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Honoring Those Who Served A Veterans Story on Veterans Day Grundy County Veterans Assistance Commission fosters collaboration among veteran service organizations Abraham Lincoln Cemetery

Maria Acevedo

Charles Akin

Edward R. Aldrich

Leroy E. Aldrich

Nickalous N. Aldrich

Jon Allen

Kenneth Allen

Lester Allen

Richard J. Allen

Morris, IL Air Force H 1974-1979, 1982-1985

Morris, IL Army H 1963-1969

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1971

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

Amarillo, TX MarinesH 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 H1965-1971

Bryanna Andersen

Brooklyn Baudino Anderson

Ariel Anderson

Carl E. Anderson

Dan Anderson

Daniel Anderson

Glen Anderson

Kevin Anderson

Paul A. Anderson

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Minooka, IL Army H 2007-present

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  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

Rolf Anderson

William R. Anderson

Ronald Andrae

Raymond R. Andreae

Norman H. Appleton

Ken Arneson

Robert L. Arnsdorff

Lloyd Arthur

Seneca, IL Army H 1943-1945

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

Robert Ashbaugh

Alfred Austino

Kirk Babcock

Lowell Babcock

Max M. Babcock

Verne E. Babcock

Elwyn Baker

Aloysius Ballun

Marshall L. Bardell

Verona, IL Navy H 1965-1970 Deceased

Ransom, IL Army H 1950-1952

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Mazon, IL Army H 1944-1946

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

Stockton, IL Army H 1958-1960

By JON RINGER Special to the Morris Herald-News

It was a red and black plaid jacket. And it had a history in my family. My dad bought it when he returned from the war in 1945. He wore it for a long time. After that, he hung it in the closet by the back door.

OCS Prep was incredibly cool. 48 of us. All college grads with 12 masters and one Phd from Oxford of all places. Athletes, scholars, and really great people. Mostly classroom stuff and weekends at Norman to hang around with the Sooners.

My mom decided it was good for yard work in the autumn or a quick run to the store. It was far too big for her, but she rolled up the sleeves and wore it for several more years.

At the end, we had a choice: Continue with Officers School or drop out and take the next assignment. 24 went to OCS and 24 of us dropped.

Of the latter, one went to Korea and 23 went to Vietnam. We had built great friendships in the 10 weeks together. Possibly (excluding me) the very best of American youth. Lean, mean, smart, witty, and ready for whatever was next. But…it was still not my “real life”. I took a 22-hour plane ride to Bien Hoa Airbase in the Republic of Vietnam.

When I came home after my sophomore year at college, she was about to give it to Goodwill. I asked if I could have it and wore it almost everyday for two more years at school. It became my identity, the “lumberjack jacket”, wheat jeans and penny loafers.

Since the lady at the Draft Board had a feud with my family (and made it a project to draft me), I got my draft notice the very day I graduated. “No more student deferment. You are mine, chump”.

The government gave me 35 days to get my affairs in order. Since I was only having one affair, I kissed her goodbye and went to New York for a month. One last 30-day party. It was a good idea to be careful in New York in the late 1960’s. We weren’t.

When I got home, I put on my penny loafers, wheat jeans and plaid jacket and got on the Greyhound bus to get inducted in Des Moines. Raised my hand and took that step forward. They put us on a puddle jumper. Flew us from Des Moines to Omaha, Omaha to Denver, Denver to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake to Seattle-Tacoma. Then we bussed to Fort Lewis.

The next morning they gave us two uniforms and a box. “Gentlemen, put your civilian clothing into the box. Everything. Write your home address on the box”. I also put in a note to my mother: Keep this stuff in one place. I’ll need it in two years.

My plan was simple. The Army would not change me. I’d do those two years (like the movie gangsters used to say) “standin’ on my head”. When I got out, I’d put on those same clothes, wipe my memory clean, and go back to life.

For a long time, it was a pretty good plan. Basic Training was with a bunch of guys from Minnesota…many from the Boundary Waters who had never “been to the big city or seen the elephant” so to speak. Naïve was too generous of a word. Nice guys, but I built few relationships. Just 9 weeks of small talk and transformation from a college punk into a “pretty good” (not great, but OK) soldier.

Then it was off to Oklahoma and Officers Preparatory training. “I told them, I ain’t no officer” but they convinced me to try.

Artillery at a remote firebase. 10 to 12 hours of us in the section. We worked 8 hours on and 8 hours off (plus overtime) around the clock calculating fire data. Lived in an underground bunker with rats as big as dogs. Never left the tiny fort unless you went on R&R for a week, went home after a year, or…or…were on the wrong end of a mortar round.

We ate a lot of C Rations and Tropical Hershey Bars, stayed dirty for long stretches, and counted the days. But those were the most unselfish guys I ever knew. No one had a personal agenda when it came to the war. We found things to laugh about, learned about each other’s civilian lives and truly celebrated when someone’s year was up…ushering them to a chopper for the goodbye ceremony.

for reclassification. I pretended to have handled everything with ease. She pretended to be happy I wasn’t dead. Then I packed some clothes, put on the red and black plaid jacket and headed for the left coast to see an Officer’s Prep buddy. We had a couple months. From Spokane to Tahoe to Frisco and L.A. we had a trip that put bookends on the Army adventure. New York before and Lala Land after.

I came back to the Midwest and took a job. 40 years of real life. 40 years of not talking much about it because that war had not been a popular subject at first or a crisp memory later. But that was about to change. I found my Vietnam guys by accident. They had gone to Vegas in 2006 for a reunion. When they called a number of a guy with my name in Iowa, the kid said, “That was my dad.

He’s dead.”

So we had another Vegas reunion. I got the prize for having come the farthest…back from the grave.

But, more importantly, it was emotional. I found out why I respected them so much in those days.

They were the same funny, unselfish people who would still be my friends if we were cast together again. They were from all over the country, but we had an incredible bond and the commonality of combat.

I saw how genuine they were in conversation, how absolutely confident and cool they were during combat, and how much we all cared for each other.

The guys at Officers Prep had been great friends.

But my boys in Vietnam were brothers.

Somewhere along the way I lost the lumberjack jacket. Literally and figuratively. I realized that I could no more have held my breath for two years than I could have not changed. Their perspective on doing the job, their ability to focus on the mission under duress, and their talent for communication, patience and being concerned about each other was remarkable. Even I had gathered some of their traits and used them without knowing it.

I did my 365, came home and kept in contact with a few for awhile. I still had 5 months at Fort Hood in Texas and ran into some guys down there I knew; guys who had gone on to Officers School and were now just being sent to Vietnam. I felt I had made the right decision.

