Gold Star Veterans : Iowa World War II

	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
541	★ Howard Leslie Blizzard	MO	01-09-1945	WW II	Army AF
542	Ernest A Block	IA	07-29-1944	WW II	Army
543	Leonard W Bloethe	IA		WW II	Army
544	Ernie M Blohm	IA		WW II	Army
545	Edwin G Blonigan	IA	03-15-1945	WW II	Army
546	Elmer D Bloom	IA		WW II	Army
547	Harold E Bloomquist	IA	12-18-1944	WW II	Navy
548	Lester R Blosch	IA	03-19-1945	WW II	Navy
549	Charles William Bloxham	IA	06-22-1944	WW II	Army
550	George F Blubaugh	IA	02-02-1945	WW II	Army
551	Charles O Boal	IA	07-16-1944	WW II	Army
552	Joseph F Boarts	IA		WW II	Army
553	Bobbie O Boatwright	IA		WW II	Army
554	Fred Boatwright	IA	08-09-1942	WW II	Navy
555	Robert H Bobb	IA		WW II	Army
556	Delbert M Bobst	IA		WW II	Army
557	Donald Lester Bock	IA	08-10-1944	WW II	Army AF
558	Rienhardt W Bock	IA		WW II	Army
559	Vernon Lawrence Bock	IA	05-29-1943	WW II	Army
560	Laverne M Bockholt	IA		WW II	Army

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