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William Henry Hronek, Jr.

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William Ernest Burke

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Sidney Carl Beinke

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Myron B. Carstensen

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Loren Elmer Love

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John Vincent Fryslie

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Don Carlos Hempstead

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William Ernest Burke

Digital Heritage
Community
ww2csp
Category
U.S. Marines
Summary
Burke, who graduated from WSC in 1923 with a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, was stationed in Shangai during the Japanese invasion in 1937. A Colonel, he died at Bethesda Naval Hospital November 12, 1944 due to heart failure.

William Henry Hronek, Jr. Full Narrative

Digital Heritage
Community
ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater, U.S. Marines
Summary
William H. Hronek, Jr., born August 3, 1919, graduated from Washington State College with a BA in Business in 1941. He joined the United States Marine Corps Reserve, becoming a naval aviator. He died in a head on plane collision on January 23, 1943.

Myron B. Carstensen Full Narrative

Digital Heritage
Community
ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater, U.S. Marines
Summary
Myron B. Carstensen, born on December 26, 1919 in Grand Coulee, Washington, graduated from WSC with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science on May 24, 1943. Enlisting in the Marines after graduation, he was killed in action on June 15, 1944 at Saipan.

Loren Elmer Love Full Narrative

Digital Heritage
Community
ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater, U.S. Marines
Summary
The WSC Music Education major from Colville participated in the Battle of Tarawa (November 1943) with the United States Marines before suffering mortal wounds in the landing at Saipan in June 1944. He received a posthumous Silver Star for his leadership

Sidney Carl Beinke

Digital Heritage
Community
ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater, U.S. Marines
Summary
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.