U.S. Army

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Branch of service

Community
ww2csp
Category
U.S. Army
Summary
Yeilding, born October 24, 1918, attended WSC from 1938 to 1939 as a chemistry and chemical engineering major. Trained as a fighter pilot in the Army Air Corps and assigned to the 347th Fighter Group, he was shot down over Cape Gazelle, January 23, 1944.
Community
ww2csp
Category
European Theater, U.S. Army
Summary
Born December 28, 1915, he graduated from WSC with a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.VM). He joined the US Army Air Corps and was assigned to the 495th Fighter Training Group. He died in a plane crash May 4, 1944.
Community
ww2csp
Category
European Theater, U.S. Army
Summary
Born on March 13, 1924, William Adams attended WSC as a pharmacology major from 1942-1943. He enlisted in the US Army in 1943, and was assigned to the 414th Infantry Regiment of the 104th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on January 28, 1945.
Community
ww2csp
Category
European Theater, U.S. Army
Summary
Born March 5, 1918, Edwin Bornander graduated from WSC in 1941 with a BS in Agriculture, with honors. A Captain in the US Army, he was assigned to the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Sicily, November 7, 1943.
Community
ww2csp
Category
European Theater, U.S. Army
Summary
Donald Calvin Black, born December 13, 1909, attended WSC from 1929-1932 as a Civil Engineering major. Assigned to the 334th Infantry Regiment of the 84th Infantry Division, he was wounded in December 1944, and died in England March 20, 1945.