Gold Star Veterans : California World War II

	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
961	Weston D Balfour	CA	09-07-1944	WW II	Army AF
962	Antone Baliel	CA	08-10-1944	WW II	Army
963	Joseph M Balisteri	CA		WW II	Army
964	Jack S Balistreri	CA	11-19-1944	WW II	Army
965	Byron M Balk	CA	10-26-1944	WW II	Army
966	Donald R Ball	CA		WW II	Army
967	Elbert M Ball	CA		WW II	Army
968	James Durrell Ball	CA	01-13-1944	WW II	Army AF
969	Lloyd L Ball	CA		WW II	Army
970	Robert Wendall Ball	CA		WW II	Army
971	Robert Norman Ball	CA	01-10-1943	WW II	Navy
972	Rodger Ball	CA		WW II	Army
973	Roy M Ball	CA	09-24-1943	WW II	Army
974	William D Ball	CA	11-21-1944	WW II	Marines
975	William M Ball	CA	09-07-1944	WW II	Army
976	★ William Ball	DC	02-26-1945	WW II	Army AF
977	Clarence H Ballagh	CA		WW II	Army
978	Hugh Gordon Ballantyne	CA	01-15-1945	WW II	Navy
979	Courtney Jackson Ballard	CA	07-30-1945	WW II	Navy
980	Donald H Ballard	CA	03-20-1944	WW II	Navy

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