Salute to VeteranS
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Honoring those who have given so much Our annual section honoring our local veterans is once again a testament and tribute to the
hard work, sacrifice and courage shown by the men and women, past and present, who have
risked it all to defend our country. Leafing through these pages, you’ll see more
than 1,100 veterans in this section who have all played a part in our freedom and safety.
After you finish looking at this section, we urge you to share it with the youngest generation
in your family, along with any stories of the veterans in your family tree.
Raymond Actis Spring Valley, Ill. Air Force ★ 1967-71
Harold Adkins LaMoille, Ill. Army Air Force ★ 1944-45 Died Aug. 9, 2009
Ronald Adkins LaMoille, Ill. Army ★ 1957-60 Died July 20, 1968
Joe Alicea Hebron, Ind. Army/Marines ★ 1972-90
Charles Allen Wyanet, Ill. Army ★ 1942-46 Died Feb. 15, 2013
John E. Allen Wyanet, Ill. Air Force ★ 1955-59 Died Nov. 10, 2009
Alex Amaya DePue, Ill. Air Force ★ 2000-2016
Harold “Tim” Andersen Ohio, Ill. Army ★ 1958-66 Died Sept. 24, 2013
Robert E. Andersen Walnut, Ill. Army ★ 1956-58
Alfred R. Anderson Princeton, Ill. Army ★ Vietnam Died Dec. 15, 2013
Carl L. Anderson Princeton, Ill. Army ★ 1953-55 Died Oct. 26, 2004
Fergus Anderson Ohio, Ill. Army ★ 1942-45 Died in May 1975
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Howard D. Anderson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1951-53
Johnny Anderson Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1967-71 Died June 13, 2014
LaVerne P. Anderson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1944-46 Died March 21, 2015
Leslie G. Anderson Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1942-45 Died June 15, 2001
Lloyd Anderson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-46
Myron H. Anderson Walnut, Ill. Navy H 1944-46 Died May 3, 1997
Oscar W. Anderson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died March 5, 1978
Ralph Anderson Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1950-53
Randy Anderson Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1966-70
Richard L. Anderson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1953-55
Virgil H. Anderson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died April 13, 2004
Willis R. Anderson Tiskilwa, Ill. Navy H 1942-45
Dan Andes Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1950-72
John Andes Spring Valley, Ill. Navy H 1952-56
Lowell “Pete” Anthony Wyanet, Ill. Coast Guard H 1942-45
Mike Arnett Kokomo, Ind. Navy, Army Reserves H 1980-2008
Sally Arnett Tiskilwa, Ill. Navy H 1984-87
Verne F. Arnold Buda, Ill. Army H 1953-55
Wayland Arnold Buda, Ill. Navy H 1942-46
William “Bill” Arnold Buda, Ill. Army H Vietnam War Died in 1970
Donald Ary Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1942-45, 50-53 Died April 20, 1992
Edward Ary Tiskilwa, Ill. Air Force H 1941-45 Died June 25, 1992
Francis Ary Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1952-53 Died April 3, 2014
Robert Ary Layton, Utah Air Force H 1959-83
Thomas G. Atkinson Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1966-68
Anasty Bachio DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Jerry Bacorn Walnut, Ill. Navy H 1962-66
Cecil E. Baird Van Orin, Ill. Navy H 1944-46
Charles L. “Mike” Baird Van Orin, Ill. Army H World War II Died March 9, 1988
Julie Balensiefen Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1988-present
John S. Blanchard Tioga County, Pa. Army H Civil War Died April 4, 1919
Nathan Allen Coward Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. Army H World War II Died Jan. 21, 1990
NOT PICTURED Reuben A. Bacon Green County, Illinois Army H Civil War Died Sept. 3, 1936
K. Mark Bailey Atkinson, Ill. Army Reserves H 1984-2000
Joseph W. Barton Washington County, Iowa Cavalry H Civil War Died Oct. 17, 1916
Parker H. Bimm Wyanet, Ill. Army H Civil War, 1864-65 Died March 7, 1919
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Geno Ballatti Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1942-45
Florian L. Bangert Princeton, Ill. Army H 1953-54
Harold Banich DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Ernest R. Barboza Jr. DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1990-2001
Ernest R. Barboza Sr. DePue, Ill. Army H 1968-77
Merle Bardell Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1954-56
Thomas A. Barker Georgia Army H Civil War Died Jan. 19, 1941
Arnold E. “Jim” Barkley Navy H 1945-46
Bernard T. “Bunk” Barkley Navy H 1952-56
Gerald L. Barkley Marines H 1954-56
John C. Barkley Jr. Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1951-53 Died July 12, 2014
Beryl V. Barkman LaMoille, Ill. Navy H World War II Died Aug. 2012
Blake Barkman Mendota, Ill. Air Force H 2012-present
Cecil Lyle Cordell Barkman Providence, Ill. Army H World War I Died June 24, 1972
Donald L. Barkman LaMoille, Ill. Army Died Feb. 2, 2000
Elmer Barkman LaMoille, Ill. Navy
Lester Barkman Jr. LaMoille, Ill. Army H World War II Died Oct. 2, 1999
Madison A. Barkman Mendota, Ill. Navy H 2014-present
Ronald W. Barkman LaMoille, Ill. Army
Justin Barnes DePue, Ill. Air Force H 2002-08
Dean Barnett Buda, Ill. Army H 1953-55
Manuel Barroso DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Phil Barroso DePue, Ill. Army H 1964-66
Jack Barry Sheffield, Ill. Marines H 1951-53 Died Sept. 10, 2009
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John J. Barry Sr. Sheffield, Ill. Army H World War I Died Feb. 1, 1966
James Basham DePue, Ill. Army Air Force H 1945-47 Died Dec. 1, 1995
John R. Basham Sr. DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1948-68 Died Oct. 14, 1979
Tony Bastion Princeton, Ill. Army H 1955-57 Died in Sept. 19, 2003
Kenneth Baumgartner Ohio, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died Dec. 6, 2010
Kevin H. Baumgartner Ohio, Ill. Army H 1968-69
Kurtis W. Baumgartner Princeton, Ill. Army H 2004-09
Virden Baumgartner Walnut, Ill. Army H 1952-53
Earl Beaber Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Aug. 24, 2013
Duane F. Beatty Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1942-45 Died Nov. 20, 2003
Bruce Becker Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1972-76
Jack Becker Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1969-72
Raymond Becker Skokie, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died Jan. 19, 2008
Clarence Beckman Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1953-55
Milford Behrens Manlius Army H 1943-1945
Charles “Bud” Bell Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1941-45
William Thomas Bell Walnut, Ill. Navy H 1956-60 Died Oct. 22, 2012
Tom M. Belski Jr. DePue, Ill. Navy H 1989-91
Tom W. Belski Sr. DePue, Ill. Army H 1952-1954 Died Jan. 17, 2004
Earl William Bence Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died in December 1996
Kenneth William Bence Princeton, Ill. Army H 1962-65
Joseph Bersztaitis DePue, Ill. Army H 1953-55 Died Aug. 16, 1988
Beau Bezely Spring Valley, Ill. Navy H 2004-09
Collin Bezely Ladd, Ill. Army Reserves H 2013-present
David Bezely Spring Valley, Ill. Navy H 1984-88
James E. Bezely DePue, Ill. Army H 1950-53 Died Dec. 24, 2009
Mark Bezely Spring Valley, Ill. Navy H 1985-89
T.J. Biagioni Spring Valley, Ill. Navy H 2013-present
James Bickerman Princeton, Ill. Army H 1969-71
Alvin L. Bickett Dover, Ill. Army H 1951-53 Died June 24, 2010
Cornelius Drake Plainfield Essex, N.J. Revolutionary War 1776-83
David M. Drake Knox County, Ohio Army H Civil War Died March 14, 1889
NOT PICTURED James L. Carlson Manlius, Ill. Air Force H 1951-54
Fergus Conner Ohio, Ill. Army
Abraham Drake Sussex, N.J. Revolutionary War Died Feb. 7, 1806
Charles L. Drake Knox County, Ohio Army H Civil War
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Charles J. Bickett Princeton, Ill. Army H 1950-53 Died April 30, 1999
Charles R. Bickett Peculiar, Mo. Marines H 1969-89
James E. Bickett Lyford, Ind. Air Force H 1967-75
James W. Bickett Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-44 Killed in action July 5, 1944
John R. Bickett Buda, Ill. Air Force H 1976-82
Joseph H. Bickett Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died June 27, 1986
Theresa M. Bickett Omaha, Neb. Air Force H 1963-65
Charles L. Bimm Wyanet, Ill.; Army H World War II and Korean War; Died Oct. 5, 2010
William F. Bimm Wyanet, Ill. Navy H World War II Died Sept. 23, 1992
Zachary Bird Princeton, Ill. Navy H 2007-11
Charles W. Blair Jr. DePue, Ill. Army H 1946-49
Jim Blair DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1949-51
Norman Blair DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1950-53
John Blake Wyanet, Ill. Army H War of 1812 Died July 20, 1878
Arthur Blanco DePue, Ill. Army H 1946 Died in 1999
David Blanco DePue, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died in 1974
Ismael Blanco DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died in 1988
Jack Blanco DePue, Ill. Army H World War II Died May 29, 1981
Joseph J. Blanco DePue, Ill. Army H World War II Died Nov. 21, 1971
Joseph M. Blanco DePue, Ill. Army/Air Force H 1945-46 Died November 2004
Martin Blanco DePue, Ill. Navy H World War II Died Dec. 9, 2000
Max Blanco DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1943-45 Died Oct. 19, 1988
Tom Blanco DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1943-44 Died in 1988
James Blanford Wyanet, Ill. National Guard H 2000-present
Paul Blanford Jr. LaMoille, Ill. Reserves/Army H 2000-present
Thomas H. Blanford Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1952-53
Michael J. Bloome Wyanet, Ill. Army H 2004-13
Kyle Blumhorst Malden, Ill. National Guard H 1988-2014
Darwin Blythe Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1945-46 Died March 12, 2004
Milton Blythe Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Leroy Pratt Drake Kansas Marines H World War II Died April 14, 2001
Nicholas Drake New Jersey Revolutionary War Died July 21, 1823
NOT PICTURED Elisha Drake Newton Sussex, N.J. Revolutionary War Died Oct. 19, 1793
Isaac Drake Morris County, N.J. Revolutionary War Died June 29,1837
Jacob Drake Piscataway, N.J. Revolutionary War Died Sept. 18, 1823
