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Charles Akin

Edward R. Aldrich

Leroy E. Aldrich

Nickalous N. Aldrich

Jon Allen

Kenneth Allen

Lester Allen

Richard J. Allen

Bryanna Andersen

Morris, IL Army H 1963-1969

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1971

Aurora, IL Navy H 1943-1946 Died Sept. 29, 2011

Amarillo, TX Marines H 2004 Died Aug. 27, 2004

South Wilmington, IL Army H 1969-1971

Coal City, IL Army H 1952

South Wilmington, IL Navy H 1943-1946

Livingston, CA Navy H 1965-1971

Minooka, IL Army H 2007-present

Brooklyn Baudino Anderson

Ariel Anderson

Carl E. Anderson

Dan Anderson

Daniel Anderson

Glen Anderson

Kevin Anderson

Paul A. Anderson

Ralph Anderson

Morris, IL Army H 2016-present

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Nov. 26, 2008

Fort Dodge, IA Army Air Corp. H 1941-45 Died Oct. 21, 2001

Coal City, IL Army H 1962-1963

Dwight, IL Marines H 2005-2010

Lisbon, IL Army H 1941-1945

Morris, IL Navy H 1985-1989

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died June 8, 2011

Seneca, IL Army H 1943-1945

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By JON RINGER Special to the Morris Herald-News The adventure spans over 100 years and four generations. It has three characters. And a couple of costume changes.

stage, they asked me to stay. They had a gift for me. Modern Cleaners was a family owned business and they were still going strong all these years later. Someone checked to find that they still had all those unclaimed bright green hockey sweaters. George’s was marked with his name. Sixty-five years later, it looked brand new. They found the son of the team captain. He had inherited all the hockey sticks with the names on them. And, they got a puck from that 1948 title game. They sawed down the stick and put it all in an air tight display with George’s picture. Yikes! I was very touched. I thought about what my parents had gone through in the 1930s and 40s. And how that hockey game put closure to the previous 19 years of the Depression and the War. Fast forward again. Another seven years. Grady and his aunt (my niece), went to a semi-pro hockey game. Grady loved it and had to know more about the sport. His aunt told him, “Your great grandfather was a good hockey player. But, that’s all I know. Jon is coming for a visit next week. We’ll ask him about George.” Our house is pretty tidy. No thanks to me and the cat. I certainly wouldn’t want to leave my birth certificate laying around if I expected to see it again. That said, I figured this would be a good time to do my part in eliminating clutter. I went to Iowa with the large display case containing the sweater, hockey stick and puck. I told Grady the story and he listened quietly. Then, I asked if he would be in charge of the artifacts. I

suggested that there was no better person to have them... and maybe keep the story alive for another 73 years. He walked over and gave me a sincere hug. Many of America’s wars have a common thread. They were fought by Citizen Soldiers who had better things to do, but took up the cause. Although the battles shaped the personalities and values of those volunteers and draftees, the military service did not define who they were. Their service was an unselfish act of interrupting their lives, protecting our country, and ‘hitchhiking’ back to their friends and families. George was a good athlete and became a good warrior. He was a good dad who loved his family and a good citizen until the day he died. I suspect Grady is the guy to keep those values alive. When George’s ship took that Kamikaze attack, they shot down one of the suicide planes. They recovered the body of the pilot and found a letter from the Japanese Emperor in the flight jacket. George’s commanding officer had the letter translated and printed copies for every sailor on board. George put the letter above his workbench in our basement... but no one else ever read it or even knew what it was. The letter stayed there for nearly 60 years. When the house was sold, my sister and I gently took it down, grasped its significance, and had it laminated. It is kept with a couple things from my war that still touch my soul. And it’s kept with respect for all veterans on this day.

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he was seven, I asked him what he knew about the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. We talked for an hour. The son of a coach, he can also talk GEORGE. Born when the sports with ease and insight. Tsar still ruled Russia, he grew up After the war, they gave George in a small town in Iowa during the a train ticket to Minneapolis. He Great Depression. He was a very hitchhiked back to Iowa and began good athlete who ran the quarter his post war life. Most of the guys mile... taught himself to be a solid on the hockey team returned as golfer... was a star with the bat, well. They were all pretty busy on the mound, and in the field for the first couple of years, but with the local fast pitch softball in 1947, they were reminiscing team, and even won the City Ten- about their championship glory. nis Tournament. But his love was Someone suggested they could hockey. His amateur team won do it again. Please realize that 30 the State Championship in 1941. year-old guys didn’t usually play He and the prettiest girl in town contact sports in the 1940s. But fell in love and planned to elope they decided it was a good idea. on Dec. 12 that year. When I was two and a half when they Japan bombed Pearl Harbor five won the 1947-1948 Iowa Amadays before the wedding, he and teur State Hockey Championship. Betty knew it would be a short I have few skills, but I have a good honeymoon. memory. I saw my dad sitting in a All the hockey guys headed chair for two days ... moaning and off to war. He went to the Navy. groaning, I would guess the other Twenty two months in the North guys were not much better off. Atlantic where his ship engaged The next week, they took their German U Boats. He came home hockey sweaters to Modern Dry to San Francisco and was told his Cleaners. They said, “Clean these war was over. So, Betty took the up and store them away.” train west to see him. She got We’ll let you know if we need pregnant and he got orders for the them again next year. The team South Pacific. never went back for the sweat He spent nearly a year advancers. They had sandwiched two ing toward Japan and his ship State Championships around the took a Kamikaze attack. Betty War. They decided that would be came home to await the birth of enough. the first ‘Baby Boomer’ the follow- Fast forward 65 years. It’s my ing summer. 50th high school reunion. I was NOT the star athlete, but I could ME. I’m not important to the say funny stuff when I was in high story, but I’m the catalyst. school. So, my class asked me to GRADY. Now nine. George’s speak. I talked about how blessed our generation had been to have great grandson. Incredibly...INCREDIBLY... bright. Loves sports, been raised by ‘The Greatest Generation’. history, and major battles. When As I was about to walk off the

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Grundy County Veterans Legacy Center and Museum By Allison Selk

Carter Corsello had a vision to capture the legacy of veterans from Grundy County through photos, stories and artifacts, and that vision came to fruition in the Grundy County Veterans Legacy Center and Museum. Four years ago, after visiting a war museum in Pontiac, Corsello, a retired Army officer, decided to make the empty space on the second floor of the Morris American Legion Post 294 more usable and to build a place to honor veterans from Grundy County. He wanted the center to not only feature veterans from the American Legion, but from all over the county with legacy as one of the key words – his goal was to tell the story of the veterans, honor veterans by learning about history and educate about those who served. “Coinciding with this, I decided to become the historian at the Legion. I filled a table with the basics, the very beginning. I talked to professors and museum guys and they said most museums start with one table and they get better exhibits and grow,” Corsello said. Corsello cleaned up the stairwell, added a chair lift and made the space a place to gather stories for generations to explore. He has received donations from people who currently live in the area, and some from those who wish to honor a loved one who served in the military. He has archived, copied and made books out of a myriad of pieces of history as well as created displays with the donations. The walls and rooms have come alive with military history from war and peace time, and time spans of centuries. He shared the notes of a postcard from Frank Perucca of Morris at Great Lakes U.S. Naval Training Center to Tom Feehan of Morris in 1945. The post card writes: “Tom, Boy I can’t wait ‘till you get here. Got here to late for chow, have yet to eat, nothing to sleep on but springs, no equipment of any kind and it doesn’t

seem as if we’re getting anywhere. You’ll love it, Frank.” Corsello said of the postcard, “Why do veterans talk about the most miserable training events like boot camp with the fondest language. It’s the commonality of service to one’s nation. Common misery of those that serve…we are all in it together so make the best out of it.” Mark Stevens of Morris brought in one of the newest pieces, a footlocker owned by his great grandfather, William Zschau of Dwight, who was stationed at Ft. Bliss from 1916 to 1918. Stevens, who spent 23 years in the Air Force, told the story that after Pancho Villa killed 17 people in Mexico, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson contacted Army General John J. Pershing to take a unit into Mexico to find Villa and bring him to justice. His great grandfather was part of that unit as an ambulance driver. Villa was not found on that mission and after his time at Ft. Bliss, Zschau returned to Dwight and ran the greenhouse. “This has been in my basement for 30 years. I thought this was appropriate to donate, I’m a resident of Grundy County and my great grandfather lived in the area,” Stevens said of the donation. Corsello even archived his personal Hamm radio tapes from two phone calls to his mother when he served in Somalia. His mother asked how he was doing and if he wanted her to send flowers to his girlfriend because it was Valentine’s Day. “I told her no as a joke, then said yes, go ahead. She didn’t hear it. Mom called two weeks later and said she cancelled the flowers for my girlfriend because I said no,” Corsello said. The public can visit the Grundy County Veterans Legacy Center and Museum located at the Morris American Legion Post 294, 212 W. Washington, from 8 to 10 a.m. on Wednesdays. Corsello has hopes to

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William R. Anderson

Ronald Andrae

Raymond R. Andreae

Norman H. Appleton

Ken Arneson

Robert L. Arnsdorff

Lloyd Arthur

Robert Ashbaugh

Lisbon, IL Army H 1953-1955

Wilmington, IL Navy H 1974-1995

Barrington, IL Navy H 1955-1959 Died Oct. 1, 2010

Morris, IL Army H 1954-1956

Coal City, IL Marines H 1953-1956 Died May 29, 2011

Morris, IL Navy H 1946-1948

Morris, IL Air Force H 1951-1955

Verona, IL Navy H 1945-1946 Died April 16, 2007

Verona, IL Navy H 1965-1970 Deceased

Alfred Austino

Kirk Babcock

Lowell Babcock

Max M. Babcock

Verne E. Babcock

Elwyn Baker

Aloysius Ballun

Marshall L. Bardell

Arthur Ronald Barker

H. Michael Bates

Ransom, IL Army H 1950-1952

Morris, IL Air Force H 1987-2009

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953 Died Jan. 12, 2010

Morris, IL Army H 1960-1966 Died Aug. 20, 2012

Morris, IL Air Force H 1959-1965 Died Feb. 2011

Mazon, IL Army H 1944-1946

Elwood, IL Army H 1943-1946 Died Aug. 25, 1991

Stockton, IL Army H 1958-1960

Robert Barkley

Andy Barla

Brian Barla

Jerry Barla

Louis Barla

Rob Barla

Edward D. Basham

Matthew D. Basham

Seneca, IL Navy H 1942-1945 Died 1994

Arvin Battersby

Carl T. Bauter

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1970

Braidwood, IL Army H 1965 – 1967 Died June 24, 2019

Seneca, IL Navy H 1985-1989

Seneca, IL Navy H 1956-1959

Cherokee Village, AR Marines H 1956-1959

Marseilles, IL Navy H 1992-1996

Braidwood, IL Army H 1952-1954

Coal City, IL Navy H 2005-2009

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968

Jeff Beck

Todd Beck

Richard Becker

Dalton R. Bednarik

Edward R. Bednarik

Gerald Bednarik

Harry Behrens

Morris, IL Army H 1972-1975

Morris, IL Navy H 2009-2015

Minooka, IL Army H 1963-1966 Died July 5, 2016

Morris, IL Navy H 1942-1944 Died July 28, 1964

Morris, IL Navy H 1967-1971

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1946

Morris, IL Army Air BorneH1943-45 Died 2002

Ronald K. Belt

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1946 Died March 21, 1970

Donald Bekker

Morris, IL Marines H WWII & Korea Died Dec. 11, 2008

Gregory L. Bell

Morris, IL Marines H 1988-1992 Desert Storm

Harold Bell

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1954

Kenneth Bell

Morris, IL Marines H 1953-1956

Robert Bell

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953 Died Aug. 4, 1972

Ronald L. Bell

Morris, IL Marines H 1952-1953

Gerald Belt

Morris, IL Army H 1957-1959

Charles L. Benbrooks

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1956-1957

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Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968 Died Aug. 29, 2011

