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Gold Star Father and U.S. Army Survivor Outreach Services coordinator Jim Frazier talks with Lt. Gen. Thomas S. James at the Gold Star Mothers Luncheon. Frazier is the father of Illinois Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Jacob Frazier. Jacob was killed in action during an ambush on his reconnaissance convoy at Geresk, in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on March 29, 2003. He was the first Illinois National Guardsman killed in action after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He was part of a special operations team that was inspecting a school and hospital being built with American funding. He was assigned to the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron (182d Airlift Wing) in Peoria, Illinois. The Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs Gold Star Mothers Luncheon gives senior civilian and military leaders a chance to thank Gold Star mothers for their service to our nation and its military. Governor JB Pritzker thanked the Gold Star Mothers and said he was humbled to have the opportunity to speak with them. In addition to the sacrifice their sons and daughters gave to their nation, many Gold Star mothers keep their Fallen Heroes memories alive and continue their service to the community and to the military, said Lt. Gen. Thomas S. James, the Commander of First Army and keynote speaker at the luncheon. The luncheon was held at the First Infantry Division Museum at Cantigny in Wheaton, Illinois, on Sunday, Sept. 29.
| Date Taken: | 09.29.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 09.30.2019 18:11 |
| Photo ID: | 5796088 |
| VIRIN: | 190929-A-OH563-743 |
| Resolution: | 5472x3648 |
| Size: | 6.23 MB |
| Location: | WHEATON, IL, US |
| Web Views: | 3 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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