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World War II Memorial
The University of Missouri Archives provided us a copy of a booklet endorsed by F. A. Middlebush and Oak Hunter titled Missouri In Memoriam, Alumni of the University of Missouri, World War II. If there are additions or corrections, please contact the web master.
Alumni |
| William Omar Akins, 1940-42, 2LT, USAAF, Kansas City, MO, killed in training flight at Will Rogers Field, OK, 2-5-42 |
| Charles Harry Apple III, B.S. '38, MAJ, USAFF, Columbia, MO, plane crash in Italy, 2-2-45 |
| William Sylvanus Allee, A.B. '34, 1LT. Army Medical Corps, Wadsworth, KS, sinking of Japanese prison ship, 10-14-44, Purple Heart |
| Alan C. Atteberry, B.S. '39, CPT, USAAF, Cabool, MO, missing on flight from New Guinea to Biak, 7-8-44, presumed dead 3-7-46, Air Medal, Presidential Citation |
| Lorenzo Dowe Anderson, Jr. 1936-38, PFC, USMC, Kansas City, MO, killed in action on Guadalcanal, 11-11-42, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal, Victory Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Purple Heart |
| John Dale Baker, 1941-42, SGT, USAAF, Dexter, MO, plane shot down over Munich, Germany, 6-9-44, declared dead 6-10-45 |
| John Leslie Barnes, 1942-43, SSG, USAAF, Anderson, MO, killed in action in European Theater of Operations, 5-20-44, Purple Heart |
| James Harrison Barns, Jr., A.B. '35, 1LT, USAAF, Columbia, MO. killed in plane crash near Cristobal Canal Zone, while on patrol duty 6-16-40 |
| Herbert R. Bassman, B.S. '40, 1LT, USAAF, Kansas City, MO, killed in explosion caused by collision of bombing planes in North Australia 11-16-42, Cadet Trophy |
| James Kirby Bauer, 1941-42, 2LT USAAF, Glenglade, MO, killed on training flight at Harding Field, Baton Rouge, LA 6-9-44 |
| Josef Eric Beauclair, 1939-1940, CPT, USAAF, St. Louis, MO, plane crash, Miramar Marine Air Base, San Diego, CA, 8-1-46, Army Commendation Ribbon and Certificate of Merit |
| Thomas David Becker, 1934-38, 2LT, USMC, Columbia, MO, killed in action at Tarawa, 11-20-43, Purple Heart |
| Carl Keith Bell, B.S. in Agriculture '43, 2LT, Field Artillery, Pleasant Hill, MO died 2-2-45 of wounds received in action at Luxemburg, Germany |
| John M. Bennett, 1941-42, 1LT, Infantry, Memphis, TN, killed in action in Northern France 9-8-44 |
| George B. Berry, A.B. '24, CPT USMC, Kansas City, MO, died El Centro, CA February 22, 1944 |
| Levi Roland Berry, 1941-42, Flight Officer USAAF, Coldwater, MO died of illness contracted overseas, Percy General Hospital Battle Creek, MI, 10-29-46 |
| Max Eugene Biggerstaff, A.B. '41, 2LT, Fourth Armored Div., Third Army, Monett, MO, died 3-20-45, of wounds received in action in Germany; Purple Heart |
| Richard Otto Birk, B.S. in Agriculture '43, 2LT, Field Artillery, Jackson, MO died 7-14-44, of wounds received in Italy, Purple Heart |
| Jack Powell Blanton, 1938-41, 1LT USAAF, Shelbina, MO, killed in action over France, 6-2-44 |
| John Fred Boggs, 1937, SSG, USAAF, Columbia, MO pand crash resulting from enemy fire over Iwo Jima, 1-17-45, Air Medal, Citation of Honor, Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Seymour Bornstein, 1938-41, 1LT USAAF, Paterson, N.J. killed in plane crash at Bari, Italy, while returning from a bombing mission over the Ploesti Oil Fields, 7-9-44, Air Medal, Purple Heart |
| Robert Louis Brenton, 1939-41, SGT, USMC, Kansas City, MO killed in action on Saipan, 6-20-44 |
| Thomas Hughes Brents, 1939-41, WT 1 c USNR, Bragg City, MO, killed in action near Okinawa, 4-6-45 |
| Clarence Edwin Bridwell, B.S. in Agriculture '39, 1LT, USAAF, Marshfield, MO, killed while on bombing mission over Germany, 11-5-44, Air Medal and Two Oak Leaf Clusters |
| James Charles Brubaker, 1940-42, PFC, Infantry, Huntsville, MO, killed in action in Belgium, 1-15-45 |
| Edward M. Bruton, Jr. 1939-42, 1LT, USAAF, St. Louis, MO killed in action over Germany, 5-21-43, Personal Citation, Air Medal with Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart |
| Chester Lewis Buoy, Jr. B.S. in Agriculture '39, PVT Infantry, Fayette, MO, died of illness at Camp Carson, CO, 12-22-42 |
| David Randall Burke, 1939-1, Lt JG, USN, AVH, Hollywood, CA, plane crash in New Caledonia, 6-8-43, Air Medal |
| Evans Hyland Burnite, 1931-36, CPT, Field Artillery, St. Louis, MO, died of wounds received in action in Holland 10-4-44 |
| Harry H. Burr, 1940, SGT, USAAF, Maryville, MO, fatally injured in vehicle accident in Kumming, China, 6-20-44 |
| George Keller Busiek, 1931-34, MAJ, Field Artillery, Nevada, MO, died of tropical disease contracted in Pacific VA Hospital, Dallas, TX, 3-19-46, Navy Cross, Unit Citation |
| John David Busiek, B.S. '36, 1LT, USAAF, Nevada, MO, plane crash at Luke Field, AZ, 8-12-42 |
| William Sanford Butcher, 1941-42, 2LT, USAAF, Walnut Grove, MO, killed in action over Germany, 1-10-45 |
| Lowell Edward Cadwell, 1942, 2LT, USAAF, Crocker, MO, plane accident at Bellows Field, HI, 3-26-45 |
| Roy Lee Caldwell, Jr. 1938-39, Ens. USN, AVH, Shelbina, MO, plane crash at Whiting Field, Pensacola, FL, September 19, 1945 |
