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German and Austrian Mission

Allen, Leland Franklin

1906 December 28 – 1990 February 4

Allen, Melvin Orson

1907 June 27 – 2004 April 4

Allen, Wendell Gayle

1905 September 14 – 1985 March 17

Andersen, Howard Monroe

1906 January 21 – 1995 November 8

Andersen, Wesley

1901 August 10 – 1994 March 1

Anderson, George Maurice

1907 July 7 – 1975 January 6

Anderson, John Jay

1909 July 24 – 1994 January 11

Anderson, Louis Harris

1909 February 13 – 1981 September 4

Atkin, Donald McAllister

1908 April 24 – 1975 April 2

Bailey, Edwin Allgood

1904 October 31 – 1986 October 26

Ballard, Louis McNeil

1906 November 9 – 1973 July 3

Banks, Merril Ralph

1909 July 30 – 1931 April 5

Beck, Otto Frederick

1897 May 17 – 1993 December 17

Beesley, Irving Pratt

1907 July 10 – 1966 May 4

Behling, Richd Emil

1902 April 16 – 2002 March 2

Bergeson, Eldred Clifford

1903 March 22 – 1996 December 27

Berndt, Erich Hermann Wilhelm

1907 July 25 – 1944 April 11

Berndt, Norman George

1905 July 15 – 1993 August 1

Biddulph, Rulon Samuel

1904 November 25 – 1993 September 28

Biesinger, Thomas

1844 December 20 – 1931 May 9

Bohn, Heber

1906 November 5 – 1989 October 13

Bowers, John Alden

1903 November 22 – 1990 June 15

Broadbent, Cecil

1904 March 31 – 1993 August 27

Broberg, Charles Wayne

1903 September 25 – 1998 May 4

Brown, James Russell

1908 August 19 – 1968 December 27