November 11 is a very special day for me. It’s the day I held my wife’s hand as our daughter was born. And it’s the reason I tear up a bit during a Medal of Honor presentation or a fly over…or just a memory of their bravery and humor during dire times.

When September 16th arrived, the guy across the hall loudly played the Young Rascals singing “It’s a Beautiful Morning”. I dressed in my penny loafers, wheat jeans and lumberjack jacket and cleared post.

At the last stoplight before leaving Fort Hood, a Corvette convertible pulled up beside me. It was a Captain I knew through another officer friend.

“When you gettin’ out of this Army, trooper,” he asked. I replied, “When this light changes, I’ll get amnesia about these last 2 years.” The light turned green, he saluted me and I drove off to be the guy I was 730 days ago.

I went home and visited the Draft Board Lady

And just one more thing…I love long-term relationships. I just returned from a weekend with my college fraternity guys who were there when I turned into me. My golf friends, with whom I have played 2000 rounds of golf. High school buddies, old work friends and the two pretty girls who are my family. I love my eclectic comrades with whom I shared a war. I am lucky to have them all.

May God Bless all who interrupted and risked their lives throughout our 245-year history. May God Bless the guys from A Battery.

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Arthur Ronald Barker

Robert Barkley

Andy Barla

Poplar Bluff, MO Army H 1965-1968

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

Seneca, IL Navy H 1942-1945 Died 1994

H. Michael Bates

Arvin Battersby

Carl T. Bauter

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1970

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

Brian Barla

Jerry Barla

Louis Barla

Rob Barla

Edward D. Basham

Matthew D. Basham

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

Jeff Beck

Todd Beck

Richard Becker

Dalton R. Bednarik

Edward R. Bednarik

Gerald Bednarik

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

Ronald K. Belt

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

Harry Behrens

Donald Bekker

Gregory L. Bell

Harold Bell

Kenneth Bell

Robert Bell

Ronald L. Bell

Gerald Belt

Morris, IL Army Air BorneH1943-45 Died 2002

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

Morris, IL Marines H 1988-1992 Desert Storm

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1954

Morris, IL Marines H 1953-1956

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

Morris, IL Marines H 1952-1953

Morris, IL Army H 1957-1959

Charles L. Benbrooks

Earl Benge

George S. Benger

Butch Benson

Clarence Benson

Earl Benson

Ed Benson

George Keith Benson II

Ronald Benson

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1956-1957

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

Sven Benson

John Berg

Orland Berg

John Bertot

Dennis Best

George Bexson

Edward Beyer

Joseph A. Bien

Jospeh P. Bien

Newark, IL Army H 1917-1919 Died 1945

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

By Allison Selk

case and guide the veteran.

Out of 3,000 registered veterans in Grundy County, the Grundy County Veterans Assistance Commission has at one point helped 1,300 of them.

The group continues to assist up to eight new veterans a month.

“We have guys who come into the marine league or legion and ask, ‘What about this?’” said Jeff Alexander of the Marine Corp League of Grundy County Detachment 1372 and Minooka American Legion Post 1188. “I tell them to go see Ken because he can give you the answers you are looking for.”

The GCVAC, led by superintendent Ken Buck and assistant superintendent Sarah Fisher, acts as a hub in the wheel of 10 active veteran service organizations within Grundy County, all geared to assist veterans. These service organizations offer members to serve on the commission board of the GCVAC, which meets monthly to discuss new information that has come down from Veterans Affairs and current needs the groups see with veterans, share fundraisers and activities, and brainstorm ways to better serve veterans in the county.

“That’s who I work for,” Buck said.

These 10 service organizations are AMVETS Post 53, Chief Shabbona DAV Post 86, Danner-Madsen American Legion Post 663, John Martin Steele VFW Post 6049, La Societe de 40 Hommes et 8 Cheveaux Voiture 1195, Marine Corp League Grundy County Detachment 1372, Mazon American Legion Post 352, Minooka American Legion Post 1188, Morris American Legion Post 294 and St. Juvin VFW Post 1336.

Carter Corsello holds the title of GCVAC secretary but also works with various veteran organizations. He said he sees the benefit of a collaboration of the service organizations with the GCVAC when a veteran comes to him and asks for help. He can present information he has learned from being in the commission group to the veteran, and then suggest an appointment with Buck or Fisher, who can open a

Alexander said before he became involved with service organizations, he contacted Fisher, who helped him apply for hearing aids. He now uses that link to the GCVAC to be a delegate for veterans who come to him with questions.

“I’m trying to do more for the veteran as far as outreach programs to help the guys in need and do things for the town,” Alexander said.

Corsello said if the county did not have a veterans assistance commission, each service organization would need to have a well-trained, designated person to be the liaison, which may not be feasible.

“These groups may not have the resources to commit to it or may not have the capability. Roles change within groups, it’s good to have one person designated by the county,” Corsello said. “If someone needs assistance, we can send them to Ken; he has the resources behind him.”

Ken Buck, Superintendent of the Grundy County Veterans Assistance Commission

tions and how to address the issues on a regional or state level and talk to representatives,” Buck said.

chapters can express concerns and in turn, the groups can take issues to Congress to be a voice for the veteran.

Many of these organizations have national chapters, Buck said, so the local

Buck and Fisher can be reached at 815-941-3152.

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Buck said in addition to the commission group being a resource to connect veterans with services, these groups come together to discuss current events in the veteran world and how to be an advocate for the veterans in Grundy County.

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‘Taking care of our own’: Veteran employees give back through cemetery work

By Allison Selk

Of the 30 employees at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, 22 have served in the military and now give back to other veterans as a career.

“The veterans who work here are an asset because they have served, they know what its like to have served and they continue to serve,” said Quincy McCall, director of the cemetery. “Because of their military service, most are very well disciplined, accustomed to challenges, hard workers and the list can go on.”

McCall said the 22 employees serve in these positions: director, assistant director, director intern trainee, foreman, administrative officer, program specialist, budget analyst, cemetery representatives, interment work leader, grounds work leader, engineering equipment operators, equipment maintenance worker, gardener, facility maintenance worker and cemetery caretakers.

After 11 years in the Army and six deployments, budget analyst Josh Polega applied to the cemetery in order to give back to the veteran community.

“I’m able to work with veterans; I understand where they came from, it’s one team, one fight. I can understand their trials and tribulations of what they went through. Only a veteran can understand a veteran,” Polega said.

Chris Lowe spent four years in the Marine Corps as a landing support specialist. When he returned home, he visited his best friend who was buried at the cemetery.