Poplar Bluff, MO Army H 1965-1968

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Earl Benge

George S. Benger

Butch Benson

Clarence Benson

Earl Benson

Ed Benson

George Keith Benson II

Ronald Benson

Sven Benson

Coal City, IL Marines H 1944-1946 Died Dec. 23, 2009

Kissimmee, FL Air Force H 1966-1970

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1970

Newark, IL Army H WWII Died 1985

Morris, IL Navy H 1945-1946 Died Oct. 29, 2002

Newark, IL Army H 1917-1919 Died Nov. 16, 1971

Coal City, IL Army H 1966-1968 Died Oct. 28, 2008

Mazon, IL Army H 1957-1959

Newark, IL Army H 1917-1919 Died 1945

John Berg

Orland Berg

John Bertot

Dennis Best

George Bexson

Edward Beyer

Joseph A. Bien

Jospeh P. Bien

Alvin Biros

Morris, IL Army H 1917-1919 Died June 22, 1978

Minooka, IL Army H 1943-1946

Coal City, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died April 23, 2009

Morris, IL Army H 1970-1972

Gardner, IL Army H 1958-1961

Joliet, IL Army H 1955-1958

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died July 1, 2000

Green Valley, AZ Army H 1969-1970 Died Feb. 14, 2004

Seneca, IL Army Air Force H 1942-44 Died March 4, 1994

Michael Biros

August Black

Brian Black

Robert “Bob” Blaine

John A. Blake

Warren Blake

William “Bud” Blake Morris, IL Army H 1944-1946 Died Oct. 21, 2006

William L. Blake

Morris, IL Calvary Vet Corp.H1918-1919 Died May 26, 1973

Stephen V. Bliefield

Verona, IL Air Force H 2008-present

Don Born

Ervin Born

John Born

Seneca, IL Marines H 1969-1971 Died March 13,1997

Morris, IL Military Intelligence Army H 1941-1945

Morris, IL Navy H 2003-2007

Coal City, IL Army H 1957-1959 Died June 20, 2007

Morris, IL Army Air Corp. H 1946-47 Died Feb. 5, 2002

Morris, IL Army H 1945-1946 Died June 30, 2011

Micheal W. Bogart

Bruce A. Boling

Leon Bonneur

Robert Borgstrom

Bob Born

Brad Born

Joliet, IL Marines H 1973-1977

Mazon, IL Air Force H 1991-present

Morris, IL Army H 1956-1966 Died Oct. 10, 2015

Morris, IL Navy H 1959-1964

Coal City, IL Marines H 1973-1977

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1971-1975

Coal City, IL Marines H 1943-1946 Died Dec. 15, 2006

Coal City, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died June 1, 2009

Coal City, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died March 9, 2010

Ray Born

William Boswell

Bernard Bounds

Richard Bradley

Richard L. Bradley

John E. Brady

LeRoy W. Brady

Leroy Brandt

George Brayton

Coal City, IL Army/Air ForceH1939-45 Died Aug. 13, 1991

Seneca, IL Army, Nat’l Guard H 2011-present

Bloomington, IL Marines H 1965-1967

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Aug. 18, 2009

Morris, IL Army H 1962-1965

Morris, IL Marines H 1943-1946

Northlake, IL Army H 1964-1966 Died March 22, 2014

Coal City, IL Navy H 1943-1946 Died June 11, 2001

Morris, IL Navy H 1951-1955


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Morris, IL Army H 1952-1954

Joliet, IL Army H 1966-1968

Raymond P. Brenczewski Joliet, IL Army H WWII Died 2004

Joliet, IL Air Force H 1986-2006

Morris, IL Army H 1974-1975

Coal City, IL Army National Guard H 2006-present

Morris, IL Army H 2006-2008

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953

Morris, IL Army H 1956-1976 Died Aug. 7, 2009

Walter D. Britz

Joe Brochman

Rhode J. Bronk

Robert E. Brooks I

William L. Brooks

John Broucek

George Brown

Robert D. Brown

Robert E. Brown

Hugh Brennan

Andrew R. Brewer

Andrew W. Brian

Donald E. Bright

Lonnie Briley

Stillwater, MN Army H 1954-1956

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968

Morris, IL Army H 1939-1945 Died March 14, 1963

Gardner, IL Navy Reserves H 1956-1962

Braceville, IL Army H 1954-1956

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1964 Died June 6, 2007

Zephyr Hills, FL Army H 1951-1953

Morris IL Air ForceH1943-46, 1950-51 Died Sept. 1987

Nate Buck

Bruce Burkhart

Melvin Butler

Charles G. Butterfield, Sr. Morris, IL Army H 1946-1947 Died Feb. 25, 2005

William Butterfield

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1946 Died March 19,1996

Agnes LaDelle Byers Braceville, IL Navy H 1943-1945 Died 2010

Robert A. Byers

Braceville, IL Marines H 1943-1945 Died 2002

Emil Buberle

Coal City, IL Navy H 1943-1946 Died April 23, 2006

Charles L. Bumgardner

Carbon Hill, IL Army H 1967-1969

Jeff Alan Burchfield

Jeff Alan Burchfield

Gene Burd

Carl B. Burkett

Arthur Burns

Walter Burns

Coal City, IL Air Force H 2016-present

Mazon, IL Army Air Corp. H 1942-46 Air Force H 1946-1979

Toledo, OH Navy H 1945-1949

Kenneth E. Bunker

Francis A. Bunton

John Patrick Bunton

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Aug. 24, 1972

Coal City, IL Navy H 1944-1945 Died April 19, 1966

Coal City, IL Marines H 1973-1975

Morris, IL Air Force H 1989-1994

Morris, IL Army H 2001-present

Plano, IL Navy H 1963-1967

Morris, IL Navy H 1942-1945 Died Jan. 1, 1999

Coal City, IL Army Air Corps, WWII H 1942-1945 Died Jan. 10, 2002

Coal City, IL Army WWII H 1942-1945 Died Nov. 12, 2004

Catherine A. Canik

Edward L. Canik

Paul Canik

James P. Campbell

Dwight, IL Army H 1950 - 1952

Jack Cacello

South Wilmington, IL Army H 1970-1971

Pete Cacello

South Wilmington, IL Army H 1941-1945

Danny Cain

Morris, IL Air Force H 1942-1945 Died Dec. 11, 1968

Charles Callahan

Morris, IL Air Force H 1956-1959 Died Oct. 14, 2010

Daniel Callahan

Morris, IL Air Force H 1955-1958

Brodhead, WI Navy H 1968-1971

Homer Glen, IL Marines H 1942-1944 Died March 9, 2007

Morris, IL Navy H 1964-1967

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Joliet, IL Army H 1968-1970 Died April 3, 2005

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Charles Brehm


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Morris VFW Post 6049 Keeps Afloat During Covid-19 By Allison Selk

In March 2020, the Morris VFW Post 6049 closed its doors for business in response to COVID-19 mandates, let go of 11 staff and did not return to business until early July, but strong business and money management kept it afloat. “When we got the word to shut down, we had to look at the bookings in the banquet hall, the Queen of Hearts game was frozen, and the bar shut down,” post Commander Jerry Zeborowski said. Although the post did not have payroll due to the shutdown, bills such as heat, lights, insurance, water, sewer, taxes, business license and more were still due. Revenue was also lost due to event cancellations in the hall. Zeborowski said some rescheduled, others were refunded money. Zeborowski said he did not seek a loan to cover costs, because the Queen of Hearts game, video poker, pool tables and the busy bar gave them the cushion needed to pay the bills through lost revenue. “We are doing ok. I was wise enough to understand we need to have a bank account. I didn’t want to get caught not being able to pay

bills.” Zeborowski said. Over the past few years the Morris VFW has undergone major upgrades to bring the 1966 building up to current codes, replacing signs, siding, parking lot, bars, electrical, bathrooms, floors, kitchen and windows. Zeborowski said the post received an energy grant from ComEd to use LED lights, and heat and air units are maintained on a schedule to make the older structure more energy efficient. Zeborowski said these upgrades have led to less fix-it projects, which saved money in repairs – a must when the business was shut down for almost four months. When the Morris VFW reopened in July, all staff were asked to come back, but the business would not be the same. Zeborowski said the food and prep costs were too high, so food service was suspended except for the Friday Fish Fry. Due to mandates, the number of patrons allowed changed from 250 down to 50 in the banquet hall, and from 200 down to 50 in the bar. “The busy nights we used to have are non-existent anymore; it’s a big financial loss. We are slowly coming back, but nowhere near where we

were before the pandemic,” Zeborowski said. The Queen of Hearts game and 50/50 raffle have returned to Monday nights, Fridays are the Fish Fry and Karaoke, the bar has TV, sports games and video poker, all back for the patrons. “With the Fish Fry Friday, we will make a few bucks on it and provide something for the public to come to. We have a lot of repeat customers, including my wife and myself. We are serving a good product, people will come back,” Zeborowski said. On top of the finances for the business end of the Morris VFW, the post contributes to the community in several ways. Some have stopped and others have been able to survive due to surplus funds. The Voice of Democracy high school and Patriots Pen elementary scholarships will remain sine they are funded through an endowment with the Community Foundation of Grundy County. The VFW also supports local sports teams, but with the teams shut down, that support has been held off, which offers a savings. The Morris VFW supports veterans at Thanksgiving with a donation of

enough groceries to get them through Thanksgiving to Christmas. Normally, this endeavor was funded through the sales of poppies, but the sale was cancelled. Zeborowski said the finances from the sales of past years will allow the veterans to continue to be fed. “Morris is a tremendous supporter of veterans,” Zeborowski said. “We have enough funds from years past and then we will hit it (poppy sales) hard in the spring to build up revenues.” Perhaps the hardest part of COVID-19 shut downs for the Morris VFW was the cancellation of its Memorial Day events in downtown Morris. Each year schools, clubs, businesses and veteran organizations march in a parade, which ends at the courthouse where speakers tell of their service or the service of a family member to a group gathered under the trees. This year on Memorial Day it was silent. “It’s sad. It’s a very special day as we honor those we lost in war and not being able to do that was disheartening,” Zeborowski said. “Overall, we were very fortunate,” Zeborowski said of the COVID-19 shutdown and mandates.

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Albert “Swede” Carlson Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1945 Died May 6, 2001

Kinsman, IL Air ForceH1941-45, 52-53 Died Feb. 1998

Morris, IL Marines H 1969-1972

Frank Cheshareck

Louis Bernard Cheshareck

William Cheshareck

Willie Cheshareck

Morris, IL Army H 1943-1946 Died June 17, 2013

Morris, IL Marines H 1953-1955 Died July 7, 2009

Morris, IL Army Air ForceH1946-49 Died April 15, 1955

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Leonard S. Carlson

Morris, IL Army H 1945-1946 Died Feb. 27, 2010

Robert S. Carlson

Morris, IL Army H WWII Died Feb. 7, 1997

Eric Carriger

Ralph Chamness

Ralph T. Chandler

Chapin, IL Marines H 2006-2011

Edward J. Cepiel, Sr.

