Born November 10, 1915, Gale attended WSC as an agriculture major in the fall of 1937. He enlisted in the US Navy, earning the rank of Petty Officer First Class. While serving in the Pacific, he went missing and was declared killed in action May 6, 1942.
Born March 8, 1917, Craney began attending WSC in 1937 and graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering. Enlisting in the US Army Air Force and achieving the rank of Lieutenant, he died when his plane crashed in poor weather on March 11, 1944.
Born May 19, 1922, Cozens attended WSC from 1941 to 1943. Enlisting in the US Army Air Corps and achieving the rank of Second Lieutenant, he died as the result of injuries sustained in a combat training crash on July 14, 1944.
Born February 25, 1925, Allen attended WSC from 1941 to 1942 and enlisted in the Navy Reserves while there. He joined the Navy Air Corps, and was training to become a member of a dive bombing squadron when he died in a plane crash on August 2,1945.
Born on December 21, 1918, Erickson graduated from WSC with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1942. He joined the Navy and served in the Pacific as an Asst. Chief Engineer. He died from pneumonia in Seattle on February 18, 1944.
Born February 19, 1923, Fulgham attended WSC April and May 1942 as a pre-flight student in the Army Training program. Still a cadet, he died on May 8, 1944 when his Army training plane crashed near Tombstone, Arizona. No cause for the crash was found.
Rudolph "Rudy" Edward Schmitz was born August 16, 1924 in Glendale California. In WWII Rudy joined the Army Specialized Training Unit at WSC and was sent to Europe in 1944. He died in action on December 30, 1944.
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.
