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[July 13, 2007]  McLEAN -- Donald Dennis Childers, 75, of Sun City, Ariz., formerly of McLean, died July 4, 2007, at his home.

A graveside service for Mr. Childers will be at 11 a.m. Monday, July 16, at the McLean Cemetery, with Tony Billingsley officiating. Military rites will be conducted.

Quiram Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Childers retired as an auditor for East St. Louis Junior College.

He served in the U.S. Army from July 13, 1949, to Sept. 2, 1952.

He was born in McLean on Oct. 15, 1931, to James H. and Mary Holt Childers.

He is survived by his wife, Ligaya Childers, of Sun City, Ariz.

He was a member of American Legion Post 573 in McLean and the Union Hills Country Club in Arizona.

In the Army, he became a Ranger and received the Combat Infantryman award, Purple Heart, Oak Leaf Cluster, Korean War Service Medal and five Bronze Stars.

He graduated from McLean High School in 1949.

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