Great Lakes Naval Base Cemetery
W. A St., North Chicago, IL, 60068
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GPS Coordinates:
42.308555, -87.840146
County: Lake
Record count: 337
Ownership: Great Lakes Naval Base, North Chicago, IL.
Directions: Great Lakes Naval Base Cemetery is located on the Naval Base and permission would need to be granted at the proper place to visit it. It is currently located behind the building at 510 Seabee Wy.
Background: The cemetery was used from about 1917 to 1957, judging from the burial records. Originally, the cemetery was located farther east, next to the installation’s original Naval Hospital. It was in the winter of 1919, that the cemetery moved to its current location. While the cemetery is largely closed to new burials, the most recent burial took place in 2016. From 1975 to 1979, Gary F. Holcomb Sr. took on the duty to restore the cemetery after nearly 30 years of neglect. He made numerous repairs to tombstones. He has photos of before, during and after of all repairs.
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