Merle Stimmel Eaton, born on August 11, 1921, attended WSC during the 1940-1941 school year as a Mechanical Engineering major. He enlisted in the US Army Air Corp Reserves in March 1943, and was killed performing a bombing raid on April 4, 1945.
George Nick Dragnich, born on August 27, 1920 in Republic, Washington, attended WSC from 1940 through 1943 as an Industrial Arts major. He joined the US Army Air Corps as a reconnaissance pilot. He was killed in a plane crash on October 12, 1945.
Jesse Lloyd Colley, born on February 28, 1917 in Mesa, Washington, attended WSC from 1935 through 1937 as a Business Administration major. He enlisted in the United States Army as a Private, and was killed in action on Guadalcanal on January 12, 1943.
Daggett, born on July 16, 1920 in Portland, Oregon, graduated from WSC with a Bachelor's degree in Economics in 1943. A First Lieutenant in the United States Army, he was killed in action on Okinawa on April 8, 1945.
Kenneth Christian, born on December 29, 1912, attended WSC intermittently between 1931 and 1937. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941 and later received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. He was killed in action on New Georgia on July 27, 1943.
Born on May 23, 1918, Gilbert Bonn Chambers graduated from WSC with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration on June 3, 1940. Commissioned a reserve officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1941, he was killed in action at Bataan on May 8, 1942.
Harland Fremont Burgess, born on April 23, 1899, received his Bachelor's degree in Education from WSC in 1922. He was a career U.S. Army officer, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He died aboard the prison ship Arisan Maru on October 24, 1944.
Arthur Balsiger was an agriculture and education major at Washington State College from 1942 through 1943. While at WSC he entered the U.S. Army Reserves and was called to active duty on March 1, 1943. He was killed in action on Mindanao on May 20, 1945.
A WSC student from 1940-42, Toll Seike was a Nisei (second-generation Japanese) soldier who enlisted in the U.S. Army out of an internment camp in 1943. He was killed near Bruyères, in eastern France, on October 29, 1944.
A native of Olympia, Washington, Robert Skillings Munn attended WSC from 1940-43 before entering the U.S. Army. He was killed in northwestern Italy on April 14, 1945.
