Jacksonville, IL-Friends and family have said goodbye to a Jacksonville soldier. Monday full military honors were held for 29 year old Sergeant Matthew Weikert. He was laid to rest at Liberty Cemetery ...

SIOUX CITY -- SSG Matthew W. Weikert, 29, of Jacksonville, Ill., formerly of Sioux City, was mortally wounded on Saturday, July 17, 2010, while serving with the U.S. Army near Orgun, Afghanistan.

JACKSONVILLE – The city of Jacksonville seemingly came to a standstill Monday afternoon to honor Staff Sgt. Matthew Weikert, killed July 17 in Afghanistan. Hundreds of people lined West Morton Avenue, ...

Jackson Ellis Weikert, 19, of Richmond Hill, Georgia, died Monday morning, September 27, 2021, at his home. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was a son of David Brian Weikert and Jennifer Leigh ...