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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Adams, born April 16, 1920, attended Washington State College from 1939-1941. A First Lieutenant and combat pilot in the US Army Air Corps, he was reported MIA on September 2, 1943 in the Pacific Theatre. His body was never found. 
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Van Vleet, a game management instructor at Washington State College from 1934 to 1937, was a Captain in the Army Air Corps. Riding as an observer on a B-24J on January 21, 1944, the plane crashed on takeoff, killing Van Vleet. 
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Judge, born April 17, 1911, attended Washington State College from 1936 to 1937 as a history major. He joined the US Army Air Corps in 1940 and was stationed in the Philippines. He died from dysentary and malaria September 12, 1942 at Cabanatuan prison. 
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Pacific Theater, U.S. NavySummary
Wollenberg, born October 17, 1916, graduated from Washington State College with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1938. A Navy pilot, he was declared missing after his Scout Squadron was lost August 5, 1942. His body was never found. 
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Welchko, born March 2, 1915, graduated from WSC in 1940 as a business major and ROTC commanding officer. A Captain in the US Army, he was a prisoner of war of the Japanese, killed on a ship transport bombed by the Allies on January 15, 1944.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
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. 
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Born on July 25, 1920, Robert Mitchell Ford attended Washington State College from 1938 to 1939. He joined the Army in 1944, and was killed by sniper fire on Okinawa on May 27, 1945. 
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Pacific Theater, U.S. NavySummary
William Hodge Jett was born September 23, 1920 and graduated from Wenatchee High School. He attended Washington State College for one year. He enlisted in the US Navy, and was part of the Seabees. He was killed in action November 4, 1943.