William Hodge Jett was born September 23, 1920 and graduated from Wenatchee High School. He attended Washington State College for one year. He enlisted in the US Navy, and was part of the Seabees. He was killed in action November 4, 1943.
Henry G. Gilbert, Jr., born September 23, 1919, attended Washington State College from 1938 to 1940. He joined the Navy Air Corps in March 1940. The youngest of the Flying Tiger pilots, Ensign Gilbert was killed in action on December 23,1941 near Burma.
Born on February 4, 1924, Charles Gay grew up in Worland, Wyoming and attended Washington State College in the fall of 1942 before joining the US Naval Reserves. He perished when his submarine sank in the Java Sea on August 23, 1945.
Claud Charles Holsten, born January 31, 1909 in Alma, Missouri, attended Washington State College (WSC) from 1928 to 1932. An ROTC Captain in college, he joined the US Naval Air Reserve in 1942 as a pilot. His plane vanished on September 10, 1945.
Arnold William Erickson, born September 28, 1908, graduated from Washington State College with a BS in Chemistry in 1932, and an MS in Chemistry in 1933. He joined the U.S. Navy and was stationed on the USS Cassin Young. He was killed on July 30, 1945.
