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Born November 10, 1915, Gale attended WSC as an agriculture major in the fall of 1937. He enlisted in the US Navy, earning the rank of Petty Officer First Class. While serving in the Pacific, he went missing and was declared killed in action May 6, 1942.
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Born February 25, 1925, Allen attended WSC from 1941 to 1942 and enlisted in the Navy Reserves while there. He joined the Navy Air Corps, and was training to become a member of a dive bombing squadron when he died in a plane crash on August 2,1945. 
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Born on December 21, 1918, Erickson graduated from WSC with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1942. He joined the Navy and served in the Pacific as an Asst. Chief Engineer. He died from pneumonia in Seattle on February 18, 1944.
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Bryant, born February 21, 1909, attended Washington State College as a Mining Engineering major. Assigned to the U.S. Intelligence Corps (Naval Intelligence), Lieutenant Bryant fell ill with pneumonia and died on January 16, 1943. 
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Marvin Scott Clinton, born February 15, 1921, graduated from Pullman High School in 1939. He attended WSC for one year as a General Studies major. A Naval Aviator and Lieutenant, he was killed in a plane crash January 9, 1945, in Morocco. 
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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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William Hodge Jett was born September 23, 1920 and graduated from Wenatchee High School. He attended Washington State College for one year. He enlisted in the US Navy, and was part of the Seabees. He was killed in action November 4, 1943. 
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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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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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Claud Charles Holsten, born January 31, 1909 in Alma, Missouri, attended Washington State College (WSC) from 1928 to 1932. An ROTC Captain in college, he joined the US Naval Air Reserve in 1942 as a pilot. His plane vanished on September 10, 1945. 
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Arnold William Erickson, born September 28, 1908, graduated from Washington State College with a BS in Chemistry in 1932, and an MS in Chemistry in 1933. He joined the U.S. Navy and was stationed on the USS Cassin Young. He was killed on July 30, 1945.
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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.