John O. Drake Knox County, Ohio Army H 1862-66 Died March 15, 1893
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Ronald Blythe Wyanet, Ill. Army Air Force H 1942-45
Ronald Bohnsack Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1967-71
William H. Bohnsack Jr. Princeton, Ill. Army H 1964-67
William H. Bohnsack Sr. Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died in 2006
Paul H. Bonucci Princeton, Ill. Army H 1992-2004
Aaron Booth Malden, Ill. Union Army H Civil War
Terry Bovey-Piper Dixon, Ill. Army H 1983-84
Dudley Bowers Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1942-45 Died Aug. 29, 2011
Gregory Bowers Tiskilwa, Ill. Marines H 1969-72
Gladys Boyer Princeton, Ill. Army Reserves H 1965-89 Died in 2013
Cornelius Bradley Tiskilwa, Ill. Union Army H 1861-65 Died in 1926
Donald L. Bradley Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1951-53
Fred Brown Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1960-64 Died Feb. 14, 2011
John Bruner Ottawa, Ill. Air Force H 1964-68
Zachary Bruner Edgar Springs, Mo. Coast Guard H 2009-present
Edward C. Bryant DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1956-60 Died in 2003
George M. Bryant Jr. DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1953-57
James L. Bryant DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1943-46 Died in 1991
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James W. Bryant Jr. DePue, Ill. Air Force H 2000-present
John Bryant DePue, Ill. Navy H 1939-45 Died Nov. 19, 2014
Leonard Bryant DePue Army H 1964-1966
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Robert D. Bryant DePue, Ill. Army H 1956-58
Robert K. Bryant Peru, Ill. Army Reserves H 1990-98
Harold R. Buchanan Princeton, Ill. Navy H World War II Died Nov. 9, 2001
William Buchanan Princeton, Ill. Army H 1953-73 Died Oct. 21, 2012
Ernest P. Buckman Buda, Ill. Navy H 1993-2013
Francis E. Buckman Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1970-72
Gerald W. Buckman Jr. Buda, Ill. Navy H 1992-93
Jerry M. Buckman Buda, Ill. Army H 2009-2012, Army Reserves 2016-present
John H. Buckman Buda, Ill. Navy H 1943-44 Died in 1999
Mark A. Buckman Buda, Ill. Navy H 1988-92, 95-99
Thomas S. Buckman Buda, Ill. National Guard H 1971-77
Todd W. Buckman Buda, Ill. Army H 1993-96 Army Reserves H 1996-2001
Ralph H. Buettner LaMoille, Ill. Army H 1945-48 Died Dec. 24, 2005
Ronald L. Buettner LaMoille, Ill. Army H 1975-78
Harold Lee Bullington Henry, Ill. Navy H 1945-48
Dick Bulthuis Wyanet, Ill. Army H early 1940s
Richard L. Bulthuis Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1967-68
William L. Bulthuis Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1988-96
William N. Bulthuis Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1968-70 Killed in action Dec. 23, 1970
Jerald L. Burba Manlius, Ill. Army H 1962-68
Donald Burcham Sheffield, Ill. Marines H 1958-60
Doug Burcham Spring Valley, Ill. Marines H 1985-89
Brian Burden DePue, Ill. Army H 1989-99
Helen Burgess Princeton, Ill. Army Nurse Corps H 1944-46
Michael Burgner Oswego, Ill. Army H 2005-present
Charles P. Burr Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1942-45 Died June 24, 2000
Eugene Burton Sterling, Ill. Army H 1953-55
Roger Butterfield Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1974-94
Richard Byvik Ladd, Ill. Marines H 1961-64
Rich Cambron Jr. Buda, Ill. Army H 1970-71
William S. Drake Carroll County, Ohio Infantry H Civil War Died Aug. 13, 1911
Edgar C. Durfee Arispie Township, Ill. Navy H World War II; Missing in action, Feb. 28, 1942
NOT PICTURED Paul Drake New Jersey Revolutionary War Died Sept. 3, 1823
Philip Drake Morris County, N.J. Revolutionary War
Russell K. Drake Princeton, Ill. Army H 1965-67 Died July 16, 2005
Stephen Drake New Jersey Revolutionary War
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Seth Cambron Wyanet, Ill. Army H 2015-present
Allen A. Carlson Manlius, Ill. Air Force H 1969-1973
Arthur W. Carlson Manlius, Ill. Army H 1942-46 Died in 2000
James L. Carlson Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1960-84
Leonard Carlson Ohio, Ill. Army H 1942-46 Died Aug. 1, 2009
Randal D. Carlson Manlius, Ill. Air Force H 1962-90
Todd M. Carlson Manlius, Ill. Air Force H 1987-2012
James Carman Petersburg, Ill. World War I Died Aug. 20, 1967
Philip J. Carman Milan, Ill. Army H 1950-51 Died Dec. 6, 2015
Randall James Carman Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1973-96
Dennis Carroll Princeton, Ill. Army H 1966-68 Died June 30, 2010
Edmund L. Carroll Princeton, Ill. Army H 1941-46 Died March 2, 2007
Gilbert Carroll Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1943-50
Jonathon G. Carroll Buda, Ill. Army H 2007-2016
Laverne Carruthers Seatonville, Ill. Army H 1943-45
Virden H. Caskey Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1944-45 Died March 12, 1990
Hugh D. Cass Ohio, Ill. Air Force H 1951-55
Alex CastaĂąeda DePue, Ill. Navy
Bill Catton Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1969-70
Bill J. Catton Buda, Ill. Army H 1995-2000 Air Force H 2002-present
Chris Catton Sheffield, Ill. Navy H 1992-94
Darrel Catton Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1945
Delmar Catton Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1948-57
Dominick Catton Manlius, Ill. Marines H 2013-present
Don Catton Wyanet, Ill. Marines H 1943-46
Fritz Catton Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1953-55
Ken Catton Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1959-61
Mercedes Catton Buda, Ill. Air Force H 2013-present
Michael Catton Manlius, Ill. Marines H 2013-present
Karen Lord Cazimero Cherry, Ill. Air Force H 1960-64
James Kirkpatrick Manlius, Ill. Army H 1918-19 Died Aug. 29, 1967
Thomas B. Moran Princeton, Ill. Merchant Marine H 1945 Died Sept. 9, 1999
NOT PICTURED Sidney R. Durfee Jr. Arispie Township, Ill. Navy H World War II Died April 9, 1994
Larry W. Flint Buda, Ill. Navy H Vietnam War
Royce Fundell Marine Corps H 1999-2011
Josiah Hensel Tuscarawas County, Ohio Civil War Died April 13, 1919
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Marcos Cervantez DePue, Ill. Army H 2000-05
Vernon “Jake” Chamberlain Magnolia, Ill. Navy H 1943-46 Died Feb. 13, 2008
Terry Charbonneau Birmingham, Mich. Marines H 1966-90
Dawn Magnuson Church Spring Valley, Ill. Marines H 1992-98
Cecil L. Cinnamon Neponset, Ill. World War II
Atherton F. Clark Arispie Township, Ill. Army H 1918-19 Died March 14, 1967
Maurice R. Clark Princeton, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1942-45 Died July 14, 1999
Lacadia Clarke DePue, Ill. Army Nurse Corps H 1944-74 Died March 19, 2008
Allen E. Clausen Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Thomas Clayton Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1970-74
Tom Clemenson Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1944-46 Died Jan. 1, 2004
Wayne “PeeWee” Comp Buda, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died June 3, 2003
Rex D. Conger Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1966-69, 1981-2008
Edwin Conkling Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-45
Stanley Conlin DePue, Ill. Army H 1950-52 Died Jan. 29, 1999
Glen O. Conner Ohio, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1917 Died September 1961
Jerome Conner Ohio, Ill. Army Reserves H 1957
Ormond J. Conner Ohio, Ill. Army H 1957-59
Russell I. Conrad Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1989-92
Russell L. Conrad LaSalle Air Force H 1966-70
Clarence R. Coomer Sheffield, Ill. Marines H 1944-47
Clement R. Coomer Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1957-59
John Costello Princeton, Ill. Army H 1973-77
Max L. Coville Princeton, Ill. Army H 1945-46
Nathan Allen Coward Sr. Jackson County, N.C. Navy H World War I
Alfred D. Crayne Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1949-53 Died May 19, 1991
Allyn C. Crayne Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1979-81
Ernest J. Croissant DePue, Ill. Marines H 1951-53
James W. Croissant DePue, Ill. Army H 1951-72 Died in April 2014
Richard H. Croissant DePue, Ill. Navy H 1944-45 Died Jan. 9, 1975
John Ogden New Jersey Revolutionary War Died Aug. 7, 1810
Jonathan Ogden New Jersey Revolutionary War Died Jan. 14, 1825
NOT PICTURED Abraham Ogden New Jersey Revolutionary War Died Feb. 8, 1798
Benjamin Ogden New Jersey Revolutionary War Died Nov. 20, 1834
Daniel Ogden New Jersey Revolutionary War Died Feb. 18, 1835
David Ogden Jr. New Jersey Revolutionary War Died in 1789
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Robert J. Croissant DePue, Ill. Army H 1940-46 Died Nov. 12, 1980
Warren “Whitey” Croissant DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died May 25, 1965
Manuel Cruz DePue, Ill. Army H 1951-53
Trinidad Cruz DePue, Ill. Navy H 1944-46
Andrew P. Cuchiara Sr. Manlius, Ill. Navy H 1952-56 Died Feb. 16, 2015
Genevieve Dabler Manlius, Ill. WAVES H 1943-46 Deceased
H. Lynn Dabler Manlius, Ill. Army H 1917-52 Deceased
Warren B. Dall Princeton, Ill. Army H 1970-79
Warren “Harry” Dall Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1942-45 Died Sept. 30, 1985
Clarence J. Damon Van Orin, Ill. Army H 1917-19 Died Nov. 1, 1978
Daniel C. Darling Sheffield, Ill. Navy H 1975-79
Randy Daugherty DePue, Ill. Marines H 1983-89, 91-94
Alan N. Davidson Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1960-88
James Davis Illinois Air Force Died Aug. 11, 2009
Francis J. Day Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1943-46
Steven Day Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1970-71
Buford Dean Princeton, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died May 4, 2010
Clifford Dean Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1944-45 Died April 19, 1982
Frank Dean Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died April 22, 2001
Harold Dean Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Ottie Dean Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-46 Died June 20, 1997
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Richard DeBord Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1945-49
Harvey Decker Hayti, Mo. Army H 1951-54 Died Jan. 5, 2012
