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Pacific Theater, U.S. NavySummary
Archie Buckley was a star athlete and student leader at WSC, graduating with a BS in Physical Education in 1930. He worked as a high school football coach in Spokane, joining the Navy in March 1943. He was killed at sea on February 21, 1945.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Harland Fremont Burgess, born on April 23, 1899, received his Bachelor's degree in Education from WSC in 1922. He was a career U.S. Army officer, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He died aboard the prison ship Arisan Maru on October 24, 1944. 
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Leslie Hodges Finley, born on September 12, 1919, attended WSC from 1937 to 1938. Serving in the U.S. Army's 31st Infantry Regiment in the Philippines, he was captured in May 1942 and died of malaria on July 26, 1942 at Cabanatuan POW camp.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Kenneth Christian, born on December 29, 1912, attended WSC intermittently between 1931 and 1937. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941 and later received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. He was killed in action on New Georgia on July 27, 1943.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. NavySummary
Harry Lewis Cole, Jr. was born on August 22, 1920. A native of Pullman, Washington, he attended WSC between 1938 and 1941. Commissioned a Lieutenant, Junior Grade in the U.S. Navy Reserve, he was a fighter pilot killed on June 17, 1944.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Daggett, born on July 16, 1920 in Portland, Oregon, graduated from WSC with a Bachelor's degree in Economics in 1943. A First Lieutenant in the United States Army, he was killed in action on Okinawa on April 8, 1945.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
George Nick Dragnich, born on August 27, 1920 in Republic, Washington, attended WSC from 1940 through 1943 as an Industrial Arts major. He joined the US Army Air Corps as a reconnaissance pilot. He was killed in a plane crash on October 12, 1945. 
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Merle Stimmel Eaton, born on August 11, 1921, attended WSC during the 1940-1941 school year as a Mechanical Engineering major. He enlisted in the US Army Air Corp Reserves in March 1943, and was killed performing a bombing raid on April 4, 1945.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. MarinesSummary
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. 
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Robert Edward Ennis, born on October 13, 1915, graduated from WSC in 1939 with a General Studies major. Commissioned an officer in the U.S. Army, he served in the 101st Philippine Division. He died on the prison ship Shinyo Maru on September 7, 1944.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Harvey Ralph Erickson, born on February 8, 1906, graduated from WSC with a degree in Hydraulic Engineering in 1934. Serving with the 1924th Enginner Aviation Battalion, he died as a result of injuries suffered in a car crash on August 23, 1945.
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
George Davidson was a star athlete and student leader at WSC before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1943. He was killed in action at Zweibrücken in March 1945.