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953 Died June 20, 2011

Bridget Lenzie Cermak Coal City, IL IL Nat’l Guard H 1990-1996

Reddick, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died June 2006

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died 1980

Richard “Riz” Chouinard

Milford Christianson

Ron Cingrani

John Clampitt

Evan E. Clark

Morris, IL Air Force H 1942-1953 Died July 19, 2016

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Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Feb. 28, 1982

Morris, IL Navy H 1964-1967

Morris, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died March 6, 2002

Gardner, IL Army H 1955-1957

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Candace M. Clay

Christine M. Clay

Matthew R. Clay

Minooka, IL Navy H 2002-2013

Minooka, IL Navy H 2005-2010

Minooka, IL Marines H 2004-2013

Robert E. Cohenour

Noble E. Collins

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1947 Died July 31, 1985

Bob Coleman

Morris, IL Army H 1961-1967

Minooka, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died January 20, 1997

Joseph Corsello

Thomas F. Costello

Douglas Cotter

Chester Claypool

Jared Claypool

John LeRoy Claypool

Lester Claypool

Rodney A. Clements

Jack Cobb

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died May 2001

Morris, IL Marines H 2003-2004

Morris, IL Army H 1958-1960

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died May 25,1980

Morris, IL Marines H 1968-1972 Died May 21, 2007

Glen Allen, MO Air Force H 1951-1955

Edward “Ted” Conley

Chad Cook

Daniel R. Cook, Sr.

Orin C. Cooper

Clemer Corn

S. Carter Corsello

Morris, IL Navy H 1941-1945 Died Dec. 16, 2007

Morris, IL Army H 1991-present

Morris, IL Army H 1967-1969

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953

Braidwood, IL Navy H 1942-1947

Morris, IL Army H 1988-2010

Daniel P. Cox

Dean W. Cox

Robert Craig

Don Crater

Walter Cripe

Paul Crisman

Morris, IL Army H 1952-1954

Morris, IL Navy H 1942-1945 Died July 4, 2003

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1970

Branson, MO Navy H 1980-1983

Rockdale, IL Army H 1985-1988

Morris, IL Army H 1953-1954

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1952-1956 Died April 11, 2009

Cedar Lake, MN Air Force H 1968-1972

Morris, IL Air Force H 1987-1992 Navy H 2000-2003

George Cromwell

William Cromwell

Andy Cronin

Curtis Cronin

Joshua Crosby

James K. Cryder

Harold H. Cunning

Bill G. Daniels

Curtis Danielson

Mazon, IL Army H 1950-1958 Died April 21, 1980

Mazon, IL Coast Guard H 1942-44 Died Dec. 23, 1983

Dwight, IL Navy H active

Dwight, IL Navy H 1998-2011

Seneca, IL Army H 2004-present

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953 Died July 15, 2010

So. Wilmington, IL Air Force H 1951-1953

Coal City, IL Army H 1951-1953

Marseilles, IL Army H 1946-1948 Died Jan. 7, 1982

Jerome Danielson

Robert Darin

Eugene W. Datti

Bernard C. Davidson

John R. “Jack” Davidson

Maurice R. “Buck” Davidson

Mark Davis

Matthew Davis

Robert Davis

Marseilles, IL Army H 1941-1946 Died Sept. 6, 1948

Morris, IL Marines H 1975-1979

Marseilles, IL Army H 1965-1967

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1961 Died March 15, 1981

Morris, IL Navy H 1946-1948 Died Sept. 15, 1991

Morris, IL Army H 1944-1946 Died April 25, 1994

Joliet, IL Army H 2003-present

Joliet, IL Army H 2005-present

Morris, IL Army H 1962-1964


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Morris, IL Navy H 2005-present

Ryan P. Davisson

Minooka, IL Navy H 2005-present

Joseph L. Davito

Coal City, IL Army Air Force H 1943-45 Died July 17, 2001

Lee J. Davito

Coal City, IL Army H 1972-1975

Elvin Davy

Harry Davy

Neil E. Davy

Juan R. De Leon

Glenn G. Dearth

Coal City, IL Army H 1945-1946 Died Nov. 22, 2001

Morris, IL Navy H 1958-1964

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1968-1973

Seguin, TX Army H 1970-1973

Coal City, IL Navy H 1942-1945 Died Sept. 2003

Robert DeLong

Zachary D. DeLong

Rob Dettman

Irving DeWald

John N. Diederich

Glenn “Dutch” DeLong Dwight/Streator, IL Marines H Korea Died 1990s

Wilbert J. Dearth

Robert Lee Decker

Gary DeLong

Coal City, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died 1975

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died June 30, 2019

Dwight, IL Marines H 1968-1970

Albert Dinelli

Louis A. Dinelli

Mario D. Dinelli

Peter Dinelli

Dwight, IL Army H WWII Died 1994

Dwight, IL Marines H active

Morris, IL Army H 1997-2009

Coal City, IL Navy H 1957-1976

Morris, IL Army H 1958-1963

Terry Dingbaum

Tim Dippon

Raymond Dirker

Kyle Dite

Louis C. Dite

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died Nov. 21, 2011

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1944-1946 Died April 5, 2006

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died Oct. 2, 1981

Dubuque, IA Army H 1988-1991

Dwight, IL Marines H 2000-2004

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died April 6, 2003

Terre Haute, IN Army H 2009-present

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died April 15, 1967

Owen P. Dite

Raymond Dite

Richard A. Dite

James W. Dolan, Jr.

James Wayne Dolan

Pete Dolan

Terrence Donahue

John F. Doran

Andrew J. Downs

Joliet, IL Army H 1970-1972

Morris, IL Army H 1945-1946

Morris, IL Army H 1959-1960

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1969

Morris, IL Army H 1991-1996 Died Jan. 20, 1996

Diamond, IL Army H 1953-1956, 1962-1965

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968

Dwight, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died April 10, 1959

Channahon, IL Army H 1966-1969 Died Dec. 6, 2010

Jacob Downs

Michael A. Downs

Bob Drake

Dan Dransfeldt

Robert B. Duket

Carl Eugene Dummitt

Mike Dummitt

Peter Dummitt

David Dunlap

New Lenox, IL Army H 2013-present

Channahon, IL Army H 1990-2008

New Lenox, IL Marines H 1941-1946 Died Sept. 13, 1999

Morris, IL Army H 1969-1971

Rockford, IL Navy H 1942-1945 Died Feb. 13, 2005

Morris, IL Army H 1946-1947 Died May 4, 2006

Morris, IL Army H 1969-1972

Morris, IL Marines H 1964-1988

Dwight, IL Air Force H active

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So. Wilmington, IL Navy H 1942-1945 Died June 25, 2001

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Bob Durkee

Donald “Tink” Durkee Morris, IL Army H 1946-1948 Died 1993

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1946 Died Sept. 20, 2011

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1946 Died 1972

Donald Edmondson

Everett Egeland

Roy Egeland

Tyler Eichelberger

Morris, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died 2007

Erwin “Nick” Durkee

George Durkee

Jim Durkee

Vincent J. Eddy

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953 Died 1975

John Durkee

Morris, IL Army H 1953-1955 Died 1957

Henry (Hank) Dyer

David Edge

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953 Died Dec. 30, 2011

Morris, IL Air Force H 1965-1969

Ashland, MS Marines H 1966-1967

Jerry Einhaus, Sr.

Tom Einhaus

Kenneth D. Elberson

Louie Eliakis

Steve A. Eliakis

Minooka, IL Air Force H 1962-1966

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died March 7, 2005

Morris, IL Marines H 1943-1945

Diamond, IL Navy H 2009-2013

Seneca, IL Army H 1968-1970

Seneca, IL Navy H 1961-1981 Died July 14, 1986

Morris, IL Marines H 1960-1963

Morris, IL Army H 1954-1956

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died 1996

Derek W. Ellis

Dwayne L. Ellis

Derek Elsey

John R. Ely

Harion Enervold

Harris Enervold

Olaf Enervold

Richard Enervold

Burdett O. Enger

Ottawa, IL Navy H 1983-1988

Ottawa, IL Navy H 1956-1960

Dwight, IL Air Force H active

Mazon, IL Air Force H 1961-1964

Seneca, IL Marines H 1966-1970

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1946

Seneca, IL Marines H 1970-1974

Morris, IL Army H 1956-1958

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1946 Died June 20, 2005

Matt Enger

Raymond “Bud” Enger Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Dec. 1971

William English, Jr.

So. Wilmington, IL Army H WWII Died 1994

John Enrietta

Coal City, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died March 8, 1997

Dale B. Eslinger

Minooka, IL Army H 1968-1972

Roger Eslinger

Thomson, IL Air Force H 1962-1966 Died March 11, 2006

O. B. Evans

Gadsden, TN Army H 1952-1954 Died June 9, 2010

Wilmer “Bill” Falck Melvin, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Oct. 16, 2005

Joseph O. Fancher

Morris, IL Army Air ForceH1942-1945 Died 1976

Ersel Fannin

J. Marvin Fannin

Lloyd V. Fannin

Lloyd Fannin

Robert Fararre

John “Louie” Farber

John D. Farrero, Sr.

Richard Farrero

Leo Fatlan

Morris, IL Marines H 2007-2011

Camp Dix, KY Army H 1941-1945 Died Nov. 10, 2000

Morris, IL Air Force H 1949-1954 Died August 3, 2017

Morris, IL Army H 1949-1952 Died February 24, 2019

Morris, IL Army H 1944-1945 Died 1980

Marseilles, IL Army H 1979-1989

Morris, IL Marines H 2007-2011

Coal City, IL Navy H 1943-1948 Died Feb. 20, 1990

Coal City, IL Army H 1966-1968

Gardner, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Feb. 21, 2010


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Braceville, IL Army H 1953-1955 Died February 27, 2005

Bill Finfrock

Morris, IL Army H 1965-1967

James R. Feeney, Sr.

