Gold Star Veterans : Iowa World War II

	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
1	Charles Aardema	IA		WW II	Army
2	Ricgard A Abbe	IA		WW II	Army
3	Ivan L Abben	IA		WW II	Army
4	Howard Abbott	IA	07-24-1942	WW II	Army
5	Philip Abdouch	IA		WW II	Army
6	Benona Franklin Abegg	IA	07-10-1943	WW II	Navy
7	Albert A Abel	IA		WW II	Army
8	William Edward Abendroth	IA	01-21-1944	WW II	Army
9	Alva D Abrams	IA		WW II	Army
10	Harold E Acheson	IA		WW II	Army
11	Garland E Ackelson	IA	05-21-1945	WW II	Army
12	★ Doyle R Acker	NE	07-11-1944	WW II	Army
13	★ John Floyd Ackerman	CA	12-18-1944	WW II	Navy
14	Clarence W Acklin	IA	10-13-1944	WW II	Army
15	Billy Adams	IA	03-06-1944	WW II	Army AF
16	Carl Robert Adams	IA	06-28-1944	WW II	Army AF
17	Clayton LeRoy Adams	IA	10-29-1944	WW II	Army
18	Edgar L Adams	IA	11-25-1944	WW II	Navy
19	★ James Donald Adams	CA	11-16-1944	WW II	Navy
20	Paul E Adams	IA		WW II	Army

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