University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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8 THE JAYHAWKER RAYMOND TARDIN NAPIER, Morris Plains, N. J.; killed in action in France; July 25, 1944. CHARLES WAYNE NEES, Brazil, Ind.; killed in action in Aleutians; May 18, 1943. EUGENE HAROLD NIRDLINGER, Leavenworth; killed in sinking of Jap prison ship; Dec. 15, 1944. JACK NOBLE, JR., Kansas City, Mo.; killed while prisoner of Germans; Feb. 19, 1945. PATRICK JOSEPH O ' CONNOR, JR., Kansas City; killed in sinking of ship in Mediterranean; July 10, 1943. ROBERT EUGENE ODE, Potter; died in San Diego Naval Hospital; April 5, 1944. FRANK WOODROW O ' FLAH- ERTY, Kansas City, Mo.; killed in battle of Midway; June 1942. EDWARD K. OLSEN, Bonner Springs; killed in action at Pearl Harbor; Dec. 7, 1941. STANLEY RAN- DOLPH OLSON, Erie; killed in an airplane crash at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City; Aug. 9, 1944. BERT L. OVERCASH, JR., Kansas City; killed in action in France; Dec. 1944. STANLEY LEACH PAINE, Ottawa; killed in action over Germany; Sept. 28, 1944. GEORGE MILTON PARIS, Kansas City, Mo.; down with ship off Okinawa; May 4, 1945. FRANCIS HOLMES PARONTO, Wakeeney; killed on mission in Pacific; July 12, 1943. ELMO LEMONT PATTERSON, Leavenworth; killed in action near New Guinea; Dec. 19, 1942. CHARLES EDWIN PAXTON, Lawrence; killed in action near Germany; March 14, 1945. JO WADE PAYNE, JR., Chanute; drowned in plane crash off Georgia coast; March 27, 1944. JOHN ELLIOTT PENNER, Lawrence; killed when U.S.S. Franklin, naval carrier, was bombed; March 19, 1945. NEIL PENNING- TON, Wichita; killed in plane crash in Pacific; Feb. 1, 1945. OTIS 0. PERKINS, Lawrence; killed in action on Okinawa; April 29, 1945. HERBERT MATHIAS PETERS, Dubuque, Iowa; died in France; Jan. 26, 1945. JOHN STARK PHILLIPS, Leavenworth; killed in plane crash; Sept. 11, 1944. WILLIAM WILSON PHILLIPS, JR., Ros- well, N. Mex.; died in El Paso, Texas; Jan. 6, 1946. CHARLES FRANKLIN PIERSON, Oakley; killed in action in Italy; Oct. 11, 1944. JOHN ALBERT PIERSON, Wa- keeney; killed in plane crash; date unknown. HAROLD C. PLACE, Topeka; killed in plane crash at Sheeler Field, Hawaii; July 25, 1943. ALBERT PLOTKIN, Linbrook, N. J.; killed in plane crash near Flagstaff, Ariz.; Jan. 21, 1943. DONALD BOYD POLLOM, Topeka; missing in action in Pacific; Feb. 4, 1944. FRED ROLLIN POWELL, Chanute; killed in action in France; Oct. 26, 1944. WIL- LIAM SAMUEL PROUT, Denver, Colo.; died in Fitz- simmons Hospital, Denver; Dec. 1 1, 1943. JOHN THOMAS PUCKETT, Wichita; killed in action in Belgium; Jan. 15, 1945. VERNON JOHN RAZAK, Collyer; killed in plane crash in Belgium; Summer 1944. GLESSNER WOODROW REIMER, Kansas City, Mo.; killed in action near Vire, France; July 30, 1944. JAMES ANDREW REINHART, JR., Wichita; died in bombing of Jap prison camp; April, 1945. EARL BOICE REYNOLDS, Colony; killed in plane crash at Sioux City, Ia.; Nov. 30, 1942. DEAN HABERLY RICE, Smith Center; plane shot down over Piave River, Italy; Oct. 20, 1944. JAMES CLARK RICHARDSON, Lawrence; killed in plane crash at Karlsruhe, Germany; Nov. 1, 1945. BROWDER ALEXANDER RICHMOND, JR., Kansas City; killed in plane crash at Wright Field, Ohio; March 5, 1945. DEANE EDWIN RICHMOND, Windsor, Vt.; killed in action in Metz, France; Nov. 19, 1944. FLOYD LEWIS