Carol “Wertz” Delay Wyanet, Ill. Women’s Marines H 1963-64
Julian Delgado DePue, Ill. Marines H 1951-53 Died in 1966
Julio Delgado DePue, Ill. Army H 1951-54 Died in 1998
Louie Delgado DePue, Ill. Navy H 1977-81
O. Robert Delgado DePue, Ill. Army H 1952-54
Raymond F. DeMay Princeton, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1945-47
Lawrence F. DeRycke Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1953-55
N.R. Bud DeRycke Sheffield, Ill. Army Air Corp H 1942-45
Terry A. DeSalle Princeton, Ill. Army H 1968-70
John J. DeSalvo Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1963-67
Dale DeSkeere Manlius, Ill. Marines H 1952-55
Christopher H. DeWaele Walnut, Ill. Navy H 2000-present
Brandon Dickinson Princeton, Ill. Marine Corp H 1998-present
Bill Diller Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1956-59 Died Aug. 22, 2011
Richard Diller Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1963-70
William M. Doran Ohio, Ill. National Guard Died May 21, 2006
Burton Doty Sheffield, Ill. Army Air Corps H World War II
Robert L. Doyle Princeton, Ill. Army H 1963-66
Daniel Vance Drake Kansas World War II Died July 23, 1997
Donald E. Drake Arispie Township, Ill. Army H 1945-48 Died Feb. 25, 2002
James Madison Drake New Jersey Union Army H 1861-65 Died Nov. 28, 1913
Kenneth W. Drake Arispie Township, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Sept. 4, 2005
LeRoy E. Drake Princeton, Ill. Army H 1969-72
Nelson H. Drake New Jersey Army H Civil War Died June 22, 1889
Tilden Boyd Drake Kansas World War II Died June 7, 1985
William E. Drake Arispie Township, Ill. Army H 1918-19 Died March 24, 1966
James H. Draper Ohio, Ill. Army H 1943-44 Killed in action Sept. 9, 1944
Robert D. Draper Ohio, Ill. Army H 1951-52 Died Nov. 30, 2011
Oliver P. Personeus Army H Civil War Killed in action
Arthur R. Pierson Putnam County, Ill. Army H World War II Killed in action
NOT PICTURED Matthias Ogden New Jersey Revolutionary War Died March 31, 1791
Oliver Ogden New Jersey Revolutionary War Died in December 1840
Stephen Ogden New Jersey Revolutionary War Died Jan. 21, 1808
Vernie Lee Parris Greenville County, N.C. Navy H World War II Died Nov. 17, 1988
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T. Lawrence Duffield Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died Jan. 6, 2004
Sidney R. Durfee Sr. Arispie Township, Ill. Army H 1917-19 Died Sept. 25, 1956
Arthur “Bill” Dyer Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1943-45
Elmer M. Dyer Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1944-46 Died July 27, 1982
Leland Dyer Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1951-53
Robert R. Dyer Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1965-67 Died April 8, 2016
William “Carl” Dyer Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1943-45 Died Jan. 3, 2000
Gary Eckberg Walnut, Ill. Air Force H 1966-68
Harold A. L. Eckberg Walnut, Ill. Army H 1943-45 Died Feb. 1, 2008
Kenneth O. Eckberg Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1944-46 Died Feb. 12, 1997
LeeRoy E. Eckberg Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1940-45 Died in July 1977
Lester C. Eckberg Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-45
Orville E. Eckberg San Antonio, Texas Air Force H 1941-52 Died June 2, 1981
Genevieve Eckhoff Buda, Ill. Army H 1950-77 Died in October 1987
Lorenz Eckhoff Buda, Ill. Army H World War I
Richard T. Eiberger DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Feb. 27, 2005
Donald A. Eklund Knoxville, Ill. Marines H 1951-53
David J. Ellis DePue, Ill. Army H 1966-86
Dewey P. Ellis Wyanet, Ill. Coast Guard H 1941-45
Gayle Ellis DePue, Ill. Marines H 1963-66
Leslie J. Ellis DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died in 1979
Michael Ellis DePue, Ill. Navy
Robert Ellis Wyanet, Ill.; Marines/Army/ National Guard H 1959-91; Died Jan. 12, 2011
William Ellis DePue, Ill. Navy H 1960-63
William E. Ellis DePue, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1942-45
Richard M. Ellison North Carolina Army H 2010-present
Richard W. Ellison North Carolina Army H 1992-2015
Arlene M. Emmerson Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died Aug. 28, 2011
Phill Emmerson Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1950-52
Roger C. Emmerson Sr. Sheffield, Ill. Air Force - Army H 1942-45 Died Oct. 20, 2000
Benjamin Nicholson Queen Jackson County, N.C. Civil War Died Jan. 6, 1908
Robert William Queen Phoenix, Ariz. Army H World War II Died May 22, 1997
NOT PICTURED Donald Pierson DePue, Ill. Army H 1955-59 Died Feb. 8, 2008
Emil E. Pierson Putnam, Ill. Marines H Korean War Died Oct. 6, 1978
Laurance C. Pierson DePue, Ill. Navy H Korean War Died Sept. 10, 2009
Sidney E. Porter World War II Died Aug. 3, 1985
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Arthur O. Enbom Ohio, Ill. Army H World War I
Cecil E. Enbom Princeton, Ill. Army H 1952-54
Howard “Bud” Erickson Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1942-66 Died June 9, 1988
Jack Erickson Princeton, ill. Army H 1943-51 Died April 25, 2013
Christine Espinosa DePue, Ill. Navy H 1998-present
Adolph J. Espinoza Jr. DePue, Ill. Army H 1965-69
Dean Etheridge Mineral, Ill. Army H 1953-55
Dennis Joseph Etheridge Glendale Heights, Ill. Air Force H 1965-70
Donald Everitt Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1954-58 Died Nov. 28, 1991
Calvin G. Faber Sublette, Ill. Army H 1952-54 Died May 23, 2015
Jack Fahs Walnut, Ill. Air Force H 1951-54
Harry Richard Fairbanks Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1945-47 Died May 3, 2005
Clarence W. Fargher Jr. Rock Falls, Ill. Army H 1958-77 Died Dec. 9, 2007
Delmar Farrell Ohio, Ill. Navy H 1942-45 Died Dec. 27, 1994
Miles Farrell Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died May 4, 1994
Randy Farrell Ohio, Ill. Navy H 1965-69
Scott Farrell Genoa, Ill. Air National Guard H 19892001
Steven M. Farrell Princeton, Ill. Illinois Army National Guard H 1988-96
Anthony “Tony” Fedder Spring Valley, Ill. Navy H 1942-45 Died Sept. 11, 2000
Harold “Pat” Fenwick Malden, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died April 9, 2003
Dennis C. Feurer Wyanet, Ill. Army H Vietnam era Died Aug. 10, 1982
Frederick Feurer Wyanet, Ill. Army H Died March 18, 1982
Rex A. Feurer Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1988-94
Robert Feurer Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1946-47
Richard “Buzz” Fisher Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1984-90
Donald J. Flanagan Van Orin, Ill. Air Force H 1971-2000
William D. Fleming Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1955-57 Died June 3, 2013
Daniel G. Foes Princeton, Ill. Air National Guard H 19922004
Gerald M. Foes Sheffield, Ill. Air Force H 1962-66 Air Force Reserves H 1969-73
Thomas E. Foes Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1966-68
Wendell J. Runft Sheffield, Ill. Air Force H Vietnam War
Asa Sabin Pawling Dutchees, N.Y. War of 1812 Died Sept. 9, 1855
NOT PICTURED Samuel Queen Macon County, N.C. Revolutionary War Died Aug. 22, 1842
William Roberts Abington, Pa. Revolutionary War
Michael L. Runft Sheffield, Ill. Air Force H Vietnam War Died in March 2005
Wendell F. Runft Sheffield, Ill. Army Engineers H World War II; Died Dec. 31, 1999
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Daniel E. Foulke Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1949-62
Gilbert D. Foulke Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1963-93
John D. Foulke Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1961-68
Roger E. Fox Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1943-46
Evan J. Frank Walnut, Ill. Marine H July 2015-present
Marvin D. Frank Peru, Ill. Army H 1956-62
Tyler J. Frank Walnut, Ill. Army H March 2016-present
William M. Frankeberger Wyanet, Ill. Ohio Militia, War of 1812 Died in 1883
David Frazier Ohio, Ill. Army H 1972-75
Marion Fredrickson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died Sept. 14, 2012
Frank Freson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1960-63
G. Richard Fritz Walnut, Ill. Navy H 1957-60
Jerry L. Fritz Walnut, Ill. Navy H 1958-61
Joseph M. Fritz Wyanet, Ill. Army
Emilee Fundell Peru, Ill. Navy H 2012-present
Hugh Fundell Princeton, Ill. Army H 1954-56
Joseph W. Fundell Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 2012-present
Patrick L. Fundell Princeton, Ill. Army H 1969-71
Rhyne K. Fundell Malden, Ill. Army H 1984-87
Roger V. Fundell Malden, Ill. Navy H 1942-44
Roy Fundell Princeton, Ill. Army H 1918-19 Died Jan. 23, 1959
Royce N. Fundell Green River, Wyo. Marines H 1999-2011
R. Rufus Fundell Princeton, Ill. Army H 1918 Died Dec. 22, 1971
Rueben E. Funderberg Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died Dec. 7, 2000
Dennis Galetti Seatonville, Ill. Army H 1967-69
George Galetti Seatonville, Ill. Air Force H 1948-52
James Galetti Seatonville, Ill. Army H 1958-60
Jess Galetti Seatonville, Ill. Marines H 1953-55
John Galetti Seatonville, Ill. Army H 1941-44 Died June 13, 1984
Joseph Galetti Seatonville, Ill. Air Force H 1942-46
Marcus Taylor Dover, Ill. Army H 1898 Died Feb. 9, 1946
Martin V. Taylor Tuscarawas County, Ohio Army H 1862-65 Died Nov. 17, 1913
NOT PICTURED Jeremiah Sabin Pomfret Windham, Conn. Revolutionary War Died March 12, 1790
T.H. Sexton North Carolina Army Died March 25, 2015
Henry L. Taylor Tuscarawas County, Ohio Cavalry H 1865 Died Oct. 26, 1913
John B. Taylor Tuscarawas County, Ohio Army H 1862-65 Died June 27, 1917
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Justin Galetti Standard, Ill. Air Force H 2017-present
Lawrence Galetti Seatonville, Ill. Navy H 1944-46
Michael Galetti Seatonville, Ill. Air Force H 1942-46 Died in February 2004
Timothy Galetti Standard, Ill. Air Force H 2006-present
Dean Ganschow Walnut, Ill. Navy H 1946-48
G. Lee Ganschow Walnut, Ill. Army H 1951-53 Died in 1989
Orland “Jack” Garber Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Richard Garcia DePue, Ill. Army H 2000-present
Isaiac Garza DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1981-2005
Gary J. Gaudio Princeton, Ill. Army H 2005-present
Mark Geuther LaMoille, Ill. Army H 1970-72
