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517th Parachute
Regimental Combat Team
Individual
Decorations and Awards
Note:
This is not a complete list. We have found several
decorated members of the 517th who were not initially
included in this list. The records are somewhat
incomplete, especially for those awarded medals later,
such as those who were wounded and did not return with
the main group.
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| Medal of Honor |
Distinguished Service Cross |
Legion of Merit |
French Croix de Guerre |
Silver Star |
Bronze Star |
Purple Heart |
(Information
provided from records compiled by Clark Archer)
Congressional Medal of Honor
PFC Melvin E. Biddle
Distinguished Service Cross
Lt. Col. William J. Boyle
T/Sgt. George W. Heckard
T/5 speros Gogos
T/Sgt. Wilford C. Anderson
S/Sgt. Albert P. Deshayes
PFC Nolan L. Powell
Legion of Merit
Col. Rupert D. Graves
Lt. Col. Melvin Zais
M/Sgt. Douglas Emmons
Croix de Guerre
avec Palme
Col. Rupert D. Graves
Lt. Col. Melvin Zais
avec Etoile
de Vermeil
Maj. Herbert M. Bowlby, Jr.
Maj. Donald W. Fraser
Maj. Forest S. Paxton
Capt. James P. Birder
1st Lt. Raymond D. Gearon
avec Etoile
d'Argent
S/Sgt. George Heckard
Sgt. Frank J. Dallas
Cpl. Andrew Sparlis
PFC Robert C. Boese
Sgt. Randolph Coleman
Silver Star
with Cluster
Lt. Col. Forest S. Paxton
Cpl. Jack W. Dallas
Soldiers'
Medal
1st Lt. Sidney M. Marks
T/5 Ernest J. Engel
Pfc Joseph L. Proctor
T/5 L. W. Pippin
Silver
Star
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Col. Rupert D. Graves |
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Lt. Col. Richard J. Seitz |
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Lt. Col. Melvin Zais |
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Major Thomas R. Cross |
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Maj. Donald W. Fraser |
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Capt. James P. Birder |
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Capt. Albin P. Dering |
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Capt. Daniel W. Dickinson |
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Capt. George E. Giuchici |
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Capt. Walter G. Irwin |
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Capt. Milton M. Kienlen |
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Capt. John J. Lissner |
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Capt. Joseph T. Mcgeever |
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Capt. James C. Mcnamara |
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Capt. Dean O. Robbins |
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1st Lt. Harry O. Allingham |
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1st Lt. Ralph Allison |
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1st Lt. Flave J. Carpenter |
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1st Lt. Leonard S. Cooper |
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1st Lt. Ludlow Gibbons |
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1st Lt. Charles J. Hillsdale |
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1st Lt. Richard C. Jackson |
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1st Lt. Henry Kleinendorst |
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1st Lt. Russel T. Miller |
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1st Lt. John H. Neiler |
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1st Lt. Thomas F. Patin |
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1st Lt. Timothy P. Quigley |
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1st Lt. Benjamin E. Renton |
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1st Lt. Arthur W. Ridler |
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1st Lt. Carl E. Starkey |
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1st Lt. Paul P. Way |
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2nd Lt. Paul E. Craig, Jr. |
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2nd Lt. Harold M. Freemen |
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2nd Lt. Fred P. Hughes |
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1st Sgt. Victor M. Cawthom |
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T/Sgt. Romeo J. Castonguay |
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S/Sgt. Robert Boese |
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S/Sgt. William J. Bradley |
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S/Sgt. James S. Bryant |
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S/Sgt. John W. Chism |
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S/Sgt. Manuel B. Fernandes |
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S/Sgt. Cecil T. Lockhart |
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S/Sgt. Willard C. Nichols |
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S/Sgt. Arthur J. Purser |
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S/Sgt. Arnold C. Ridout |
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S/Sgt. Robert P. Steele |
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T/3 Robert P. Ginn |
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T/3 Charles M. Keen |
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Sgt. John E. Comer |
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Sgt. Norman S. Frey |
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Sgt. William J. Harvey |
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Sgt. George Mills |
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Sgt. Wallace A. Montgomery |
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Sgt. Glen W. Overmyer |
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Sgt. David A. Rivers |
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Sgt. John Rupezyk, Jr. |
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Sgt. Charles C. Scherer |
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T/4 Charles A. Derbin |
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T/4 Leroy O. Scott |
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T/4 John A. Storm |
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T/4 A.C. Williams |
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T/4 Ogden F. Young |
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Cpl. Kenneth B. Anderson |
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Cpl. Lawrence Constantine |
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Cpl. Harold C. Daniels |
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Cpl. Doyle Maxwell |
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Cpl. Robert L. Mourek |
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Cpl. Russel T. Schroeder |
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Cpl. Frank L. Timinski |
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T/5 Jack C. Castiglione |
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T/5 William W. Doran |
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T/5 Dale M. Gibbs |
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T/5 Alvin E. Johnson |
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T/5 George R. Lecklider |
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T/5 Thomas E. Mullen |
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T/5 Harold M. Upson |
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Pfc Edward Albert |
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Pfc Aleck Boska |
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Pfc Charles E. Brubaker |
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Pfc Hector H. Colo |
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Pfc Charles R. Fedel |
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Pfc Andrew J. Foley |
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Pfc Clyde P. Guillot |
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Pfc Donald M. Hainey |
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Pfc George W. Wtman |
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Pfc Louis D. Holzworth |
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Pfc Michael J. Kane |
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Pfc Donald E. Karr |
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Pfc Howard R. Kinder |
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Pfc Arthur J. Little |
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Pfc Marvin D. Moles |
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Pfc Lloyd L. Pennington |
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Pfc Felix Povinelli |
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Pfc Francis S. Usel |
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Pfc Carl E. Votti |
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Pfc Wayne A. Webb |
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Pfc Richard Weegar |
