Gold Star Illini
Those “Gold Star Illini” are those alumni who answered their nation’s call and gave their lives as the ultimate sacrifice. The listing here includes all known Illini killed while serving in the Armed Forces in official, recognized wars and conflicts for which a campaign medal or battle streamer has been authorized.
World War I
(1917-1918)
- Aarvig, Truman Obet
- Adams, Alvin James
- Anderson, Charles Patrick
- Angarola, Michael Louis
- Ash, Alan Newton
- Atkinson, Francis (Frank)
- Bailey, John Willard
- Barnes, Harold
- Bartlett, Lowell Wilson
- Bartos, Bohuslav
- Benitz, Frank Allyn
- Bennehoff, John Stanley
- Benson, Merrill Manning
- Berry, Edwards Hall
- Beyerlein, Arthur Lewis
- Bloebaum, Benjamin Harrison
- Bluestein, Irwin Jerome
- Boardman, Vinson Runyan
- Boger, Henry Hall
- Bonner, Arthur Lee
- Branham, Marcus Huber
- Brannon, George Raymond
- Brotherton, William Edgar
- Brown, Bayard
- Brown, Waldo Reinhart
- Buchanan, Harold Charles
- Burroughs, John Edward
- Busey, Charles Bowen
- Caldwell, Charles Edwin Jr.
- Callahan, William Joseph
- Carpenter, Jay Ira
- Cassell, Lee Stanley
- Chandler, Leslie George
- Chapin, Minor Judson
- Clayton, Harry Leslie
- Clendenen, Paul McKinney
- Collins, Charles O.
- Colton, Henry Richardson
- Cookson, Linn Palmer
- Cooper, Charles Edward