Christopher Gibson Walnut, Ill. Navy H 1986-89
Gail Gibson DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1950-54 Died May 25, 1997
Roland D. Gibson Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1948-52
Robert W. Giesenhagen Princeton, Ill. Army H 1951-53 Died Dec. 2, 1999
William O. Giesenhagen Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1918-19 Died July 21, 1975
Tracy Ginter DePue, Ill. Marines Died Oct. 13, 2010
Norman R. Giovanine DePue, Ill. Marines/Air Force H 1943-46
Albert Glover DePue, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died in February 1973
Frank “Ray” Glover Ohio, Ill. Army H 1943-45 Died in November 1995
George Glover Jr. DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-43 Died Feb. 1959
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Raymond Glover DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-43 Died Nov. 1975
Edward P. Glubczynski Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1952-54 Died Feb. 15, 2011
Paul Goble Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-46, 1949-52
James L. Golby Kewanee, Ill. Army H 1945-46
John M. Golby Neponset, Ill. Army H 1952-54
John T. Golby Neponset, Ill. Army H World War I Died March 28, 1975
Albert Gomez DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Benney Gomez DePue, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1942-45
Delores Gomez DePue, Ill. WAVES H 1943-45
Hector M. Gomez Chicago, Ill. Marines and Army H 19852013
Trent Goodale Henry, Ill. Army H 1991-97
Jessica Mae Goodrum Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1998-2002
Joseph Goodrum Princeton, Ill. Army Medical Corps H 194248; Died June 8, 1991
Richard M. Goodrum Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1992-95
Edward F. Grabill Zearing, Ill. Air Force H 1918 Died Nov. 11, 1958
Glen Grabill Zearing, Ill. Army H 1951-53 Died Feb. 8, 2011
Stephen R. Grace Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1960-64
Gary Grady Princeton, Ill. Army H 1971-74
Joseph A. Graham DePue, Ill. National Guard H 2001-present
Tray Gray DePue, Ill. Army
Daniel L. Green Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1941-45 Died Sept. 20, 2010
Richard Green Wyanet, Ill. Army Reserves H 1957-65 Died June 3, 2009
Walter Green Wyanet, Ill. Marines H 1942-46 Died Oct. 11, 1991
Gary L. Griffin Oglesby, Ill. Army H 1966-1969
Michael D. Griffin Rome, N.Y. Marines H 1995-2005
Ronald R. Griffin Tiskilwa, Ill. Marines H 1962-65 Died Sept. 2, 2005
Steven J. Griffin Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1971-91
Dustin Grilc DePue, Ill. Navy H 2002-14
Joseph Grilc DePue, Ill. Army H 1945-46
John W. Gross Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Jan. 4, 2000
Aurice W. Vennum Arispie Township, Ill. Army H Civil War Killed in action July 3, 1864
Gilbert Vennum Arispie Township, Ill. Army H 1865-66 Died March 14, 1928
NOT PICTURED Thomas E. Taylor Peoria, Ill. Air Force
John D. Thomas Salem County, N.J. Army H Civil War Died Aug. 3, 1925
William J. Thomas Princeton, Ill. World War I Died May 7, 1976
Joseph Vanmeter New Jersey Revolutionary War Died Nov. 12, 1790
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Lester F. Gross Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1944-46 Died Dec. 20, 1970
Virgil L. Gross Princeton, Ill. Army Air Force H 1943-46 Died July 3, 2017
Robert Grubb Buda, Ill. Navy H 1945-46 Died May 6, 2017
Harry “Bucky” Grupy Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1953-62 Died April 18, 2006
Andrew A. Gusman DePue, Ill. Marines
Emilio F. Gusman DePue, Ill.; National Guard/ Army H 1947-53; Army Reserves H 1958-59
Allen Gustafson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1969-71
Everett Gustafson Malden, Ill Army Air Corps H 1940-45 Died June 8, 2005
Gilbert Gustafson Malden, Ill. Army H 1940-45 Died in 1991
Irvin Gustafson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1951-52
Janet Gustafson Pittsford, N.Y.; Women’s Army Air Corps H 1943-45; Died in October 1995
Roger Gustafson Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1968-72
Vivian Gustafson-Strugala Malden, Ill. Cadet nurse H 1942-44 Died Feb. 12, 1970
Ferris Gutshall Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1940-45 Died Nov. 13, 1991
Merrill Gutshall Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1917-18 Killed in action Oct. 15, 1918
Robert G. Gutshall Sheffield/Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died March 24, 2005
Gerald Hahn DePue, Ill. Army H 1967-69
James M. Hahn DePue, Ill. Navy H 1967-71
Jack Halberg Princeton, Ill. Army H 1949-51 Died June 4, 2010
Max Halberg Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-45 Died Nov. 21, 2016
Max Halberg Jr. Princeton, Ill. Army H 1972-74
Richard Halberg Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1953-57 Died April 9, 2017
Robert Halberg Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Sept. 29, 2007
Ronald Halberg Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1942-45 Died Nov. 19, 1991
Russell Halberg Princeton, Ill. Army H 1944-46 Died April 13, 1992
Timothy Halberg Princeton, Ill. Army H 2006-12
William Halberg Princeton, IL Army H 1945-47 Died Nov. 8, 1990
James R. Hall Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1952-56 Died Aug. 19, 1999
Wells J. Halladay Princeton, Ill. Army H Civil War Died Jan. 27, 1929
Roger Hanich Manlius, Ill. Navy H 1959-1963
NOT PICTURED Virgil F. Vennum Arispie Township, Ill. Army H 1864-66 Died March 8, 1929
Alan Walker Sr. LaMoille, Ill. Illinois National Guard H 1946-55 Korea Died in May 2013
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Ronald Hanley Buda, Ill. Army Reserves H 1964-72
Earnest A. Hansen Sheffield, Ill. Army H World War I Died March 31, 1918
Goldwyn Hansen Buda, Ill. Air Force H 1944-45 Died Jan. 28, 2006
Guy S. Hansen Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1918-19 Died Oct. 27, 1927
Johnny P. Hansen Buda, Ill. Air Force H 1940-64 Died Aug. 17, 2005
Jeremiah Hanson Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1995-98
Tom Hanson Bureau, Ill. Army H 1967-69
J. Tyler Happach Sheffield, Ill. Marines H 2004-09
Jeffrey Happach Sheffield, Ill. Marines H 1977-80
Paul Happach Sheffield, Ill. Marines H 1978-81
Ronald H. Happach Sheffield, Ill. Marines H 1951-55
Vinney Happach Sheffield, Ill. Navy H 2010-present
Eugene C. Hardy Deer Grove, Ill. Army H 1944-45
James R. Harmon Sr. DePue, Ill. Army H 1952-54
Lu Gomez Harris DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1946-69
Benjamin Harrison DePue, Ill. Army H World War I 1917-18
Edwin E. Harrison DePue, Ill. Marines H 1951-53 Died Sept. 19, 2007
Robert W. Harrison DePue, Ill. Marines H 1943-47 Died June 1999
Roger L. Harrison Sr. DePue, Ill. Marines H 1953-56 Died Jan. 18, 1995
William T. Harrison Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1965-71
George E. Hassler Cherry, Ill. Army H 1951-52 Died Dec. 16, 2004
Timothy C. Hassler Princeton, Ill. Army H 1988-2014
Harry Haun Jr. Princeton, Ill. Army H 1951-53
Seth J. Hawkins Mendota, Ill. Army H 1945-54
David Hayes DePue, Ill. Navy H 1990-94
Jack Hayes Jr. DePue, Ill. Marines H 1986-90 Army H 1995-2004
Eugene Haywood DePue, Ill. Navy H 1943-46 Died in 1999
Joseph Haywood DePue, Ill. Marines H 1945-46 Died June 29, 2015
Ray Haywood DePue, Ill. Army H 1968-70
Harold Heilstedt Henry, Ill. Army H 1945-48 Died Dec. 14, 1999
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Charles Henderson Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1942-48 Died Dec. 14, 1999
Ralph Henderson Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1944-45 Killed in action July 30, 1945
Abel Hensel Civil War Died June 20, 1902
Levi Hensel Ohio Civil War Died March 13, 1911
Troy Hensley Ladd, Ill. Army H 2008-13
Greg Heredia DePue, Ill. Army H 2003-present
Paul Hernandez DePue, Ill. Army H 1963-66
Wes Herrmann Spring Valley, Ill. Navy H 2013-present
J. Wilson Hetherington Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1941-45 Died Jan. 17, 1988
Gerald K. Heuer Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1953-55 Died July 28, 2011
Phillip K. Heuer Wyanet, Ill. Army H 2000-05
Arva Hewitt Manlius, Ill. Air Force H 1941-44 Killed in action Dec. 18, 1944
Benjamin Hewitt Manlius, Ill. Army H War of 1812 Died Nov. 10, 1872
Clayton S. Hewitt Manlius, Ill. National Guard H 1948-51 Army H 1954-56
George W. Hewitt Manlius, Ill. Army H 1864-65 Died Aug. 28, 1921
Harvey M. Hewitt Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Oct. 13, 2008
Hubert Hewitt Manlius, Ill. Army H 1944-46 Died Oct. 13, 2012
Marvin Hewitt Manlius, Ill. Army Medical Corps H 194245; Died Oct. 13, 1997
Ron Hewitt Manlius, Ill. Army/Reserves H 1957-63
Elbert P. Hieronymus Atlanta, Ill. Marines H 1918-19 Died March 16, 1976
Clyde Hoffert Hollowayville, Ill. Army H 1955-57
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Chad Holbrook Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1996-present
Lincoln Hollinsaid Malden, Ill. Army H 1995-2003 Killed in action April 7, 2003
Harold Holsclaw Bradford, Ill. Army Air Corp H 1941-45 Died Sept. 18, 1991
Bernard Hooker Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died April 25, 1991
Merle Horwedel Buda, Ill. Army H 1952-54
Harry R. House Bradford, Ill. Coast Guard H 1941-45 Died Jan. 1, 1997
Roger L. House Tiskilwa, Ill. Navy H 1973-77
Glen Huback St. Paul, Minn. Army H Korean War Killed in action Jan. 7, 1951
Harold Hubbard LaMoille, Ill. Army H 1952-54 Died Sept. 26, 1996
Kenneth Hubbard Princeton, Ill. Army Reserves H 2001-10
Larry Hubbard Princeton, Ill. Army H 1962-64
Aldon D. Hughes Putnam, Ill. Army H 1954-56
Jacob “Hap” Hull Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Nov. 12, 1999
Carl H. Hultine Malden, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died April 26, 2010
Owen Hurst Walnut, Ill. Air Force H 1943-45 Died Feb. 4, 1981
Joshua W. Huskey Wyanet, Ill. Marines H 2002-present
Larry “Ike” Isaacson Malden, Ill. Army National Guard H 196369; Died April 9, 2015
Terry Jaggers Wyanet, Ill. Air Force Reserves H 1982-87
Tony Jaggers Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1976-80