| Don Robert Camfield, B.S. in Agriculture '40, CPT, FA, Neosho, MO, killed in action near Erlach, Germany April 5, 1945, Bronze Star |
| William Joseph Cargill, 1938-41, CPT USAAF, Kansas City, and St. Joseph, MO, plane crash at Columbia, MO, 1-6-44, on leave after 65 combat missions in Pacific, Air Medal and Four Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross |
| George E. Carter, 1937-41; 1LT USAAF, Columbia, MO; killed in flight over India after leaving air base in China, March 30, 1944; Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross |
| John Curtis Casteel, 1931-33, CPT FA, Princeton, Mo, killed while leading attack on Casablanca, North Africa, November 10, 1942 |
| Edwin Keith Cheavens, 1938, PFC Infantry, Ashland, MO killed in action in France, Ocotober 3, 1944; Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation |
| William Clay Choplin, Jr., 1942-43; SSG, USAAF, Independence, MO died of illness in Columbia, MO, October 29, 1945; eight Bronze Battle Stars, Certificate of Valor, Air Medal and Two Oak Leaf Clusters, Presidential Unit Citation |
| Ray Sherman Clark, 1940-42, PFC Infantry, Myrtle, MO, killed in action in Germany, January 30, 1945, Bronze Star Medal |
| Freeman Blaine Cole, B.S. 1935, 1LT Ranger, Kansas City, MO; killed in Invasion of North Africa, November 10, 1942, Purple Heart |
| Howard Robert Combs, Jr. 1938-41: @LT USAAF: Clarence, MO: killed in action over Germany September 11, 1944; Air Medal and Oak Leak Cluster, Purple Heart |
| Charles Jackson Conn, 1940-41, 2LT USAAF, New London, MO: plane crash near Iowa, LA, August 4, 1944 |
| Jacob Henry Cordes, Jr. 1936-38: 1LT USAAF: Trenton, MO: killed in action when his bomber crashed into the Mediterranean off Sicily, April 6, 1943 |
| Walter Lawrence Crampton, 1941, CPT INF, Sigourney, LA, died October 3, 1944, Mayo General Hospital, Gatesburg, IL, of wounds recieved May 4, 1944, in Dutch New Guinea; Bronze Star, Soldier's Medal, Purple Heart |
| William Morris Crane, B.S. in Education 1941, CPT Infantry, Ashland, MO: killed while leading an attack in Germany, April 8, 1945: Presidential Citation, Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman's Badge |
| Robert F. Cunningham, 1941: 2LT USAAF, Maplewood, MO missing when plane was shot down October 17, 1944 over Vienna, Austria, presumed dead October 18, 1945: Air Medal |
| Wilkie Buford Cunnyngham, Jr., 1942, Flight Officer USAAF, Jefferson, MO, plane crash near Salinas, CA, January 11, 1945 |
| Charles English Davis, 1941-43: 2LT USAAF: Charleston, MO: missing when his plane was shot down June 17, 1944, near Caen, France: declared dead one year later: Purple Heart |
| Gerald V. Davis, 1938-41: Ens. USN, AVH: Louisiana, MO, missing when his plane was shot down October 26, 1942, in the Battle of Santa Cruz: presumed dead October 27, 1943: Air Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Purple Heart |
| James Edwin Davis, B.S. 1943, Ens, USNR: Monett, MO, died December 12 1944, as a result of injuries sustained aboard destroyer in the Siege of Ormoc Bay |
| Jefferson Davis, 1939-1943, 2LT Infantry, Coffeybille, KS, killed in action at the Siegfried Line in France, March 19, 1945 |
| Kenneth Searle Davis, A.M. 1933, Ed.D. 1942, Lt. J.G. USNR, Houston, TX, killed on destroyer, September 14, 1944, during hurricane off the coast of Florida |
| Roy Leo Dean, 1940-1942, Pvt. Inf., Jacksonville, MO, accidental drowning May 13, 145, Luzon |
| William Clifford Dennis, 1939-1940, 2LT USAAF, Dubuque, IA, plane crash near Luke Field, Phoenix, Arizona, August 9, 1942 |
| Maurice James Dewey, B.S. in Agriculture 1942, 1LT, USAAF (Flying Tigers, Lebanon, MO, plane crash presumably as a result of enemy fire, Tushein, China, March 10, 1945 |
| Charles Robert Dimke, 1938-39, CPT, USAAF, Wauseon, O. plane crash, Miami, Florida, June 19, 1943, Air Medal for 200 hours of combat flying |
| John Thomas Dobler, B.S. 1939, 2LT, USAAF, St. Joseph, MO, plane crash in Adriatic Sea, January 20, 1945, on return mission over Linz, Austria, Purple Heart |
| Clifford Downen, B.S. 1942, 2LT USAAF, Christopher, IL, missing hen his plane was shot down March 28, 1944 over Chateaudum, France declared dead July 1945 |
| Robert Montgomery Dungan, B.J. 1938, CPT USAAF, Oregan, MO, killed when his plane as shot down on 74th mission, Italy, January 14, 1944, Air Medal and five Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart |
| Claude Joseph Duvall, Jr. 1940-42, Eng, USN, AVH, St. Louis, MO, plane collision off Nantucket Island, MA, April 18, 1944 |
| Leroy Lewis Dyke, 1936-1941, 1LT FA, Columbia, MO, killed by sniper on Luzon, January 28, 1945, Purple Heart |
| Harry Clyde Echols, Jr. B.S. 1942, 2LT USAAF, Maplewood, MO, killed in routine flight near Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO, March 22, 1943 |
| Bowen Thomas Ehrnman, Jr. 1938-39, 2LT, USAAF, Maplewood, MO, killed during raid over Germany, May 19, 1944, Purple Heart |
| Alvin D. Ellis, 1939-1941, Ens. USN, AVH, Nevada, MO, plane crash near Brookings, OR, January 31, 1945 |
| Harry Barclay Endsley, Jr. 1937-41, 2LT, USAAF, Bethany, MO, plane crash off the coast of Maryland, December 19, 1943 |
