Coil, Gale Croughan

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• Reference Number: COIL.G003
• Military Service: Viet Nam War, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army

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Gail graduated from Gilman High School before attending the University of Illinois where he graduated. He obtained his law degree from the University of Kentucky.

Gail was in private practice in Nashville Illinois before serving as an attorney for the Veterans Administration in St. Louis.

He then served asssistant states attorney in , Iroquois, Christian, Peoria, Macon, Effingham and Moultrie counties.

He was elected Moultrie States Attorney, serving from1992-1996.

Mr. Coil was a retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S.Army with two tours in Viet Nam then served with the U.S.Army Reserves military police division for a total of 22 years of service.

Family/Spouse: Murden, K.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: COIL.L001
• _FGRAVE: 19420625
• Military Service: World War II, Chief Carpenter's Mate, United States Navy

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Military Service:
Drafted and entered active service as an Apprentice Seaman on October 29, 1943 at Naval Receiving Station, Chicago, Illinois. Completed boot camp and further training at Camp Perry, Virginia and at Terminal Island, California. Served aboard the Attack Transports USS Kenton APA-122 and the USS Bandera APA-131. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 1 bronze battle star, WWII Victory Medal and The Philippine Liberation Medal. Honorably discharged as a Chief Carpenter's Mate on December 8, 1945 at Naval Personnel Separation Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2053007

Leon married George, Lavina on 26 Dec 1940. Lavina (daughter of George, John and Wolf, Neoma) was born on 14 Oct 1908 in Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois; died on 19 Dec 1991 in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Retired School Teacher
• Reference Number: GEOR.L001

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Retired school teacher, having taught in southern Illinois.

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• Reference Number: COIL.L002

Leon + Croughan, Maleta Alconzo 'Connie'. Maleta (daughter of Croughan, Michael and Laughlin, Martha Elizabeth) was born in 1883; died on 4 Mar 1942; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: CROU.M004

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• Reference Number: GEOR.J002

John + Wolf, Neoma. Neoma was born in 1872 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois; died in 1961; was buried in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WOLF.N001

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• Reference Number: CROU.M003
• _FGRAVE: 18845516

Michael + Laughlin, Martha Elizabeth. Martha was born on 26 Mar 1848; died on 29 Sep 1926; was buried in Bethany Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: LAUG.M001
• _FGRAVE: 18845521