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)
- Kennedy, Robert McCurdy
- Kennedy, Walter Jerome Jr.
- Kenny, Edwin Smith
- Kerasotes, Anthony Gus
- Kerr, Edwin Virgil
- Kettle, Joseph Eugene
- Ketzle, Henry Warren
- Keup, Fred Edward
- Kibler, John Davis
- Kilbride, Robert Louis
- Killian, Milford Leutiel Jr.
- Kindell, Ervin Stuart Jr.
- Kinnear, Robert Thomas
- Kirby, James Harold
- Kirshner, Irving
- Kitterman, Ivor
- Klostermann, Eberhard Julius
- Knudson, Russell Olyn
- Knudson, Thomas Francis
- Kobza, Richard Laurence
- Konikoff, Albert Benjamin
- Kontos, Gregory Constantine
- Korecky, James Roy
- Kowalski, Joseph John
- Kraft, Robert Gerald
- Kragerud, Edward John
- Kramer, Jesse C.
- Kratz, James Piatt Jr.
- Krieg, Earl Otis
- Kroll, Joseph
- Krueger, Robert John Jr.
- Kukac, Milton
- Kurr, Everett Earl
- Kurth, Robert Seymour
- Lafferty, Robert John
- Lake, Allan LeRoy
- Landis, John Raymond Jr.
- Landsness, Donald O.
- Lane, Charles Alonzo
- Lane, Clifford Earl


