Lt Col. Thorp, was born in Thorp Washington, While Attending Oregon Agricultural College he chose to study agriculture.
He went missing during the battle for Bataan while serving with the 26th Calvarly Regiment, and was forced to do the Bataan Death March. He was executed by the Japanese outside of Bilibid Prison.
Lt Col Taylor left behind a wife, two daughters and a son.
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“Lt. Col. Schultz of San Diego, the battalion commander and a fearless bull of a man, yet subtle in his powers of understanding, Captain Gene Mundy (the operations officer) from Northwestern and Mt. Carmel, Illinois, and I set out for a regimental command post shortly after daybreak. Our walk back showed that in our sector we held a beach head at least 1,000 yards deep, that several batteries of artillery were established, and that we were definitely down in the flat with poor observation, while the Japanese retained altitude, observation, and weapons.
Lt. Col. Roxbury was an ROTC field artillery instructor at Oregon State university, who transitioned into combat. On 2 Dec 1941 Roxbury was medically discharged from the army. On 8 Dec 1941 he "talked his way back into the army." Roxbury was killed of wounds received while deployed to France on 24 Aug 1944.
He was shot down while flying a night mission in Vietnam. He has not been recovered.
He was hit by Japanese artillery while having a meeting with other officers in a hole dug into a beach.
Medically separated on the second of December 1941, he insisted on re-entering service the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, six days after his separation, and would not take no for an answer. He died in World War II in France.
Lt Col. Johnson was the Radar Navigator on a Boeing Stratofortress Bomber (B-52G) on a bombing mission over North Vietnam when his aircraft was hit by a surface to air missile. The crew piloted with two being confirmed POWs and most remaining unknown until the Vietnamese finally decided to release the bodies. His remains were recovered on Dec 15 1988 and ID’ed on 23 May 1989.
Lt Col Gregoire was a FA-18A Fighter pilot.His aircraft went missing during a training event of the coast by Andres Air Force Base, Washington D.C. HIs parachute was found later tangled in a fisherman's net but his body was not recovered. He was survived by his wife and three children.
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Born in Pago Pago, Ma’oputasi American Samoa, Lt Col Galea’i earned a Bachelors of Science through the College of Science in 1988, commissioning to 2nd Lt through the Oregon State University ROTC Program. On 4 Jun 1988 he enlisted into the Marine Corps, serving as the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division based out of Kaneohe, Hawaii. He was killed in Al-Karmah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq by a suicide bomber dressed as a security guard, 20 people were killed in the attack.