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“I wasn’t sure what life would be like after the military,” Lowe said. “I was just talking to my buddy at his grave not sure what to do.”

ilies who come to the funerals or to visit gravesites. Lowe said a man visits a grave almost daily and opens up to.

are taking care of our own veterans and families after death,” Wenner said of the importance of veteran employees at the cemetery. “We have compassion and can assist them better because we are veterans ourselves. One team, one fight.”

Lowe walked into the office on the cemetery grounds and asked if there were any positions open. He began as a caretaker and then made his way up to interment work leader, a job where he helps his staff plan out their day in the field and stresses the importance of grave and grounds management.

He said he expects the staff to take care of the graves as if they were family.

“Leave a grave as if it was your brother or sister because these are our brothers and sisters in arms,” Lowe said.

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“He said, ‘Coming out here and talking to you guys helps, you are all veterans and you can relate to what I’m saying,’” Lowe said.

Cemetery representative David Wenner spent 25 years in the Army and three years in the reserves before he came to the cemetery two years ago.

He escorts families to shelters for services, introduces the memorial squad and assists in the preparation of cases.

He said it was important for him to work a job in this capacity so he could honor the veterans in their final resting places as well as be of service to the families.

“We were veterans ourselves, now we

McCall said the veterans are assets as employees, “But this is also an opportunity for us to continue to service our brothers and sisters even in death by ensuring that they receive the dignified burial and that they rest in a place of honor because of their unselfish and honorable service to our nation. It’s an honor and a privilege to work at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.”

Polega agreed. “There’s not a better way to help a veteran, and give back to the greatest generation than at their final resting place.”

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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

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

Don Born

Ervin Born

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

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

Stephen V. Bliefield

Micheal W. Bogart

Bruce A. Boling

Leon Bonneur

Robert Borgstrom

Bob Born

Brad Born

Verona, IL Air Force H 2008-present

John Born

Joliet, IL Marines H 1973-1977

Ray Born

Mazon, IL Air Force H 1991-present

William Boswell

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

Bernard Bounds

Morris, IL Navy H 1959-1964

Richard Bradley

Richard L. Bradley

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1971-1975

John E. Brady

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

LeRoy W. Brady

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

Leroy Brandt

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

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

George Brayton

Charles Brehm

Raymond L. Brenczewski

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

Rhode J. Bronk

Robert E. Brooks I

William L. Brooks

John Broucek

George Brown

Robert D. Brown

Morris, IL Navy H 1951-1955

Morris, IL Army H 1952-1954

Joliet, IL Army H 1966-1968

Lonnie Briley

Walter D. Britz

Joe Brochman

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

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

Stillwater, MN Army H 1954-1956

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968

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

Coal City, IL Marines H 1973-1977

William L. Blake

Hugh Brennan

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

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

Scott Breslar

Andrew R. Brewer

Andrew W. Brian

Donald E. Bright

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

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Bruce Burkhart

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

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

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

Carbon Hill, IL Army H 1967-1969

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

Francis A. Bunton

John Patrick Bunton

Jeff Alan Burchfield

Jeff Alan Burchfield

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

William Butterfield

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

Emil Buberle

Charles L. Bumgardner

Melvin Butler

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

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

Kenneth E. Bunker

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

James Butz

Morris, IL Air Force H 1943-1945 Died June 15, 2007

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

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

Edward L. Canik

Robert A. Byers

Braceville, IL Marines H 1943-1945 Died 2002

Paul Canik

Jack Cacello

Pete Cacello

Danny Cain

Charles Callahan

South Wilmington, IL Army H 1970-1971

South Wilmington, IL Army H 1941-1945

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

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

Morris, IL Air Force H 1955-1958

Charles L. Carey

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

Leonard S. Carlson

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

Robert S. Carlson

Morris, IL Marines H 1969-1972

Eric Carriger

Louis Bernard Cheshareck

William Cheshareck

Willie Cheshareck

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

Morris, IL Navy H 1964-1967

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

Ralph Chamness

Ralph T. Chandler

Frank Cheshareck

Catherine A. Canik

Daniel Callahan

Brodhead, WI Navy H 1968-1971

Chapin, IL Marines H 2006-2011

Edward J. Cepiel, Sr.

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

Bridget Lenzie Cermak

Richard “Riz” Chouinard

Milford Christianson

Ron Cingrani

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Morris, IL Navy H 1964-1967

John Clampitt

Evan E. Clark

Candace M. Clay

Christine M. Clay

Matthew R. Clay

Chester Claypool

Jared Claypool

John LeRoy Claypool

Lester Claypool

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

Gardner, IL Army H 1955-1957

Minooka, IL Navy H 2002-2013

Minooka, IL Navy H 2005-2010

Minooka, IL Marines H 2004-2013

Rodney A. Clements

Jack Cobb

Robert E. Cohenour

Bob Coleman

Noble E. Collins

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

Glen Allen, MO Air Force H 1951-1955

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

Morris, IL Army H 1961-1967

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

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

Edward “Ted” Conley

Chad Cook

Daniel R. Cook, Sr.

Orin C. Cooper

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

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Clemer Corn

S. Carter Corsello

Joseph Corsello

Thomas F. Costello

Douglas Cotter

Daniel P. Cox

Dean W. Cox

Robert Craig

Don Crater

Braidwood, IL Navy H 1942-1947

Morris, IL Army H 1988-2010

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

Jim Crinister

Walter Cripe

Paul Crisman

George Cromwell

William Cromwell

Andy Cronin

Curtis Cronin

Joshua Crosby

James K. Cryder

Morris, IL Army H 1989-1992

Harold H. Cunning

Cedar Lake, MN Air Force H 1968-1972

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

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

Bill G. Daniels

Curtis Danielson

Jerome Danielson

Robert Darin

Eugene W. Datti

Bernard C. Davidson

John R. “Jack” Davidson

Maurice R. “Buck” Davidson

Elvin Davy

Harry Davy

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

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

Mark Davis

Matthew Davis

Robert Davis

Wesley J. Davis

Ryan P. Davisson

Joseph L. Davito

Lee J. Davito

Joliet, IL Army H 2003-present

Joliet, IL Army H 2005-present

Morris, IL Army H 1962-1964

Morris, IL Navy H 2005-present

Minooka, IL Navy H 2005-present

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

Coal City, IL Army H 1972-1975

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

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

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

Morris, IL Navy H 1958-1964

Robert DeLong

Zachary D. DeLong

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

Neil E. Davy

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1968-1973

Juan R. De Leon

Seguin, TX Army H 1970-1973

Glenn G. Dearth

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

Wilbert J. Dearth

Coal City, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died 1975

Robert Lee Decker

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

Gary DeLong

Dwight, IL Marines H 1968-1970

Dwight, IL Army H WWII Died 1994

Dwight, IL Marines H active

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Irving DeWald

John N. Diederich

Albert Dinelli

Louis A. Dinelli

Mario D. Dinelli

Peter Dinelli

Terry Dingbaum

Tim Dippon

Morris, IL Army H 1997-2009

Coal City, IL Navy H 1957-1976

Morris, IL Army H 1958-1963

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

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

Raymond Dirker

Kyle Dite

Louis C. Dite

Owen P. Dite

Raymond Dite

Richard A. Dite

James W. Dolan, Jr.

