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Walter Chapin, Jr., born March 9, 1922, was a music and education major at WSC from 1941-1943. Promoted to the rank of Flight Officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps, he died when his P-51 crashed at Little Walden, England, October 11, 1944. 
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
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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Froemke, a 1938 Washington State College graduate, was a Captain assigned to the 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion (AEB) of the 101st Airborne Division. He was killed on October 5, 1944 at Opheudsen in the Netherlands. 
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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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Yeilding, born October 24, 1918, attended WSC from 1938 to 1939 as a chemistry and chemical engineering major. Trained as a fighter pilot in the Army Air Corps and assigned to the 347th Fighter Group, he was shot down over Cape Gazelle, January 23, 1944. 
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Born December 28, 1915, he graduated from WSC with a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.VM). He joined the US Army Air Corps and was assigned to the 495th Fighter Training Group. He died in a plane crash May 4, 1944. 
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Born on March 13, 1924, William Adams attended WSC as a pharmacology major from 1942-1943. He enlisted in the US Army in 1943, and was assigned to the 414th Infantry Regiment of the 104th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on January 28, 1945. 
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Born March 5, 1918, Edwin Bornander graduated from WSC in 1941 with a BS in Agriculture, with honors. A Captain in the US Army, he was assigned to the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Sicily, November 7, 1943.
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Donald Calvin Black, born December 13, 1909, attended WSC from 1929-1932 as a Civil Engineering major. Assigned to the 334th Infantry Regiment of the 84th Infantry Division, he was wounded in December 1944, and died in England March 20, 1945.Digital Heritage
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Jackson “Jack” Snyder was born on September 30th, 1924, in Phoenix, Arizona. Jack attended WSC from 1943-1944 as part of the Army Specialized Training Program. He died in Belgium on January 18th, 1944, fighting with the 55th Armored Infantry Battalion.Digital Heritage
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Rudolph "Rudy" Edward Schmitz was born August 16, 1924 in Glendale California. In WWII Rudy joined the Army Specialized Training Unit at WSC and was sent to Europe in 1944. He died in action on December 30, 1944. Digital Heritage
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
John Dewey Sherman was born on August 12th,1924, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended WSC from 1942-1943 and enlisted in the US Army Air Force. He was killed July 7th, 1944 at the rank of Technical Sergeant while flying over Cambridge, England in a B17.