George C. Jeffery Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1943-45 Died April 10, 2002
Robert C. Jeffery Wyanet, Ill. Marines H 1991-92 Died Dec. 17, 1993
Robert L. Jeffery Wyanet, Ill. Marines H 1969-73
Leonard Jensen New Bedford, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died in 2003
Willard Jensen New Bedford, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died Oct. 1, 1984
Bob Jesse Princeton, Ill. Army H 1968-70
Bobby E. Johnson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1962-68
Elmer C. Johnson Army H 1942-46 Died in 1997
Raymond P. Johnson Sheffield, Ill. Marines H 1944-46 Died Aug. 15, 1998
Wayne T. Johnson Ohio, Ill. Army H 1918
Hobart R. Joiner Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1943-45 Died Sept. 11, 2004
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Max E. Joiner Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H Korean War Died Jan. 17, 2007
Nathaniel J. Joiner Honolulu, Hawaii Air Force H 2011-present
Robert Joiner Tiskilwa, Ill. Army Signal Corps H 1942-46 Died Sept. 8, 2015
Todd S. Joiner Tiskilwa, Ill. Air Force H 1986-2015
William N. Joiner Tiskilwa, Ill. Air Force H 1942-45
Russ “Buzz” Jones Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died July 10, 2014
Elmer Judy Donovan, Ill. Army H 1944-46
Mike Kane Tiskilwa, Ill. Navy H 1970-76
Carmella J. Kapraun Princeton, Ill. Cadet Nurse Corps H 1944-47 Died April 25, 2004
Richard F. Kapraun Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1946
Bill Kelish DePue, Ill. Navy H 1957-61
Gary Kelish DePue, Ill. Navy H 1968-72 Died May 19, 2007
Rick Kelish DePue, Ill. Navy H 1977-94
Roger Kelish DePue, Ill. Navy H 1964-68 Died Nov. 24, 2004
William A. Kelm Sheffield, Ill. Navy Air Corps H 1942-45 Died Nov. 27, 2009
Allan L. Kerber Manlius, Ill. Army H 1966-1968
Forrest L. Kerber Manlius, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died in 1983
Dale L. Kerr Princeton, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1942-45 Died July 22, 1995
Leo “Mike” Kesseler Peoria, Ill. Air Force H 1958-61 Died March 29, 2006
Fred Kimberley Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1951-53
Wilbur King Manlius, Ill. Army H 1952-54 Died April 11, 2015
Richard L. Kinnamon Princeton, Ill. Army H 1953-55 Died Jan. 4, 2008
Larry F. Klein Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1971-79
Brett Klinefelter DePue, Ill. Marines H 2005-present
Kaleb Klinefelter DePue, Ill. Navy H 2009-present
Myron Klinefelter DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1985-2001
Kenneth R. Klingenberg Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1941-45
Lester L. Klingenberg Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died Sept. 3, 1983
Lynn R. Klingenberg Princeton, Ill. Army H 1958-64
Virgil G. Klingenberg Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died Dec. 28, 1975
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Wendell G. Klingenberg Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1950-53 Died Sept. 7, 1953
Donald W. Klug Ladd, Ill. Army H 1959-61
Richard Koch LaMoille, Ill. Army H 1952-54
John Kohr Cherry, Ill. Navy, Air Force Died in 2014
Patrick H. Kohr Cherry, Ill. Air Force H 1951-55 Died March 3, 2013
Richard J. Koplenik DePue, Ill. Army H 1955-58
Francis W. Kopp Buda, Ill. Army H 1953-55
Hal Kuehl Princeton, Ill. Army H 1967-68
Jared Kumer East Peoria, Ill. Marines H 2010-14
Bob Kunkel Spring Valley, Ill. Navy H 1942-45 Died Feb. 19, 1992
Joe Kunkel Granville, Ill. Army H 1951-53
Louis Kunkel Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Nov. 15, 1991
Mick Kunkel Granville, Ill. Army H 1951-52
Richard Kunkel Granville, Ill. Army H 1950-52
Edward Kwit DePue, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1941-45 Died June 20, 2006
Earl D. Kyle Pekin, Ill. Air Force H 1964-67 Died Oct. 15, 2014
Kimberly A. Lamkin DePue, Ill. Navy H 1988-93
Robert Lamkin Arlington, Ill. Army H 1963-64
Stephen J. Lamkin DePue, Ill. Marines H 1989-93
James Lane Elgin, Ill. National Guard H 1985-95
Alyssa K. Larson Liberty, Ill. Coast Guard H 2013-present
Clark R. Larson Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died Nov. 6, 2001
Clark R. Larson Jr. Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1962-67
Daniel C. Larson Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1986-90
Ernest L. Larson Buda, Ill. Army H 1918-19 Died Aug. 8, 1984
Kara J. Larson Normal, Ill. Army H 2015-present
LeRoy P. Larson Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1949-52 Died April 30, 2008
Darrel L. Lauritzen Walnut, Ill. Marines H 1965-69 Died July 20, 2009
Larry L. Lauritzen Ohio, Ill. Army H 1966-68
Arthur LaVallee Berrien Springs, Minn. Marines
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Christopher Law Princeton, Ill. Army H 2001-07
Michael Law Walnut, Ill. Army National Guard
Robert F. Law Jr. Tiskilwa, Ill. Navy H 1966-70
Robert F. Law Sr. Tiskilwa, Ill. Coast Guard H 1940-46 Died Feb. 1, 2006
LaVerne Lebahn Manlius, Ill. Army H 1952-54
Aaron Lehn Ohio, Ill. Marines H 1999-2003
Dianna Lehn Cherry, Ill. Army H 1997-2002
Eugene K. Lehn Ohio, Ill. Air Force H 1951-54 Died Nov. 20, 2016
Libby Blanco Leigh DePue, Ill. Army H 1982-88
Roger C. Lenihan Princeton, Ill. Army H 1941-46 Died Aug. 24, 2003
Gerald Levisay Princeton, Ill. Army H 1969-75
Frank Lewis Bureau, Ill. Navy H 1946-49 Died Nov. 20, 2008
George Liesse LaSalle, Ill. Marines H 1954-56
Chester Lipinski DePue, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died in July 1988
James T. Loftus Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1961-74 Died June 30, 2007
Russell B. Longest Wilmington, Ill. Air Force H 1939-1958
Alvin Longman Henry, Ill. Navy H 1944-46
Henry Mell Lootens Sheffield, Ill. Korea
Mell Lootens Sheffield, Ill. World War I
Raymond Lootens Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1952-54 Died July 31, 2016
Julio Lopez Spring Valley, Ill. Army
Rudy Lopez DePue, Ill. Marines H 1961-65
Allen B. Losey Princeton, Ill. Army H 1972-75
Donald R. Lovgren Ohio, Ill. Army H 1953-55 Died March 10, 1999
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Octavio Lugo DePue, Ill. Navy
William Lugo DePue, Ill. Air Force
John Lukosus Spring Valley, Ill. Merchant Marines H 1944-45 Died Jan. 29, 1990
John J. Lukosus Mark, Ill. Navy H 1997-present
Donald Lundgren Princeton, Ill. Army H 1951-53
Gustav A. Lust Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died Jan. 29, 1977
Stanley K. Lyon Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1969-71
Mark E. Madsen Bloomington, Ill. Marines H 1968 Killed in action Dec. 15, 1968
Walter Madsen Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1940-45 Died May 20, 2008
Eric Magnuson DePue, Ill. Army H 2003-05
C. Dean Mahon Manlius, Ill. Army H 1954-56 Died Aug. 23, 2007
Joseph J. Makse DePue, Ill. Army
Harold Manning Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-46 Died in 2014
Michael Mantel Princeton, Ill. Army H 1968-69
Curtis R. Marcum LaMoille, Ill. Army H 1970-72
Guy Marella Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1961-64
Earl Marit Walnut, Ill. Army H 1951-53
John Dewayne Markley Princeton, Ill. Army H 1961-64
Charles J. Marquez DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1955-59
Ran Marquez DePue, Ill. Navy H 1988-96
Timothy Marquez DePue, Ill. Army H 1988-93
Solen Marsett DePue, Ill. Navy H 1940-48 Died June 13, 1999
Charles E. Marshall Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1954-58
Edmund Marshinski Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1942-46 Died July 7, 2010
Gilbert E. Martin Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1944-46
Louis P. Martin Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1984-06
Michael Martin Princeton, Ill. Army H 1968-71 Died May 11, 2013
Thomas E. Martin Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1983-91, 2000-present
Jesse Martinez DePue, Ill. Army H 1979-83
Rudy Martinez DePue, Ill. Marines H 1944-49 Died in 2009
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Sandy Martinez DePue, Ill. Navy H 1988-91
Donald R. Mason Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died May 17, 2001
James O. Mathew Walnut, Ill. Army H 1951-53
Lee C. Matson Van Orin, Ill. Coast Guard H 1943-45 Died April 15, 2010
Charles B. Maupin Tiskilwa, Ill. Air Force H 1943-45
John M. Maxwell Monroeville, Pa. Navy H 1950-54 Died April, 27, 2002
Donald O. May Princeton, Ill. Army H 1954-1956; Army Reserves H 1956-67, 1970-81
Donald R. May Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1973-84
Eugene W. May Princeton, Ill. Army H 1960-62 Died June 18, 1987
Harry J. May Princeton, Ill. Army H 1952-54 Died July 5, 2002
Ivan May DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-44 Killed in action Aug. 5, 1944
Marvin C. May Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died July 16, 2001
Melvin May Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died April 5, 1998
Robert May Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1973-2003
Walter E. May Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Nov. 30, 1982
Donald R. McCall Dunlap, Ill. Army H 1969-70
Raymond McCall Princeton, Ill. Army H 1944-45
Steven L. McCall Princeton, Ill. Army National Guard H 1967-73
Edwin McCauley Annawan, Ill. Air Force H 1948-52
Leonard McCauley Tiskilwa, Ill. Merchant Marine H 1944-45 Died June 26, 2010
Dale David McCloud Arenzville, Ill. Navy H 1942-44 Died Feb. 15, 1976
Drew McComber Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 2005-12
James McInnes DePue, Ill. Navy H 1959-63
Cecil McLane Bradford, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Keith McLane LaMoille, Ill. Army H 1968-69
Rosemary McLane Princeton, Ill. Army H 1945
Martin McMahon Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1951-53 Died Jan. 29, 2009
Jay Meisenheimer Walnut, Ill. Army H 1959-62 Died Jan. 29, 2006
Joseph Merkel Seatonville, Ill. Army H 1950-52
Francis “Frank” Merkley Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 • Salute To Veterans
Jarrod Merkley Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 2000-06
Lance Merkley Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1994-2007
Lon Merkley Princeton, Ill. Army H 1968-73