James Wayne Dolan

Pete Dolan

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

Joliet, IL Army H 1970-1972

Morris, IL Army H 1945-1946

Morris, IL Army H 1959-1960

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1969

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

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

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Terrence Donahue

John F. Doran

Andrew J. Downs

Jacob Downs

Michael A. Downs

Bob Drake

Dan Dransfeldt

Robert B. Duket

Carl Eugene Dummitt

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

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

Mike Dummitt

Peter Dummitt

David Dunlap

Bob Durkee

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

Erwin “Nick” Durkee

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

George Durkee

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1946 Died 1972

Jim Durkee

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953 Died 1975

John Durkee

Morris, IL Army H 1953-1955 Died 1957

Everett Egeland

Roy Egeland

Tyler Eichelberger

Jerry Einhaus, Sr.

Tom Einhaus

Morris, IL Army H 1969-1972

Morris, IL Marines H 1964-1988

Dwight, IL Air Force H active

Morris, IL Army H 1943-1945 Died 2007

Henry (Hank) Dyer

Vincent J. Eddy

David Edge

Donald Edmondson

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

Morris, IL Air Force H 1965-1969

Ashland, MS Marines H 1966-1967

Minooka, IL Air Force H 1962-1966 Died May 29, 2021

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

Kenneth D. Elberson

Louie Eliakis

Steve A. Eliakis

Derek W. Ellis

Dwayne L. Ellis

Derek Elsey

John R. Ely

Harion Enervold

Harris Enervold

Morris, IL Marines H 1960-1963

Morris, IL Army H 1954-1956

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died 1996

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

Olaf Enervold

Richard Enervold

Burdett O. Enger

Matt Enger

Raymond “Bud” Enger

William English, Jr.

John Enrietta

Dale B. Eslinger

Roger Eslinger

Seneca, IL Marines H 1970-1974

Morris, IL Army H 1956-1958

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

Morris, IL Marines H 2007-2011

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died Dec. 1971

So. Wilmington, IL Army H WWII Died 1994

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

Minooka, IL Army H 1968-1972

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

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

Morris, IL Army Air ForceH1942-1945 Died 1976

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

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

John D. Farrero, Sr.

Richard Farrero

Leo Fatlan

Anton H. Favero

Tom Feehan

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

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

Coal City, IL Army H 1966-1968

Joseph O. Fancher

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

Ersel Fannin

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

J. Marvin Fannin

Morris, IL Navy H 1945-1946 Died 1980

Lloyd V. Fannin

Robert Fararre

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

Lloyd Fannin

Morris, IL Army H 1944-1945 Died 1980

James R. Feeney, Sr.

Elwood Ferguson

Richard J. Ferguson

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

Morris, IL Navy H 1945 Army H 1950-1952

Marseilles, IL Army H 1979-1989

Morris, IL Navy Air H 1950-1954

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John “Louie” Farber

Morris, IL Marines H 2007-2011

Russell Ferguson

Morris, IL Marines H 1958-1961

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William M. Ferguson

Dominic Ferrari

Russell J. Finch

Bill Finfrock

Daniel Finn

William Finn

Leonard R. Fioritto

Leonard Fioritto

Kevin Fischer

Morris, IL Marines H 1951-1953

Gardner, IL Army H 1958-1960

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

Morris, IL Army H 1965-1967

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

Dale W. Fitch

Gary P. Fitzmaurice

Maurice Fleetwood

Bob Flynn

Rocky L. Flynn

Jules H. Fortin

Dorsey Foster

Nathan Fox

Jessica (Claypool) Franz

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1970

Morris, IL Air Force H 1963-1967

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

Morris, IL Navy H 1948-1952

Morris, IL Marines H 1968-1969

Greenville, NH Army H 1953-1955

Morris, IL Navy H 1981-1985

Dwight, IL Marines H 2006-2010

Morris, IL Marines H 2007-2010

Wayne Gabehart

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

Howard Fread

William A. Freis

Gerald L. Friant

Glenn Friant

Leonard Friddle

Natalie Friend

Larry J. Frosch

William E. Fruland

Morris, IL Army H 1917-1919 Died 1980

Seneca, IL Army H 1963-1965

Morris, IL Army H 1964-1965

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

Raymond D. Gaddo

Kevin J. Gaffney

Marvin J. Gagliardo

Jim Gallagher

Michael Gallagher

Norval Galloway

Robert A. Gallup

Gene Gang

Ralph Gilbertson, Sr.

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

Seneca, IL Navy H 1987-1991

Robert Garcia

Charles “Chuck” Garling

Phil Gilbert

Bob Gilbertson

Morris, IL Marines H 1963-1967

Morris, IL Army H 1952-1954 Died March 1, 2007

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

Morris, IL Army H 1969-1971

Morris, IL Navy H 1979-1983

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

Maurice G. Gantzert

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

Dick Gilchrist

John Gilchrist

Richard A. Gilmour

LeRoy Gilmoure

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

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

Lando Gingerich

Kalona, IA Air Force H 1950-1954

Roy Gleen

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

Edward J. Glenney

Lyle Goff

Keith Golimowski

Michael Golimowski

Ronald Goode

Morris, IL Navy H 1956-1960

Morris, IL Air Force H 1966-1969

Morris, IL Army H 2009-present

Morris, IL Army H 1968-1970

Mazon, IL Army H 1968-1970

Edna Roach Graham

L. Rice Graham

Lawrance Graham

Tracy N. Graham

Elmer T. Granger

James W. Gonnam

Verona, IL Army H 1972-1974

Roger M. Gordon

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

Jesse W. Gonnam

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

Ole M. Greenley, Jr.

Ole M. Greenley, Sr.