| Leden McCullah Enlen, 1937-1940, CPT USAAF, Springfield, MO, died in china, November 11, 1943 of wounds received October 30, 1943 when his plane as shot down over Kiukiang; Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart |
| Orval Wilford Epperson, 1942, 2LT, USAAF, Neosho, MO, missing on bombing mission on France, July 9, 1944, presumed dead July 1945 |
| William Markham Erickson, jr. BS 1931, SSG, Armored Division, Independence, MO killed in attack on Wollersheim, Germany, March 1, 1945 |
| Charles William Estes, 1938-1941, 1LT USAAF, Polo, MO, killed in Belgium, Battle of the Bulge, December 23, 1944, Air Medal and Ten Oak Leaf Clusters, Presidential Unit Citation, Six Battle Stars |
| Charles Arnold Evans, BS 1942, LTJG, USNR, Hale, MO missing July 23, 1944 aboard plane lost on flight from Hollandia to Biak, presumed dead February 4, 1946, Asiatic-Pacific Area, Campaign Medal , World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart |
| Robert Fletcher Evans, 1938-1941, 2LT, USMCR, AVC, Dover, MO, plane crash, at Kearny Mesa near San Diego, CA, June 20, 1942 |
| Donal Forest Ewing, 1942, PVT Army Signal Corps, Deerfield, MO, killed in truck collision, Liege, Belgium, November 10, 1944 |
| Richard Farrington, Jr. 1941-43, 1LT USAAF, St. Louis, MO killed when his place was shot down near Regensburg, Germany, April 21, 1945 |
| Lawrence Marion Faulkner, 1938-40, CPT USMCR, AVH, Pleasant Hill, MO, missing in action over Rahaul, New Britain, December 19, 1943, presumed dead January 11, 1946, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal |
| Robert L. Faurot, 1936-1939, MAJ USAAF, Cape Girardeau, MO, missing in action in Battle of Bismark Sea, March 1943, Silver Star, One Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal |
| Arnold Gray Fawks, AB, 1938, LLB 1940, LT JG, USNR, Marshall, MO, missing in action November 2, 1942, when merchant vessel was torpedoes in Atlantic Ocean, presumed dead November 3, 1943, American Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart |
| William Walter Fearn, B.J. 1941m LT JG, USNR, Fargo, ND, killed by enemy fire aboard ship off Iwo Jima, February 17, 1945 |
| Charles James Flynn, Jr., 1938-41, 2LT USAAF, St. Louis, MO, missing in action February 10, 1944, over Brunswick, Germany, official determination of death made one year later, Air Medal |
| Max Elton Fordyce, 1938-41, LT JG, USNR, AVH, Chillicothe, MO, plane crash Boca Chica, FL, May 6, 1944 |
| Richie VanWinkle Fountain, BS in Agriculture 1942, 1LT USAAF, Centralia, MO killed in action over Truk Island, March 30, 1944, Oak Leaf Cluster |
| Christopher C. Freeman, 1938-39, Lt JG, USNR, St. Louis, MO, on January 25, 1943, he was reported as a casualty in the Naval Forces |
| Edward Wayne Freeman, 1940-41, PFC, IN, Hardin, MO, killed in Battle of Bulge, December 17, 1944 |
| William Benjamin Frey, 1940-41, MMI USN, Creve Coeur, MO, killed in hand to hand encounter with a Japanese on Borneo, June 21, 1945 |
| Harry Robert Gilbert, Jr. BS 1941, ENS, USN, AVH, Clinton, MO, plane crash near Granite, OK, May 7, 1944 |
| Leon Edward Glascock, 1942-43, PFC, IN, Columbia, MO, killed in action Wolstof, France, November 7, 1944, Purple Heart |
| Robert Samuel Glaves, 1940-42, PFC, Army Signal Corps, Lewistown, MO, died of illness, Tokyo, Japan, January 4, 1946 |
| Robert Charles Glenn, B.J., 1938, 1LT USAAF, Oregon, MO, missing in action in plane collision while on bombing mission over Greece January 11, 1944, presumed dead January 12, 1945, Air Medal and Five Oak Leaf Clusters, Presidential Citation, Purple Heart |
| William Goldstein, BJ 1943, CPL CIC Army, Neark, NJ, died May 7, 1945 in Germany as a result of a motor vehicle accident |
| William Mortimer Gordon, BS in Agriculture 1938, LT USNR Med Corps, St. Louis, MO, killed by enemy fire on Los Negros Island, March 4, 1944, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal, Purple Heart |
| Robert Frederick Goudie, AB 1939, CPT IN, Kansas City, MO, sinking of Japanese prison ship off coast of Mindanao September 7, 1944, Purple Heart |
| Julian Samuel Grant, 1937-39, PFC AR, Columbia, MO, killed in action in Germany, March 17, 1945, Bronze Star, Purple Heart |
| John William Gregg, 1934-37, MM2 USNR, AVH, Kansas City, MO, plane crash, Olathe, Kansas, February 26, 1944 |
| Edgar Arthur Geeve, Jr. 1939-41, 2LT IN, Kirkood, MO, killed in action in Germany September 17, 1944 |
| Everett Willis Griffith, BS, in Agriculture, 1942, 1LT INF, Leonard, MO, died May 22, 1945 of wounds received in action at Wachenheim, Germany |
| William Montgomery Haines, BS in Agriculture 1943, LT JG, USNR, Pierce City, MO, killed in action May 18, 1945, near Okinawa when ship which went around was struck by Japanese shore batteries, World War II Victory Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal and Four Bronze Stars, Philippine Liberation Medal with Two Bronze Stars, Purple Heart |
| James Franklin Handley, Jr. B.S in Med 1935, A.M. 1935, Lt SUN Med Corps, Marshal , MO missing in action on March 1, 1942 when his ship was sunk by enemy bombers south of Java: declared dead on December 15, 1945 |