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Pfc Edmund Zygnowicz |
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Pvt. Elmer A. Anderson |
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Pvt. R. L. Boyce |
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Pvt. G. H. Bushmer |
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Pvt. Patsy Cavalo |
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Pvt. Howard C. Cooper |
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Pvt. P. R. Dominez |
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Pvt. Leonard M. Fancher |
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Pvt. Bobby M. Liddell |
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Pvt. Richard L. Lyman |
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Pvt. Arthur L. Markle |
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Pvt. James Marshall |
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Pvt. Jack J. Milojevich |
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Pvt. Joseph E. O'Brien |
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Pvt. Walter Perkowski |
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Pvt. A. W. Redler |
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Pvt. Carl G. Salmon |
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Pvt. William F. Thorng |
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Pvt. Harold B. Weaver |
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Pfc William E. Line |
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Pvt. Leroy E. Wiuwer |
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Pvt. Lenard A. Del Carlo |
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Lt. Earl Dillard |
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Lt. Wayne D. Norwood |
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1st Sgt. Leonard I. Walker |
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Sgt. Jack W. Boyer |
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S Sgt. Wayne S. Jackson |
Bronze Star with Cluster
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T/Sgt. Clark L. Archer |
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Maj. David H Armstrong |
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1st Lt. Joseph M. Calder |
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Pvt. Lenard A. Del Carlo |
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Maj. Thomas R. Cross |
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Pvt. Hal V. Cummings |
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Cpl. Charles G. Daigh |
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Sgt. Cecil Doty |
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Sgt. Allen H. Douglas |
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Capt. Jmn E. Dugan |
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S/Sgt. Paul R. Ewing |
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Pvt. Doyle E. Gray |
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1st Lt. Joseph Grezaffi |
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Cpl. Frank W. Hayes |
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1st Lt. Howard E. Hensleigh |
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Capt. Loren S. James |
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Pfc Robert T. Jennings |
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1st Lt. Russell C. Johnson |
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T/3 Charles M. Keen |
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S/Sgt. James L. Kitchin |
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Pfc Joseph F. Locke |
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Pvt. Ray C. Mckee |
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Capt. Harold J. Megibow |
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Capt. George R. Monkhouse |
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Capt. Robert M. Newberry |
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S/Sgt. John W. Newlin |
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Sgt. Leslie E. Perkins |
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T/5 Herschell W. Posey |
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1st Lt. Thomas J. Priest |
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1st Lt. Benjamin E. Renton |
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2nd Lt. Richard D. Ross |
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Pfc Raymond W. Scruggs |
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Capt. Norman C. Siebert |
Bronze
Star
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Lincoln Ackerman |
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Buford Adams |
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Alvin Adelman |
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Eino Aho |
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Clifford Alexander |
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John Alicki |
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Dewayne Allen |
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Joe Allen |
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Robert Amerlain |
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Robert E. Anderson |
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Robert Applegate |
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Nello R. Arterburn |
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Edward Athey |
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Albe Baca |
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George Backus |
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Howard Bacon |
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Charles Bailey |
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Marshall Baird |
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Richard Bakewell |
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William Baldwin |
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J. Barbera |
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Charles Barfield |
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Donald Barnes |
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Benedict J. Barrett |
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Eugene Barton |
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William Barwell |
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Cletus Bates |
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Elwood Bauman |
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Richard Becker |
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Darwyn Beer |
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Roger Bender |
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Robert Bender |
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James Bennett |
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Rene Benoit |
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Vernon Berg |
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Douglas Bertling |
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Willard B. Blanton |
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L. C. Blashill |
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Clarence Blixt |
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Donald E. Boatright |
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Eldon W. "Bill" Bolin |
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Charles Bonaventure |
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John Borgerling |
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Leon Bosse |
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William Bowers |
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Herbert Bowlby |
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Charles Boyer |
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William Boyle |
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William Bradley |
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Russel Brami |
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John Brighenti |
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Eugene Brissey |
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Joseph Broudy |
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Elmer Brown |
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Cleo N. Browning |
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Michael Bulino |
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Raymond Bunce |
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Ben Bungy |
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James Burch |
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Jack Burns |
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William Burrows |
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Clifford Butler |
