Gold Star Veterans : California : Prisoners of War

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	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
601	William Alexander Snyder	CA	12-18-1942	WW II	Marines
602	Joseph D Steinberg	CA	02-13-1951	Korea	Army
603	Harry E Stephens	CA	11-28-1950	Korea	Army
604	George W Stiles	CA	02-14-1951	Korea	Army
605	Kenneth H Stokes	CA	07-14-1950	Korea	Army
606	William A Strong	CA	11-02-1950	Korea	Army
607	Tohoru T Takai	CA	11-28-1950	Korea	Army
608	Clifford Gene Taylor	CA	12-04-1943	WW II	Navy
609	Oscar L Taylor	CA	07-27-1950	Korea	Army
610	James C Teixeira	CA	07-14-1950	Korea	Army
611	Angelo Gabriel Terrano	CA	04-02-1944	WW II	Army AF
612	Charles E Thomas	CA	07-05-1942	WW II	Army AF
613	Paul L Tingle	CA	11-26-1950	Korea	Army
614	Max S Upton Jr	CA	06-20-1942	WW II	Army
615	Thomas P Vega	CA	11-30-1950	Korea	Army
616	Alfred Vepsala	CA	01-13-1945	WW II	Army
617	Alexander R Vick	CA	09-01-1944	WW II	Army AF
618	Bobby D Vinyard	CA	11-26-1951	Korea	Army
619	Charlie M Waid	CA	11-19-1942	WW II	Army
620	Billy J Wainwright	CA	11-30-1950	Korea	Army

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