World War II Illinois Killed-In-Action Monument

Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois

The proposed monument is located adjacent to the World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial. It inscribes the names of the 23,000 Illinois Veterans who gave their lives in the line of duty during the Second World War by.

The monument is a star in plan, symbolic of the gold stars that are given to families that lose someone in war. The names are engraved into alternating light and dark bands of metal to create a field of horizontal stripes. It is conceived as a literal, conceptual, and physical synthesis of meaning and form.

Commissioned Project: 2007-08

Research Associate: Ryan Sarros