RIEDERER, Holton; killed on bombing mission over Italy; March 14, 1944. CARROLL G. RIGGS, Ta- coma, Wash.; killed in plane crash in the Southwest Pacific; Dec. 17, 1942. JOHN ROLLAND RIISOE, Kinsley; miss- ing in action between Dutch Guinea and British New Guinea; Oct. 1, 1944. CLARENCE JUNIOR ROBINSON, Newton; shot down over Hankow, China; Aug. 24, 1943. WALTER WILLARD RODGERS, Ottawa; died in prison camp at Berga Elster, Germany; March 9, 1944. HAL RUSSELL RUPPENTHAL, Russell; plane disappeared be- tween Brazil and Ascension Island; Dec. 9, 1942. HERBERT KAZUO SADAYUSU, Maui, Hawaii; killed in action in Italy; July 9, 1944. LLOYD IRVIN SAVELY, Greensburg; killed in action in New Guinea; Dec. 16, 1945. HOWARD IDEN SCHLINGLOFF, Marion; died in a Jap prison camp; Dec. 15, 1944. WILLIAM WILSON SEITZ, Salina; died on Eniwetok, Marshall Islands; Oct. 18, 1945. RODNEY WALDEN SELFRIDGE, Liberal; killed in plane accident on Ia Shima; May 20, 1945. HOWARD EUGENE SELLARDS, Burlingame; no details available. ABE SHAFER III, Edgerton, Mo.; died in Great Lakes Naval Training Center Hospital, June 23, 1945.

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FALL NUMBER, 1946 FREDERICK GEORGE HUMPHREY, Kansas City, Mo.; killed in action in Holland; Sept. 21, 1944. PERCY E. HUNT, Ft. Benning, Ga.; cause not given; several years ago. THOMAS PITT HUNTER, JR., Margaret, Texas; killed in action on Guam; July 21, 1944. FRANCIS V. HUYCKE, Ellsworth; washed overboard at sea enroute to Chile; Jan. 2, 1943. ROBERT ERNEST INNIS, Pittsburg; killed in action near Canary Islands; Oct. 1943. WILLIAM LAWRENCE JEPSON, Vancouver, Wash; killed in action in Germany; April 23, 1945. HAROLD ADELBERT JIMERSON, Tucson, Ariz.; died while a Jap prisoner on Honshu Island; Feb. 4, 1945. LAWRENCE RAYMOND JOHNSTON, Ft. Scott; missing in action in Pacific theater; 1944. CHARLES OSBURN JORDAN, Pittsburg; died at St. Albans, N. Y.; Jan. 15, 1944. JOHN DILLMAN KEELING, Scott City; killed in ac- tion near Japan; Aug. 5, 1945. ROBERT WEBSTER KEHR, Carthage, Mo.; killed in plane crash in British Columbia; Dec. 20, 1942. CHARLES NORTON KELLY, Hutchinson; killed in plane crash in Italy; Aug. 20, 1944. HILL IS ALAN KENNARD, Kansas City; killed in car accident at Santa Monica, Calif.; Aug. 12, 1945. LELAND WHITE KESLER, JR., Winfield; killed in action on Iwo Jima; March 15, 1945. DEAN WARREN KIEFER, Law- rence; killed during mission over Germany; Jan. 14, 1945. JACK KINELL, Houston, Texas; died of heart attack in Corpus Christi, Texas; April 14, 1944. WILLIAM MAR- SHALL KNIGHT, Independence; killed in action in Pa- cific; early Nov., 1944. GEORGE RICHARD KOEHLER, JR.; New Brunswick, N. J.; killed in action in Sicily; July 15, 1943. KEMPER JAY KOST, Grand Junction, Colo.; killed in plane crash in Aleutians; July 14, 1944. WILBUR PAUL KROEKER, Hutchinson; killed in vehicle accident in Philippines; April 21, 1946. GEORGE OWEN KUNKLE, Evansville, Ind.; killed when ship was torpedoed in Carribean; Dec. 5, 1944. FRANCIS CLAUDE LAIRD, Kismet; killed in action in Germany; Dec. 5, 1944. JOE RALPH LAIRD, Talmage; killed in action in France; July 29, 1944. FRED WRIGHT- MAN LAKE, JR.; Denver, Colo.; missing in action; Oct. 11, 1943. VERNON JAY LANDON, Russell; killed in plane crash at Lubbock, Tex.; Dec. 14, 1944. PAUL AL- BERT LARK, Kansas City, Mo.; killed at