Tom Granger

John Gram

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

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

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

Nicholas W. Gregoire

Dale Grieff

William J. Griffiths

Frank Grimes

Eric Gronski

Eddie Grove

Ken Grudis

Matteson, IL Air Force H 1964-1967

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

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

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

Christopher Guthrie

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

Peter Hammond

Daniel Hamric

Harvey A. Hansen

Lars M. Hansen

Leonard M. Hansen

Lowell R. Hansen

Sherman Hansen

Jerry Hanson

Lloyd Hanson

Braceville, IL Marines H 1987-1997

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

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

John Iverson

Morris, IL Army H 1944-1946 Died 1988

Babcock, WI Army H 1965-1968

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

Verona, IL Navy H 1949-1953

Elwood Hahn

George W. Hall

William S. Halterman

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

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Raymond Hanson

Stanley Hanson

Wally Hanson

William Hanson

Willis J. Hanson, Jr.

Willis J. Hanson, Sr.

David A. Harper

Joshua W. Harris

George E. Harrop

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

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

Henry D. Harseim

Donald Harvey

Josh Harvey

Lonnie Harvey

Merrill C. Harvey

Maynard Hawkins

George Heap

Ron Heap

Trent Heap

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

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

John Heavens

William Heermann

Nathan Hefner

Arnold Helgeson

Bennie Helland

Joseph G. Hemmersbach

Raymond E. Hemmersbach

Victor D. Hemmersbach

Adam Henderson

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

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

Jake Hendrix

Jay Hendrix

Herbert Hentschel

Duane L. Heren

Gil Herrera

Leslie E. Hertenstein

Myron L. Hexdall

John Hextell

Ronald G. Hibler

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

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

Daniel Hicks

Greg Higgins

John R. Higgins

Merlyn Higgins

Ruth Hiles

William Hiles

Earlyn K. Hill

Elton J. Hill

Lester M. Hill

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

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

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Andrew M. Hillegass

Vernon Hilt, Sr.

Bill Hiney

Gary Hively

Wayne Hodgson

Ralph Holbrook

Noel Holman

Raymond Holzhauer

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

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

Stephen Homerding

Timothy Hood

Elizabeth Hortega

Josiah Hortega

William “Bill” Horton Yorkville, IL Army H 1956-1958 Died 1994

Gerald R. Houchin

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

Keith O. Houchin

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

Harold G. Hougas

Marseilles, IL Army H 1951-1953

Irvin L. Hougas, Sr.

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

Steven M. Huettemann

Brian Humbert

Albert L. Hume

Michael T. Hume

Robert A. Hume

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

James E. Hougas

Troy Householder

Willard Howen

Nicholas Huerta

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

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

Dennis Huston

Robert Hutchings

Roy Hutchings, Jr.

Ronald Hutton

Jim Hynds

Gary L. Ingraham

Robert H. Inman

Paul Izral

Melvin L. Jackman

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

Luke Jackson

Barry W. Jaicomo

Walter Jaicomo

William J. Jaicomo

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

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968

Ronald Jamieson

Dwight, IL Army H 1983-2010

Verona, IL Navy H 1957-1979

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1943-1945

Alfred “Red” Jenkins

Carroll Jewett

Mazon, IL Army H 1965-1967

Mazon, IL Marines H 1918-1919 Died 1977

Morris, IL Army H 1988-1991

George Jisa

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

Gardner, IL Army H 1954-1956

Carl R. Johnson

Chicago, IL Navy H 1941-1945

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Morris, IL H Marines H Died June 7, 1967

Donald Johnson

Gary LeRoy Johnson

Gene A. Johnson

Harold F. Johnson

John O. Johnson

Harry A. Johnson

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

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

LeRoy Palmer Johnson

Lester W. Johnson

Oliver Johnson

Scott Johnson

Silas Johnson

Vernon E. Johnson

Dr. Larry C. Johnson

Lavern Johnson

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

Brookfield, MO Army H 1969-1972

Morris, IL Air Force H 1963-1967

Vernon K. Johnson

Hank Jones

Wesley E. Jorstad

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

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

Michael H. Joyce

Harold Kaldheim

Helen Kaldheim

Donald C. Kaufman

Robert R. Keech

Scott A. Keech

Ben F. Kelly

Jacob A. Kelly

Marvin Kessler

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

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

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

Jessica Klein

Morris, IL Navy H 1999-2007

Earl F. Kleinfeldt

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

J. E. Kleinfeldt

Morris, IL Navy H 1966-1970

Lee E. Kleinfeldt

Morris, IL Army H 1972-1974

John H. Kleinmaier

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

Cate Klepacki

George F. Knudson

Gerald R. Knudson

Nathan D. Knutson

Harry Kolb

Don Komnick

John Kopczick

Raymond A. Kopczick

Frank B. Kuntz

Braceville, IL Army H 1968-1970

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

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

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Gary R. Kuriger

William R. Kuriger

Ron Kyrouac

Charles Labaj

Walter R. Lacyk

James F. Lamie

Kurt Lamping

Stanley “Ike” Kopczick

William J. Lanning

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

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

Albert Kowalczyk

Ami Kowalczyk

Dennis E. Kowalczyk

Richard Kowalczyk

Marc Krakar

Carl Kramer

Russell Kukman

Frank Kulig

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

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

Daniel Lardi

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1966-1968

Keith Larson

Morris, IL Army H 1958-1961

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

David E. Latham

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

John T. Latham, Jr.

Custer Park, IL Army H 1964-1967

John T. Latham, Sr.

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

Joe Laughary

Morris, IL Army Air CorpH1940-45

Keith Laughary

Morris, IL Marines H 1970-1972

Kevin Laughary

Morris, IL Navy H 2002-present

Kurt Laughary

Ruth Laughary

Gary L. Lawless

Walter L. Lawless

Ray Layton

Arthur R. Leach

Rich Leach

Harry Leasure

Frank D. Lee

Morris, IL Navy H 2002-present

Massillon, OH Navy H 2003-present

Gardner, IL Army H 1970-1972

Gardner, IL Navy H 1945-1953

Richmond Hill, GA Army H 1960-1962

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

George E. Lee

Kevin W. Leeds

Tim Lehman

Daniel L. Leiter

Dennis Lenzie

Donald Lenzie

Allan O. Leranger

Lindsay Leskanich

Eugene E. Lewis

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

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

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Norman Lewis

Samantha Limbach

Adam Lindley

Ray L. Lindley

Gary P. Linick

Brandon M. Linn

Terry Livingston

Scott Lock

Raymond J. Loeffler, Jr.

