Rice, Emery Leslie
Capt. Rice was killed during the sinking of the Japanese Transport Ship Arisan Maru.
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Capt. Rice was killed during the sinking of the Japanese Transport Ship Arisan Maru.
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Capt. Reuter was the pilot of P-51 Mustang #44-7285 in fighter group three in england. Capt. Reuter went MIA on September 10, 1944 after bailing out into enemy occupied territory. He made his way to england and returned to active duty. On April 17th, 1944 he went out on a mission as deputy squadron commander, leading a group of P-51s. Capt. Raymond F. Reuter was killed in action on a mission to then Czechoslovakia. His plane was hit by anti-aircraft defence in the vicinity of Ceske Budejovice, south of Prague.
Born in Kennewick, Washington, Capt Nichoson was Oregon Agricultural College’s 1938 Class Secretary, he studied Secretarial Science. While serving with the Army Reserve’s 345th Infantry, 87th Infantry Division, he was killed in Belgium. He was survived by his wife and mother.
https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx71bk53f#page/8/mode/1u... (pg 6)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56789930 1940 yearbook (pgs 239, 319) 1941 yearbook (pgs 43, 234, 243, 329)
https://www.oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx719t248#page/3/mod... (pg 3)
https://www.oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx71bn16q#page/7/mod... (pg 7)
Capt. McClellan was flying his Douglas A-1 Sky Raider when his plane was shot down by unfriendly ground fire. His body has not been recovered.
Capt. Mathews was part of a B-26 crew, and his plane crashed in the sea of the coast of Sicily. He was survived by his wife and parents.
https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx719t184#page/8/mode/1u... (pg 7)
https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx71bn26z#page/12/mode/1up (pg 11)
Capt. Magnuson served in the Army 215th Field Artillery Battalion, stationed in Europe during WWII. During fighting in Luxembourg, Capt. Magnuson was serving with a glider unit where he died for wounds recived in action, on January 3rd, 1945. Capt. Magnuson was survived by his parents, siblings, and wife.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56062330/ralph-e-magnuson
Born in Oregon, Capt Lowry was a member of the Oregon State College Varsity track team, and earned a Bachelors of Science in Science in 1955. While serving with the 441st Bomber Squadron, he was killed when the B-52F Stratofortress he was a radar-operator on crashed into another B-52F over the south China Sea. The planes were part of a force en route to target, a Viet Cong installation 28 miles north of Saigon, in South Vietnam. His body was never recovered. He was survived by his wife, three daughters, parents and sister.