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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Costley, born June 14, 1925, attended WSC as a chemical engineering major for his freshman year. Enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps, he was promoted to Sergeant. He was shot down over Celle, Germany on April 7, 1945. 
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Clumpner, born July 16, 1915, graduated from WSC in 1943 with bachelor's degrees in mining engineering and geology. A second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, he was killed when his plane went down in the North Sea, May 24, 1944. 
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Bishop, born May 5, 1923, attended Washington State College from 1940-1943 as a speech major. A bombardier on a B-24 Liberator, he was killed when his routine training flight crashed in the California desert, July 2, 1944. 
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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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Abernathy, born June 29, 1917, attended Washington State College from 1936 to 1937. A First Lieutenant in the US Army and a co-pilot of a Martin B-26C Marauder, he was killed when his plane crashed October 8, 1943, near Evans Landing, Indiana. 
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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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U.S. ArmySummary
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.