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U.S. ArmySummary
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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European TheaterSummary
Robert Lachlan Campbell, born March 4, 1923, was an education major at WSC from 1940-1942. A Sergeant in the U.S. Army and working in Counterintelligence, he was killed in action in Bologna, Italy on April 24, 1945. 
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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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Pacific Theater, U.S. NavySummary
Wollenberg, born October 17, 1916, graduated from Washington State College with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1938. A Navy pilot, he was declared missing after his Scout Squadron was lost August 5, 1942. His body was never found. 
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Pacific TheaterSummary
Welchko, born March 2, 1915, graduated from WSC in 1940 as a business major and ROTC commanding officer. A Captain in the US Army, he was a prisoner of war of the Japanese, killed on a ship transport bombed by the Allies on January 15, 1944.
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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 TheaterSummary
Born September 20, 1916, Melvin Benner attended WSC from 1936-1938 as an Agriculture major. Working in Canada when WW2 began, he enlisted in the Canadian army in June 1940. He was killed April 20, 1944 in a lorry accident in England. . 
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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.