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Jackie Ray Bender

First Lieutenant, Air Force

June 14, 1923 to January 26, 2005

Branch: Air Force
Rank: First Lieutenant
Wars: World War II
Born: June 14, 1923
Died: January 26, 2005
Buried: Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, WA, Section 9D, Site 704

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