Morris, IL Marines H 1952-1955

Morris, IL Navy H 2015-Present

Morris, IL Navy H 2003-2008

Morris, IL Army H 1965-1967 Died March 16, 2021

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

Albert Lovati

Alan D. Love

Granville A. Love

Clifford A. Lowery

William W. Lowery

Lawrence Lundborg

LaVerne Lundborg

Patricia Lundborg

Timothy Lundborg

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

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

Christopher Lutz

Frank Lutz

Lavern R. Lutz

Robert Lynes

Joseph A. Macaluso

Samuel L. Lyons

Coal City, IL Army/Civil WarH1864-1865

Donald Lyon

Henry A. Lyons

Henry E. Lyons

Morris, IL Army H 1959-1965

Coal City, IL Air Force H 1950-1954

Coal City, IL Army/WWI H 1918-1919

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

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

Gerald Matteson

Kenneth Matteson

Russell Matteson

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

Seneca, IL Air Force H 1950-1953

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

Walter Marnell

William V. Martin

Robert D. Martis

David M. Maskel

Emmett Maskel

Clyde F. Mason

Morris, IL Coast Guard H 1942-1946

Morris, IL Navy H 1951-1955

Coal City, IL Army H 1951-1953

Morris, IL Army H 1958-1961

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

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

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

Morris, IL Army H 1953-1954

Newark/Morris, IL Air Force H 1957-1961

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

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John F. Maunder

John Mazza

Gene L. McArdle

Jim McCleary

Dennis McCluckie

Earl (Mickey) McComas

Donald P. McCormack

Forrest McCormack

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

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

James R. McCormack

Kenneth McCormack

La Verne McCormack

Ken McCoy

Joseph B. McGuan

Paul E. McIntosh

Donald Dean McKinney

Jeremy N. McKinney

Jerry Jon McLuckie

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

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

John Wilton “Bill” McLuckie

Donald R. McMillan, Jr.

Mack McMillin

John McNabb

Kate Meadows

Richard Meadows

Ron E. Menees

Jackie L. Meredith

Llyod W. Meredith

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

Morris, IL Navy H 2000-present

Morris, IL Navy H 1966-1972

Seneca, IL Marines H 1953-1958

Braceville, IL Army H 1959-1961

Braceville, IL Army H 1948-1952

Robert T. Meredith

Ed Meridith

James R. Meridith

Robert Messel

Dominic J. Messina

Robert L. Metroz

John (Jack) Micetich

Philip (Joe) Micetich

Alan H. Miller

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

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

Henry “Hank” Miller

Jacob D. Miller

Lynn “Mike” Miller

Orville (Buck) Miller

Orville C. Miller

Raleigh Miller

Sean Miller

William E. Miller

Kyle Minett

Coal City, IL Navy H 1943-1945 Died 2006

Coal City, IL Marines H 2009-present

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

Coal City, IL Navy H 1956-1958

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

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

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Joseph Misener

Terry Misener

Richard Mitchell

Elton L. Monson

Jim Moran

James W. Morrall

John Morris, Jr.

John Morris

Wayne Morris

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

Mazon, IL Army H 1970-1972

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

Bill Morse

James Mulcahy

Mark Munger

Adam Murphy

J. F. Murphy

Terry Muscato

David S. Musgrave

Richard O. “Dick” Myers

John Nagra

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

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

John Nars

Tim Nagra

H. Wayne Neal

Bill E. Nelson

Gerald Nelson

Ivan M. Nelson

Jack E. Nelson

Mitchell D. Nelson

Donald Neville

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

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

Robert Newberry

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

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

Joseph Newman

Seneca, IL Navy H Korean War

Charles John (Jack) Newport

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

Gwendolyn Babcock Newport

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

James Newport

Kinsman, IL Air Force H 1941-1945 Died 1994

Madison Nguyen

Dwight, IL Marines H active

Larry E. Nickels

Coal City, IL Army H 1945-1946

Elmer E. Newell

Morris, IL Navy H 1969-1975

Danny Niewinski

Henry H. Niewinski

Henry W. Niewinski

Cliff Nighsonger

Delbert J. Noble

John Nolan

Dale Norton

Terry C. Novotney

Chris Nugent

Morris, IL Navy H 2012-present

Morris, IL Army H Korean War

Morris, IL Army H WWII

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945

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

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Jeremiah Nugent, Sr.

Jerry Nugent

Mike Nugent

Patrick W. Nugent

Thomas Nugent

Erik Nusbaumer

Don O’Brien

Gerald O’Brien

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

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

Jack J. O’Hagen

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

Michael O’Hagen

Morris, IL Marines H 1990-1995

Tyler Oelschlager Dwight, IL Navy H active

Robert W. Ollerman

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

Gene Olson

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

Gregory T. Olson

Morris, IL Navy H 1971-1975

Larry Olson

Morris/Mazon, IL Army H 1968-1969

Maury Olson

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

Newan S. Olson

Morris, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died 1974

Richard O. Olson

Robert F. Olson

Roger L. Olson

Violet R. Olson

Joseph E. Opyd

Leo Paul Opyd, Sr.

Leon Paul Opyd, III

Leon Paul Opyd, Jr.

Luke Opyd

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

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

Dennis Orvis

Lawrence Orvis

Gordon Osmundson

LaVerne Osmundson

Elwyn E. Oswood

Milburn J. Oswood

Marion S. Ostby

Douglas Overbeck

Edward Pacchetti

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

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

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

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

Minooka, IL Navy H 1976-1984

Arthur Patterson

James Pavlis

Coal City, IL Army WWI H OperatorInfantry Died 1966

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

Albert C. Pankey

Clifton, IL Army H WWI Died 1963

Dennis N. Pankey

Clifton, IL Army H 1972-1974

Gerald J. Pankey

Clifton, IL Army H 1946-1948 Died 1999

Dick Parker

Morris, IL Army H 101st Airborne 1962-1964

Norman L. Paroubek

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

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

Gary Patton

Ottawa, IL Marines H 1966-1969

Jeff Paulson

Morris, IL Navy H 1991-1993

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

Willis Peacock

Melvin A. Peterson

Delmar A. Peel

Delmar L. “Butch” Peel

David Perry

John L. Perry

Jerry Peterson

Agnes Peterson

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

Morris, IL Navy H 1989-2010

John (Jack) Phillips

John Phillips, Jr.

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

Morris, IL Navy H 1953-1993

Morris, IL Navy H 1953-1956

Morris, IL Navy H 1944-1946

Tim Pfaff

Donald L. Pfeifer, Sr.

Albert Phillips

Clarence Phillips

George W. Phillips

James R. Phillips, Sr.

