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Brazilian Mission

Alder, Seth Leon

1914 November 20 – 2011 May 15

Allen, Max Jones

1914 July 1 – 1976 August 12

Andersen, Lee Reeder

1919 December 16 – 2012 May 5

Andrus, J Quentin

1920 January 23 – 1999 November 12

Angerbauer, George James

1918 September 21 – 2013 May 4

Arnold, Orson Pratt

1917 April 3 – 2016 January 3

Ashworth, Don Ferrin

1921 January 6 – 1995 February 11

Asper, James E

1920 October 27 – 1979 April 24

Austin, Joseph Ray

1920 September 7 – 2014 January 30

Badger, Briant Garr

1918 November 5 – 2013 May 25

Ballstaedt, Emmanuel Heber

1906 August 24 – 1993 May 13

Bangerter, William Grant

1918 June 8 – 2010 April 18

Barton, Harmon Albert

1913 October 29 – 1998 March 21

Beck, Edward Creer

1918 February 20 – 1997 November 10

Beck, Wayne Moore

1917 March 26 – 2012 February 5

Bell, Cornelius Charles

1920 July 8 – 2001 July 18

Benson, Theodore Nelson

1919 April 11 – 2006 January 27

Bird, Heber Reid

1918 March 18 – 2007 September 26

Blaser, Glenn Frank

1919 April 26 – 2009 April 14

Blechert Jr, Fredrick Otto

1920 March 13 – 1994 October 29

Boss, Kenneth Rulon

1917 May 24 – 2007 March 21

Bowers, John Alden

1903 November 22 – 1990 June 15

Bradshaw, Floyd D

1919 December 14 – 2014 January 16

Briggs, George Barlow

1919 June 26 – 1994 January 6

Brooks, Grant Leroy

1918 August 30 – 1955 January 21