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	Duaine E. Arthur	Corporal
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	Btry B 38th FA BN	Camp Carson, Colo.
Military Occupation	Clark General (0550)
Entered Service/Discharged	Ft. Snelling, Minn.	Camp Carson,Colo.
Period Served	May 23, 1947-Nov. 12, 1947
Where Served	Okinawa
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	Nov. 27, 1927
Date Deceased	Aug. 8, 1982
Medals	Japanese Occupational Ribbon, WW2 Victory Medal

	Lyman A. Bailey	1st LT.
War	WW II
Branch	Air Force
Company/Outfit	438th Bomb Squad	319th Bomb Group/12th Air Force
Military Occupation	Bombardier-Navigator
Entered Service
Period Served	Sept. 1942-Oct. 1945
Where Served	E.T.O. Based on Corsica
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	Nov. 6, 1919
Date Deceased
Medals	Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

	Obe S. Beesaw	Sgt.
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	Co. M. 133rd Inf. Regiment	34th "Red Bull" Division
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	May 25, 1941-July 2, 1944
Where Served	North African & Italian Campaigns
Wounded
Killed In Action	Yes	Cecian, Italy
POW
Date of Birth	1913
Date Deceased	1944
Medals	Purple Heart

	Darrel W. Benson	CPL
War	WW II
Branch	A AF BU
Company/Outfit	SQ E 350Sth AAF BU	Medical Corps man 657
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	June 21, 1945-Nov. 13, 1946
Where Served	In the States
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	July 11,1926
Date Deceased
Medals	Auth WWII Victory Medal

	Claire Bielfeldt	1st LT.
War	WW II
Branch	Army Nurse Corp. A.U.S.
Company/Outfit	8th Field Hospital
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Aug. 2, 1943-June 30, 1946
Where Served	European Theatre
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth
Date Deceased
Medals	Bronze Star Medal

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	John Bielfeldt Jr.	Tec.-5
War	WW II
Branch	A.U.S.
Company/Outfit	B. 2833 Engr. C. Batt.
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Mar. 1, 1942-Aug. 17, 1945
Where Served	Algeria French Moroccan, Sicilian-Naples Foggia
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	Nov. 20, 1913
Date Deceased	Jan. 26, 1977
Medals	Good Conduct Medal, European african Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Battle Stars, Bronze Service Arrowhead, 5 Overseas Service Bars, 1 Silver Stripe

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	Archie Dale Birt	Pvt.
War	WW II
Branch	Infantry
Company/Outfit	Co. A	22nd Battalion I.R.T.C.
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Oct. 24, 1944-Mar. 1 1945
Where Served	Fort McClillan, Alabama
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW
Date of Birth	Feb. 2, 1925
Date Deceased
Medals	None

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	Henry Chris Blum	Sgt.
War	WW II
Branch	U.S. Marine Corps.
Company/Outfit	6th Joint Assault & Signal Corp. (Jasco) ?	6th Marine Division ?
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Dec 10, 1942-Dec. 12, 1945
Where Served	Melanensia, Micronesia, Orient
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	1923
Date Deceased	1983
Medals	Good Conduct

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	Irwin E. Bridson	RDM 3/C
War	Navy
Branch
Company/Outfit	Argus 8, Argus 21, USS-LSM 368
Military Occupation	Radar Operator
Entered Service
Period Served	Feb. 18, 1943-Nov. 24, 1945
Where Served	Pacific
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth
Date Deceased
Medals

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	LeRoy D. Cruse	S/Sgt
War	WW II
Branch	Army Air Force
Company/Outfit	510th Bombardment Squadron	351st Bombardment Group
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Aug. 4, 1941-May 28, 1944
Where Served	ETO
Wounded	Oct. 10, 1943	Munster, Germany
Killed In Action	Yes, May 28, 1944	Elm, Germany Flew 25 combat missions on B17 Flying Fortress
POW
Date of Birth
Date Deceased	May 28, 1944
Medals	Citation of Honor, Four Oak Leaf Clusters, Two Purple Hearts

