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 June 22, 1919, Orville Austin Kirtland grew up in Pullman and attended Washington State College for three years. He joined the Army Air Corps, and he was shot down on July 11, 1942 near Port Moresby. His body was not recovered.
George R. Greene, born June 24, 1920, attended Washington State College from 1941 to 1942. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 21, 1942. Major Greene flew over 110 strike missions and was killed in the Philippines February 17, 1945.
Born May 19, 1914, Bernard Paul Gillingham grew up in Spokane and was an accomplished athlete. He attended Washington State College from 1937 to 1941, majoring in Forestry. Enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1941, he died April 11, 1942 in a plane crash.
Born on May 14, 1923, James Albert Fuller attended Washington State College from 1941 to 1943. Commissioned a First Lieutenant in the US Army Air Force, he died in Okinawa on August 12, 1945.
Harrison Hughes was a second-generation WSC student who majored in Mechanical Engineering. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1940, fought during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, and became a prisoner of war in 1942. He was killed by friendly
Horace Corbett Jr. grew up on an Oregon cattle ranch before enrolling at WSC from 1940-41. A fighter pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces, Corbett was killed over southern Germany on January 6, 1944.
