Gold Star Veterans : Illinois : Prisoners of War

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	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
281	Joseph H Lamew	IL	07-31-1942	WW II	Army AF
282	Paul Herbert Landers	IL	02-23-1942	WW II	Navy
283	Lewis Edward Lasch	IL	12-31-1944	WW II	Marines
284	Charles E Lassman	IL	07-02-1942	WW II	Army AF
285	Ellis W Laughlin	IL	06-08-1942	WW II	Army AF
286	Dale R Lawyer	IL	08-20-1943	WW II	Army AF
287	Albert E Layton	IL	09-07-1944	WW II	Navy
288	Gene Ledbetter	IL	06-26-1942	WW II	Army
289	Richard L Leff	IL	09-07-1944	WW II	Army AF
290	Robert Stuart Lewis	IL	10-24-1944	WW II	Marines
291	Edwin M Licht	IL	03-12-1945	WW II	Army
292	Albert T Lindermann	IL	12-23-1944	WW II	Army
293	Billy D Lipe	IL	02-12-1951	Korea	Army
294	Steve J Lipek	IL	07-01-1942	WW II	Army AF
295	Robert E Lorenz	IL	07-20-1950	Korea	Army
296	Ralph S Lowman	IL	10-24-1944	WW II	Navy
297	Frederick C Lutz	IL	10-24-1944	WW II	Marines
298	Robert M Lydolph	IL	11-30-1950	Korea	Army
299	Howard G Malcolm	IL	12-01-1950	Korea	Army
300	Peter Malires	IL	04-19-1945	WW II	Army AF

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