Terry Meronek Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1965-82 Died Oct. 22, 1988
Joshua Metzger Princeton Air Force H 2009-present
Ralph Raymond Michael Ottville, Ill. Army H 1918-19
Diane (Piper) Miles Ohio, Ill. Air Force H 1983-2008
Bernard “Mickey” Miller Chicago, Ill. Army H 1951-57 Died in 1995
Charles Miller Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-46 Died June 26, 2012
Lee Miller Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1965-67
John Mills Tiskilwa, Ill.; Army H Civil War; Army H Spanish-American War; Died Jan. 1, 1921
Richard Mills Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1956-60
Paula N. Mitchell DePue, Ill. Navy H 2000-04
Derek A. Molln Princeton, Ill. Army National Guard H 2006-present
Delmar K. Monson Walnut, Ill. Army H Died Nov. 12, 2000
Dave Montez Spring Valley, Ill. Marines H 1978-81
Frank Montez DePue, Ill. Army H 1953-55
Patrick A. Montez DePue, Ill. Army H 1961-63
Sequel Montez DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1953-57 Died Oct. 11, 2008
Tammie Montez DePue, Ill. Navy H 1989-2009
Joseph E. Moran Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died May 12, 1998
Aurelio Moreno DePue, Ill. Army H 1945-47 Died in 1974
Brooke A. Moreno DePue, Ill. Army H 2003-06
Moses Moreno DePue, Ill. Navy H 1943-46
Nazario Moreno DePue, Ill. Army H 1952-54
Delbert Morris Princeton, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1942-47
Fred H. Morris Tiskilwa, Ill. Navy Air Force H 1942-45 Died Oct. 30, 1981
Gilbert Morris Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1942-45
John Morris Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1965-67
Marlin C. Morris Wyanet, Ill. Navy
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Raymond T. Morris Wyanet, Ill. Army
Richard Morris Brazil, Ind. Army H 1951-54 Died March 2015
Robert L. Morris Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1950-52
Russell A. Moss Oglesby, Ill. Army H 1967-70
Russell F. Moss Bureau, Ill. Army H 1945 Deceased
Willard R. Mott Princeton, Ill. Army H 1957-60
Nick Mount Wyanet, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1942-45 Died Jan. 8, 1997
Donald Lee Mueller Princeton, Ill. Army H 1954-56
Tony Muro DePue, Ill. Army and Navy H 1944-48 Died Jan. 31, 2013
Allen B. Murphy Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1941-53
John P. Murphy Tiskilwa, Ill. Air Force H 1968-72
Daniel W. Myers LaMoille, Ill. Army H 1969-71
Gene Nanninga Neponset, Ill. Army H 1966-68 Died July 5, 2015
Mervin Nauman Arlington, Ill. Army H 1954-56 Died Sept. 23, 2009
Robert Neahring Manlius, Ill. Army H 1965-67
Robert K. Neahring Walnut, Ill. Marines H 1959-64 Died Jan. 1, 2006
Beverly Neff Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1971-91
Carl “Okie” Nelson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1940-45 Died March 16, 2008
Robert O. Nelson Manlius, Ill. Navy H 1951-55
Roger J. Nelson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-45 Died March 1988
Walter C. Nelson Buda, Ill. Air Corps H 1942-45 Died Oct. 31, 2001
William Nelson Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1943-45
Arthur Neuhalfen Seatonville, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Arvin Neuhalfen Seatonville, Ill.
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Gale L. Neuhalfen Seatonville, Ill. Army H 1968-70
Harry Neuhalfen Seatonville, Ill. Army H 1941-45
Larry K. Neuhalfen Seatonville, Ill. Army H 1966-69
Lyle Neuhalfen Seatonville, Ill. Army H 1941-45
Roe Neuhalfen Seatonville, Ill. Army H 1944-45
Thomas W. Neuhalfen Seatonville, Ill. Marines H 1983-2004
David M. Nichols Malden, Ill. Army H 1984-87
Dennis K. Nichols Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1977-81
Gerald M. Nichols Sr. Malden, Ill. Army H 1950-53 Died July 9, 1993
Jack Nickelsen Princeton, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died June 12, 1975
Richard E. Nickelsen Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-66 Died Jan. 9, 2001
Roger Nielsen Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1953-55
Barton J. Niemuth Princeton, Ill. Army H 1970-71
Arden L. Noble Walnut, Ill. Army H 1943-45 Died July 2, 2008
Robert E. Noble Walnut, Ill. Navy H 1944-46
Robert E. Noe Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1956-60 Died in 1987
Tiffany L. (Bulthuis) Noel Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1993-present
Xavier F. Noel Trinidad Army H 1994-2010
Sheldon Nordstrom Tiskilwa, Ill. Marine Corps H 1957-60 Died Feb. 14, 2017
Charles Henry Norton Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1952-56 Died March 2007
E. Eugene Norton Ramsey and Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1942-45 Died Sept. 7, 2003
Joseph Norton Tiskilwa, Ill. Air Force H Korean War
Wayne E. Norton Tiskilwa and Wyanet, Ill. Navy H World War II Died Sept. 2, 1998
Carl O. Nothnagel Ohio, Ill. Army
Floyd Nothnagel Ohio, Ill. Army H 1951-53 Died Nov. 27, 2006
Bruce Obenhaus Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1950-54
James Odell Sr. Ohio, Ill. Navy H 1963-64 Died Feb. 15, 2010
Bradford J. Oeder Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1968-72
Harvey M. Oeder Bureau, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Jan. 30, 1980
Frank D. “Bud” Olds Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died Feb. 28, 1972
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Orville Lee “Boy” Olds Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Dec. 21, 2002
Ronald L. Olds Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1965-74 Reserves H 1978-92
Ronald M. Olds Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Sept. 20, 1981
Victor Olds Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1943-46 Died May 7, 1993
Vincent Olds Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died Dec. 12, 1996
Bob Oloffson Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1951-53
Leo O’Neill Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Sept. 13, 1999
Leslie Orwig Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1968-70
Eugene E. Owens Princeton, Ill. Army H 1949-54 Died Jan. 10, 2010
Harry M. Owens Ohio, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died Feb. 5, 2003
Stephen E. Owens Clinton, Ill. Navy H 1967-71
Walter E. Paden Princeton, Ill. Army H 1917-18 Killed in action Nov. 10, 1918
Max R. Pannebaker Princeton, Ill. Army Died Dec. 5, 1993
Robert Parker Princeton, Ill. Army H 1968-70
Mike A. Partipilo III Wood Dale, Ill. Navy H 1974-79
Anthony Pavinato Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1960-62
Matthew J. Pearson Mahomet, Ill. Marines H 1999-present
Santo “Teno” Perricone Seatonville, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1941-45 Died Oct. 6, 2001
Henry C. Petersen Princeton, Ill. Army H 1918-1919 Died June 29, 1957
Robert H. Petersen Princeton, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1942-45 Died Dec. 14, 2010
Verne Petersen DePue, Ill. Army H 1943-46
Edward Peterson DePue, Ill. Navy H 1944-46 Died Oct. 19, 2003
Harry L. Peterson Jr. Buda, Ill. Navy H 1944-46 Died Nov. 16, 2003
James Peterson DePue, Ill. Navy
Larry E. Peterson DePue, Ill. Navy H 1966-1989
Leo Peterson Dixon, Ill. Army H Korea
Ronald E. Peterson Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1968-70
John Pette Princeton, Ill. Army H 1961-70
Arnold Pettit Bradford, Ill. Army H 1944-46
Andrew Pfundstein Princeton, Ill. Army H 2012-present
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John Pfundstein Princeton, Ill. Army H 2003-present
Calvin M. Philhower Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1943-46 Died July 28, 2006
Daniel J. Philhower Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1943-45 Killed in action Jan. 15, 1945
Gilbert L. Philhower Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1943-68 Died Jan. 6, 1975
Henry A. Philhower Wyanet, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1942-46 Died Oct. 6, 1991
Paul O. Philippe Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Robert S. Philippe Wyanet, Ill. Marines H 1941-1943 Killed in action Nov. 21, 1943
Siegfried Philippe Wyanet, Ill. Army H World War I Died Nov. 4, 1967
Kenneth W. Phillips Sheffield, Ill. Air Force H 1955-62
John V. Piacenti Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1968-70
Joseph A. Piacenti Ladd, Ill. Marines H 1942-46 Died Jan. 20, 2008
Kenneth D. Pierson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1951-52 Died Dec. 3, 2010
Roger T. Pierson Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1948-52
Robert F. Piletic DePue, Ill. Army H 1954-56 Died May 11, 2003
Bruce Pinter Princeton, Ill. Marines H 2000-04
Don Pionteic LaSalle, Ill. Army H 1955-59
Deb Piper Princeton, Ill. Army H 1970-73 Died April 18, 2016
Douglas F. Piper Ohio, Ill. Army H 1984-86
Harlen O. Piper Malden, Ill. Army H 1942-46 Died May 3, 2006
Larry Piper Princeton, Ill. Army H 1976-79
Mark Piper Princeton, Ill. Navy H 2003-10
Rex Piper Princeton, Ill. Army H 1968-92
Michael Pizano DePue, Ill. Army H 1944-47
Virgil Polson Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1943-45 Died May 6, 2010
Gerardo N. Ponce DePue, Ill. Marines H 1992-present
Henry G. Ponce DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Marcos A. Ponce DePue, Ill. Marines H 1998-2006
Robert F. Ponce Jr. DePue, Ill. Marines H 1994-2015
Robert G. Ponce Sr. DePue, Ill. Army H 1962-65
Jerry Powers Granville, Ill. Army H 1966-68 Died in 1997
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James D. Prendergast Princeton, Ill. Army 1943-46 H Army Reserves 1946-81
Peter Primo Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died April 19, 2013
Robert Pritchard Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-45 Died Feb. 2, 2012
Fred “Mickey” Prostko Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-44 Died in 1944
David M. Puga DePue, Ill. Army H 2000-11
Timothy J. Puhr Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1985-93
Clarence Purvis Arlington, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died July 27, 2001
Aaron Quanstrom Princeton, Ill. Army H 2011-present
Timothy Quanstrom Princeton, Ill. Army H 2007-12
Joseph Querciagrossa Seatonville, Ill. Army H 1965-67