| George Clark arness, B.S. in Agriculture, 1939, Cadet USN, AVH, Bowling Green, MO, killed on training flight at Corpus Christi, TX, June 6, 1943 |
| Thomas Frank Harris, B.S. in Agriculture,, 1941, Ens. USNR, Columbia, MO, killed in action aboard ship in the Battle of Solomon Islands, August 12, 1942 |
| Basil Orman Hartwell, Jr, A.B. 1942; SGT INF, Drexel, MO killed in action on Luzon, April 29, 1945 |
| Everett Roscoe Hathman, 1926-28, CPO USNR Columbia, MO, died August 25, 1945, following automobile accident while on leave in Columbia after serving 28 months on Guadalcanal in the Philippines and in other Pacific areas |
| Elmer Heath, Jr. 1941 to 1943; 1LT INF, Poplar Bluff, MO killed in action in Germany March 26, 1945 |
| Charles Henry Hechler, 1939-1941; 1LT USAAF, Vandalia, MO missing APril 10, 1944 on bombing mission from Marshall Island to Truk, declared dead on April 11, 1945; Air Medal and one Oak Leaf Cluster; Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart |
| Vernon Andrew Heidinger, B.S. 1939, 2LT USAAF, Webster Groves, MO killed in action at Port Moresby, New Guinea, May 9, 1942, Silver Star, Purple Heart |
| Grover Frederick Heidlage, B.S. in Agriculture, 1941, LT J.G. USNR; Pierce City, MO missing May 1, 1944, on patrol flight in the North Pacific; declared dead on May 1, 1945 |
| William Ogie Heim, 1940-1941; 2LT USAAF: Vandalia, MO plane shot down over Bremen, Germany, October 8, 1943, Air Medal Purple Heart |
| Leo Albert Heinrich, 1939-31, Ens. USNR AVH, Pilot, Grove, MO; plane crash at Naval Air Station ; Pensacola, FL December 23, 1942 |
| Ralph William Heisigner, BS 1940; 1LT INF, Jefferson City, MO, killed in action in Italy, September 12, 1944, Combat Medal |
| Thomas B. Henderson, JR. 1937-1939, 2LT INF, Haynesville, LA, killed in drive on Munda Airdrome, New Georgia Island July 27, 1943 |
| Elton Francis Hensel, 1942 CPL USAAF, Maysville, MO, plane crash at Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, CA July 2, 1944 |
| Berryman Tucker Henwood, AB 1943, 1LT USMCR, Jefferson City, MO, killed in action on Okinawa July 2, 1945 |
| Pryor Hesse, BS in Education, 1940, LT JG USNR, Licking, MO, killed in Navy blimp explosion at Naval Air Station, Santa Ana, CA May 3, 1945 |
| Russell Earl Hill, AB 1940, SSG USAAF, Cape Girardeau, MO, mission in action in South Pacific April 22, 1944, declared dead February 6, 1946 |
| Frank Thomas Hinshaw, 1937-41, CPT USAAF, Columbia, MO, missing on flight from Newfoundland to England, September 9, 1942, death established officially as having occurred that date |
| William Hugh Hobbs, Jr. 1938-1942; 1LT USMCR AVH Webster Groves, MO missing in action on flight in vicinity of Island of New Ireland April 30, 1944, presumed dead May 1, 1945; Presidential Unit Citation with Blue Star, Pacific Theater Ribbon with Two Bronze Stars, and Purple Heart |
| John Evans Hogan, 1942, SSG USAAF West Plains, MO plane shot down by enemy aircraft near Altonberg, Germany September 13, 1944, Air Medal, Presidential Citation, Citation of Honor, Purple Heart |
| Albert Waldo Holman, 1943, PVT INF, Columbia, MO killed in drive on Metz, France November 22, 1944 |
| Robert Aaron Horwitz, 1942-43, 2LT USAAF, University City, MO, killed on training flight neat Tucson, AZ, January 17, 1944 |
| Bert Louis Huber, 1937-41, LT JG, USN, AVH, Perryville, MO plane crash near Traverse City, MI, November 4, 1943 |
| David Ernest Hudson, AB 1915, LTC, Columbia, MO died in Stuttgart, Germany February 3, 1946 |
| Thomas Oliver Hudson, BJ 1940, 1LT FA, Eldon, MO; killed in action Luxemburg, Germany December 24, 1944, Bronze Star |
| Lew Willis Hughes, 1939-1941, 2LT USAAF, New Haven, CN, killed on bombing mission over Germany, December 24, 1944, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, and Four Oak Leaf Cluster, Presidential Unit Citation, and Purple Heart |
| Curtis Brown Hurley, Jr. 1940-1941, Ens. USN, AVH, Morrillton, AK, plane collision near Jacksonville, FL, November 29, 1942 |
| Frank Hayman Janisch, 1940-41, 1LT USAAF, Hickman Mills, MO killed in action in flight over Ferrara-Padova area, Italy, January 28, 1945, Air Medal and Three Oak Leaf Clusters |
| Edgar Ambrose Jarman, LLB 1910; LTC, JAGD (Ret.) Unionville, MO, died at his home in Memphis, TN December 10, 1945 |
| Benjamin Oscar Johnson, BS, in Agriculture 1940, 1LT USAAF Kansas City, MO died at Grenier Fields, NH May 18, 1945 of illness contracted in France |
| Dale Johnson, A.B. and B.J. 1937, 1LT USAAF, Corpus Christi, TX, died September 23, 1943, of injuries received in Army Transport crash in Calcutta, India |
| Robert Clifford Johnston, 1940-42, 1LT, USAAF, Kansas City, MO missing in action when his plane was shot down over Kyushu, Japan, July 28, 1945, death confirmed in May 1946 |
| Elbert W. Jones, Jr. BJ 1937, PVT INF, Little Rock, AR, killed in action near St. Lo d'Ourville, France June 19, 1944 |
| Ernest William Jones, Jr. 1932-38, CPT FA Sedalia, MO, missing in action in the Philippines May 7, 1942; death declared to have occurred when a Japanese prison ship was sunk near China Coast in October 1944 |
| Ritchie Lee Jones, 1939-41, 1LT, USAAF, Columbia, MO, missing in action over Leyte June 6, 1945; death confirmed in April 1946 |
