Gold Star Veterans : Illinois 12-07-1941 Pearl Harbor

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	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
1	★ Francis Severin Alberovsky	CA	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
2	★ Garland Clyde Anderson	GA	12-07-1941	WW II	Army AF
3	★ Lawrence Donald Anderson	IA	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
4	Robert William Apple	IL	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
5	William Dellano Arbuckle	IL	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
6	★ Carl Harry Arvidson	WA	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
7	★ John Calvin Atchison	MO	12-07-1941	WW II	Marines
8	Willard Charles Aves	IL	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
9	★ Miller Xavier Aydell	LA	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
10	★ Walter Howard Backman	ND	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
11	Joseph Bajorims Jr	IL	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
12	★ Delmar Hayes Barnes	CA	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
13	Earl Paul Baum	IL	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
14	★ Harold Eugene Beggs	MO	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
15	Hershel Homer Bell	IL	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
16	William Edmond Bennett Jr	IL	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
17	★ Roy Eugene Boggess	CA	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
18	Albert James Bolen	IL	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
19	★ Richard Borger	CA	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
20	Bruce Dean Bradley	IL	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy

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