Morris, IL Marines H 1943-1947

Morris IL Navy H 1981-1992

Gardner, IL Marines H 1951-1953

Jonesboro, AR Army H 1966-1968

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

John M. Phillips, Sr.

Joseph T. Phillips, Jr.

Joseph T. Phillips, Sr.

Robert Phillips

Walter A. Phillips, Sr.

Frank Picciariello

Edward L. Pierard

Richard Pierce

Albert J. Pilch

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

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

John Prebeg

Milan Prebeg

John F. Progress

Thomas F. Powell

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

Russel Dale Pine

Morris, IL Navy H 1945-1948 Died 1948

Wayne E. Pine

Morris, IL Army H 1918

David G. Platt

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

Glenn Pope

Channahon, IL Air Force H 1967-1971

Jeffery Poundstone

Morris, IL Army H 1981-1991

Joliet, IL Army H WWII Died 2013

Joliet, IL Army H WWII Deceased

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

Curtis Rasmusson

Ronald J. Rath

Francis M. Reano

Patrick Rafferty

Dwight, IL Army H active

Mark Prosser

Joliet, IL Army H 2004-2-12

Ivan Provance

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

Amity Taylor Provenzano

Morris, IL Navy H 1997-2000

G. Herbert Ranz

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

Michael A. Ranz

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

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R. Edward Reed

James I. Reeves

James W. Reeves

Joseph L. Reeves

Edward J. Reiser

Leon J. Residori

Gary Rickmon

Kimberly Rieck

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

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

Dana Riegel

Jeremy Riegel

Paul L. Riegle

Timothy P. Riegle

George James Ringer

Jon Ringer

Martin J. Riordan, Jr.

Harold Ritke

Eugene Robertson

Dwight, IL Army H active

Dwight, IL Army H active

Brook, IN Navy H 1957-1960

Morris, IL Navy H 1982-2002

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

Brian Robisky

Dennis Robisky

Korey Rodrick

Kenneth Roe

Leland M. Roe

Wilmer Roe

Robert T. Rogers

John J. Ronchetti

Keith Roseland

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

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

Wayne Roseland

Richard Rosencrans

Randall E. Rosengren

John B. Ross

John Roth, Jr.

John Roth, Sr.

Louis Ruffatti

Luverne Runestad

Marty Runestad

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

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968

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

Orliss L. Runestad

Shawn P. Runge

Davis A. Runion

Clinton Ryder

Darwin Ryder

Robert J. Ryder

Stephen J. Ryder

William Richard Ryder

Joseph T. Sajnaj

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

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

Morris, IL Navy H 1971-1974

LaSalle/Morris, IL Coast Guard H 1948-52

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Mark J. Sajnaj

Michael G. Sajnaj, Jr.

Michael G. Sajnaj

Eric Sampson

Gordon Sampson

Orville L. “Bud” Sampson

Ronald Sampson

Siegel Sampson

David Sandeno

Morris, IL Air Force H 1985-1989

Morris, IL Navy H 2006-present

Morris, IL Navy Seabees H 1980-89

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

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

John R. Sanders, Jr.

John R. Sanders

Kevin Sanders

Dario E. Sarti

Erica Sarti

Hannibal J. “Nibs” Sarti

Jared Sarti

Ralph Sassenger

James E. Satorius

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

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

Dean L. Savage

Dennis Scaman

Ken Scaman

William Scerine

John F. Schimandle

John J. Schimandle

Wayne Schlappi

Louis Schmidberger Joliet, IL Navy H 1957-1959

Douglas Schmidt

Maquoketa, IA Navy H 1977-1983

Richard N. Scorby

Paul F. Scott

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

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

Bradley Schmitt

Don Schmitz

Joe Schmitz

Jeremy Schou

Chris Schreiner

Robert E. Schwiesow

Robert G. Schwiesow

Morris, IL Air Force H 1991-present

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1953

Streator, IL Navy H 1960-1964

Dwight, IL Nat’l Guard H 2004-2011

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

Dale Scubic

Aaron Seabert

Richard Sebby

Kenneth W. Seidler

Kyle Senard

Terry Sengewald

Frank L. Sereno

Kenneth E. Sereno

Michael Sereno

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

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

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Ryan Shannon

Thomas Sheahan

Jeffrey S. Sheedy

Willard Sheedy, Jr.

Michael W. Shelton

Donald J. Shenbarger

Timothy Shenberg

Chuck Shepherd

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

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

Colin Michael Sheridan

Michael Thomas Sheridan

Alfred Shewmake

Bernard “Art” Shewmake

Donald Shewmake

Jim Shewmake

Rich Shewmake

Walter Shewmake

Jerry Shirtino, Jr.

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

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

M. J. (Peg) Sjostrom

Bennie Sklut

Alan Skwarczynski

Sheila Skwira

Bruce Lane Smith

Clarence Sisk Kinsman, IL Army H WWII Died 1966

Russell Shostrom Mazon, IL Army H 1942-1946 Died Nov. 20, 1965

Frank Smith, Jr.

George P. Shugart

Mark Allen Simons

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

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

Henry A. Smith

Jeffrey Smith

Jim Smith

Morris, IL Army H 1950-1953

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

John K. Smith

Mark H. Smith

Melvin A. Smith

William “Buzzy” Smith

Richard Sohan

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

Sparta, VA Air Force H 1998-present

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

Wayne Sorensen

Gina Spandet

Alan P. Spangler

Charlie Sparrow

Kyle Sparrow

Paul Sparrow

Tara Sparrow

Daniel F. Spencer

Neal “Corky” Spencer

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

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

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Bruce E. Southcombe

P. Douglas Splain

Philip E. Splain

Paul Sprole

William Steele

Robert Stangland

Robert Thomas Stansberry 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

Matthew J. Steurer

Walter Stott

Robert Strandell

Michael Strange

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

Arthur E. Steffes, Jr.

Joel Steichen

Donald W. Sterritt, Jr.

Doug Sterritt

Donald W. Sterritt, Sr.

Emery (Jack) Steen

Mark W. Steen

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

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

Robert Strange, Sr.

Joseph Struck

Theodore Struck

Michael Stuckey

Simon Sulaica, Jr.