Elwood Ferguson

Richard J. Ferguson

Russell Ferguson

William M. Ferguson

Dominic Ferrari

Russell J. Finch

Morris, IL Navy H 1945-1946 Died 1980

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Oct. 28, 1971

Morris, IL Navy H 1945 Army H 1950-1952

Morris, IL Navy Air H 1950-1954

Morris, IL Marines H 1958-1961

Morris, IL Marines H 1951-1953

Gardner, IL Army H 1958-1960

Verona, IL Navy H 1940-1945 Died June 25, 1986

Daniel Finn

William Finn

Leonard R. Fioritto

Leonard Fioritto

Kevin Fischer

Dale W. Fitch

Gary P. Fitzmaurice

Maurice Fleetwood

Coal City, IL Army H 1970-1972

Coal City, IL Army H 1942-1945

Coal City, IL Army H 1943-1946 Died March 11, 1996

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1966-1970

Morris, IL Navy H 1993-1997

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1970

Morris, IL Air Force H 1963-1967

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Oct. 29, 1973

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Bob Flynn

Morris, IL Navy H 1948-1952

Rocky L. Flynn

Morris, IL Marines H 1968-1969

Jules H. Fortin Greenville, NH Army H 1953-1955

Dorsey Foster

Morris, IL Navy H 1981-1985

Nathan Fox

Dwight, IL Marines H 2006-2010

Jessica (Claypool) Franz Morris, IL Marines H 2007-2010

Howard Fread

William A. Freis

Gerald L. Friant

Morris, IL Army H 1917-1919 Died 1980

Seneca, IL Army H 1963-1965

Morris, IL Army H 1964-1965

Raymond D. Gaddo

Kevin J. Gaffney

Marvin J. Gagliardo

Wayne Gabehart

Coal City, IL Korea H Air Force H Air Borne Died 1997

Glenn Friant

Leonard Friddle

Natalie Friend

Larry J. Frosch

William E. Fruland

Morris, IL Army H 1958-1961

Coal City, IL Army H 1965-1968

Morris, IL Air Force H 1981-1985

Thomson, IL Air Force H 1961-1965 Died 2011

Morris, IL Air Force H 1974-2000

Jim Gallagher

Norval Galloway

Robert A. Gallup

Gene Gang

Maurice G. Gantzert

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died May 9, 2007

Poplar Grove, IL Navy H 2003-2012

Coal City, IL Army H 1952-1953 Died June 17, 2011

Robert Garcia

Charles “Chuck” Garling Morris, IL Army H 1952-1954 Died March 1, 2007

Phil Gilbert

Reddick/Gardner, IL Army H 1940-1945 Died Nov. 10, 2006

Bob Gilbertson

Morris, IL Army H 1969-1971

Roy Gleen

Edward J. Glenney

Lyle Goff

Seneca, IL Navy H 1987-1991

Streator, IL Army H 1942-1945

Verona, IL Air Corp. H 1942-1946

Morris, IL Navy H 1952-1956

Mazon, IL Army H 1941-1963 Died Jan. 8, 1989

Morris, IL Marines H 1963-1967

Ralph Gilbertson, Sr.

Dick Gilchrist

John Gilchrist

Richard A. Gilmour

LeRoy Gilmoure

Lando Gingerich

Mazon, IL Army H 1944-1946 Died Nov. 5, 2008

Coal City, IL Army H 1953-1955

Coal City, IL Marines H 1968-1970

Coal City, IL Army H 1957-1959

Mazon, IL Army H 1943-1946

Kalona, IA Air Force H 1950-1954

Leonard Don Goodwin

Morris, IL Army H 2009-present

Michael Golimowski

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1970

Ronald Goode

Mazon, IL Army H 1968-1970

Morris, IL Navy H 1956-1960

Morris, IL Air Force H 1966-1969

Edna Roach Graham

L. Rice Graham

Roger M. Gordon

Crestview, FL Marines H 1953-1955 Died Nov. 8, 2006

Keith Golimowski

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1953 Died Feb. 14, 2005

Palmyra, IL Air Force H 1949-1953 Died May 30, 1989

James W. Gonnam

Verona, IL Army H 1972-1974

Jesse W. Gonnam

Verona, IL Air Force H 1941-1945 Died Aug. 2, 2002

Camp Point, IL Army Flight NurseH1941-45 Died March 1986

Griffin, GA Navy H 1941-1945 Died Feb. 2002


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Tracy N. Graham

Elmer T. Granger

Tom Granger

John Gram

Ole M. Greenley, Jr.

Ole M. Greenley, Sr.

Nicholas W. Gregoire

Dale Grieff

Morris, IL Army H 1949-1955

Morris, IL Navy H 2003-2008 Coast Guard ReservesH2009-present

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1946 Died Feb. 23, 2009

So. Wilmington, IL National Guard H 1976-1981

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953

Morris, IL Navy H 1969-1970 Died Oct. 11, 2013

Morris, IL Navy H 1941-1945 Died Aug. 25, 1974

Morris, IL Marines H 2003-2006

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1968-1970

William J. Griffiths

Frank Grimes

Eric Gronski

Eddie Grove

Ken Grudis

Robert L. Gualandi

Mervin “Bud” Guard Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1946 Died Dec. 2000

Stephen Guard

Morris, IL Army H 1969-1972

Gary Gunnerson

Morris, IL Army H 1965-1967

Daniel Hamric

Harvey A. Hansen

Lars M. Hansen

Mazon, IL Army H 1949-1953 Died March 6, 1996

Christopher Guthrie

Matteson, IL Air Force H 1964-1967

John Iverson

Babcock, WI Army H 1965-1968

Morris, IL Army H Korean War Died March 13, 1996

Verona, IL Navy H 1949-1953

Braceville, IL Marines H 1987-1997

Elwood Hahn

George W. Hall

William S. Halterman

Peter Hammond

Morris, IL Air Force H 2010-2019

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1945 Died Aug. 14, 1993

Morris, IL Navy H 1953-1961 Died March 18, 2019

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died April 21, 2015

Mazon, IL Army Air Corp.H1941-45 Died Nov. 19, 2014

Morris, IL Navy H 1987-1990 Died Oct. 2, 2017

Morris, IL Army H 1988-1992

Morris, IL Air Force H 1943-1946 Died Jan. 27, 2013

Morris, IL Army H 1917-1919 Died Feb. 2, 1969

Leonard M. Hansen

Lowell R. Hansen

Sherman Hansen

Jerry Hanson

Lloyd Hanson

Raymond Hanson

Stanley Hanson

Wally Hanson

William Hanson

Morris, IL Army H 1950-1952 Died March 29, 2019

Morris, IL Army H 1944-1946 Died 1988

Morris, IL Seabees H 1946-1949 Died Oct. 26, 2006

Bristol, IL Army H 1964-1966

Sheridan, IL Army H 1951-1953 Died Feb. 28, 2008

Newark, IL H Army H Died Jan. 31, 1955

Lisbon, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died May 29, 1964

Morris, IL Coast Guard H 1969-1973

Morris, IL H Army H Died June 26, 1988

Willis J. Hanson, Jr.

Willis J. Hanson, Sr.

David A. Harper

Joshua W. Harris

George E. Harrop

Henry D. Harseim

Donald Harvey

Josh Harvey

Lonnie Harvey

Morris, IL Air Force H 1967-1971 Died Sept. 3, 2014

Morris, IL Army H 1944-1946 Died March 15, 2003

Morris, IL Army H 1965-1967

Romeoville/Forest Park, IL Army Nat’l GuardH2005 Died Sept. 17, 2008

Gardner, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Nov. 10, 2013

Morris, IL Army H 1965-1968

Braceville, IL Air Force H 1965-1969

Gardner, IL Navy H 2011

Coal City, IL Army/Air Force H 1982-1988, 2005-2011

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Merrill C. Harvey

Maynard Hawkins

George Heap

Ron Heap

Trent Heap

John Heavens

William Heermann

Nathan Hefner

Arnold Helgeson

Gardner, IL Army H 1964-1966 Died Oct. 8, 2015

Morris, IL Army H 1939-1945 Died Jan. 23, 2014

Morris, IL Air Force H 1943-1945

Morris, IL Army H 1965-1967

Morris, IL Army H 1989-1993

Coal City, IL Air Corps H 1963-1966

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1956 Died April 19, 2009

Minooka, IL Army H 1995-present

Morris, IL Coast Guard H 1942-1945

Bennie Helland

Joseph G. Hemmersbach

Raymond E. Hemmersbach

Victor D. Hemmersbach

Adam Henderson

Jake Hendrix

Jay Hendrix

Herbert Hentschel

Duane L. Heren

Morris, IL Army H 1953-1955

Morris, IL Air Force H 1973-1977

Morris, IL Air Force H 1968-1972

Morris, IL Air Force H 1966-1970

Morris, IL Marines H 2004-2008

Wedron, IL Marines H 1963-1967 Died April 18, 1993

Jupiter, FL Army H 1986-1996

Morris, IL Navy H 1964-1970

Green Valley, IL Army H 1951-1952

Gil Herrera

Leslie E. Hertenstein

Myron L. Hexdall

John Hextell

Ronald G. Hibler

Daniel Hicks

Greg Higgins

John R. Higgins

Merlyn Higgins

New Lenox, IL Army H 2001-2009

Coal City, IL Army H 1943-1946 Died Jan. 5, 2003

Morris, IL Army H 1961-1963

Morris, IL Army H 1962-1968 Died Feb. 3, 1992

Coal City, IL Army H 1965-1967

Marseilles, IL Air Force H 1948-1952

Seneca, IL Army H 2006-2010

Seneca, IL Army H 1951-1953

Seneca, IL Army H 1951-1953

Ruth Hiles

William Hiles

Earlyn K. Hill

Elton J. Hill

Lester M. Hill

Merwin F. Hill

Andrew M. Hillegass

Vernon Hilt, Sr.

Bill Hiney

Morris, IL Navy H WWII

Morris, IL Navy H WWII Died July 21, 2001

Mazon, IL Army H 1944-1945 Died May 18, 1964

Gardner, IL Army H 30 years Died Jan. 10, 1988

Mazon, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died March 14, 1945

Mazon, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died April 3, 2008

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Sept. 14, 2004

Lisbon, IL Army H 1944 Died July 13, 2003

Morris, IL Army H 1965-1967

Gary Hively

Wayne Hodgson

Ralph Holbrook

Noel Holman

Raymond Holzhauer

Stephen Homerding

Timothy Hood

Elizabeth Hortega

Josiah Hortega

Minooka, IL Navy H 1990-present

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died July 25, 2008

Minooka, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Sept. 18, 1975

Cedar Point, IL Navy H 1951-1955 Died March 4, 2007

Dwight, IL H Marines H KIA March 15, 2007

Plainfield, IL Army H WWII Died Oct. 1, 2001

Morris, IL Navy H 2006-present

Ottawa, IL Navy H 2002-2007

Ottawa, IL Marines H 1998-2006


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Gerald R. Houchin

Keith O. Houchin

Harold G. Hougas

Irvin L. Hougas, Sr.

James E. Hougas

Troy Householder

Willard Howen

Nicholas Huerta

Yorkville, IL Army H 1956-1958 Died 1994

Seneca, IL Marines H 1957-1972 Died Nov. 18, 1972

Seneca, IL Marines H 1952-1956 Died April 22, 2010

Marseilles, IL Army H 1951-1953

Morris, IL Marines H 1943-1945 Died March 1, 1945

Morris, IL Army H 1952-1956 Died Sept. 11, 2009

Morris, IL Air Force H 1986-1989

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died June 4, 1993

Braceville, IL Army H active

Steven M. Huettemann

Brian Humbert

Albert L. Hume

Michael T. Hume

Robert A. Hume

Dennis Huston

Robert Hutchings

Roy Hutchings, Jr.

