geo-Karis1918-2008American politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Jerome Holtzman1926-2008American sportswriter and U.S. MarineRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Paul Harvey1918-2009American broadcasterForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Ted Lapka1920-2011American football playerResurrection Cemetery, Justice, IL
- John Rice1918-2011American baseball umpireHoly Cross Catholic Cemetery, Calumet City, IL
- Les Mueller1919-2012American baseball playerWalnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, IL
- Jack Roeser1923-2014American businessmanSaint Joseph Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, River Grove, IL
- Gus Savage1925-2015American politicianAbraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL
- Abner Mikva1926-2016American politician, jurist and law professorRosemont Park Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Robert H. Michel1923-2017American politicianParkview Cemetery, North Peoria, IL
- William J. Small1926-2020American television journalist and executiveJewish Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, IL
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1940s9
- 1950s4
- 1960s9
- 1970s4
- 1980s12
- 1990s9
- 2000s16
- 2010s7
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 71 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Skokie, IL6
- Forest Home Cemetery · Forest Park, IL4
- Rosehill Cemetery · Chicago, IL4
- Oakwoods Cemetery · Chicago, IL4
- Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums · Niles, IL3
- Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Alsip, IL3
- Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery · Elwood, IL2
- Rosemont Park Cemetery · Chicago, IL2
- All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Des Plaines, IL2
- Saint Casimir Catholic Cemetery · Chicago, IL2
- Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums · River Grove, IL2
- Assumption Cemetery · Winfield, IL2
- Fort Sheridan Post Cemetery · Lake Forest, IL1
- Calvary Cemetery · Springfield, IL1
- Rock Island National Cemetery · Rock Island, IL1
- Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries · Forest Park, IL1
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery · Calumet City, IL1
- Graceland Cemetery · Chicago, IL1
- Queen of Heaven Cemetery · Hillside, IL1
- Bethel Cemetery · Chicago, IL1
- Resurrection Cemetery · Justice, IL1
- Westlawn Cemetery and Mausoleum · Norridge, IL1
- Restvale Cemetery · Alsip, IL1
- Ridgewood Memorial Cemetery · Des Plaines, IL1
- Glen Oak Cemetery · Hillside, IL1
Top 25 of 47 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Illinois
Business leaders265United States representatives260Writers and poets238Baseball players201Musicians and singers191Journalists129Painters, sculptors and photographers94Physicians93American Civil War veterans88Actors80American football players78Architects74World War I veterans70Scientists66Medal of Honor recipients57Inventors and engineers55Basketball players51Governors31United States senators25
Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.