| Robert Andrew Kardach, 1942-43, SGT INF, North Kansas City, MO, killed in action on Okinawa April 10, 1945, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Ribbon with two Campaign Stars |
| David L. Kauffman, 1938-41, ENS USN AVH Versailles, MO training flight collision near Block Island off New Jersey Coast April 30, 1942 |
| Julius Keller, 1938-1941 2LT USAAF Armstrong, MO killed in action over Kiska in the Aleutians April 15, 1943, Purple Heart |
| Leo Edmund Kennedy, 1938-40, LT USNR, AVH, Ethlyn, MO: killed in bombing raid on Japanese fleet near Korea, May 30, 1945, Navy Cross, Presidential Unit Citation, Air Medal, Purple Heart |
| William Martin Kern, 1940-44, PVT INF, Glendale, MO killed near Siegen, Germany March 31, 1945 |
| Rexford Raymond Kinsley, BJ 1937, 1LT USAAF, Evanston, IL, killed in night practice flight in the Philippines, October 19, 1941 |
| Lawrence M. Kirk BS, 1938, 1LT INF, St. Joseph, MO died of illness October 1, 1942, in Winslow, AZ while in route to Hawaiian Islands |
| Stanley Fuhrer Kirschman, B.S., 1939, 2LT USAAF St. Louis, MO, died March 1943, of injuries resulting from plane crash at Avon Park, FL |
| John Robinson Kitchell, 1930-36, SGT Army Medical Corps, Caledonia, MO killed by accidental discharge of gun at Camp Rucker, AL January 6, 1943 |
| Harry Rudolph Klaus, BS in Agriculture 1941, 1LT USAAF, Salisbury, MO killed in England, January 5, 1945, Air Medal and Two Oak Leaf Clusters |
| Alvin F. Koch, BS 1942, 2LT FA Bosworth, MO killed in Battle of El Guettar, Tunisia, March 23, 1943, American Theater Ribbon, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with one bronze Star, World War II Victory Ribbon, Purple Heart |
| Willard Russell Koen, Jr. 1941, S2 USN, Leadwood, MO killed in accident while on duty at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 22, 1942 |
| Bert Edgar Kullerstrand, 1941-42, 1LT USAAF, Chicago, IL, killed by enemy action while on bombing mission to Makassar Town, Celebes Islands, April 21, 1945 |
| Richard Miller Kunder, 1942-43, Flight Officer USAAF, Macon, MO, plane crash at Army Air Base at Salina, KS July 17, 1945 |
| Joseph Wayne Kuntz, 1936-40, MAJ, INF, Centrailia, MO missing on administrative flight over Leyte, September 6, 1945, declared dead February 16, 1946 |
| Owen T. Langen, 1941-42, PFC INF, Fergus Falls, MN, killed in action on Okinawa April 21, 1945 |
| Robert Lee Lankford, 1940-42, 2LT USAAF, Lebanon, MO killed in action over Mindanao, October 26, 1944 |
| William Ernest Leming, 1940-41; LT JG, USN AVH, Cape Girardeau, MO, plane crash, South Pacific, July 12, 1943 |
| Jacob Max Levin, 1939-42, 2LT, USAAF, St. Louis, MO, kille din action over Germany, March 9, 1945 |
| Samuel Green Licklider, Jr. AB 1937, LT INF, Belle, MO, killed in attack on St. Lo d'Ourville, France, July 18, 1944, Purple Heart |
| Luther James Luckett, Jr. 1941-42, PVT FA, Sedalia, MO killed in action in France, December 26, 1944, Soldier's Medal |
| Jack Barry Luitwieler, 1941-42, 2LT USAAF, Kansas City, MO bomber crash while on training mission near Havana, Cuba, February 7, 1945 |
| Donald Carl Lundgren, 1942-43, PFC USAAF, Riverside, IL, died of illness in Army Hospital at Charleston, SC, February 25, 1945 |
| Donald Melvin Lurie, 1941-42, 1LT USAAF, Springfield, MO, missing in action on bombing mission over Tokyo, May 24, 1945, Air Medal, Purple Heart |
| Philip Arthur McGrath, 1941-42, 2LT USATC, Chicago, IL, missing in flight from Burma to India, June 26, 1945, declared dead November 1, 1946 |
| William Carmen McHarg, 1938-41, 2LT USAAF, Columbia, MO, killed on night training flight at Bainbridge, GA October 21, 1943 |
| Max Daniel McNeil, 1940-41, SGT USAAF, Nevada, MO, missing on bombing mission in North African Theater, November 28, 1942, declared dead November 28, 1943; Air Medal, Purple Heart |
| Matthew John McNeill, BS 1941, SGT FA (Armored Division), St. Louis, MO, killed in action in Italy, May 13, 1944, Purple Heart |
| Harry Howard McPherson, Jr. BS 1941, 1LT USAAF, Jefferson City, Missouri, died July 24, 1943, as a result of plane crash in European Theater of Operations |
| Thomas Wilson Mackey, BJ, 1936, MAJ USAAF, Holdenville, OK, killed in Army transport plane crash near Pasadena, CA, November 11, 1944, while on leave after serving two years overseas as a fighter pilot |
| Theodore Wyman Magruder, 1942-43, SGT INF, Winfield, MO, killed in action in France December 20, 1944 |
| Robert Harry Marlowe, 1942, PFC, INF, Ellsworth, KA killed in Belgium, Battle of the Bulge, December 25, 1944 |
| Alfred James Marsh, BJ, 1939 Flying Officer RCAF, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada, killed in active service in England August 16, 1942 |
| Charles William Marsalek, AB, 1924, BJ 1924, MAJ USAAF, killed in action April 22, 1943 on the Island of Funafuti, South Pacific, Silver Star, Purple Heart |
| John Emil Martinez, 1941-42, PFC FA (Armored Division) Long Island, NY, killed in action in Germany March 5, 1945 |
| Singleton William Mason, Jr., 1941-43, ENS USNR AVH Kansas City, MO killed when a plane crashed into sea (United States area) while making carrier landing August 14, 1946, World War II Victory Medal, American Area Campaigns Medal |
