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Born October 17, 1920, Burnet earned a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture from WSC in Spring 1943. He also completed the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1943 and joined the US Army Air Force. He was killed in an air crash on May 31, 1945 in Arizona.
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Born March 8, 1917, Craney began attending WSC in 1937 and graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering. Enlisting in the US Army Air Force and achieving the rank of Lieutenant, he died when his plane crashed in poor weather on March 11, 1944.
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Born May 19, 1922, Cozens attended WSC from 1941 to 1943. Enlisting in the US Army Air Corps and achieving the rank of Second Lieutenant, he died as the result of injuries sustained in a combat training crash on July 14, 1944.
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Clumpner, born July 16, 1915, graduated from WSC in 1943 with bachelor's degrees in mining engineering and geology. A second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, he was killed when his plane went down in the North Sea, May 24, 1944. 
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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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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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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. Digital Heritage
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European TheaterSummary
Carl John Erickson, born in 1915, attended WSC from 1933-1937, graduating with a degree in Agricultural Business. A Flight Officer in the US Army Air Corps, he was killed when the glider he was piloting went down over the Mediterranean on May 12, 1943. Digital Heritage
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European TheaterSummary
Frank Waldner, born January 7, 1919, attended WSC from 1939 to 1943 and graduated with a BS in Forestry. Serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, he was killed in France on January 23, 1945 while on night patrol. Digital Heritage
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European TheaterSummary
Roy Clinton Kohler, born February 28, 1918, attended WSC for one semester in the fall of 1938. A Staff Sergeant in the US Army Air Force, he went missing-in-action in July 1944 over France. Believed to be a POW, his remains were never found. Digital Heritage
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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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Pacific Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
Born June 22, 1919, Orville Austin Kirtland grew up in Pullman and attended Washington State College for three years. He joined the Army Air Corps, and he was shot down on July 11, 1942 near Port Moresby. His body was not recovered.