Anzio, Italy; Feb. 5, 1944. DANIEL SEWARD LASHELLE, Junction City; killed on Luzon; Jan. 28, 1945. JACK MARCHANT LEE, Topeka; missing in action in France; June 6, 1944. JAMES ROBERT LEWIS, Independence; killed in plane crash at Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas; Feb. 19, 1942. SOLON RUSSELL LINDSEY, Atchison; killed in action in Italy; April 21, 1945. ALFRED DANIEL LINLEY, Law- rence; struck by a truck in a fog at Newport News; Dec. 25, 1942. SIDNEY SMYTHE LINSCOTT, JR., Erie; killed in action on Guadalcanal; Nov., 1942. G. MAX LOUK, Lawrence; killed at Clark Field, Philippines; Dec. 8, 1941. JAMES KEITH LOVELESS, Topeka; killed in plane crash at Roswell, N. M.; Aug. 3, 1944. EARL GEORGE LOWE, JR., Topeka; killed in mid-air collision at Los Alimitos, Calif.; March 1, 1943. ROBERT JOHN MARSHALL, Abilene; killed in active duty in Vire, France; Aug. 7, 1944. ROBERT LESTER MATHEWS, Topeka; killed in action in France; June 11, 1944. IVAN JOSEPH MAY, Topeka, killed in accident in Ariz.; Nov. 12, 1941. JOHN BRIDGER MAYHUGH, Kansas City, Mo.; killed in action on Luzon; Jan. 15, 1945. CURTIS JOHN McCOY, JR., Emporia; killed in action over Mindoro, Philippine Islands; June 20, 1945. WILLIAM WELDON McCRUM, Kansas City, Mo.; killed in car acci- dent at Polatka, Fla.; Dec. 4, 1943. LAWRENCE GENE McGINNIS, Eureka; killed in plane accident in Utah; Dec. 29, 1943. STANLEY WHITEFORD McLEOD, Smith Center; missing in action in European theater; Feb. 26, 1943. JAMES LESLIE McNAUGHTON, Leavenworth; killed in plane crash in Italy; Feb. 2, 1945. MARIAN McSHEA, Medicine Lodge; died at hospital in St. Joseph, Mo.; Aug. 1944. NORMAN RICHARD MEEKS, Wich- ita; killed in plane crash at Blue Springs, Mo.; Feb. 10, 1942. WALTER WILLIAM MEININGER, Louisville, Ky.; died of wounds received in Sicilian Campaign; Aug. 12, 1943. ROBERT CLARENCE MITSCHELE, Lawrence; died in hospital in Long Beach, Calif.; Jan. 10, 1945. GLENN TUCKER MIZE, Bonner Springs; killed in plane crash near Hillsboro, Texas; Aug. 5, 1945. RALPH (RED) EDWIN MORRISON, Helena, Mont.; killed in plane crash in Tampa, Fla.; Dec. 24, 1942. JOHNNY ( JACK) MUSSELMAN, Liberty Center, Iowa; killed in action in France; Nov. 15, 1944.

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FALL NUMBER, 1946 9 EVAN HOMER SHAIBLE, Salina; killed in crash in Ick- ing, Germany; July 29, 1945. ROBERT JACKSON SID- DONS, Platte, S. Dak.; died at Annapolis; March 1946. NILES RAYMOND SIEBERT, Marion; killed in action in Pacific area; July 20, 1944. GLEN BRADLEY SMITH, Horton; killed in airplane accident in South Pacific; Aug. 6, 1944. JAMES CUNNINGHAM SMITH, Wichita; died in a bombing raid; Sept. 9, 1942. RAYMOND TRACY SMITH, Stillwell, Okla.; killed in Belgium; Dec. 11, 1944. GLENN HOWARD SOELLNER, Ft. Scott; died at Ft. Ben Harrison, Ind.; Dec. 19, 1943. JOHN GLENN SOMERS, JR., Newton; killed in action in Normandy; Aug. 8, 1944. WAYNE CLIFFORD STEELE, Jennings; killed in plane crash near Delhi, La.; Jan. 27, 1944. PAUL RAMSEY STEPHENS, Topeka; plane crashed into sea in attack on Jap cruiser; July 28, 1945. JOHN WHELESS STEPHEN- SON, Albuquerque, N. Mex.; died in Australia; July 18, 1942. THOMAS GRIER STEWART, Wellington; died from wounds received in the battle for St. Lo.; Aug. 12, 1944. VERN V. STEWART, Valley Falls; killed in Nor- mandy; Aug. 25, 1944. RAYMOND CUNNINGHAM