Tommy Roberts, second from left, is presented the Gold Star Mission scholarship in memory of Illinois Army National Guard Spc. Charles Lamb, of Casey, Illinois, during the 9th annual Gold Star Mission scholarship banquet in Springfield March 21. Lamb, who died Sept. 5, 2004, of wounds sustained during a mortar attack in Baghdad, Iraq, was assigned to the 1544th Transportation Company, based in Paris, Illinois. Also pictured from left, Illinois Army National Guard 1st Lt. Jacob Harris, a two-time Gold Star Mission scholarship recipient and the keynote speaker at the banquet, Shelly Lamb, Gold Star mother of Lamb, Barry Tobias, President of the Gold Star Mission, Susan Weikert, the Gold Star mother of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Weikert.
| Date Taken: | 03.21.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 03.27.2026 22:55 |
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| Location: | SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, US |
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