Wilbur Earl Sommers was born August 23rd, 1918 in Spokane, Washington. He attended WSC between 1938 and 1941 and served as a pilot in the US Army Air Corps and Quartermaster Corps during WWII. He died February 22nd, 1944 in Flago, Italy.
John Dewey Sherman was born on August 12th,1924, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended WSC from 1942-1943 and enlisted in the US Army Air Force. He was killed July 7th, 1944 at the rank of Technical Sergeant while flying over Cambridge, England in a B17.
Howard Simmons Jr., born 27th December,1920, in Fargo, North Dakota attended WSC between 1939 and 1943 before enlisting in the US Army. He was killed in action in France on November 23rd 1944.
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.
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.