Hezzie Summitt

Kristopher Surber

James A. Susan

James Sutton

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

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

Charles “Chuck” Suydam

Ernest W. Swanson

Josiah Swanson

Daniel Swiggett

Jeff L. Swiggett

Barney A. Taylor

Joseph L. Taylor

Jeremy Teague

Ladd Tedford

Coal City, IL Army H 1941-1945 Died March 10, 1990

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

Newark, IL Army Reserves H 2009

Morris, IL Army H 2002-2007

Morris, IL Army H 1982-1985

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

Gerald R. Terando

Joshua A. Terando

Donald E. Terry

Justin Terry

Ronald L. Terry

James E. Testa

Herbert J. Thom

Absher Thomas

George Thomas

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

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

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Morris, IL Air Corp. H 1953-1957

Seth Thomas

William Thomas

Alden C. Thompson

Glenn Thompson

Morris, IL Marines H1953-1957 Deceased

Jerome Thompson

Lavern Thompson

Melvin Thompson

Milton Thompson

Thomas A. Thompson

Morris, IL Navy H 1943-1945 Deceased

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

Cyril T. Thorson

Dennis Thorson

Duanne Thorson

Edward Thorson

Emmett L. Thorson

Lockport, IL Army H 2013-present

Seneca, IL Army H 1969-Viet Nam

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

Wayne Thompson

John R. Thorsen Morris, IL H Army H

Alvin G. Thorson

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

Morris, IL Navy H 1970-1976

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

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

Glenn Thorson

H. Dale Thorson

Jeffrey Thorson

Ken Thorson

Otto Thorson Morris, IL H Army H Died 1947

Robert Thorson

Dwight, IL Army H 1965-1967

“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

Chris Travis

Donald Treadway

Wayne Trenter

Elwyn A. Trotter

Parry Tuggle

Morris, IL Navy H 1945-1946 Deceased

Byron A. Thorson

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

David M. Togliatti

Michael J. Togliatti

Alvin J. Torkelson

Brian Trainor

Coal City, IL Army H 1965-1967

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

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

Dwight, IL Marines H 2002-2008

Dwight, IL Army H active

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

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

Charles Turner

Marvin Tyler

Edward Unger

Tony Unger

Tim Urbanik

Gordon K. Vaksdal

Richard L. Valerio

Donald C. Valiente

William B. Vallow

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

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

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Clay C. Van Tassel

Ralph Vanden

Conrad Vandervort

Gene Vandervort

Willard E. Vaughn

Barton W. Vest

Robert J. Viano

James Vick

Edwin P. Viglia, Sr.

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

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

Sigurd S. Viland

James Vilt

Joseph Vilt

Kenneth W. Vilt

Kenneth J. Vlk

Thomas Vodacek

George Voelcker

Russell F. Vogen

John Vota

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

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

D. Duane Waisath

George C. Walczak

Daniel M. Walker

James Walsh

James E. Walsh

Thomas E. “Ed” Walsh

William “Bill” Walsh

William Wando

William T. Warren

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

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1945 Died Nov. 2, 2018

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

Clay Webb

Conrad Weitz

Harry S. Watters

Ritchie, IL Army H 1941-1945

Robert W. Warrick

Edward Washburn

Eric Washburn

Paul E. Washburn

Richard A. Washburn

Robert Washburn

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

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

Frank W. Welch

Herman F. Welch

Dave Welsh

Douglas Welsh

Theodore L. Wendell

Terry Wenger

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

Dwight, IL Air Force H active

Melvin P. Werden

Morris, IL Army H 1957-1959

Coal City, IL Marines H 1982-present

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

Charles Whitaker

Eric White

Morris, IL Navy H 1964-1967

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

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Harry L. Wickman

Lawrence W. Wickman

Lisa Wickman

Steven P. Wickman

Nicholas R. Wickman

Jerry Howard Wicks

Matthew Wilkey

Robert D. Wilkinson

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

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

Leslie Willis

“Pete” Willis

Robert Willis

Rudy Willis, II

Rudolph Willis

Donald Lloyd Wills

Kendall Wills

Lloyd Wills

Stephen D. Wills

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

Morris, IL Army H 1966-1968

Kempton, IL Navy H 2017-2021

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

Morris, IL Marines H 1988-1993

Ronald Wilson

Richard Winsor

Edwin D. Witt

Donald L. Woodward

Leonard J. Wozniak

Francis E. Wren, Jr.

Jason Wren

Ronald Wren

Jason G. Wright

So. Wilmington, IL Army H 1944 Died 1944

Morris, IL Air Force H 1965-1989

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

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

Archie Wynen

Allan Yarmer

Mello Yarmer

Michelle L. Yarmer

Elmo Ray Younger

Edward Zelinko, Sr.

James Zelinko, Sr.

Fred Wurst, Sr.

Ojibwa, WI Navy H 1943-1945

Fred Wurst, Jr.

Peotone, IL Army H 1969-1971

John Robert Zelko III

Morris, IL Army H 2006-2008

Harley D. Zhe

Morris, IL Army H 1952-1953

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

Plainfield, IL Navy H 1977-1983

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

Verona, IL Navy H 2001-2009

Morris, IL Army H 1942-1946

Coal City, IL Army H 1942-1945

Norman E. Ziegler

Ronald Ziegler

Chris Zierman

Clarence R. Zingre

Harry Zitzka

G. G. Zullo

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

James Zumbahlen

Morris, IL Army H 1969-1971

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

Morris, IL Marines H 2001-2004

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

Gene Funk

Morris, IL Army H 1960 - 1963

Morris, IL Army H 1951-1952

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

Coal City, IL Army H 1968-1970

Nicholas Zullo

Morris, IL Air Force H 1960-1964

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Veteran Service Organizations AMVETS Post 53

274-1686 veterans1953@gmail.com call for meeting day and location

Chief Shabbona Chapter 86 PO Box 662, Morris 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 PM

Danner-Madsen American Legion Post 663 426 Industry Ave, Gardner 237-2747 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 PM

John Martin Steele VFW Post 6049

Mazon American Legion Post 352

La Societe de 40 Hommes et 8 Cheveaux Voiture 1195

Minooka American Legion Post 1188

Marine Corp League Grundy County Detachment #1372

Morris American Legion Post 294

309 E. McKinley Street, Morris 942-0605 2nd Wednesday, 7:00 PM

locale1195morris@gmail.com 4th Monday, 6:00 PM

212 W Washington Street, Morris gcmcl1372@gmail.com 4th Thursday, 7:00 PM

500 Depot Street, Mazon 448-2550 mal352@att.net 1st Thursday in March, June, September & December, 7:00 PM

PO Box 278, Minooka legionpost1188@hotmail.com 2nd Thursday, 7:00 PM

212 W Washington Street, Morris 942-0183 morrislegionpost294@yahoo.com 3rd Thursday, 7:00 PM

Saint Juvin VFW Post 1336 PO Box 191, Coal City 1st Sunday, 1:00 PM

SM-CL1932425

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