| Oliver Gaines Mathews, 1941-42, Flight Officer USAAF, Rothville, MO killed in action over Luzon, April 18, 1945, Air Medal, Purple Heart |
| Roland Eugene Matson, 1939-41, 1LT INF, Gideon, MO, killed in action in Germany January 30, 1945, Combat Infantryman's badge, Presidential Unit Citation, Purple Heart |
| James Matteson, 1938-39, USMC, Paris, MO died in Japanese prison camp in 1943 |
| Andrew Jackson Matthews, 1939-40, PFC, USAAF, Farmington, MO, plane crash at Ardmore, OK, November 4, 1943 |
| Lyman Matthews, Jr. 1935-36, ENS, USNR, AVH, Farmington, MO, lost at sea near Monterey Bay while on training flight September 4, 1943 |
| James Matteson, 1938-39, USMC, Paris, MO died in a Japanese prison camp in 1943 |
| Harris Roy Meadows, 1938-39, 2LT, USAAF, Clarence, MO, killed when place crashed in Adriatic Sea, March 26, 1944, Purple Heart |
| Isidor Meites, AB 1940, PVT INF, St. Joseph, MO, died while Japanese prisoner in Fort O'Donnell near Manila, April 24, 1942 |
| John Louis Mersch, 1928-32, SSG INF, St. Louis, MO, captured by Germans, January 3, 1945, found dead in prison camp April 20, 1945 |
| Theodore Henry Meyer, 1940-41, SK2 USN, St. Louis, MO lost at sea in North Atlantic February 18, 1942 |
| Guthrie McNab Miller, JR. 1935-38, 1LT USAAF, Columbia, MO killed in emergency landing at Paoshan, China, April 30, 1944, while returning from bombing mission; Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart |
| Charles Allen Mitchell, 1941, CPL, Tank Destroyer Battalion, Odessa, MO, killed in Col-Mar Pocket in France January 25, 1945 |
| Jack Mitchell, 1935-37, 1LT INF, Kansas City, MO died July 25, 1945, in O'Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, MO of wounds received in Italy |
| Charles Roderick Mize, 1914, COL FA, Independence, MO died at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX June 2, 1943 |
| John E. Morgan, BJ 1939, Flight LT. RCAF, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, killed in air operations in England in April 1942 |
| Fred Locke Morris, 1932, MAJ, INF, Mexico, MO died March 28, 1945, of wound received in Germany, March 26, 1945 |
| Ben Mossel. L.L. B. 1936, 1LT USAAF, Kansas City, MO, sinking of Japanese prison ship October 24, 1944 |
| Dean Gilroy Murphy, 1941-43, 1LT USMCR, Bourbon, MO, died March 13, 1945 of wounds received on Iwo Jima |
| Raymond Thomas Murphy, 1941-42, SGT INF, Columbia, MO killed in action in Germany, December 3, 1944 |
| Lloyd Ordell Murray 1941-42, Cadet USAAF Columbia, MO killed on training flight, Stevens Point, WS, March 24, 1944 |
| Benjamin Marion Nash, BS 1942; LT JG, USNR, Mt. Gilead, NC, missing when submarine was sunk by enemy October 7, 1943, near Kuril Islands presumed dead December 15, 1945 |
| John E. Morgan, B.J. in 1939, Flight LT RCAF, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, killed in air operation in England in April 1942 |
| William F. Murphy, Jr. 1938-1939, CPT INF, Quincy, MA sacrificed his life to save entire company on Peleliu Island, Silver Star, Presidential Citation, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman's Award, America Defense Medal, Purple Heart |
| Evans Gill Nash, Sr. 1937-38, PFC INF, Columbia, MO killed in action in Germany February 20, 1945, Purple Heart |
| Robert Nelson Nichols, 1938-39, 1LT USAAF, St. Louis, MO plane downed by enemy over Egypt, October 13, 1942 |
| Gilbert Andrew Nieghorn 1939-40, PFC INF, Jefferson City, MO killed in action on Corregidor, April 30, 1942 |
| Jerome Martin Notowitz, BS 1941, 2LT USAAF, St. Louis, MO killed in plane accident in England August 6, 1942 |
| Leroy Leonard Ochs, 1941-42, 2LT USAAF Kirkwood, MO killed in action over Bernburg, Germany, July 7, 1944, Air Medal and One Oak Leaf Cluster |
| Frank E. O'Connor, Jr. 1937-39, 2Lt USAAF, Kansas City, MO, plane crash at Midland, TX March 22, 1943 |
| Robert Mitchell Oliver, AB, 1942, 2LT Charleston, MO killed in Invasion of Salerno, November 4, 1943, Purple Heart |
| George Willard Olliver, Jr. 1927-30, SGT, USAAF, Joplin, MO, killed when his plane was shot down over France, October 3, 1944, Air Medal and two oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart |
| Louis Orihuela, 1939-42, 2LT USAAF, Tampa, FL, killed on bombing mission over Rabaul, July 10, 1943, Purple Heart |
| Daniel O'Sullivan, Jr. 1935, ENS, USN, AVH, St. Louis, MO killed in action South Pacific in the spring of 1943 |
| Archie Roger Pack, 1940-41, Cadet USAAF, Blue Springs, MO killed on training flight near Raywood, TX, February 25, 1944 |
| Harold Joseph Parkes, 1939-41, Cadet USAAF, Columbia, MO killed on training flight near Pine Bluff, AK, May 27, 1943 |
| Clarence Howard Parkhurst, BS in Agriculture 1939, 1LT USAAF Houstonia, MO, missing in action over Indo-China Coast February 6, 1944, officially listed as dead two years later, Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Newton James Patton, 1931-36, 1939, SSG CA (AA), Mt. Vernon, MO died while Japanese prisoner in Fort O'Donnell near Manila July 15, 1942, Purple Heart |