Ronald Hutton

Peru, IL Army H Desert Sheild/ Desert Storm

Dwight, IL Navy H active

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died 1993

Morris, IL Army H 1972-1974

Morris, IL Navy H 1968-1972

Gardner, IL Navy H 1964-1968 Died Jan. 22, 2017

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953

Morris, IL Army H 1945-WWII Died Dec. 24, 2001

Wilmington, IL Army H 1965-1967 Died June 19, 2012

Jim Hynds

Gary L. Ingraham

Robert H. Inman

Paul Izral

Melvin L. Jackman

Luke Jackson

Barry W. Jaicomo

Walter Jaicomo

William J. Jaicomo

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968

Dwight, IL Army H 1983-2010

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1943-1945

Alfred “Red” Jenkins

Carroll Jewett

Mazon, IL Army H 1965-1967

George Jisa

Gardner, IL Army H 1954-1956

Seneca, IL Navy H 2011-2015 Marines H 2015-present

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1968-1970

So. Wilmington, IL Army H WWII Died Dec. 4, 1982

So. Wilmington, IL Navy H 1943-1946 Died March 4, 2011

Carl R. Johnson

Donald Johnson

Gary LeRoy Johnson

Gene A. Johnson

Harold F. Johnson

Mazon, IL Marines H 1918-1919 Died 1977

Coal City, IL Coast Guard H 1941-1947 Died Oct. 29, 1997

Chicago, IL Navy H 1941-1945

Verona, IL Army H 1958-1960

Morris, IL Air Force H 1966-1970

Newark, IL Army H 1952-1954

Gardner, IL Marines H 1943-1945

John O. Johnson

Dr. Larry C. Johnson

Lavern Johnson

LeRoy Palmer Johnson

Lester W. Johnson

Oliver Johnson

Scott Johnson

Jesse L. Johnson

Morris, IL H Marines H Died June 7, 1967

Harry A. Johnson

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died May 10, 1975

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Jan. 24, 2010

Brookfield, MO Army H 1969-1972

Morris, IL Air Force H 1963-1967

Morris, IL Seabees H 1966-1968

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Oct. 7, 2006

Morris, IL Air Force H 1942-1944 Died April 1, 1944

Mazon, IL Army H 1971-1973

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Ronald Jamieson

Verona, IL Navy H 1957-1979

Morris, IL Army H 1988-1991

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Silas Johnson

Vernon E. Johnson

Vernon K. Johnson

Hank Jones

Wesley E. Jorstad

Michael H. Joyce

Harold Kaldheim

Helen Kaldheim

Donald C. Kaufman

Morris, IL Army H 1917-1921 Died July 24, 1959

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died April 28, 2000

Joliet, IL Army Air Force H 1944-46 Died Jan. 3, 1986

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Nov. 11, 2009

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1946 Died Dec. 27, 2008

So. Wilmington, IL Navy H 1944-1946

Seneca, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died July 23, 2003

Seneca, IL Air Corp. H 1942-1945

Morris, IL Army H 1958-1961

Robert R. Keech

Scott A. Keech

Ben F. Kelly

Jacob A. Kelly

Marvin Kessler

Robert M. Kimmey

Raymond C. “Dick” Kindelspire Morris, IL Army Air Corp. H 1941-45 Died Aug. 28, 2005

Larry L. Kingman

Morris, IL Army H 1953-1955 Died March 9, 2012

Eugene Klainsek

Joliet, IL Navy, ArmyH1943-1954 Died Feb. 8, 2017

George F. Knudson

Gerald R. Knudson

Nathan D. Knutson

Morris, IL Navy H 1945-1946 Died March 22, 2013

Morris, IL Navy H 1977-1981

Morris, IL Army Air Corp. H 1942-46

Mazon, IL Marines H 2013-present

Coal City, IL Navy H 1945-1946

Braceville, IL Army H 1968-1970

Jessica Klein

Earl F. Kleinfeldt

J. E. Kleinfeldt

Lee E. Kleinfeldt

John H. Kleinmaier

Cate Klepacki

Morris, IL Navy H 1999-2007

Morris, IL Navy Air CorpH1942-45 Died Jan. 25, 2008

Morris, IL Navy H 1966-1970

Morris, IL Army H 1972-1974

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died February 16, 1999

Dwight, IL Air Force H active

Morris, IL Army H 1953-1955 Died 1999

Minooka, IL Army H 1951-1953

Newark, IL Army H 2010-present

Harry Kolb

Don Komnick

John Kopczick

Raymond A. Kopczick

Frank B. Kuntz

Gary L. Kuntz

Gary R. Kuriger

William R. Kuriger

Ron Kyrouac

Morris, IL Marines H 1941-1946 Died 1969

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1970

Morris, IL Army H Korean War Died 1964

Morris, IL Army Air Corp.H1940-46 Died 1995

Strawn, IL Army H 1941-1962 Died April 20, 2012

Morris, IL Navy H 1959-1962

Coal City, IL Army H 1972-1974

Coal City, IL Army H 1946-1947

Harvey, IL Army H 1953-1955

Charles Labaj

Walter R. Lacyk

James F. Lamie

Kurt Lamping

Stanley “Ike” Kopczick

Albert Kowalczyk

Ami Kowalczyk

Dennis E. Kowalczyk

Richard Kowalczyk

Crete, IL Navy H WWII

Morris, IL Army H 1950-1952

Coal City, IL Army H 1917-1919 Died March 9, 1968

Morris, IL Army H 1987-2011

Morris, IL Navy H WWII Died 1970

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1946 Died Dec. 29, 1975

Morris, IL Navy H 2007-2009

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1969

Morris, IL Navy H 1961-1965


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Carl Kramer

Russell Kukman

Frank Kulig

William J. Lanning

Daniel Lardi

Keith Larson

Milford “Muff ” Larson Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953

Essex, IL Air Force H 1968-1971 Died Jan. 12, 1991

Gary L. Lawless

Walter L. Lawless

Joliet, IL Marines H 1956-1958

Morris, IL Navy H 1953-1957

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1945 Died 2010

Morris, IL Navy H 1962-1966 Died March 3, 2012

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1966-1968

Morris, IL Army H 1958-1961

John T. Latham, Jr.

John T. Latham, Sr.

Joe Laughary

Keith Laughary

Kevin Laughary

Kurt Laughary

Ruth Laughary

David E. Latham

Custer Park, IL Army H 1964-1967

Essex, IL Army H 1939-1945 Died Sept. 4, 1965

Morris, IL Army Air CorpH1940-45

Morris, IL Marines H 1970-1972

Morris, IL Navy H 2002-present

Morris, IL Navy H 2002-present

Massillon, OH Navy H 2003-present

Gardner, IL Army H 1970-1972

Gardner, IL Navy H 1945-1953

Ray Layton

Arthur R. Leach

Rich Leach

Harry Leasure

Frank D. Lee

George E. Lee

Kevin W. Leeds

Tim Lehman

Daniel L. Leiter

Morris, IL Naval Aviation H 1942-1946

Morris, IL Navy H 1959-1965

Morris, IL Navy H 1947-1950 Died Jan. 11, 2011

Elgin, IL Marines H 1958, 8 yrs Reserves

Elgin, IL Army H 1954-1956

Morris, IL Air Force H 1984-1988

Dwight, IL Marines H 2002-2008

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1981-1985

Dennis Lenzie

Donald Lenzie

Allan O. Leranger

Lindsay Leskanich

Eugene E. Lewis

Norman Lewis

Samantha Limbach

Adam Lindley

Ray L. Lindley

Gardner, IL Army H 1967-1968

Gardner, IL Army H 1959-1960 Died 1965

Morris, IL Marines H 1969 Died May 20, 2008

Dwight, IL Army H active

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1954 Died Aug. 19, 2001

Morris, IL Marines H 1952-1955

Morris, IL Navy H 2015-Present

Morris, IL Navy H 2003-2008

Morris, IL Army H 1965-1967

Gary P. Linick

Brandon M. Linn

Terry Livingston

Scott Lock

Raymond J. Loeffler, Jr.

Albert Lovati

Alan D. Love

Granville A. Love

Clifford A. Lowery

Chicago, IL Marine Corps H 1965-1968

Morris, IL Army H 2000-2008

Coal City, IL Army H 1966-1968

Morris, IL Navy H 1980-2000

Morris, IL Marines H 1959-1965

Joliet, IL Navy H 1939-1942 Died Jan. 16, 1987

Morris, IL Marines H 1965-1969

Morris, IL Navy H 1942-1945 Died Sept. 1992

Mazon, IL Army Air Corp. H 1942-1945

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Coal City, IL Army/Civil WarH1864-1865

William W. Lowery

Lawrence Lundborg

LaVerne Lundborg

Patricia Lundborg

Timothy Lundborg

Donald Lyon

Henry A. Lyons

Henry E. Lyons

Mazon, IL Marines H 1968-1971

Morris, IL Navy H 1974-1980 Died October 26, 2016

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died December 22, 1993

Morris, IL Navy H 1978-1984

Morris, IL Navy H 1986-1992

Morris, IL Army H 1959-1965

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1950-1954

Coal City, IL Army/WWI H 1918-1919

Christopher Lutz

Frank Lutz

Lavern R. Lutz

Robert Lynes

Joseph A. Macaluso

Joseph M. Macaluso

Robert S. Macdonald

Donald Madison

Norman R. Madison

Morris, IL Navy H 1993-1999

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1945

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953

Morris, IL Army Air Force H 1943-45 Died July 10, 1970

Coal City, IL Navy H 1940-1943 Died Feb. 7, 2003

Coal City, IL Army H 1964-1966

Morris, IL Army H 1943-1946 Died Sept. 3, 2001

Mazon, IL Army H 1943-1946 Died March 17, 2001

Mazon, IL Army CIA H 1953-1955

Francis M. Maierhofer

Elmer J. Male

Bernard Mallaney

Richard “Dick” Malone Morris, IL Army H 1946-1947 Died April 20, 2003

Lawrence P. Marchesi

Amboy, IL Army H 1961-1964

Walter Marnell

Morris, IL Coast Guard H 1942-1946

William V. Martin

Morris, IL Navy H 1951-1955

Robert D. Martis

Coal City, IL Army H 1951-1953

David M. Maskel

Morris, IL Army H 1958-1961

Gerald Matteson

Kenneth Matteson

Russell Matteson

Fred Matuszewski

John F. Maunder

John Mazza

Gene L. McArdle

Seneca, IL Air Force H 1950-1953

Gardner, IL Army H 1943-1946 Died October 8, 1972

Emmett Maskel

Clyde F. Mason

Kinsman, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died Jan. 10, 2015

Morris, IL Army H 1952-1954 Died Aug. 23, 2001

Morris, IL Marines H 1943-1945 Died Sept. 7, 2012

Morris, IL Army H 1953-1954

Newark/Morris, IL Air Force H 1957-1961

Morris, IL Army H 1943-1946 Died May 27, 1967

Morris, IL Army H 1956-1962

Morris, IL Army H 1943-1945

Mazon, IL Air Force H 1987-present

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died April 3, 1969

Jim McCleary

Dennis McCluckie

Earl (Mickey) McComas

Donald P. McCormack

Forrest McCormack

James R. McCormack

Kenneth McCormack

La Verne McCormack

Ken McCoy

Morris, IL Army H 1965-1966 Died Feb. 25, 1966

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968

Morris, IL Navy H 1942-1954

Verona, IL Army H 1965-1968

Mazon, IL Army H 1963-1965

Mazon, IL Marines H 1964-1971

Verona, IL Marines H 1965-1969

Verona, IL Army H 1944-1945 Died March 10, 2009

Mazon, IL Army H 1966-1969 Died Dec. 2, 1976


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Paul E. McIntosh

Donald Dean McKinney

Jeremy N. McKinney

Donald R. McMillan, Jr.

