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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)

  • Corbin, Ashford Frank
  • Cork, Willis Hugh
  • Crismore, Joseph Collins
  • Culmer, Bruce Nutter
  • Cutter, Robert Marshall
  • Dahringer, Homer Walston
  • Dallenbach, John Henry
  • Demeter, Theodore Frederick
  • Dodd, Townsend Foster
  • Durst, James Edwin
  • Dushek, Vincent John
  • Earnest, William Franklin
  • Edwards, Adrian Clair
  • Evans, Arthur Morgan
  • Farver, Emery C.
  • Freer, Arthur Warren
  • Ghislin, Lloyd Havens
  • Gifford, Ralph Egley
  • Gilpatrick, Gladys
  • Gochnaur, Orlando Merrill
  • Goltra, Isaac Van Tyle
  • Goodfellow, Thomas
  • Gorman, Algernon DeWaters
  • Gray, Harry Millison
  • Gray, Otto Benton
  • Greene, Edward Forbes
  • Gregory, Julius Elmer
  • Grosche, William Gustav
  • Gundlock, Charles Henry
  • Gustafson, Charles LeRoy
  • Gustafson, George Philip
  • Gustafson, Melsor Eugene
  • Hadden, Chester Gilbert
  • Hadra, Frederick
  • Hagler, Kent Dunlap
  • Hamilton, William Jacob Hamilton
  • Hammerstrand, Frank Leonard
  • Hanley, John Connor
  • Hardy, Howard Henry
  • Harpole, Tillman Hardy Harpole
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If you are interested in contributing to the Veterans’ Memorial project, submit an update, or have questions, please contact the University of Illinois Alumni Association at (217)333-1471 or alumni@uillinois.edu.

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