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21-GUN SALUTE: THE GOLD STAR
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We enjoy many freedoms and rights in this great county. Too
often we do not stop and think about those who have made it
possible. 21-Gun Salute is a series of five caches that will give
you the opportunity to reflect; to stop and appreciate what we have
and why we have it. To claim all five, you will visit 21 sites in
Lake County.*
At each stop you will obtain information that will enable you to
solve the four caches and ultimately the 21-GUN SALUTE. The other
caches in the series are:
- GCQJ6G:
21-Gun Salute (must be solved last)
- GCQJ6J:
21-Gun Salute: Our Freedoms
- GCQJ6N:
21-Gun Salute: Memorials
- GCQJ6P:
21-Gun Salute: Service Then and Now
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The gold star signifies that a person has been killed in the
line of duty. Statistics are everywhere -- "This number were killed
in this war" or "so many were killed today in fighting". Examples
are many. While this cache cannot put a face with a name, it can
bring you to the final resting place of persons who have died while
defending our country. May it help us better understand the
sacrifice they and their families have made.
To claim 21-GUN SALUTE: THE GOLD STAR, you will visit four Lake
County cemeteries where an individual who was killed in action is
buried. The coordinates will give the gravesite. The information
required to find the cache will on the head stone or near-by
headstones. No physical caches are located at the cemeteries. While
there, say a prayer of thanks. And most of all, be respectful of
the site and the surroundings.
| Coordinates |
Information Required |
Your Answer |
N_42_19.606
W_088_10.386 |
Civil War: H. W. Gale. Killed in action February
12, 1862 at Nashville, Tennessee while fighting with an Illinois
Volunteer unit. He is not the only person killed in the Civil War
who is buried in this small cemetery. The same holds true for other
small, rural cemeteries in Lake County. |
| There is a second civil war veteran buried immediately to the
east of Gale's grave. What is the unit number of this soldier? |
L = |
N_42_14.388
W_087_59.035 |
World War II: Melvin F. Rouse. Killed in action
October 10, 1944 in fighting around Liege, Belgium. He was a
corporal in a field artillery unit. At least one other WWII veteran
killed in action, Raymond Cooper, is buried in this cemetery. His
grave is located to the NE of Cpl. Rouse next to the drive.
The gravesite is in Diamond Lake Cemetery. There is a U-shaped
drive through the cemetery. The grave is located near the bottom of
the U. |
| What is the left-most digit of Cpl. Rouse's unit number? |
P = |
N_42_18.573
W_087_55.215 |
Vietnam: Jerry Gene Gatlin, Company K, 3rd Marine
Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. Killed in action September
1969.
The gravesite is in Ascension Cemetery which closes at five in the
winter, seven in the summer. You can drive to near the plot by
going straight (north) when you enter the cemetery. At the sign to
Section 2, turn right (east) and drive until you see a monument
with the name Drobnick on it. Your GPS will take you the rest of
the way. |
| What is the left digit in the day PFC Gatlin died? |
Q = |
N_42_20.633
W_087_57.980 |
Iraq: Sean P. Maher, Weapons Company, 1st
Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine
Expeditionary Force. Died as a result of hostile action in Al Anbar
Province, Iraq, on February 2, 2005. He was the second Warren
Township High School graduate to be killed in Iraq; Geoffery Morris
was killed on April 4, 2004.
The gravesite is in the military section which you will see shortly
after you enter the cemetery. |
| How many words are there in the verse at the foot of the
grave? |
R = |
The coordinates listed are not the cache coordinates. They are
near the cache and are the location where you will be able to
answer the question to get 'G' needed to solve 21-GUN SALUTE; a
card in the cache will tell you what piece of information you are
looking for. Using the numbers obtained with each site, calculate
the location of the final cache which is away from the memorial and
does not require looking under/in shrubs:
North: Subtract (R - Q)/1000 from the north coordinate listed
for this cache.
West: Add [L - P - (2 x Q)]/1000 to the west coordinate listed
for this cache.
The cache is a small water-tight box covered with camo tape.
Sign the log but leave only your thoughts. You may know someone who
was killed in the line of duty. If so and you would like to honor
that individual here, please include his/her name when logging your
find.
These are not difficult to find, but they will take time to
complete. Our hope is that the time we spent developing the caches
and the time you spend seeking them will make us better appreciate
our country and those who have defended it.
*The caches are located throughout Lake county. This table
summarizes
coordinates and requirements for all sites. It will help you
simultaneously work the five caches if you so desire. Please visit
each of the cache listings before you start.