Gold Star Veterans : California World War II

	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
8701	Donald L Hesse	CA	10-09-1944	WW II	Army AF
8702	Donald L Hesse	CA		WW II	Army
8703	Gordon R Hesseltin	CA		WW II	Army
8704	Frederick A Hesser	CA		WW II	Army
8705	Richard L Hester Jr	CA		WW II	Army
8706	Robert M Hester	CA		WW II	Army
8707	Walter L Hester	CA	05-27-1944	WW II	Army AF
8708	Lonzo A Hetherington	CA		WW II	Army
8709	Gund Hettinger	CA	10-24-1944	WW II	Army
8710	Richard W Hettinger	CA		WW II	Army
8711	Herman H Hetzel	CA	11-25-1944	WW II	Navy
8712	★ Robert G Heun	WI	01-22-1944	WW II	Army AF
8713	Walter D Hewitt	CA		WW II	Army
8714	William R Hewitt	CA	12-12-1943	WW II	Navy
8715	Fred F Hexamer	CA		WW II	Army
8716	Merle V Heyd	CA		WW II	Army
8717	Edmund Anthony Heydorff	CA	04-23-1942	WW II	Mariner
8718	Alfred Heyerdahl	CA		WW II	Army
8719	Wallace I Hiaasen	CA		WW II	Army
8720	Lauren G Hiatt	CA	04-07-1945	WW II	Army

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