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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Maximo Paulino Sebastian, born November 18, 1912, grew up in Jones in the Philippines. He attended Washington State College from 1935 to 1937. He joined the Army in 1944, and was killed in action October 25, 1944 in the Philippines.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Grenville Neil Porter was born February 15, 1915 and attended high school in Tacoma. He graduated from Washington State College on June 1, 1941, then joined the Army. He was killed on a Japanese transport ship on September 7, 1944.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
James Delbert Kennedy, born January 30, 1923 in Salem, Oregon, attended Washington State College from 1941 until 1943. He joined the Army on September 11, 1943 and assigned to the 6th Infantry Division. He died from his wounds on January 19, 1945. 
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Billy Dean Hughes, born March 2, 1920, attended Washington State College from 1938 to 1941. He joined the Army Air Corps on December 19, 1941, and he died in a plane crash likely preparing to bomb Wake Island on April 29, 1943.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. MarinesSummary
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. 
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Jack P. Gould was born on August 13, 1917 and grew up in La Crosse, Washington. He attended Washington State College from 1936 to 1937. Enlisting in the Army Air Corps in November 1940, he survived the Bataan Death March but died from disease May 5, 1942.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
George R. Greene, born June 24, 1920, attended Washington State College from 1941 to 1942. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 21, 1942. Major Greene flew over 110 strike missions and was killed in the Philippines February 17, 1945. 
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Born May 19, 1914, Bernard Paul Gillingham grew up in Spokane and was an accomplished athlete. He attended Washington State College from 1937 to 1941, majoring in Forestry. Enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1941, he died April 11, 1942 in a plane crash. 
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Pacific Theater, U.S. NavySummary
Henry G. Gilbert, Jr., born September 23, 1919, attended Washington State College from 1938 to 1940. He joined the Navy Air Corps in March 1940. The youngest of the Flying Tiger pilots, Ensign Gilbert was killed in action on December 23,1941 near Burma.
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Lewis David Julian was born on August 24,1912 in Frederick, Kansas. He attended Washington State College (WSC) from 1930-1931. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army, he died November 24, 1943 from wounds received near Salerno, Italy.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. NavySummary
Born on February 4, 1924, Charles Gay grew up in Worland, Wyoming and attended Washington State College in the fall of 1942 before joining the US Naval Reserves. He perished when his submarine sank in the Java Sea on August 23, 1945. 
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Born on May 14, 1923, James Albert Fuller attended Washington State College from 1941 to 1943. Commissioned a First Lieutenant in the US Army Air Force, he died in Okinawa on August 12, 1945.