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Conlin, James Leo
Navy Fireman 2nd class

James Leo Conlin, age 19, from Decatur, Illinois, Macon county.

Parents: Rosa Conlin

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona

Source: National Archives, Decatur Daily Review (1942)

Conlin, Bernard Eugene
Navy Seaman 2nd class

Bernard Eugene Conlin, age 18, from Decatur, Illinois, Macon county.

Parents: Rosa Conlin

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona

Source: National Archives, Decatur Daily Review (1942)

Etchason, Leslie Edgar
Navy Seaman 1st class

Leslie Edgar Etchason, age 23, from Flora, Illinois, Clay county.

Parents: Isaac Walter Etchason

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Alabama

Source: National Archives, Special Gazette (1943)

Bradley, Bruce Dean
Navy Seaman 2nd class

Bruce Dean Bradley, age 19, from Paw Paw, Illinois, Lee county.

Parents: Daniel Bradley

Service era: World War II
Schools: Elgin High

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Chicago Tribune (1941)

Bennett, William Edmond Jr.
Navy Yeoman 3rd class

William Edmond Jr. Bennett from Anna, Illinois, Union county.

Parents: William Edmond Bennett

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Bell, Hershel Homer
Navy Fire controlman 2nd class

Hershel Homer Bell, age 21, from Decatur, Illinois, Macon county.

Parents: Ira N. Bell

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Chicago Tribune (1942)

Beggs, Harold Eugene
Navy Fireman 1st class

Harold Eugene Beggs, age 20, from Illinois, Johnson County county.

Spouse: Letis Elladee Beggs

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Bajorims, Joseph
Navy Seaman 1st class

Joseph Bajorims, age 21, from Chicago Heights, Illinois, Cook county.

Parents: Joseph Bajorims

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission; Virginia Military Dead database

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