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Basham, Robert Joseph
Army Staff Sergeant

Robert Joseph Basham, age 22, from Libertyville, Illinois, Lake county. Their last known residence was in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Parents: Mitchell W. Basham and Nora (Palazzolo) Basham
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: Iraq
Schools: Kenosha Military Academy (2002)
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 161St Field Artillery, Watertown, Wi

Date of death: Saturday, April 14, 2007
Death details: Doha, Qatar
Cemetery: Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Union Grove

Source: Department of Defense, Proko Funeral Home, Military Times

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Wells, Wesley Robert
Army Specialist

The Illinois House of Representatives recently unanimously passed a resolution to honor the memory of United States Army Specialist Wesley R. Wells.

Wesley Robert Wells, age 21, from Libertyville, Illinois, Lake county.

Service era: Iraq

School: Libertyville High
Military history: A Co, 2D Bn, 27Th Infantry, 25Th Infantry Div, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Date of death: Monday, September 20, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Salerno, Afghanistan

A portion of Illinois Route 137 from Route 21 to Butterfield Road in Libertyville was designated in 2021 as the “Army Spc. Wesley R. Wells Memorial Road.”

Source: Department of Defense, Daily Herald (2021)

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Edgren, Thomas Gordon
Army 1st lieutenant

Thomas Gordon Edgren, age 24, from Libertyville, Illinois, Lake county.

Parents: Gordon T. Edgren

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, August 8, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)