Mack McMillin

John McNabb

Jerry Jon McLuckie

John Wilton “Bill” McLuckie Coal City, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died March 21, 2000

Gardner, IL Air Force H 1985-1989

Coal City, IL Army H 1945-1946 Died Sept. 2, 2013

Morris, IL Army H 1967-1969

Robert T. Meredith

Ed Meridith

James R. Meridith

Robert Messel

Morris, IL Marines H 1963-1967 Died April 14, 2006

Diamond, IL Army H 1964-1966

Coal City, IL Army H 1942-1946

Coal City, IL Navy H 2002-2006

Coal City, IL Army H 1971-1975

Kate Meadows

Richard Meadows

Ron E. Menees

Jackie L. Meredith

Llyod W. Meredith

Morris, IL Navy H 1966-1972

Seneca, IL Marines H 1953-1958

Braceville, IL Army H 1959-1961

Braceville, IL Army H 1948-1952

Braceville, IL Army H 1957-1959

Morris, IL Navy H 1951-1953 Died March 10, 2000

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1946 Died March 27, 2001

Morris, IL Marines H 1959-1963

Dominic J. Messina

Robert L. Metroz

John (Jack) Micetich

Philip (Joe) Micetich

Alan H. Miller

Henry “Hank” Miller Coal City, IL Navy H 1943-1945 Died 2006

Jacob D. Miller

Coal City, IL Marines H 2009-present

Lynn “Mike” Miller

Morris, IL Navy H 1945-1946, 1950-1952

Orville (Buck) Miller

Joseph Misener

Terry Misener

Richard Mitchell

Elton L. Monson

Tinley Park, IL Army H 2003-2010

Morris, IL Marines H 1998-2002

Coal City, IL Army H 1955-1956

Coal City, IL Army H 1943-1946 Died Nov. 10, 1968

Clifton, IL Navy H 1965-1980

Orville C. Miller

Raleigh Miller

Sean Miller

William E. Miller

Kyle Minett

Morris, IL Air Force H 1966-1970 Died August 31, 2014

Jim Moran

Mazon, IL Army H 1970-1972

Coal City, IL Navy H 1956-1958

Diamond, IL Army Air Force H 1942-45 Died May 2000

Columbia, MO Navy H active

Elgin, IL Army H 1946-1948 Died Feb. 4, 2002

Manhattan, IL Navy H 1999-2005

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1970

Mazon, IL Army H 1967-1969

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953 Died May 24, 2002

Morris, IL Marines H 1953-1955

James W. Morrall

John Morris, Jr.

John Morris

Wayne Morris

Bill Morse

James Mulcahy

Mark Munger

Adam Murphy

Morris, IL Marines H 1942-1945 Died Nov. 7, 1992

Channahon, IL Navy H 1989-1993

Channahon, IL Army H 1965-1967 Viet Nam

Coal City, IL Navy H 1965-1969

Morris, IL Army H 1954-1956

Streator, IL Navy H 1943-1946 Died May 18, 2018

Dwight, IL Marines H 1986-2011

Coal City, IL Army H 1914-1916 Died June 12, 1968

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J. F. Murphy

Terry Muscato

David S. Musgrave

Richard O. “Dick” Myers

John Nagra

John Nars

Tim Nagra

H. Wayne Neal

Bill E. Nelson

Morris, IL Navy H 1942-1945 Died Oct. 6, 1995

Streator, IL Marines H 1967-1971

Minooka, IL Navy H 1985-1994

Morris, IL Navy H 1964-1967 Died Dec. 31, 1998

Joliet, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died Nov. 28, 1988

Morris, IL Army Air Corps H 1942-1943 Died May 12, 2009

Morris, IL Navy H 1976-1979

Coal City, IL Navy H 1946-1947

Morris, IL Navy H 1965-1967

Gerald Nelson

Ivan M. Nelson

Jack E. Nelson

Mitchell D. Nelson

Donald Neville

Robert Newberry

Elmer E. Newell

Richard “Dick” Newell Morris, IL Navy H 1951-1955

Joseph Newman

Seneca, IL Navy H Korean War

Cliff Nighsonger

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953

Newark, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Nov. 7, 2009

Wilmington, IL Navy H 1943-1946 Died March 21, 2005

Mazon, IL Army H 1953-1955 Died 1980

Green Bay, WI Air Force H 1957-1961 Died Oct. 29, 2011

Coal City, IL Army H 1945-1946

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died July 6, 2001

Charles John (Jack) Newport

Gwendolyn Babcock Newport

James Newport

Madison Nguyen

Larry E. Nickels

Danny Niewinski

Henry H. Niewinski

Henry W. Niewinski Morris, IL Army H WWII

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945

Jerry Nugent

Mike Nugent

Belvidere, IL Army H 1950-1951 Killed in Action Aug. 27, 1951

Morris, IL Navy Nurses Corp.H1943-47 Died August 2009

Kinsman, IL Air Force H 1941-1945 Died 1994

Dwight, IL Marines H active

Morris, IL Navy H 1969-1975

Morris, IL Navy H 2012-present

Morris, IL Army H Korean War

Delbert J. Noble

John Nolan

Dale Norton

Terry C. Novotney

Chris Nugent

George Nugent

Jeremiah Nugent, Sr.

Wheaton, IL Army H 1951-1953 Died March 1, 1994

Morris, IL Marines H 1943-1946

Alto Pass, IL Army H 1965-1967 Died Dec. 26, 2014

Streator, IL Army H 1959-1961

Wilmington, IL Army H 1980-1984

Morris, IL Navy H 1974-1978

Wilmington, IL Army H 1950-1953 Died March 8, 1996

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1975-1979

Wilmington, IL Army H 1976-1980

Patrick W. Nugent

Thomas Nugent

Erik Nusbaumer

Don O’Brien

Gerald O’Brien

Jack J. O’Hagen

Michael O’Hagen

Tyler Oelschlager

Robert W. Ollerman

Wilmington, IL Navy H 1990-1997

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1980-2001

Morris, IL Air Force H active

Morris, IL Army H 1965-1967

Minooka, IL Army H 1963-1965 Died February 17, 2020

Chicago, IL Marines H 1947-1955 Died Dec. 1, 2003

Morris, IL Marines H 1990-1995

Dwight, IL Navy H active

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died July 15, 1980


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Gregory T. Olson

Larry Olson

Maury Olson

Newan S. Olson

Richard O. Olson

Robert F. Olson

Roger L. Olson

Violet R. Olson

Seneca, IL Air Force H 1950-1953 Died April 10, 2002

Morris, IL Navy H 1971-1975

Morris/Mazon, IL Army H 1968-1969

Gardner, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Jan. 8, 2012

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died 1974

Monmouth, IL Navy H 1955-1957 Died Jan. 2, 2012

Morris, IL Navy H 1942-1946

Braceville, IL Army H 1966-1968

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1967 Died Oct. 31, 2003

Joseph E. Opyd

Leo Paul Opyd, Sr.

Leon Paul Opyd, III

Leon Paul Opyd, Jr.

Luke Opyd

Dennis Orvis

Lawrence Orvis

Gordon Osmundson

LaVerne Osmundson

Coal City, IL Army H 1997-2008

Gardner, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died June 4, 2002

Coal City, IL Army H 1990-1993

Gardner, IL Army H 1970-1972

Gardner, IL Navy H 2010-present

Seneca, IL Navy H 1967-1969

Seneca, IL Army H 1966-1969

Morris, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died Sept. 19, 2014

Morris, IL Air Force H 1943-1946 Died Jan. 17, 1978

Dennis N. Pankey

Gerald J. Pankey

Dick Parker

Wayne Gabehart

Coal City, IL Korea H Air Force H Air Borne Died 1997

Elwyn E. Oswood

Morris, IL Army H 1950-1952 Died Dec. 31, 1999

Milburn J. Oswood

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1946 Died Oct. 11, 2003

Marion S. Ostby

Marseilles, IL Navy H Enlisted 1945 Died Feb. 18, 1994

Douglas Overbeck

Minooka, IL Navy H 1976-1984

Norman L. Paroubek

Gary Patton

Merrill, WI Army H Air Force 1943-1946 Died April 5, 2019

David Perry

Morris, IL Navy H 1953-1993

John L. Perry

Morris, IL Navy H 1953-1956

Coal City, IL Army H 1942-1944 Died Oct. 2, 1988

Clifton, IL Army H WWI Died 1963

James Pavlis

John Pavlis

Coal City, IL Army WWI H OperatorInfantry Died 1966

Seneca, IL Army H 1941-1944 Died March 28, 2003

Morris, IL Navy H 1991-1993

Agnes Peterson

Eugene G. “Pete” Peterson Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Oct. 23, 2013

Jerry Peterson

Morris, IL Navy H 1989-2010

Clifton, IL Army H 1972-1974

Clifton, IL Army H 1946-1948 Died 1999

Morris, IL Army H 101st Airborne 1962-1964

Willis Peacock

Delmar A. Peel

Delmar L. “Butch” Peel

Coal City, IL Army H WWII PFC 1615 SVC Comd Unit Died 1971

Jeff Paulson

Ottawa, IL Marines H 1966-1969

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1946

Albert C. Pankey

Melvin A. Peterson

Morris, IL Marines H 1943-1947

Morris, IL Army H 1944-1945 Died March 23, 2001

Morris, IL Navy H 1941-1945 Died Sept. 30, 1996

Morris, IL Navy H 1962-1966 Died Feb. 13, 2005

Tim Pfaff

Donald L. Pfeifer, Sr.

Albert Phillips

Morris IL Navy H 1981-1992

Gardner, IL Marines H 1951-1953

Jonesboro, AR Army H 1966-1968

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Edward Pacchetti

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Clarence Phillips

George W. Phillips

James R. Phillips, Sr.

John (Jack) Phillips

John Phillips, Jr.

John M. Phillips, Sr.

Joseph T. Phillips, Jr.

Joseph T. Phillips, Sr.

Robert Phillips

Braceville, IL Army H 1943 Died 1985

Morris, IL Marines H 1953-1955 Died Feb. 6, 1977

Coal City, IL Marines H 1968-1972

Coal City, IL Marines H 1953-1955 Died Jan. 16, 2005

Coal City, IL Navy H 1976-1979

Minooka, IL Marines H 1941-46, 48-53 Died Sept. 20, 2001

Coal City, IL Marines H 1953-1955

Coal City, IL Navy H 1943-1945 Died Nov. 5, 1984

Morris, IL Marines H 1953-1955 Died: February 22, 2020

Walter A. Phillips, Sr.

Frank Picciariello

Edward L. Pierard

Richard Pierce

Albert J. Pilch

Russel Dale Pine

Wayne E. Pine

David G. Platt

Glenn Pope

Morris, IL Marines H 1948-1952 Died Nov. 4, 1995

Coal City, IL Army H 1960-1962 Died Nov. 11, 1991

Coal City, IL Army H 1957-1963

Morris, IL Army H 1954-1956 Died March 27, 2007

Chicago, IL H Army Air Force H 1944-1946

Morris, IL Navy H 1945-1948 Died 1948

Morris, IL Army H 1918

Morris, IL Marines H 1966-1972 Died Sept. 1, 1975

Thomas F. Powell

Patrick Rafferty

Coal City, IL Navy H 1944-1945 Died Nov. 30, 1999

Jeffery Poundstone

G. Herbert Ranz

Dwight, IL Army H active

John Prebeg

Morris, IL Army H 1981-1991

Michael A. Ranz

Channahon, IL Air Force H 1967-1971

Milan Prebeg

John F. Progress

Mark Prosser

Ivan Provance

Amity Taylor Provenzano

Joliet, IL Army H WWII Died 2013

Joliet, IL Army H WWII Deceased

Seneca, IL Army H 1951-1953 Died Nov. 16, 2002

Joliet, IL Army H 2004-2-12

Coal City, IL H Navy H Died March 9, 2005

Morris, IL Navy H 1997-2000

Curtis Rasmusson

Ronald J. Rath

Francis M. Reano

John K. Reed

R. Edward Reed

James I. Reeves

James W. Reeves

Morris, IL Army Air Force H 1941-45 Died Oct. 27, 2004

Morris, IL Navy H 1969-1971

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953

Morris, IL Army H 1969-1971

Diamond, IL Navy Air Corp. H 1944-46 Died Aug. 25, 2011

Morris, IL Air Force H 1989-2017

Morris, IL Navy H 1993-1997

Coal City, IL Army Air ForceH1943-45 Died April 14, 1989

Morris, IL Navy H 2003-present

Joseph L. Reeves

Edward J. Reiser

Leon J. Residori

Gary Rickmon

Kimberly Rieck

Dana Riegel

Jeremy Riegel

Paul L. Riegle

Timothy P. Riegle

Morris, IL Navy H 2009-present

Channahon, IL Army H 1967-1973 Died July 13, 2009

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1960-1962

Morris, IL Army H 1983-1986

Dwight, IL Navy H active

Dwight, IL Army H active

Dwight, IL Army H active

Brook, IN Navy H 1957-1960

Morris, IL Navy H 1982-2002


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Jon Ringer

Martin J. Riordan, Jr.