| Edwin Clifford Paul, BS 1940, PVT INF, St. Louis, MO died November 20, 1942, of wounds received in New Guinea |
| Richard McLeod Pearse, 1941, 1LT USAAF, Kansas City MO, missing in flight over Austria, May 29, 1944, later reported killed in action |
| Ernest Edwin Pelkey, BS, 1937, CPT USAAF Fordyce, AR, killed on bombing mission over Bernburg, Germany, July 8, 1944, Air Medal and Three Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart |
| John Howard Penisten, 1938, 2LT, USAAF, Columbia, MO missing in action over Bremen, Germany, November 13, 1943, later declared dead, Air Medal and One Oak Leaf Cluster |
| Morris Benjamin Penner, BJ 1938, 2LT USAAF, Kansas City, MI killed when plane en route from Iceland to England crashed in Scotland August 22, 1942 |
| Chester J. Peters, AB 1921, BS in Education 1924, AM 1926, LTC, USMCR, AVH, Green City, MO, plane crash near Plymouth, NC, October 4, 1944 |
| Robert Eugene Peterson, BS 1938, 1LT USAAF, Kansas City, MO mission in action over Lecce, Italy, while bombing mission July 2, 1943, later officially reported dead, Purple Heart |
| Walter Louis Pfeiffer, Jr. BJ 1939, 2LT USAAF, Webster Groves, MO, plane crash near Salina, KN July 7, 1944 |
| Walter Edward Pierce, 1937-38, ENS USN, Oskaloosa, IA, killed in Battle of Midway, June 5, 1942 |
| Earl Francis Pollock, Jr. BJ 1942, LT USAAF, Seneca, MO killed in bomber crash in Central African Area February 14, 1944 |
| Harold Dee Pontius, BS in Agriculture, 1940, CPT FA, Bethany, MO, killed in action in France June 13, 1944, Purple Heart |
| George Edwin Porter, Jr. AB 1936, CPT INF, St. Joseph, MO, sinking of Japanese prison ship October 24, 1944, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart |
| Raymond G. Powell BS in Agriculture 1941, 1LT FA Buffalo, MO, killed in action in Italy December 9, 1944 |
| William Dan Powell, BS in Agriculture 1916, Brigadier General, FA Kansas City , MO died of illness October 6, 1943, in Kumming, China Legion of Merit |
| John James Pyles, Jr. BS in Education, 1941, LT USAAF, Columbia, MO killed in action in North Africa, April 16, 1943, Air Medal Purple Heart |
| Robert Lee Ramsey, 1942-43, CPL INF La Plata, MO, killed in action in Germany, December 13, 1944 |
| Clifford Edward Randol, 1936, 1Lt USAAF, St. Louis County, Missouri, missing in action during air raid on Naples, Italy, August 30, 1943 |
| Stanley D. Ray 1942, LT USAAF, Kansas City, MO, plane crash, Corpus Christi, TX, June 26, 1945 |
| Porter O'Deil Reece 1941, 1LT USAAF, Maysville, MO plane crash at Itamia Air Base, Japan, December 14, 1946 |
| John Noel Ricker, 1942, 2LT USAAF, Kansas City, MO plane crash at Birmingham, AL, January 26, 1945 |
| Guy Thomas Riley, 1939-41, 1LT, USAAF Kansas City, MO killed while on bombing mission over Greece, January 11, 1944, Air Medal and Four Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart |
| Robert K. Robert, 1935-39, CPT INF, Denver, CO, killed on board Japanese prison ship when it was bombed off Subic Bay, December 15, 1944 |
| Oliver Eugene Robinett, BS 1940, MAJ USMC, Springfield, MO, killed in automobile accident in Los Angelos, CA, October 28, 1945, after serving on battlefronts in South Pacific including Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Gaum, and Iwo Jima |
| Jack Elwood Robinson, 1941, 1LT USAAF, Columbia, MO, missing on bombing mission over Italy October 30, 1943, presumed dead October 31, 1944, Air Medal and Seven Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart |
| Irving Roby, 1941-43, 2LT INF (Airborne), Newellton, LA, killed in action at Bastogne, Belgium, December 19, 1944 |
| Edward John Rogers, Jr. BJ 1936, 2LT USAAF, Kansas City, MO, missing on bombing mission over Germany June 25, 1943, Purple Heart |
| William Ernest Roques, 1939-41, CPT USMCR, AVH, Eureka, MO, killed on action while leading fighter support for ground operations on Okinawa April 3, 1945, Silver Star Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart |
| Leslie James Ross, Jr. 1941-42, LT USNR, Jefferson City, MO plane crash at Burke's Garden, VA, September 16, 1945, American Area Campaign Medal |
| Robert Hall Rowland, 1937-39, Soundsman 3/c USCG, Columbia, MO, killed when ship was sunk by Germans off coast of Greenland, June 13, 1943 |
| Albin Valentine Rozman, 1940-42, PFC, INF (Airborne), Ely, MN, killed during first invasion of Sicily, July 13, 1943, Three Battle Stars, Presidential Unit Citation, Purple Heart |
| Edward Basil Ruto, BS 1939, Flying Officer RCAF, Kansas City , MO, killed in action over Ruhr Valley May 13, 1943 |
| Vaughn E. Salsbury, 1938-39, LT CDR USCG, AVH, Warrensburg, MO plane crash near Fort Worth, TX, December 18, 1945, Air Medal |
| Stanley Lloyd Sanders, BS 1943, 1LT FA, Salem, MO killed in action in Germany, March 9, 1945 |
| Marion L. Sapp, 1938-39, 2LT USAAF, Columbia, MO plane crash in southwest Pacific November 28, 1942 |
| Karl Burton Satterfield, 1939-41, LT USN AVH, High Gate, MO, killed when his plane was shot down near Poi Island in the Pacific, December 5, 1943, Air Medal, Navy Cross, Presidential Unit Citation, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal, Distingiushed flying Cross |
