Memorial Stadium
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University of Illinois
The columns at Memorial Stadium (1402 S. First Street, Champaign) are etched with the names of University of Illinois alumni who died in war. Among the names is that of William Frank Earnest (class of 1919), who was the first African American from the county to die in battle in World War I.
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