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ww2csp
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European Theater
Summary
Carl John Erickson, born in 1915, attended WSC from 1933-1937, graduating with a degree in Agricultural Business. A Flight Officer in the US Army Air Corps, he was killed when the glider he was piloting went down over the Mediterranean on May 12, 1943.
Community
ww2csp
Category
European Theater
Summary
Frank Waldner, born January 7, 1919, attended WSC from 1939 to 1943 and graduated with a BS in Forestry. Serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, he was killed in France on January 23, 1945 while on night patrol.
Community
ww2csp
Category
European Theater
Summary
William "Bill" Ritchie, born April 20, 1919, attended WSC from 1936-1939 as a Business Admin major. Part of the 563rd Bomb Squad of the 388th Bomb Group, he was a B-17 Bombardier. His plane went down after a bombing run over Hamburg, July 25, 1943.
Community
ww2csp
Category
European Theater
Summary
Roy Clinton Kohler, born February 28, 1918, attended WSC for one semester in the fall of 1938. A Staff Sergeant in the US Army Air Force, he went missing-in-action in July 1944 over France. Believed to be a POW, his remains were never found.
Community
ww2csp
Category
U.S. Army
Summary
Willard James Gress, born January 5, 1920, was a chemical engineering major at WSC until he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps in December 1941. Assigned to the 415th Night Fighter Squadron, he died in a plane crash April 17, 1943 at RAF Tinwood, England.