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Nita Cross, mother of fallen Illinois Army National Guard Soldier Sgt. 1st Class Kyle Wehrly, listens to David Helfrich speak as part of a ceremony honoring fallen Illinois service members at the 1st Infantry Division Museum at Cantigny. Kyle, 28, was a member of Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery of the Illinois Army National Guard. He was killed in action on Nov. 3, 2005. The museum and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation hosted a ceremony honoring Illinois’ Fallen Warriors on Saturday, Sept. 28. The ceremony was sponsored by the nonprofit Gold Star Mission. Gold Star Mission’s president, Helfrich, and vice president, Andrew Adamczyk, are Illinois National Guard officers and many of the organization’s staff and volunteers are active or retired Illinois National Guard troops or family members including some Gold Star Families. Cross has been volunteering with Gold Star Mission. This year the organization raised about $100,000 for scholarships to be awarded in honor of Fallen Warriors from Illinois. Gold Star Mission sponsors multiple events with the seminal event being an annual 500-mile, 5-day, endurance bicycle ride called the Gold Star 500, which ended Sept. 28.
| Date Taken: | 09.28.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 10.02.2019 18:29 |
| Photo ID: | 5794998 |
| VIRIN: | 190928-A-OH563-849 |
| Resolution: | 2415x2438 |
| Size: | 1.72 MB |
| Location: | WHEATON, ILLINOIS, US |
| Web Views: | 5 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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