1st Lt. Mann served in the Army Air Force 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group in the Mediteranian theater WWII. While flying a mission over Italy on November 18th, 1943 1st. Lt. Mann did not return and was listed MIA. In April 1944 1st Lt. Mann was officially listed as KIA.
Born in McMinnville, Oregon there isn’t much information available for 1st Lt Layton. While serving with the Army Reserve 5th Special Forces Group he was killed in Kien Phong, Vietnam.
Born in Taft, California 1st Lt Kreutz studied Business Administration while attending Oregon State College. While serving with the Army Air Corps’ 321st Bomb Group, 448th Bomb Squadron, his B-25C #42-64655 he was a bombardier on was shot down over Italy. The Missing Air Crew Report # 4193 covered this incident. He was survived by his wife.
From the 321st BG~448th BS War Diary:
Excerpt from Casualty Questionnaire:
Hough, William S., 2Lt, navigator, 448th BS
Born in Portland Oregon, 1st Lt Korell attended both the University of Oregon and the Oregon State College, we don’t know what the degree he was working towards as he kept to the lower division classes during his time at OSC. While serving as the Executive Officer for the Army’s 393rd Infantry 99th Infantry Division 1st Lt Korell was killed in Germany. He was survived by his parents and his two sisters.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56282789/walter-h-korell
Born in Camas, Washington 1st Lt Knapp graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Agriculture here at Oregon Agricultural College. He was killed when his plane crashed in Maricopa County, Arizona while serving in the Army Air Corps. He was survived by his wife, daughter, parents and his two sisters.
https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx71bn37g#page/8/mode/1u... (pg 8)
Born in Oregon, 1st Lt King attended both the University of Oregon and Oregon State College. He studied Forestry when he was at OSC. While serving with the Army Air Forces 12th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron as a Lockheed P-38 Lightning Pilot, 1st Lt King was killed in Italy, he was survived by his wife, parents and two siblings.
Born in Grants Pass, Oregon 1st Lt Kelly spent only two years here at Oregon Agricultural College in 1908 and 1909 before taking time off from college and then transferring to U of O in 1912, where he graduated in Forestry in 1914 as a member of Sigma Chi. While serving with the Army Engineers Company A, 10th Engineers he was killed in France due to a motorcycle accident. He was survived by his wife, son and daughter, parents and five sisters.
Born in Portland, Oregon in 1911, 1st Lt Keasey attended the University of Oregon Before transfering to Oregon State College graduating in 1941 with a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering. While serving with the Army Reserves Corps of Engineers he was taken prisoner by the Japanese during the fall of Bataan and survived the Bataan Death March, and a POW Hell Ship torpedoing in December of 1944. He died from acute colitis while a prisoner on POW Camp #1-Kashii Kyushu Island 33-130. He was survived by his mother and four sisters.
"Marine 1st Lt Johnson was assigned to 7th Communications Battalion, 3rd Marine Headquarters Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. He was ordered to take his team to a small village of Ganjgal where the leader had requested their presence. This appears to have been a set up, as the insurgents ambushed them with overwhelming odds. Johnson was wounded and was being attended by a naval medical corpsman when they were both killed. Mike was always a hard worker. During his high school years, he held down jobs at surf shops, restaurants and pools.
1st Lt. Johnson enlisted on July 6th, 1942 to be a pilot in the Army Air Forces. After completing flight school in Williams Feild, Arizona he commissioned as a 2nd Lt. and went overseas. At the time 2nd Lt.Johnson, served as a P-38 Lightning, then P-51 Mustang fighter pilot in Europe as part of the 383rd Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group. 1st Lt. Johnson was on mission when he went missing over Arnheim, Hollond on September 17th, 1944 and was later declared KIA. He was survived by his wife and parents.