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J. D. Butler |
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Jerome Callahan |
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Robert Callahan |
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J. C. Calleman |
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Edwin Carlson |
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Carroll Carter |
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Joseph Cartwell |
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John Casselman |
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Warren Caufield |
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J. Celmski |
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Rudolph Cervantes |
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William Chambers |
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James Chandler |
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Charles La Chaussee |
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John Chism |
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Peter Christensen |
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William T. Christian |
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Robert Clauer |
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Raymond Cleve |
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Mace Cohen |
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George H. Cole |
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Randolph Coleman |
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Merrill Collison |
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Richard Collister |
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William Cone |
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James Cook |
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John Cook |
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G. H. Cooper |
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Richard Copeland |
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Joseph E. Cornett |
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H. L. Cotington |
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Herbert Court |
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Bernard Coyne |
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John Cracker |
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Robert Crawford |
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C. R. Critchlow |
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Elam Cronquist |
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James Crute |
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Harry Cummings |
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Harland L. Curtis |
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Frank Dallas |
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Fred Davalose |
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Jackson Davis |
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Billie Davis |
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Tom Davis |
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Gerald Dean |
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Ralph Degillio |
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W. H. Delaney |
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J. A. Dellafave |
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Louis Demko |
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R. P. Demmel |
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Albert Deshayes |
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Charles Dewey |
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Dan Dickenson |
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Philip Distanislao |
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Elwood Dobbins |
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Robert Dodds |
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Earl Dooley |
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Cecil Doty |
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Walter Drennan |
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Cornelius M. Driscoll |
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Bernard Dubois |
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Joseph Dugan |
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Robert Duneau |
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R. L. Dunn |
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R. L. Eadie |
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Wayne Eby |
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Richard Edman |
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Eldon Edwards |
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George Egan |
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Troy Egans |
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William Elliott |
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Robert Ellis |
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Taskel Ellis |
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Douglas Emmons |
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Malcolm Evans |
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Donald Eugene |
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Clifford Eyler |
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Gerald Fahrenhold |
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Leslie Fallin |
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Billy Fann |
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Louis Faria |
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Charles Fedel |
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Paul Fedock |
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Frank Fenton |
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Frank Fermonte |
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Henry Filipezak |
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Philly Fishback |
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James Florentine |
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William Ford |
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Edward Frantl |
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Donald Fulton |
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Glen Gainer |
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C. R. Gaither |
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Henry Gatewood |
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Joe Gavin |
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Raymond D. Gearon |
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Corey F. Gibbon |
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Jack Gilman |
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George Giuchici |
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Walter Goforth |
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John R. Gogoleski |
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William Goldsmith |
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Manuel Gonsalves |
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Allan R. Goodman |
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Howard B. Goodman |
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Arthur Graham |
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Frank Gran |
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Rupert D. Graves |
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E. F. Gray |
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John Griffin |
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R. R. Grizzle |
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Ralph Gryzle |
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Joe Gulbrason |
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Edward Gunn |
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Win Gutbrod |
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William Hale |
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Ralph Harmon |
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Robert Hawthorne |
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Marx Hedgepeth |
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Arthur Henze |
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Harry Hewitt |
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Wayne Hibben |
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William Hickman |
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Ken Higginbotham |
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Charles Hiland |
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Raymond C. Hild |
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Bobby Hill |
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David Hines |
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Jose Hiquera |
