Gold Star Veterans : Illinois Bond County

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	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
1	Earl M Baker	IL	08-17-1944	WW II	Army
2	Arthur R Barth	IL		WW II	Army
3	Earl O Benefiel	IL		WW II	Army
4	Ernest V Blacet	IL		WW I	Army
5	Arthur Ray Bollinger	IL	02-05-1973	Vietnam	Air Force
6	Claude V Bray	IL	06-06-1944	WW II	Army
7	Benell T Brown	IL		WW II	Army
8	Dallas Bryant	IL		WW II	Army
9	Thomas E Cartmell	IL	04-26-1945	WW II	Army AF
10	Eldon C Clayton	IL		WW II	Army
11	Stanley G Cravens	IL	09-19-1944	WW II	Army
12	Chalmer M Cruthis	IL	08-10-1944	WW II	Army
13	William R Daum	IL		WW II	Army
14	John F Ferguson	IL		WW II	Army
15	Elmer A Hastings	IL		WW II	Army
16	John M Hayes	IL		WW II	Army
17	Merlvin L Hoffman	IL		WW II	Army
18	John P Hustava	IL		WW II	Army
19	Bert H Kessinger	IL		WW I	Army
20	Floyd K Kleinik	IL	02-18-1944	WW II	Army

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None of us would be who we are, or have what we have, if not for the strengths and sacrifices of others. Most of us enjoy lives of relative freedom. Our freedom has come at enormous cost. The price paid by those who gave their all. In service to their country, states and communities. Each of them a beloved member of our global family.

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