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Pacific Theater, U.S. MarinesSummary
Sidney Carl Beinke graduated from Washington State College in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Botany. A First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, he was killed in action at Peleliu in the Palau Islands on October 3, 1944. 
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Pacific Theater, U.S. NavySummary
Harry Lewis Cole, Jr. was born on August 22, 1920. A native of Pullman, Washington, he attended WSC between 1938 and 1941. Commissioned a Lieutenant, Junior Grade in the U.S. Navy Reserve, he was a fighter pilot killed on June 17, 1944.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Harvey Ralph Erickson, born on February 8, 1906, graduated from WSC with a degree in Hydraulic Engineering in 1934. Serving with the 1924th Enginner Aviation Battalion, he died as a result of injuries suffered in a car crash on August 23, 1945.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
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.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. MarinesSummary
The Spokane native Don Carlos Hempstead studied Electrical Engineering at WSC from 1940-41 before entering the Marine Corps Reserve. Second Lieutenant Hempstead won the Navy Cross for his leadership in the landing on Parry Island (Marshall Islands) in Fe
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Harrison Hughes was a second-generation WSC student who majored in Mechanical Engineering. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1940, fought during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, and became a prisoner of war in 1942. He was killed by friendly