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Everett Hironymous |
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Ralph Hood |
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Grant Hooper |
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George Hopkins |
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Jasper Horne |
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Carl Hornsby |
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Henry Houer |
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Milford Howard |
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Edward Howell |
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Aubrey Hubbard |
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William Huffman |
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Thomas Hunter |
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Hubert Ingle |
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Charles Irvin |
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Walter Irwin |
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Richard Jackson |
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Maxwell James |
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Bertil G. Jansson |
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Robert Jennings |
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Edwin Johnson |
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Harold C. Johnson |
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Robert Jones |
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Russell Miller, Jr. |
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S. Kano |
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Keith Karpen |
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Norman Kearns |
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Christopher Kelly |
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Woodie E. Kennamer |
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Kyle F. Kenyon, Jr. |
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Thomas Kerr |
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Carl Kiefer |
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Milton Kienlen |
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Frank Kievitt |
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Forrest Kilmer |
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James Kistler |
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James Kitchin |
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Arnold Klingelhoefer |
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Donald Knapp |
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David Knee |
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Daniel Knoechlman |
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John Knoph |
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James Knowles |
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Charles Kochersperger |
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Herbert Koehler |
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Mike F. Kovach |
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Elwood Krol |
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Homer L.Mcroy |
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Reynold Laeben |
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Herbert Laken |
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Glenn Lambert |
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Landrum R. Landreth |
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Herman Lange |
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Charles Lansom |
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Joe Larochelle |
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Floyd Larsen |
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William Latimer |
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P. Lawrence |
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George Lecklider |
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James Lee |
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Richard Leonard |
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Casimer Lesiak |
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Wilburn Lewis |
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Theodore Lobur |
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Dallas Long |
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Ralph A. Longstreth |
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James Lothers |
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Jan Lynch |
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William Macrae |
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Stanley Magieuvicki |
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Francis Mango |
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Robert Maple |
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Arthur Markle |
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Sidney Marks |
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Ralph D. Marshall |
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Earle Martin |
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John Martin |
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Richaed Mascuch |
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Ralph Matticks |
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Joseph Maurer |
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T. M. McCall |
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Clarence McCollum |
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E. H. McGee |
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Eugene McGehee |
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Edward McKillop |
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John McKinley |
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Robert McMaron |
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James McWilliams |
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Edward Meise |
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George Meline |
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Roy Meree |
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Oscar Miller |
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Frank Minano |
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Charles Minard |
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Claude Mison |
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Richard Mitacek |
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George W. Mitchell |
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Frederick W. Mitchell |
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Jonnie Moore |
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John Morgan |
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Robert Morgan |
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Robert Morris |
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Robert Morrow |
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James E. Mortensen |
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James M. Moses |
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Donald Mothersell |
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Robert Mullinax |
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William Myers |
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James Nash |
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John Neiler |
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Joseph Van Ness |
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J. B. Nichols |
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Raymond Nielson |
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Robert Noas |
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Olvie Nunnery |
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Harvey O'Brien |
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Daniel Leo Ogniewski |
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Frank Olsen |
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John Oltean |
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Donald F. O'Niel |
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Buel Outnam |
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Donald Pargeon |
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Harold Parr |
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Harold Parsons |
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Stephen Pasztor |
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Thomas Patin |
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P. O. Pawlowski |
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William Pencak |
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William Peryna |
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Lawrence Petersen |
