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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 II

(1941-1946)

  • Adam, Folger P. Jr.
  • Adams, Francis Woodrow
  • Adams, Robert (Ace) George
  • Albrecht, John Henry
  • Allen, Edward Amende Jr.
  • Allen, Robert Edwin
  • Allen, Robert Morgan
  • Allen, Edward Amende
  • Althoff, Clifford Floyd
  • Amerman, David Ruel
  • Anderson, Donald Henry
  • Anderson, Eugene Harold
  • Anderson, Fred Harvey
  • Anderson, Gene Arthur
  • Armantrout, Ottis Myers
  • Arnold, Robert Benjamin
  • Arnold, Robert Edson
  • Ash, Robert Melville
  • Atkins, Byard Eugene
  • Austin, John Kenneth
  • Babbitt, Richard Kipling
  • Bailey, Eugene Rankin
  • Bailey, Kenneth Dillon
  • Baird, Lester White
  • Baker, Eugene Lester
  • Baker, Gordon Gates
  • Baldwin, Jack Olinger
  • Baldwin, Thomas Scott
  • Balestri, Renso Paul
  • Baranski, Edward Victor
  • Barnum, Edmund Maginess
  • Barry, Edward Eyers
  • Beadle, Wilbur Jay Jr.
  • Beall, Kenneth Sutter
  • Bean, Robert Allison
  • Beattie, Thomas Eugene
  • Beckley, Donald Meader
  • Beguesse, Celsus Elliott
  • Berner, John Rudolph
  • Bernhardt, Charles Arthur Jr.
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Contact Information

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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