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ww2csp
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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.
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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.
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ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater
Summary
John Vincent Fryslie, born February 28, 1916 in Flasher, North Dakota, attended Washington State College from 1936 to 1937, and in 1940. A Sergeant in the US Marine Corps, he worked as an aerial photographer and died in a plane crash near Palmyra Atoll.