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Elvin Pinkston |
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Walter Plassman |
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Joseph Podlaski |
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Vincent D. Porasky |
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Joseph Posmus |
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L. Post |
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Earl Powell |
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William Powell |
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William Price |
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Gerald Quinn |
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Ismael Ramos |
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Donald Rankin |
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Harold Reardon |
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Robert Reber |
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Virgil Reece |
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Robert Reed |
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Haskell Reese |
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Phillip Reynolds |
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Reginald Richards |
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Harry Riddle |
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Dewey Rierson |
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Clifton Riggino |
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Richard Robb |
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Newbrie Rogerson |
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George M. Roseberry |
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Carlos Rossi |
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Nathan Rubenstein |
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Francis Ruddy |
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John Rupczyk |
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Howard Ruppel |
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Robert Russell |
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Robert Rust |
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Wayne S.Jackson |
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Antonio Salinas |
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Sidney Samis |
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Jack Sandy |
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James Sanford |
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Louis Sansone |
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Harry K. Saunders |
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Stanley Sawicki |
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Louis Scaringi |
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Melvin Schiers |
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Neil F. Schmid |
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Monte Schroeder |
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Clifford Seal |
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Richard Seitz |
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Joseph F. Senter |
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T. N. Shaddox |
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William Short |
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James Simon |
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Mitchell Skutnik |
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Tom G. Small |
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Robert Smathers |
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Edward J. Smith |
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Michael Spano |
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Richard Spencer |
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Bernard E. Spenser |
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Burton Stadler |
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Carl Starkey |
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George Statbis |
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Robert Steele |
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John Steele |
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Wilbur Stegall |
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John Stennes |
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Mark Stewart |
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Joe Stewart |
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Park Stompro |
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Ernest Strange |
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Orville Stubbs |
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Benjamin Sullivan |
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George Sullivan |
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James Summers |
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Odas Sweet |
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Eugene Taylor |
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Malcom Tennent |
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William F. Thorng |
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Nicholas Tinello |
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Thomas Travino |
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Charles Trucano |
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Ernest Tucker |
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Charles Tucker |
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John Tully |
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Ward Turner |
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Charles Twisell |
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John Twiss |
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Joseph Tylka |
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Davis S. Valdez |
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James Vasche |
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Donald Vaughn |
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Paul Vella |
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Vincent Venorzyk |
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Vincent Vienckowski |
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Percy Wahlstrom |
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Fred Wampler |
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Angus Waterbury |
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Robert Waterman |
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Carl Waters |
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William Webb |
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H. M. Webb |
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John Weddle |
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W. T. Weicher |
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Thomas Weil |
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Jack West |
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Robert West |
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William Westbrook |
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Harold White |
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Maurice White |
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Charles Whitney |
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William Wickersham |
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John Williams |
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James Wilson |
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Lawrence Wilson |
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A. R. Wise |
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Billy Womack |
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Gerald Woodard |
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Robert P. Woodhull |
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John Woody |
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James Wyatt |
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Billy Wyss |
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Ervin Yackim |
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Robert Yates |
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William Young |
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Richard Young |
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John Young |
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Melvin Zais |
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Charles Zaman |
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Fred Zavattero |
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Frederick H. Zavattero |
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Stanley Zylowsky |
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