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Gold Star Veterans : Oregon : Prisoners of War

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	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
1	Lavern Rudell Abelson	OR	08-03-1942	WW II	Army
2	Earl K Akin	OR	10-24-1944	WW II	Army
3	Robert Allen Amos	OR	05-06-1942	WW II	Marines
4	Walter Pat Andersen	OR	10-01-1942	WW II	Marines
5	John Bertram Arnaud	OR	10-24-1944	WW II	Navy
6	Warren C Bair	OR	05-07-1942	WW II	Army AF
7	Russell W Ball	OR	10-24-1944	WW II	Army
8	Douglas Bannon	OR	04-24-1945	WW II	Army AF
9	Clarence E Barber	OR	05-17-1942	WW II	Army AF
10	Melvin D Bennett	OR	09-07-1944	WW II	Army AF
11	Willard E Bennett	OR	10-24-1944	WW II	Army AF
12	Gordon S Benson	OR	01-07-1945	WW II	Army AF
13	Michael G Bilyeu	OR	07-11-1950	Korea	Army
14	Leo A Boelens	OR	01-22-1944	WW II	Army AF
15	Clarence Bostrom	OR	12-02-1942	WW II	Army
16	Patrick F Bridgeman	OR	07-15-1942	WW II	Army
17	Elton B Briggs	OR	08-12-1942	WW II	Army AF
18	Frank O Brown	OR	10-24-1944	WW II	Army
19	Hershel W Byrd	OR	10-24-1944	WW II	Navy
20	William E Calkins	OR	11-01-1942	WW II	Army

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