1st Lt.

Born in Caldwell, New Jersey, 1st lt Flavelle boxed while attending Oregon State College, and was apart of the glee club. He graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Agriculture in 1938. Afterwards he enlisted into the Army Air Force on 14 Jul 1941 in New Jersey. His Silver Star was earned in the Ploesti raid “Operation Tidal Wave” on 1 Aug 1943 while coming in at treetop level to bomb Romanian Oil Refineries. While serving with the 512th Bomber Squadron 376th Bomber Group he was the lead aircraft for a 7 plane attack.

Born in 1917 in La Grande, Oregon 1st Lt Charles Fisher is the brother of 2nd Lt John Fisher also on this list.  While attending Oregon State College 1st Lt Fisher earned a Bachelors of Science in Forestry. While serving with the Army Air Forces 58th Bomber Squadron 5th Bomber Group he died near Papilou Island Hawaii when he was piloting the Douglas A-20 Havock Aircraft #40-125.  He was survived by his father.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28499367/la_grande_observer/?xid=637

Born in Oregon 1st Lt. Felts attended Oregon Agricultural College from 1934 to 1938 Earning a Bachelors of Science in Science. While serving with the Army Air Forces 423 Bomber Squadron 306th Bomber Group he was shot down 9 Nov 1942 while piloting B-17 Flying Fortress Buno # 41-24491 and was declared to be missing in action. On 1 Dec 1943 he was declared killed in action with his date of death being the day he was shot down. His plane crashed 5 miles north of St. Nazaire, France. He was survived by his parents, and his brother.  

Born in Stockton, Kansas 1st Lt Essman came to Oregon Agricultural College to study Vocational Education. While serving with the 777th Military Police Battalion, he was shot during the Phoenix’s Thanksgiving Day Riot in Arizona on 26 Nov 1942, three days later he died from complications to the injury. He was survived by his wife, daughter, mother and two brothers.  

1st Lt. Dutton served in the Army Air Force 12th fighter squadron, 18th group in the south pacific. Lt. Dutton died when is plane crashed operating in somewhere in the south pacific on February 8th, 1944.

https://www.oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx719t22q#page/8/mode/1up (pg. 8)

Born in Newberg Oregon, 1st Lt Crews signed the draft on 22 Feb 1943 in Corvallis while studying Forestry at Oregon State College, he enlisted on 22 Mar 1943 in Portland. He went missing in Germany, while serving in the Army with the 901 Field Artillery Battalion 76th Division.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55956770

https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/WWIIAccounting/oregon.htm

Born in Oregon, there isn’t much known about 1st Lt John Coleman. He died while serving with the VMSB-142, 12th Marine Air Group, 1st Marine Air Wing, there has been no documentation that states how he lost his life. He was survived by his parents, sister and brother. 1st Lt Crosland’s remains were returned from Papua New Guinea, US Armed Forces Cemetery, Finschhafen No 5 New Guinea and interred at Golden Gate on 4 Feb 1949.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3562381

Born in Manhattan, New York 1st Lt Coiner entered the service in 1941. He was killed when a shell accidentally exploded next to him while serving in Australia. He was survived by his wife, a son and daughter, his mother and brother.  

http://goldstarfamilyregistry.com/heroes/robert-coiner-186487

http://goldstarfamilyregistry.com/heroes/robert-coiner-186487 (pg 9)

1st Lt Merle Christensen was born in Oregon and, served with the Army 24th Field Artillery Regiment. He was serving in the Philippines during the fall of Bataan, and was forced along the Bataan Death March as a Prisoner of War to the Japanese. While a prisoner at the Camp #1 Cabanatuan 1-2-3 Nueva Province Luzon Philippines 15-121 POW Camp, he was boarded onto one of the Japanese “Hell Ships”. During WWII the Japanese took transport ships and used them to transport POW’s without labeling the ships as POW Transport ships.

Born in Portland Oregon, 1st Lt Chivers signed the draft on 16 Oct 1940. While serving with the 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force 1st lt Chivers took off from 7-mile Drome near Port Moresby Papua New Guinea to intercept incoming Japanese fighter near the Port. During the mission his Airacobra  P-39F # 41-7207 was shot down. The Missing Air Crew Report Number is 16440. He was retroactively labeled killed in action on 14 Dec 1945 with his date of death being the day he was shot down. He was survived by his parents.