Gold Star Veterans : Illinois Union County

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	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
1	Bobby Kenneth Allen	IL	01-15-1968	Vietnam	Army
2	William Edmond Bennett Jr	IL	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
3	John M Brimm	IL	01-03-1968	Vietnam	Army
4	Cecil O Calhoon	IL	12-31-1951	Korea	Army
5	Ronald Caleb Davis	IL	03-26-1967	Vietnam	Army
6	Carl Nathan Garrott	IL	10-09-1942	WW II	Army AF
7	★ Fred Randall Oliver Goddard	IL	02-05-1943	WW II	Mariner
8	Kenneth Lee Green	IL	11-25-1950	Korea	Army
9	Dorris F Hall	IL		WW I	Army
10	George F James	IL		WW I	Army
11	William Robert Ligon	IL	12-18-1944	WW II	Navy
12	Steven William McCloud	IL	06-09-1969	Vietnam	Army
13	Lloyd Perry Menees	IL	06-07-1944	WW II	Army AF
14	John P Miller	IL		WW I	Army
15	Dempsey E Ray	IL	11-23-1952	Korea	Army
16	Robert Eugene Robinson	IL	05-13-1967	Vietnam	Navy
17	Donald Leon Standard	IL	04-12-1944	WW II	Army AF
18	Harold E Stanton	IL	01-16-1968	Vietnam	Army
19	William F Thornton	IL		WW I	Army
20	Roscoe S Treece	IL		WW I	Army

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