Willard James Gress, born January 5, 1920, was a chemical engineering major at WSC until he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps in December 1941. Assigned to the 415th Night Fighter Squadron, he died in a plane crash April 17, 1943 at RAF Tinwood, England.
Born on July 16, 1920, Elson Cameron Daggett, Jr. graduated from Washington State College in 1943. Joining the Army after graduation, he was killed in action near Uchitumari on Okinawa on April 8, 1945.
Born on July 25, 1920, Robert Mitchell Ford attended Washington State College from 1938 to 1939. He joined the Army in 1944, and was killed by sniper fire on Okinawa on May 27, 1945.
John Elwood Gay, born March 22, 1915, graduated from Washington State College in 1939. A Major in the Army Air Corps, he was killed when his plane went down near Iwo Jima on March 8, 1945.