Jack Quesse DePue, Ill. Army H 1951-53 Sept. 15, 1984
Scott Quesse DePue, Ill. Navy H 1984-90
Merlon Raabe Manlius, Ill. Army Medical H 1946-47 Died July 25, 2000
Glen Rabe Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1953-55
Homer Raker Princeton, Ill. Air Corps H World War II Killed in action in 1944
John Ramirez DePue, Ill. Army H 1967-69
Richard Ramirez DePue, Ill. Marines H 1975-81
Bob Rapp Princeton, Ill. Army H 1966-68
Dean Rauh DePue, Ill. Navy H 1970-91
Fred J. Rauh Jr. DePue, Ill. Army H 1943-46
Jeff Rauh DePue, Ill. Army H 1983-2006
Sheldon Rauh DePue, Ill. Navy H 1939-45
Angel Raya Jr. DePue, Ill. Marines H 2010-present
Gary Reed Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1967-69
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Patricia Reich DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1966-67
Debra Reinbeck Buda, Ill. Navy
William Reuter Ohio, Ill. Army H 1958-60
Joseph Ribas DePue, Ill. Army H 1966-69
Mickey J. Ribas Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 2008-present
Mike Ribas DePue, Ill. Army H 1971-73
Alan Rich Princeton, Ill. Army H 1972-76 Died in 1999
Francis A. Rich Princeton, Ill. Army/Air Force H 1947-54 Reserves H 1965-90
Franklin W. Richards Ohio, Ill. Navy H 1944-46 Died in 1966
Rodney R. Richards Greenville, Ill. Marine Corps H 1987-2014
Marvin J. Ringenberg Sheffield, Ill. Coast Guard H 1944-45 Died Dec. 13, 2010
Donald B. Ritchison Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1941-47
Ray D. Roberson Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1951-54 Died Oct. 1, 2015
Ernest Roberts Buda, Ill. Army H 1987-94
Homer Roberts Buda, Ill. Army H World War II
James “Bud” Roberts Buda, Ill. Air Force H 1952-56 Died in 2009
Larry Roberts Buda, Ill. Army H Vietnam
Lewis Roberts Buda, Ill. Air Force H 1951-55 Died Feb. 8, 1994
Ralph “Red” Roberts Buda, Ill. Army H World War I Died in 1983
Richard “Dick” Roberts Buda, Ill. Army H Korean War Died in 2007
Robert “Bob” Roberts Buda, Ill. Air Force H Korean War
Wade Roberts Princeton, Ill. Army H 1992-96
Michael Rodriguez DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1948-52
Franklyn D. Rogers Ohio, Ill. Navy H 1955-58
Duane “Nick” Roggy Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1988-91
Ronald Roggy Princeton, Ill. Army H 1968-71
Alex Romagnoli Princeton, Ill. Army H 2007-09
Bernard Russelburg Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1945 Died Feb. 6, 2011
David Russelburg Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1966-70
Joseph Russelburg Princeton, Ill. National Guard H 1992-97
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Porter J. Rutherford Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1920-28 Died April 29, 1986
Edmond “Kenny” Ryan Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1960-64
James R. Saal Princeton, Ill. Navy H 2014-present
Lester W. Saal Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1969-71
Lillian Salas DePue, Ill. Navy H 1988-present
Manuel L. Salcedo DePue, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died in 2015
Donald P. Saletzki Princeton, Ill. Army H 1956-58 Died March 12, 1961
Andrew Sanders Princeton, Ill. Army H 1964-68
Homer H. Sanders Princeton, Ill. Army H 1941-46 Died Dec. 26, 1986
James R. Sanders Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1972-74
John “Ed” Sanders Princeton, Ill. Army National Guard H 197175; Died Jan. 1989
Anita Jeanne Conner Sapp Ohio, Ill. Navy H 1941-45 Died April 22, 2004
Brian K. Sapp Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1989-93
Cory Sapp Princeton, Ill. Army H 1989-95
Craig Sapp Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1966-70
Fred D. Sapp Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1964-70
Fred Y. Sapp Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1898-1915
Fred Y. Sapp Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1941-45
Harold Sapp Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died Dec. 26, 2008
Robert Sapp Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died Aug. 9, 1998
Wayne Sapp Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1967-2000
Wayne Sayler Clearfield, Iowa Army H 1966-68
Ray Schnarr Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1953-57
Rodger Schwind Walnut, Ill. Navy H 1953-57
Jordan Shaw LaMoille, Ill. Air Force H 2011-15
Kenneth D. Shenlund Princeton, Ill. Marines, Air Force H 1953-59
Clayton Shipp Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1942 Died June 8, 1990
George “Clell” Shipp Princeton, Ill. Army H 1918-19 Died Jan. 22, 1970
Howard Shipp Bureau, Ill. Marines H 1954-58
Kenneth Shipp Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1943-45 Died Sept. 15, 2010
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Lloyd Shipp Bureau, Ill. Army H 1952-54
Robert Shipp Bureau, Ill. Army H 1945-47
Carl C. Sidebottom Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died April 28, 1945
Woodruff “Lee” Sidebottom Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1945-47, 1950-51
August Fred Simon Princeton, Ill. Army H World War I Died Feb. 19, 1978
Edgar Sinn Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1942-45
Dewey Sisler Ohio, Ill. Army H 1943-45 Killed in action Feb. 26, 1945
Guy B. Sisler Jr. Ohio, Ill. Army H 1943-44 Killed in action Dec. 20, 1944
William M. Sisler Ohio, Ill. Army H 1952-53
Bennie J. Sissel Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1954-58 Died Jan. 23, 1996
Danny R. Sissel Princeton, Ill. Army H 1970-74 Died Sept. 22, 2012
Gerald L. Sissel Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1966-68 Died Oct. 12, 2001
Ralph Skaggs Buda, Ill. Navy H 1944-46 Died Dec. 19, 1998
Robert L. Skaggs Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1960-63
Henry M. Skibinski Princeton, Ill. Army H 1951-53
Richard Slock Manlius, Ill. Navy H 1943-46
Robert S. Sment Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1952-53
Charles B. Smith Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-45
Clem Smith Princeton, Ill. Coast Guard H 1942-45 Died Sept. 19, 2005
Daniel Smith Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1985-89
Eugene Smith Spring Valley, Ill. Marines H 1942-45 Died in 1987
Harry L. Smith Ohio, Ill. Army H 1952-53
Raymond S. Smith Mendota, Ill. Army H 1965-67
Samuel C. Smith Princeton, Ill. Illinois Air National Guard H 2010-present
Steven A. Smith Princeton, Ill. Army H 1975-79 Died Oct. 6, 2001
Jonathan Solorio DePue, Ill. Army National Guard H 2003-present
Vernon Sondgeroth Princeton, Ill. Army H 1969-70
Daniel J. Spanos Jr. DePue, Ill. Army H 1970-71
Daniel J. Spanos Sr. DePue, Ill. Army H 1945-47 Died Dec. 20, 2009
Jack Spanos DePue, Ill. Navy H 1957-61
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Mike Spanos DePue, Ill. Navy H 1987-91
Toby P. Spanos Bureau, Ill. Navy H 1997-present
Henry Spayer DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1942-45 Died Nov. 6, 2006
Raymond Spayer DePue, Ill. Army H 1941-45
Stanley J. Spayer DePue, Ill. Marines H 1947-51
Walter G. Spayer DePue, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Oct. 26, 2000
James E. Spratt Ohio, Ill. Army H 1958-62
Steven Spratt Sheffield, Ill. Navy H 1967-70
John E. Sprowls Farmington, Ill.; Coast Guard H 1942-45; Army H 1950-52; Died Jan. 15, 2009
Robert E. Sprowls Sheffield, Ill. National Guard H 1946-52 Army H 1952-54
William H. Sprowls Sheffield, Ill. Army Air Force H 1943-45 Died in 1984
Lyle G. Squires Kasbeer, Ill. Air Force H Korean
Jerry D. Stabler Neponset, Ill. Air Force H 1971-75
James L. Stamberger LaMoille, Ill. Marine Corps H 1956-58 Died Feb. 6, 2012
Lester K. Stamberger LaMoille, Ill. Army H 1954-56 Died Sept. 12, 1984
Glenn Stamerjohn Peoria, Ill. Air Force H 1954-57 Died May 29, 2002
Danny Steele Jr. DePue, Ill. Army H 1993-present
Danny Steele Sr. DePue, Ill. Army H 1963-65
Jim Stein DePue, Ill Army H 1940-45 Died July 3, 1999
Lawrence Stephenson Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1944-46 Died May 16, 1993
Danny L. Stetson Neponset, Ill. Army H 1970-72
Donald S. Stetson Neponset, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died March 30, 2004
Patrick Stillwell Wyanet, Ill. Air Force/Army H 1969-99
Gary Stocking Ohio, Ill. Marines H 1963-67
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Jeff Stocking Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1989-93
Carrie Freeman Stokes New Bedford, Ill. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, H 1996-present
George “Buck” Stone Jr. Neponset, Ill. Army H 1944-46 Died July 9, 2013
Roy G. Stone Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1942-45
James E. Strattan Buda, Ill. Army H 1942-46 Died March 19, 2002
Leonard Ellis Strattan Navy H World War I Died March 13, 1963
William Strunk Tiskilwa Air Force H 1950-59 Died April 30, 1959
Alan E. Stuepfert LaMoille, Ill. Army H 1962-64 Died Oct. 10, 2010
Gerald A. Sturtewagen Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1951-53 Died Jan. 25, 1996
Frank R. Suarez DePue, Ill. Army/Reserves H 1960-95 Died Nov. 15, 2003
Manuel V. Suarez DePue, Ill. Army H 1940-45 Died July 28, 2003
Nicole Suarez DePue, Ill. Air Force H 2003-present
Marvin B. Sullivan Ohio, Ill. Air Force H 1942-75 Died Aug. 26, 2013
Lyle A. Summers Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1951-54
Kenneth Sutherland Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1974-76
Roger N. Swan Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-45
Jack “Dan” Swanlund Princeton, Ill. National Guard H 1986-95
Gail Swanson Manlius, Ill. Marines H 1951-54
James A. Swanson Arlington, Ill. Navy H 1963-66
John W. Swanson Jr. Arlington, Ill. Air Force H 1956-67; Missing in action June 15, 1967
Richard W. Swanson Ohio, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Oct. 26, 2005
Scott A. Swanson San Jose, Calif. Air Force H 1979-2003
Carroll C. Taylor Glendale, Ariz. Army H 1940-43 Died July 17, 1993
Elmer L. Taylor Janesville, Wis. Army Air Corps H 1941-43 Died Dec. 13, 2003
Gary E. Taylor Wyanet, Ill. National Guard H 1970-76
James F. Taylor Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1964-66
LaVerne Taylor Princeton, Ill. National Guard H 1952-54 Died Jan. 14, 2009
