Elson Cameron Daggett, Jr.

Elson Cameron Daggett, Jr., known as "Cam" to his family and friends, was born on July 16, 1920 in Portland, Oregon to Elson Daggett, Sr. and Olive Jane Guy Daggett. He grew up in Gladstone, Oregon and graduated from West Linn High School.  He attended Washington State College (WSC) from 1938 through 1943, where he was a three-year letterman on the baseball team as well as a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1943. While at WSC he achieved the rank of Cadet Captain as a second-year advanced military student, and following his college graduation he enlisted in the United States Army, where he received his commission. He participated in the Leyte, Philippine Island campaign, after which he was promoted to First Lieutenant.  He was killed in action on April 8, 1945 in the Okinawa campaign.  He posthumously received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, and he is buried at Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland, Oregon.