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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.Digital Heritage
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Wilbur Earl Sommers was born August 23rd, 1918 in Spokane, Washington. He attended WSC between 1938 and 1941 and served as a pilot in the US Army Air Corps and Quartermaster Corps during WWII. He died February 22nd, 1944 in Flago, Italy.Digital Heritage
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Howard Simmons Jr., born 27th December,1920, in Fargo, North Dakota attended WSC between 1939 and 1943 before enlisting in the US Army. He was killed in action in France on November 23rd 1944.Digital Heritage
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U.S. ArmySummary
Gerald Eugene Mohr, born on May 20th, 1922, in Colfax, Washington attended WSC between 1939 and 1943 where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music. He enlisted in the military in 1943 with his ROTC Band and died of a heart attack in 1943.
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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. Digital Heritage
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U.S. ArmySummary
Willard James Gress, born January 5, 1920, was a chemical engineering major at WSC until he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps in December 1941. Assigned to the 415th Night Fighter Squadron, he died in a plane crash April 17, 1943 at RAF Tinwood, England.
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Born on July 16, 1920, Elson Cameron Daggett, Jr. graduated from Washington State College in 1943. Joining the Army after graduation, he was killed in action near Uchitumari on Okinawa on April 8, 1945. 
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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.