Pacific Theater

Last changed on Wed, 12/31/1969 - 16:00

Theater of service

Community
ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater, U.S. Army
Summary
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.
Community
ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater, U.S. Army
Summary
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.
Community
ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater, U.S. Army
Summary
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.
Community
ww2csp
Category
Pacific Theater, U.S. Army
Summary
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.