Warren E. Taylor Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1948-69 Died Jan. 24, 2007
Charles Thomas Ohio, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died July 20, 1967
Danial Thompson Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1967-70
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Donna M. Thompson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1980-2001
Warren H. Thompson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-45
Woodrow Thompson Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1941-45
Clyde W. Titus Wyanet, Ill. Army H World War I Died Dec. 18, 1969
Gerald Toovey DePue, Ill. Army H 1954-57
Anthony “Tony” Torchia Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1951-55 Died Nov. 8, 1984
Ramon Torres DePue, Ill. Army H 1952-54
Denise D. (Mott) Torri Sterling, Ill. Air Force H 1986-89
Richard E. Torri DePue, Ill. Army H 1969-72
Emery “Rusty” Towne Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1943-45 Army H 1950-53
Kenneth R. Towne Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1952-56
Kirk Towne Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1984-88
Thomas L. Towne Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1946-54
Burton J. Townsend Princeton, Ill. Army H 1966-68
James B. Townsend Princeton, Ill. Marines H 1990-94
Steven M. Townsend Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 1998-2002
William L. Townsend Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1990-94
David A. Trowbridge New Jersey Army H Civil War Died July 4, 1899
Ellwood Trowbridge Sr. New Jersey Army H World War I Died Dec. 17, 1941
Thomas “Bud” Truedson Sheffield, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1942-45 Died. Feb. 21, 2003
Thomas Tumbleson Princeton, Ill. Army H 1966-68
Leonard Turner Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1942-66 Died March 27, 1978
Morgan Turner DePue, Ill. Army H 1941-45
Clarence “Bud” Turpen Bureau, Ill. Army Air Corps H 1938-46 Died in January 1986
David Underwood Princeton, Ill. Army H 1969-72
Roy Underwood Jr. Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1951-54
Roger E. Vail Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1942-45 Died Nov. 29, 1980
Alexandra Valles DePue, Ill. Air Force H 2009-present
Eugene VanCauwenberge Sheffield, Ill. Army H 1943-45 Died Jan. 7, 2009
Caryll R. VanDeusen Manlius, Ill. Army H World War II Died April 13, 1977
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Jessica (Morman) Varela Manlius, Ill. Army H 2005-09
Henry Varland Princeton Ill. Marine Corp. H 1965-68
Eric Vasquez DePue, Ill. Navy H 1989-97
Raymond Vasquez DePue, Ill. Air Force H 1960-66 Died Aug. 16, 2002
Clifford E. Vaughn Tiskilwa, Ill. Army Air Force H 1942-45 Died Nov. 3, 2010
Christopher Vega DePue, Ill. Navy H 1943-45
Raymond J. Vega DePue, Ill. Navy H 1943-46 Died Dec. 22, 2012
Jay N. Verbout Neponset, Ill. Army H 1969-71
John E. Verbout Neponset, Ill. Air Corps H 1941-45
Raymond Vetter Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1942-45
Calvin C. Vincent Kasbeer, Ill. Army H 1946-67 Died June 22, 1996
Harry A. Volant Ladd, Ill. Army H 1943-45
Edward I. Waca Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1967-69
William Waca Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died Sept. 21, 2005
Derek Wagner Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 2010-present
George “Skip” Walker LaMoille, Ill. Army H 1943-46 Died April 29, 2002
Clarence Wallace Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1941-45 Died Sept. 23, 1963
James K. Wallace Princeton, Ill. National Guard H 2000-06
Lloyd W. Wallace Wyanet, Ill. Navy H World War II Died in 2004
William T. Walters Wyanet, Ill. Marines H 1943-46
Noel Warkins Wyanet, Ill. Army National Guard H 2003-present
Bill Warling Walnut, Ill. Navy H 1952-56 Died Jan. 8, 2010
John H. Warling Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1976-93 Died in 1993
Robert Warling Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1951-54 Died Aug. 31, 2016
Charles R. Warren Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1945-47
Joe Warren Princeton, Ill. Army H 1951-53
Bill Waterhouse Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-46
Chad Waterhouse Ohio, Ill. Army H 1991-93
Patrick A. Weaver New Windsor, Ill. Marines H 2001-04
Dave Webber Sparland, Ill. Marines H 2011-present
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Amy (Waca) Wedekind Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1990-97
John “Jack” Weeks LaMoille, Ill. Navy H 1956-57 Died Dec. 19, 2000
Mitchell Welsh Princeton, Ill. Marines H 2007-10
Charles Wertz Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1964-66 Died in 1976
Bob West Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1952-54
Donald R. West Jr. Charlotte, N.C. Air Force H 1979-81
Donald R. West Peoria, Ill. Navy/Army H 1947-64 Died in 2007
Harry West Tiskilwa, Ill. Army H 1917-19 Died March 24, 1986
Mervyn F. West Princeton, Ill. Army Air Force H World War II Died in 1975
Ralph West Peoria, Ill. Army Air Force H World War II Died in 1972
Reginald F. West Peoria, Ill. Army H World War I Died in 1978
Roger West Wyanet, Ill. Army H 1957-59
Thomas L. West Niles, Ill. Army H 1969-71
W. Dean Whipple Buda, Ill. Army/Air Force H 1941-45
Clarence White Kewanee, Ill. Army H 1943-45
Raymond E. White Ohio, Ill. Air Force H 1960-68
David Williams Navy H 1945
Lee G. Williams Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-45 Died Sept. 9, 2016
Marshall Willis Princeton, Ill. Air Force H 2010-present
Bill Wimbiscus Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1945-46 Died May 14, 2013
Bob Wimbiscus Spring Valley, Ill. Air Force H 1963-66 Died May 8, 1977
Donald Wimbiscus North Tonawanda, N.Y. Army-Air Corps H 1939-45 Died Sept. 8, 2011
James Wimbiscus Spring Valley, Ill. Army H 1962-66
Jude “Dalton” Wimbiscus Spring Valley, Ill. Navy H 1963-65
Kyle Wolf Princeton, Ill. Navy H 2003-06
Dustin Wolford Princeton, Ill. Navy H 1999-2007
William Wood Wyanet, Ill. Air Force H 1943-45 Died June 17, 2002
Larry Woodley Manlius, Ill. Army H 1961-63
Paige Woolley Princeton, Ill. Marines H 2014-present
David A. Workman Tiskilwa, Ill. Marines H 1990-95
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 • Salute To Veterans
Walter E. Worstall Bureau, Ill. Army H 1918-1919 and 1943-46 Died Jan. 4, 1946
Everett L. Wright Princeton, Ill. Army H 1942-46 Died Feb. 21, 1997
Scott A. Wright Sheffield, Ill. Army National Guard H 1986-92
Daniel C. Yandel Wyanet, Ill. Navy H 1960-66
Charles L. Yarrington Bureau, Ill. Army H 1918-19 Died March 15, 1960
Edgar J. Yarrington Arispie Township, Ill. Army H 1918-19 Died April 23, 1936
Jerry Yarrington Bureau, Ill. Army H 1962-64
Robert F. Yarrington Putnam, Ill. Navy H World War II and Korea; Died May 24, 1980
Frank Yohn Princeton, Ill. Army Signal Corps H 1951-53
Dennis Yuvan DePue, Ill. Army H 1964-66 Died in 2015
Frank L. Zickar DePue, Ill. Army H 1952-54 Died Nov. 20, 2008
James Ziegler Ladd, Ill. Marines H 1957-59 Died Aug. 20, 1983
FLAGS OF FREEDOM A TRIBUTE TO HONOR THE PAST, PRESENT , AND FUTURE MEMBER OF OUR ARMED FORCES The Flags of Freedom committee, a non-profit organization, has been re-established in July of 2016 in order to support the four large flags in Princeton, Illinois in Bureau County. These 30 foot x 60 foot flags are hung from 153 foot poles at the intersection of Interstate 80 and Route 26. The committee is working to raise funds to ensure that these flags remain flying. The weather is very harsh on the flags. We do try to lower them or take them down completely when there is inclement weather to prevent them from getting torn. The flags are expensive costing $1365.00 each. Our current committee consists of approximately 15 members who are diligently trying to get donations to “keep the flags flying”. The original “Flags of Freedom” committee was started in 2004. They wanted to have a memorial in honor of all veterans and their families. It was decided that they would attempt to raise enough money to buy the flags and the poles. This committee raised over $320,000.00 by donations and fund raising events. The flags and poles were then purchased and were professionally installed. In 2007 the City of Princeton took over the responsibility of maintaining the flags and the poles. In July, 2016 the City of Princeton made the statement that they needed help funding the cost of the flags and infrastructure. Since no tax money is used to support this program, some funding comes from the tourism fund. A group met with the city council and discussed that a new committee was going to be formed to try to raise funds to help support the flags. The City of Princeton has agreed to maintain daily maintenance and minor infrastructure repairs. The City will purchase two flags annually. We are in the process of trying to get supporters to buy a flag on an annual basis. If someone cannot afford to do that, donations of any amount can be made to help purchase the flags and ‘KEEP THEM FLYING’. This is a great tribute to all of our veterans, past, present, and future. The Flags of Freedom Committee If you want to “KEEP THE FLAGS FLYING”, please fill out the attached pledge card and submit to: Flags of Freedom PO BOX 283 Princeton, IL 61356 For more information contact: Tom Root@ 815-872-2351
FLAGS OF FREEDOM PLEDGE
Daniel D. Zimmer Princeton, Ill. Army National Guard H 2006-2012
Joseph Zoran DePue, Ill. Army H 1941-45
Ralph G. Zurliene Princeton, Ill. Army H 1943-45 Died June 10, 2001
In support of the Flags of Freedom Fund, I/We gift the sum on $____________. Bill me for my one-time gift of $__________ on (date) __________________ I/We wish to contribute other than cash or check. Please contact me. The acknowledgement and subsequent listing of gift should appear as follow: Name (s):____________________________________________________ Address:________________________ City:________________________ Zip:________________ Phone:________________________________ Mail or Return Pledge to: Flags of Freedom, 605 Elm Place, Princeton IL Check here if you DO NOT wish your name to be published as a contributor to this Flags of Freedom. SM-PR1466170