Born on May 23, 1918, Gilbert Bonn Chambers graduated from WSC with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration on June 3, 1940. Commissioned a reserve officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1941, he was killed in action at Bataan on May 8, 1942.
Myron B. Carstensen, born on December 26, 1919 in Grand Coulee, Washington, graduated from WSC with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science on May 24, 1943. Enlisting in the Marines after graduation, he was killed in action on June 15, 1944 at Saipan.
Harland Fremont Burgess, born on April 23, 1899, received his Bachelor's degree in Education from WSC in 1922. He was a career U.S. Army officer, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He died aboard the prison ship Arisan Maru on October 24, 1944.
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.
Sidney Carl Beinke graduated from Washington State College in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Botany. A First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, he was killed in action at Peleliu in the Palau Islands on October 3, 1944.