Harold Ritke

Eugene Robertson

Brian Robisky

Dennis Robisky

Korey Rodrick

Kenneth Roe

Indianapolis, IN Marines H 1982-2003

Webster City, IA Army H 1967-1969

Romeoville, IL Navy H 1941-1945 Died Jan. 7, 1994

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1945 Died Jan. 10, 2010

Morris, IL Navy H 1966-1970

Dwight, IL Air Force H active

Dwight, IL Air Force H active

Dwight, IL Nat’l Guard H Reservist

Seamon, OH Army H 1942-1945 Died March 15, 1965

Leland M. Roe

Wilmer Roe

Robert T. Rogers

John J. Ronchetti

Keith Roseland

Wayne Roseland

Richard Rosencrans

Randall E. Rosengren

John B. Ross

Odell, IL Army Air Force H 1943-45

Piketon, OH Army H 1943-1945 Died Sept. 2006

Morris, IL Seabees H 1966-1968

Coal City, IL Army Air Force H 1943-45

Coal City, IL Army H 1969-1971

Coal City, IL Navy H 1943-1945 Died April 15, 2014

Seneca, IL Army H 1952-1954

Serena, IL Army H 1969-1970

Coal City, IL Army Air Corp.H1918-1919

John Roth, Jr.

John Roth, Sr.

Louis Ruffatti

Luverne Runestad

Marty Runestad

Orliss L. Runestad

Shawn P. Runge

Davis A. Runion

Clinton Ryder

Morris, IL Army/Air Force H 1942-45 Died April 29, 1977

Coal City, IL Army H 1954-1956

Morris, IL Army H 1944-1946 Died Jan. 13, 2013

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1946 Died Nov. 11, 2009

Warsaw, IL Navy H 1984-1990

Morris, IL Marines H 2013

Morris, IL Army H 1964-1968

Darwin Ryder

Robert J. Ryder

Stephen J. Ryder

William Richard Ryder Morris, IL Navy H 1971-1974

Joseph T. Sajnaj

LaSalle/Morris, IL Coast Guard H 1948-52

Mark J. Sajnaj

Morris, IL Air Force H 1985-1989

Michael G. Sajnaj, Jr.

Morris, IL Navy H 2006-present

Michael G. Sajnaj

Morris, IL Navy Seabees H 1980-89

Eric Sampson

Morris, I L Air Force H 1983-87, 1990-2010 Retired

Siegel Sampson

David Sandeno

John R. Sanders, Jr.

John R. Sanders

Kevin Sanders

Dario E. Sarti

Joliet, IL Navy H 1940- 1961 Died April 2000

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died Nov. 14, 2007

Joliet, IL Navy H 1968-1972

Gordon Sampson

Orville L. “Bud” Sampson

Ronald Sampson

Morris, IL Navy H 1945-1947 Died Dec. 21, 2017

Morris, IL Army Air Corp. H 1943-45 Died May 29, 1998

Morris, IL Marines H 1943-1945 Died Dec. 25, 2008

Morris, IL Marines H 1917-1918 WW1

Mazon/Verona, IL Army H 1969-1970

Morris, IL Army H 1967-1970

Chicago, IL Navy H 1942-1945

Morris, IL Army H 1981-present

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Jan. 9, 1994

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Erica Sarti

Hannibal J. “Nibs” Sarti

Jared Sarti

Ralph Sassenger

James E. Satorius

Dean L. Savage

Dennis Scaman

Ken Scaman

William Scerine

Tucson, AZ Army H 2007-2011

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Jan. 31, 1991

Morris, IL Army H 2013-present

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968

Minooka, IL Marines H 1966-1972

Gardner, IL Army H 1942-1943 Died Sept. 3, 1985

Morris, IL Army H 1972-1981

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953 Died Feb. 5, 2016

Coal City, IL Marines H 1957-1960

John F. Schimandle

John J. Schimandle

Wayne Schlappi

Louis Schmidberger Joliet, IL Navy H 1957-1959

Douglas Schmidt

Maquoketa, IA Navy H 1977-1983

Bradley Schmitt

Morris, IL Air Force H 1991-present

Don Schmitz

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953

Joe Schmitz

Streator, IL Navy H 1960-1964

Jeremy Schou

Dwight, IL Nat’l Guard H 2004-2011

Richard N. Scorby

Paul F. Scott

Dale Scubic

Aaron Seabert

Richard Sebby

Kenneth W. Seidler

Coal City, IL Army H WWII Died March 7, 1964

Coal City, IL Army H 1968-1974 Died Jan. 8, 2007

Morris, IL Army H 1952-1954

Chris Schreiner

Robert E. Schwiesow

Robert G. Schwiesow

Dwight, IL Marines H 2006-2011

Morris, IL Army H 2008-2011

Morris, IL Army H 1967-1969

Coal City, IL Navy H 1952-1956 Died Sept. 24, 2002

Morris, IL Navy H 1983-1987

Coal City, IL Army H 1966-1968

Terre Haute, IN Army H 2001-present

Coal City, IL Navy H 2005-2011

Chicago, IL Army Air Force H 1944-46 Died April 16, 2006

Kyle Senard

Terry Sengewald

Frank L. Sereno

Kenneth E. Sereno

Michael Sereno

Robert H. Sereno

Ryan Shannon

Thomas Sheahan

Jeffrey S. Sheedy

Dwight, IL Army H active

Morris, IL Marines H 1967-1971

Mazon, IL Army Air Corp H 1943-1945

Morris, IL Army H 1944-1946

Mazon, IL Navy H 2002-present

Morris, IL Marines H 1943-1946 Died Dec. 31, 1989

Morris, IL Navy H 2008-2016

Morris, IL Army H 1954-1956 Died Dec. 10, 2006

Morris, IL Navy H 1965-1969 Died Nov. 15, 1975

Willard Sheedy, Jr.

Michael W. Shelton

Donald J. Shenbarger

Timothy Shenberg

Chuck Shepherd

Colin Michael Sheridan

Michael Thomas Sheridan

Alfred Shewmake

Bernard “Art” Shewmake

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Feb. 17, 2007

Marseilles, IL Army H 1968-1971

Channahon, IL Navy H 1967-1972

Morris, IL Army H 2006-2010

Minooka, IL Army H 1967-1973

Coal City, IL Navy H 2007-present

Carbon Hill, IL Army Air Corp. H 1943-46 Died Oct. 8, 1994

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1944 Died 1953

Pasadena, CA Navy H 1941-1944 Died 1988


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Donald Shewmake

Jim Shewmake

Rich Shewmake

Walter Shewmake

Jerry Shirtino, Jr.

George P. Shugart

Mark Allen Simons

Chicago, IL Army H 1941-1944 Died 1995

Joliet, IL Army H 1942-1944 Died 1996

Chicago, IL Air Force H 1942-1944 Died 1981

Salt Lake City, UT Army H 1942-1944 Died Jan. 29, 2003

Coal City, IL Marines H 2010-present

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1952 Died Aug. 26, 1998

Morris, IL Navy H 1987-1995 Died Sept. 5, 2013

Bennie Sklut

Alan Skwarczynski

Sheila Skwira

Bruce Lane Smith

Frank Smith, Jr.

Henry A. Smith

Jeffrey Smith

M. J. (Peg) Sjostrom

Morris, IL Army H 1950-1953

Jim Smith

John K. Smith

Morris, IL Air Force H 1942-1945 Died April 6, 2001

Minooka, IL Army H 1969-1970

Las Cruces, NM WAC H 1966-1969

Morris, IL Navy H 1964-1968

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1946

Minooka, IL Air Force H 1943-1945 Died Dec. 16, 1993

Minooka, IL Navy H 1986-1994

Morris, IL Army H WWII Died Dec. 12, 1962

Plainfield, IL Navy H 1950-1954

Mark H. Smith

Melvin A. Smith

William “Buzzy” Smith

Richard Sohan

Wayne Sorensen

Gina Spandet

Alan P. Spangler

Charlie Sparrow

Kyle Sparrow

South Wilmington, IL Army H 1956-1958

Coal City, IL Navy Seabee H 1943-45 Died March 21, 1964

Morris, IL Army H 1963-1965

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Aug. 22, 2014

Dwight, IL Nat’l Guard H active

Lockport, IL Army H 1953-1955 Died March 1, 2007

Morris, IL Marines H 1968-1972

Mazon, IL Army H 2001-2005

Paul Sparrow

Tara Sparrow

Daniel F. Spencer

Neal “Corky” Spencer

Bruce E. Southcombe

P. Douglas Splain

Philip E. Splain

Paul Sprole

Robert Stangland

Mazon, IL Navy H 1995-2001

Florence, AL Army H 2002-2006

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1945 Died 1986

Morris, IL Navy H 1966-1970

Morris, IL Army H 1943-1946

Morris, IL Air Force H 1974-1978 Died March 9, 1990

Morris, IL Navy H 1964-1968 Died May 31, 1970

Morris, IL Navy H 1969-1975

Morris, IL Air Force H 1944-1945

Robert Thomas Stansberry

William Steele

Emery (Jack) Steen

Mark W. Steen

Arthur E. Steffes, Jr.

Joel Steichen

Donald W. Sterritt, Jr.

Doug Sterritt

Donald W. Sterritt, Sr.

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1946

Morris, IL Marines H 1976-1984

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1946 Died Jan. 2000

Queen City, MO Army H 1940-1943 MIA April 11, 1943

Morris, IL Army H 1946-1948 Died May 21, 1948

Dwight, IL Marines H 2003-2007

Morris, IL Air Force H 1966-1970

Morris, IL Air Force H 1996-2006 Reserves H active

Morris, IL Army H WWII Died July 12, 2000

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Sparta, VA Air Force H 1998-present

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Matthew J. Steurer

Walter Stott

Robert Strandell

Michael Strange

Robert Strange, Sr.

Joseph Struck

Theodore Struck

Michael Stuckey

Simon Sulaica, Jr.