	Marvin Cuklanz	T5
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	Hdg Co.	62nd Signal BN.
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	April 13, 1945- Oct. 30, 1946
Where Served	Asiatic Pacific Theatre
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	Sept. 17, 1920
Date Deceased	Jan. 7, 1990
Medals	Victory Medal, Army of Occupation-Japan

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	Darial Determan	S/IC
War	WW II
Branch	Navy
Company/Outfit	465-Great Lakes, Ill.	USS-LCI 661 F.P.O. San Francisco, Calif.
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Apr. 5, 1945-July 9, 1946
Where Served
Wounded
Killed In Action
POW
Date of Birth
Date Deceased
Medals

	Carroll D. Erickson	Tech/4th Class/ Tech. Sgt.
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	752 Tank Battalion
Military Occupation	Tank Driver/Mediium 2736
Entered Service/Discharged	Ft. Crook, Nebr.	Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
Period Served	Mar. 5, 1943/(Mar. 12, 1943 entry into active service)-Dec 2, 1945	Continental Service-5 mo. 26 days/ Foreign Service -2yrs. 3mo. 2 days. Almost 2 yrs on front line
Where Served	GO33 WD45, Naples Foggie, Rome Arno, North Appennines, Po Valley
Wounded	Yes, Mar. 2, 1945	European African Middle Eastern Theatre
Killed In Action
POW
Date of Birth	Jan, 30, 1924
Date Deceased
Medals	Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart, Distinguished Unit Badge

	Daniel M. Fairchild
War	WW II
Branch	Navy
Company/Outfit
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	July 13, 1944-Mar. 16, 1946
Where Served
Wounded
Killed In Action
POW
Date of Birth	1926
Date Deceased
Medals

	Lester LeRoy Glover	Pvt.
War	WW II
Branch	Inf.
Company/Outfit	Unassigned
Military Occupation	Basic Training
Entered Service
Period Served	Aug. 10, 1945-Nov. 15, 1945
Where Served	Ft. Levenworth, KS & Camp Fanin TX.
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth
Date Deceased
Medals	Victory Medal

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	Bernard Lyon Grow	Sp 5
War	WW II
Branch	Coast Artillery
Company/Outfit	Headquarters Co.	Philippine Islands
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Sept. 1941-Dec. 1, 1944
Where Served	Philippine Islands
Wounded
Killed In Action
POW	Yes
Date of Birth
Date Deceased	Dec. 1, 1944	In Japanese prison camp in Japan
Medals

	Cleo Clayton Hopkins	Corporal
War	WW II
Branch	Medical Care Army
Company/Outfit	66th Reg. 71-S
Military Occupation	Emergency Aid-man with Army groups(surgical technician (861)
Entered Service
Period Served	Mar. 1944-Jan. 1946
Where Served	European Theatre
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	Aug. 11, 1919
Date Deceased
Medals	Good Conduct, Mediacal Badge, Bronze Battle Star, Victory Medal, Eastern Theatre Ribbon

	Luverne Johnson	Seaman 1st Class
War	WW II
Branch	Navy
Company/Outfit	AGC-PAC
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Period Served	Apr. 4, 1944-Dec. 15, 1945
Where Served	South Pacific
Wounded
Killed In Action	No
POW	No
Date of Birth	1906
Date Deceased	1980
Medals

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	Raymond Leslie Krieger	P.F.C.
War	WW II
Branch
Company/Outfit	131st Aircraft Artillary Gun Battalion	9th Army
Military Occupation	Heavy Machine Gunner
Entered Service
Period Served	Feb. 17, 1943-Jan. 10, 1946
Where Served	Continental Services Foreign Service	1 yr., 6 mo., 5 days 1 yr., 5 mo., 12 days in Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe
Wounded	No
Killed In Action	No
POW
Date of Birth	Aug. 2, 1923
Date Deceased
Medals	Good Conduct Medal, 3 Bronze Stars, Victory Medal

	Wayne I. Krieger	PFC
War	WW II
Branch	Army
Company/Outfit	24th Hq's South Korea
Military Occupation	Teletyper	Stars & Stripes newspaper in Korea
Entered Service
Period Served	May 1946-Sept. 1947
Where Served	Korea
Wounded
Killed In Action
POW
Date of Birth
Date Deceased
Medals