STILES, Kansas City; died in plane crash; Oct. 21, 1942. ROBERT ELLSWORTH STODDARD, Green River, Wyo.; died of wounds received at Iwo Jima; March 4, 1945. LAWRENCE IVER STOLAND, Lawrence; killed in air- plane crash near Dutch Harbor; July 21, 1942. DANIEL BERNARR STONE, Wellington; killed in plane collision near Tulsa, Okla.; June 17, 1940. ELMER JACKSON STONE, Ottawa; killed on a mission in China or Eastern India area; Jan. 4, 1944. THOMAS WILLIAM STONE, Vinland; killed in Southwest Pacific; Feb. 6, 1945. JOHN ELMER STRAND, Rockford, Ill.; killed in action in France; Jan. 4, 1945. JAMES PHILIP STRATTON, Hutch- inson; missing over France; June 11, 1944. JEAN THOMAS, Waterville; lost in plane crash in Tyrhennian Sea; June 14, 1944. HENRY FOXALL THORNE, Kingsport, Tenn.; died in England from wounds received in France; Jan. 7, 1945. CHARLES RAYMOND TOBEREN, New York, N. Y.; killed in a fire at Cherry Point, N. Car.; June 3, 1944. JAMES COLEMAN TRAW, Duncan, Okla.; killed in the sinking of a Jap prison freighter; Sept. 7, 1944. ROBERT EMERY TREKELL, Wellington; died on his ship in Pacific; April 22, 1945. WALLACE AUGUSTINE TRUED, Greeley County; killed in a plane crash near El Centro, Calif.; Oct. 11, 1943. JOHN PETER VAN RIXOORT, Keyport, N. J.; killed in action in Belgium; Jan. 15, 1944. FRANCIS MONT- GOMERY VEATCH, Kansas City, Mo.; killed in action over Italy; May 26, 1944. PIERCE LEROY VEITH, Inde- pendence; killed in action over Tarawa; Nov. 19, 1943. WALTER HAROLD VERBANIC, Kansas City; killed in action. CRANSTON GORDON VINCENT, Kansas City, Mo.; died in Navy Hospital at San Diego; Aug. 23, 1945. HAROLD DUMONT WALDECKER, Hutchinson; killed in invasion of Saipan; June 19, 1944. VICTOR GRIESA WALLING, Chicago, Ill.; died in the Pacific area; April 24, 1944. JOSEPH EDWIN WALSH, JR., Dallas, Tex.; killed in airplane crash; Sept. 20, 1943. WIL- LIAM EDWARD WALTER, Fredonia; killed in plane crash in Texas; March 1, 1943. JOHN WESELEY WATER- BURY, JR., Cherryvale; killed in action on Luzon; Feb. 11, 1945. LUCIEN ANDREW WATKINS, Leavenworth; died at Lowry Field, Colo.; Aug. 19, 1945. WILLIAM LOUIS WEBER, Hutchinson; killed in a bomber crash in England; Feb. 13, 1945. RAY GUNTHER WENZEL, Kansas City; killed in sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis; July 30, 1945. CHEVEY SCHAEFFER WHITE, Norton; killed in action on Guam; July 22, 1944. ROBERT WILLIAM WHITE- HEAD, Silver Lake; plane lost in Solomon Sea area; Aug. 15, 1943. FRED ORDWAY WICKHAM, JR., Kennett, Mo.; plane crashed near Kosharevo, Bulgaria; March 30, 1944. ALBERT JOSEPH WIELAND, Norton; died in plane crash at Elgin Field, Fla.; Nov. 26, 1942. JOE LAWRENCE WIELAND, Norton; killed in plane crash over Belgium; April 24, 1944. ROBERT SAMUEL WIL- SON, Madison, Wis.; died in Brussels; Sept. 19, 1944. GILBERT LESLIE WORLEY, JR., Kansas City, Mo.; killed in plane crash in Indianapolis, Ill.; May 15, 1943. RALPH MILTON WYATT, Hiawatha; killed in plane crash over London; June 8, 1944. JOHN HENRY YODER, Gallup, N. Mex.; died in acci- dent in Paris, France; Sept. 21, 1945. PAUL BERNARD YOUNG, Wichita; killed in plane crash near Lebanon, Tenn.; Nov. 10, 1945. HERMAN HENRY ZIEGENBUSCH, Ellinwood; died in sinking of ship in Mediterranean Sea; Nov. 26, 1943. JAMES MONROE ZOELLNER, Tonganoxie; killed by sniper fire in Admiralty Islands; March 25, 1944. •