Dwight, IL Marines H active

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Nov. 1974

Morris, IL Army RetSFC H 19742015

Morris, IL Marines H 1981-1985

Kewanee, IL Marines H 1957-1960

Morris, IL Army AirborneH1944-46 Died Oct. 31, 1999

Morris, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died Jan. 13, 2011

Morris, IL Navy H 1968-1977

Toledo, OH Marines H 1962-1968 Died May 25, 2010

Hezzie Summitt

Kristopher Surber

James A. Susan

James Sutton

Charles “Chuck” Suydam Coal City, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died March 10, 1990

Ernest W. Swanson

Coal City, IL Navy H 1944-1946 Died Feb. 13, 2000

Josiah Swanson

Newark, IL Army Reserves H 2009

Daniel Swiggett

Morris, IL Army H 2002-2007

Jeff L. Swiggett

Morris, IL Army H 1982-1985

Gerald R. Terando

Joshua A. Terando

Donald E. Terry

Justin Terry

Ronald L. Terry

Sims, AK Army H 1944-1945

Morris, IL Army H 2009-present

Morris, IL Army H 1969-1972

Dwight, IL Air Force H 1990-2010

Barney A. Taylor

Joseph L. Taylor

Jeremy Teague

Ladd Tedford

Morris, IL Navy H 1964-1967 Died Nov. 1, 1988

Morris, IL Navy H 1996-2000

Braidwood, IL Marines H 2000-2004

Morris, IL Air Force H 1946-1948 Died 1983

Morris, IL Army H 1969-1992

Morris, IL Army H 1998-01, 2005 KIA Nov. 10, 2005

Morris, IL Marines H 1944-1945 Died 1945

Seneca, IL Marines H 1995-1999

Seneca, IL Marines H 1966-1968

Gerald Thompson

Morris, IL Air Corp. H 1953-1957

James E. Testa

Herbert J. Thom

Absher Thomas

George Thomas

Seth Thomas

William Thomas

Alden C. Thompson

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1954-1957 Died June 26, 2010

Coal City, IL Navy H 1944-1963 Died 1980

Strawn, IL Army H 1942-WWII Died Sept. 20, 2009

Morris, IL Navy H 1946-1948

Lockport, IL Army H 2013-present

Seneca, IL Army H 1969-Viet Nam

Morris, IL Army H 1944-1946 Died May 27, 2015

Lavern Thompson

Melvin Thompson

Milton Thompson

Thomas A. Thompson

Wayne Thompson

John R. Thorsen

Alvin G. Thorson

Morris, IL MarinesH1943-45, 50-52 Died March 29, 1997

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1946

Morris, IL Air Force H 1943-1946

Morris, IL Army H 1967-1969

Morris, IL Navy H 1945-1946 Deceased

Morris, IL H Army H

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died March 26, 1969

Glenn Thompson

Morris, IL Marines H1953-1957 Deceased

Byron A. Thorson

Morris, IL Navy H 1970-1976

Jerome Thompson

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1945 Deceased

Cyril T. Thorson

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died June 4, 1999


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Duanne Thorson

Edward Thorson

Emmett L. Thorson

Glenn Thorson

H. Dale Thorson

Jeffrey Thorson

Ken Thorson

Otto Thorson

Chris Travis

Morris, IL Air Force H 1969-1972 Died Sept. 10, 2013

Seneca, IL Army H 1983-1998

Morris, IL Army H 1965-1967

Mazon, IL Army Air CorpH1942-1945 Died April 8, 1990

Morris, IL Army H 1943-1946

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1952 Died April 3, 2000

Morris, IL Navy H 1992-2013 Died Oct. 11, 2013

Morris, IL Army Reserves H 1960-1966

Robert Thorson

“Georgie Glenn” Threewitt Benton, IL Navy H 1954-1962 Died Sept. 25, 2008

David Tinsley

Yorkville, IL Army H 1971-1977

Joey Todd

Dwight, IL Navy H 2004-2008

David M. Togliatti

Coal City, IL Army H 1965-1967

Michael J. Togliatti

Coal City, IL Marines H 1942-1946 Died Nov. 30, 1973

Alvin J. Torkelson

Channahon, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died Feb. 6, 2006

Brian Trainor

Dwight, IL Marines H 2002-2008

Dwight, IL Army H active

Donald Treadway

Wayne Trenter

Elwyn A. Trotter

Parry Tuggle

Charles Turner

Marvin Tyler

Edward Unger

Tony Unger

Tim Urbanik

Dwight, IL Army H 1965-1967

Morris, IL H Army H Died 1947

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1954 Died June 24, 1993

Coal City/Morris, IL Army H 1941-1946

Morris, IL Air Force H 1961-1962

Butler, IL Army H 1944-1946 Died June 8, 1998

Coal City, IL Navy H 1942-1945 Died Sept. 10, 2003

Coal City, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died June 29, 2002

Coal City, IL Coast Guard H 1942-46 Died May 3, 2006

Joliet IL Army H 1963-1966

Gordon K. Vaksdal

Richard L. Valerio

Donald C. Valiente

William B. Vallow

Clay C. Van Tassel

Ralph Vanden

Conrad Vandervort

Gene Vandervort

Willard E. Vaughn

Morris, IL Army H 1946-1948

Mazon, IL Air Force H 1973-0983

Coal City, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Feb. 7, 2005

Kinmundy/Morris, IL Army H 1952-1954 Died July 17, 2014

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died Oct. 11, 1986

Morris, IL Marines H 1943-1946 Died Jan. 18, 1990

Oswego, IL Marines H 1962-1966 Died May 12, 2001

Carbon Hill, IL Marines H 1957-1960

Rushville, IL Air Force H WWII, Korean War Died March 20, 2000

Barton W. Vest

Robert J. Viano

James Vick

Edwin P. Viglia, Sr.

Sigurd S. Viland

James Vilt

Joseph Vilt

Kenneth W. Vilt

Kenneth J. Vlk

Gardner, IL Navy H 1961-1965

Coal City, IL Navy H 1944-1946 Died March 30, 1993

Dwight, IL Army H active

Braidwood, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Feb. 22, 2015

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died June 11, 2005

Coal City, IL Army H 1968-1969 Died Jan. 2, 2013

Coal City, IL Navy H 1942-1946 Died March 2, 2004

Coal City, IL Army H 1959-1962 Died March 24, 1993

Coal City, IL Army H 1963-1965 Died April 9, 2013

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Mazon, IL Army H 1955-1958 Died March 22, 1998

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Thomas Vodacek

George Voelcker

Russell F. Vogen

John Vota

D. Duane Waisath

George C. Walczak

Daniel M. Walker

James Walsh

James E. Walsh

Mazon, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died June 8, 1991

Morris, IL Army Air ForceH1941-1945 Died June 12, 2006

Newark, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Nov. 5, 2006

Coal City, IL Army Air Force H 1942-46 Died March 21, 2008

East St. Louis, IL Navy Aviation H 1950-1954

Chicago, IL 82nd Airborne H 1943-1946

Morris, IL Air Force H 2000-2005 Died Nov. 27, 2005

Mazon, IL Marines H 2004-2008

Coal City, IL Navy H 1945-1946 Died June 5, 2008

Thomas E. “Ed” Walsh

William “Bill” Walsh

William Wando

William T. Warren

Robert W. Warrick

Edward Washburn

Eric Washburn

Paul E. Washburn

Richard A. Washburn

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945

Verona, IL Navy H 1942-1946 Died July 14, 1979

Dwight, IL Marines H active

Morris, IL Air Force H 1940-1964 Died June 2, 1964

Morris, IL Coast Guard H 1945-1946 Died Feb. 26, 2009

Coal City, IL Navy H 1943-1945 Died March 30, 1995

Morris, IL Navy H 1982-1986

Morris, IL Army H 1953-1955

Morris, IL Air Force H 1959-1966

Clay Webb

Conrad Weitz

Frank W. Welch

Herman F. Welch

Dave Welsh

Douglas Welsh

Theodore L. Wendell

Harry S. Watters

Ritchie, IL Army H 1941-1945

Robert Washburn

Morris, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died Jan. 2, 1999

Terry Wenger

Melvin P. Werden

Coal City, IL Marines H 1982-present

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died Sept. 20, 1980

Dwight, IL Air Force H 1942-1946 Died June 14, 2009

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1946

Mazon, IL Army H 1966-1971

Mazon, IL Navy H 1943-1945 Died 1957

Channahon, IL Army H 1944-1945 Died Jan. 26, 1986

Charles Whitaker

Eric White

James White

Harry L. Wickman

Lawrence W. Wickman

Lisa Wickman

Nicholas R. Wickman

Dwight, IL Air Force H active

Morris, IL Army H 1957-1959

Morris, IL Navy H 1964-1967

Gardner, IL Marines H 1993-1997 Died Aug. 28, 2004

Gardner, IL Air Force H 1969-1973

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1947

Coal City, IL Navy H 1943-1947 Died Aug. 8, 2010

Morris, IL Navy H 2001-2006

Morris, IL Navy H 2002-2013

Steven P. Wickman

Jerry Howard Wicks

Matthew Wilkey

Robert D. Wilkinson

Leslie Willis

“Pete” Willis

Robert Willis

Rudy Willis, II

Rudolph Willis

Morris, IL Navy H 1974-1980 Died June 4, 1993

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1969 Died Sept. 19, 1969

Dwight, IL Marines H active

Mazon, IL Army, Retired H 1946-70

Plainfield, IL Navy H 1951-1953 Died Sept. 2008

Braidwood, IL Army H 1951-1953

Godley, IL Air Force H 1951-1953

Morris, IL Army H 1979-1983 Died Oct. 16, 1994

Morris, IL Marines H 1952-1954 Died Sept. 6, 2004


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Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968

Kendall Wills

Kempton, IL Navy H 2017-present

Lloyd Wills

Morris, IL Army H 1944-1946 Died Nov. 2, 2008

Stephen D. Wills

Morris, IL Marines H 1988-1993

Ronald Wilson

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1944 Died 1944

Richard Winsor

Morris, IL Air Force H 1965-1989

Edwin D. Witt

Donald L. Woodward

Leonard J. Wozniak

Mazon, IL Army H 1945-1947 Died Jan. 1998

Morris, IL Army H 1945-1951 Died Feb. 4, 1975

Chicago, IL Army Air Corp. H 1942-43 MIA 1943, found 1972

Archie Wynen

Allan Yarmer

Mello Yarmer

Fred Wurst, Sr.

Ojibwa, WI Navy H 1943-1945

Francis E. Wren, Jr.

Jason Wren

Ronald Wren

Jason G. Wright

Fred Wurst, Jr.

Coal City, IL Army H 1964-1966 Died March 4, 2014

Coal City, IL Army H 1997-2001

Coal City, IL Army H 1969-1971

Morris, IL Marines H 2004-2009

Peotone, IL Army H 1969-1971

Michelle L. Yarmer

Elmo Ray Younger

Edward Zelinko, Sr.

James Zelinko, Sr.

John Robert Zelko III

Verona, IL Navy H 2001-2009

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1946

Harry Zitzka

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died March 13, 2011

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1952

Nicholas Zullo

James Zumbahlen

Morris, IL Air Force H 1960-1964

Morris, IL Air Force H 1943-1947 Died Sept. 30, 2011

Coal City, IL Army H 1968-1970

G. G. Zullo

Morris, IL Army H 1964-1966 Died March 27, 1996

Gene Funk

Morris, IL Army H 1960 - 1963

Morris, IL Army H 2006-2008

Morris, IL Army H 1952-1953

Plainfield, IL Navy H 1977-1983

Galatia, KS Army Air Corp. H 1942-46 Died Jan. 25, 1978

Norman E. Ziegler

Ronald Ziegler

Chris Zierman

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died May 9, 2003

Morris, IL Army H 1969-1971

Morris, IL Marines H 2001-2004

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Clarence R. Zingre

Coal City, IL Army H 1942-1945

Harley D. Zhe

Long Beach, CA Army H 1968-1971 Died July 7, 2014

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