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)
- Danielson, John Donald
- Darnall, Robert Dean
- Dasso, Carl Henry
- Dasso, Eugene Edward
- Davies, John Bent
- Dearing, George Bradford
- DeCleene, Donald James
- Deffner, Theodore Paul
- Degenhart, Harry Irving
- Delaney, Sanders
- Denning, Joseph Fredrick
- DeValk, Robert George
- Devers, William Elijah Moore
- Dickenson, Robert Wilson
- Dickhut, Kenneth William
- Dippold, Arthur James
- Diveley, Wayne Clement
- Dixon, Adlai Raymond
- Dixon, Elmer Austin
- Dodsworth, Willard (Bud) Sydenham
- Doherty, Philip Hill
- Donovan, James Richard
- Dorenfest, Jerome David
- Dour, Lealand Fredrick Louis
- Downer, James Garnett
- Downs, Charles McCabe
- Drake, Gene Frederick
- Drake, Richard Potter
- Drake, Stafford William Jr.
- Drazba, Peter Anthony
- Driver, John Irvin
- Duff, James Crawford
- DuHamel, Harold Sylvester
- Dunski, John N.
- Edwards, Clayton DeLellis
- Edwards, George Edgar
- Edwards, James Donald
- Edwards, Walter Owen Jr.
- Ehleb, William Henry
- Ellingson, Joelbert William