| Charles Sawers, 1935-36, Lt CDR, USN, AVH, Columbia, MO, missing in action over Kobe, Japan, July 25, 1945, officially declared dead July 26, 1946, Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Kurt Ronald Schaefer, BJ 1941, Cadet USN, AVH, St. Louis, MO, plane crash at Corpus Christi, TX, July 23, 1942 |
| Gilbert R. Schoener, 1932 adn 1936, Lt INF, St. Cloud, MN, kileed in action in Italy January 12, 1944 |
| William Earl Schueter, 1934-38, ENS, USNR, AVH, Tulsa, OK, killed in plane crash during maneuvers off Nags Head, NC, April 10, 1943 |
| Otto Stephen Schmidt, Jr. 1938-42, LT USAAF, St. Louis, MO killed on bombing mission over Germany October 7, 1944 |
| Robert William Schuttenberg, 1936-38, SSG, USAAF, St. Charles, MO, plane crash in Italy, September 14, 1944 |
| John Roten Schweitzer, AB 1931, LLB 1933, Lt JG USNR, Springfield, MO died of gunshot wound on New Hebrides Islands June 24, 1943 |
| Gerald D. Scott, Jr. 1940-42, 1LT USMC, AVH, Kirkwood, MO, killed when plane crashed into sea while making carrier landing near Okinawa, March 30, 1945, Air Medal and Gold Star, Purple Heart |
| Robert Scruby, 1935-37, CPL INF, Chillicothe, MO, died of illness in Japanese prison camp at Fort O'Donnell near Manila May 18, 1942, Purple Heart |
| Robert Bruce Shank, 1937-39, 2LT 113th Observation Squadron, Indiana National Guard, Indianapolis, IN, plane collision near Indianapolis November 28, 1940 |
| Clay Derrick Shannon 1939-41, 2LT USAAF, Mountain Grove, MO missing on return to base after bombing of Tokyo November 28, 1944, death later officially established as having occurred on that date |
| William Boschert Shea, 1940-41, 2LT USAAF, Kansas City, MO, plane collision on training flight near Williams Field, AZ, September 23, 1942 |
| Harley Clarence Shively, BS, 1939, 2LT USAAF, Hamilton, MO, plane crash near London, June 26, 1943 |
| Burnell Reed Shy, AB 1939, BJ 1939, 1LT INF, Centerville, MO killed in Italy July 14, 1944 |
| Elmer Ray Shryock, 1936-41, 1LT USAAF, Columbia, MO killed when plane crashed into Gulf of Mexico, October 5, 1945 |
| Carl Henry Silber, BS 1937, CPT USAAF, St. Louis, MO, plane crash near Queensland, Australia, December 18, 1942 |
| Ivor John Siler, Jr. 1940-42, 2Lt USAAF, Scotia, NY, killed when his plane was shot down over Hamburg, Germany, December 31, 1944, air Medal and One Oak Leaf Cluster, Presidential Unit Citation |
| Lawrence Kern Smarr, 1929-37, MAJ FA, Columbia, MO, sinking of Japanese prison ship near Formosa December 15, 1944 |
| Giles James Smith, Jr. 1941, 1LT USMCR AVH, Kansas City, MO killed when his plane crashed into Biscay Bay near New Ireland following an attack on Japanese motor column May 1, 1944, Air Medal, Purple Heart |
| Josephine Mitchell Smith, AB 1927, AM 1928, PVT WAC, Webster Groves, MO died of illness at Camp Butner, NC, May 5, 1944 |
| Marshall Sneed, BS in Agriculture 1940, CPT USAAF, Piggott, AR killed in air attack on German fortification in the Libyan Desert February 27, 1943, Air Medal, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart |
| Earl Lorraine Snell, Jr. 1942 ENS USNR, AVH, Columbia, MO missing in plane crash in Southwest Pacific September 22, 1944, later officially reported killed on that date |
| Maynard Goldman Snell, AM 1922, MAJ Tank Corps, Lampasas, TX, sinking of Japanese prison ship near Manila, December 15, 1944 |
| Harlan Herman Soule, 1936-38, PVT USMC, Independence, MO killed in action on Iwo Jima, March 14, 1945, Silver Star, Purple Heart |
| Henry Nelson Spencer, 1941-44, PFC, INF, St. Joseph, MO died February 2, 1945, of wounds received in action in France January 29, 1945 |
| James E. Spencer, AB 1928, PVT, INF, Independence, MO died in January 1944 at O'Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, MO |
| Richard Yeater Stafford, BS, 1938, CPTUSMCR, Windsor, MO killed in action on Guadalcanal, October 11, 1942, Destroyer Escort USS Stafford named in his honor, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal, Silver Star, Presidentail Unit Citation, American Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart |
| William Robert Stanbury 1941-42, QM2 USNR, Kansas City, MO, died December 14, 1944 of wounds received in action on Leyte, December 7, 1944 |
| Lloyd Stickney Stark, 1927-30, LT CDR, USNR, Louisiana, MO, plane crash near Truckee, CA, March 19, 1946 was second in command in Naval Intelligence at Pearl Harbor when Japanese attacked December 7, 1941, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and one Bronze Star, American Area Campaign Medal, American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal |
| Elliott Ernest Stone, BS 1941, LT USAAF Webb City, MO, killed in action off of the coast of Western England, January 22, 1943 |
| William Thomas Stone, BS 1939, LT USAAF, Webb City, MO, plane crash near Barksdale Field, Shreveport, LA August 26, 1942 |
| William R. Stringer, 1938, 2LT USAAF, Moberly MO, reported missing when plane was forced down in jungle of Panama November 6, 1941 |
| Arthur Summers BS in Agriculture 1938, CPT USAAF Columbia, MO killed in action in North Africa, May 31, 1943 |
| Edmund C. Suor, 1937-1939, CPT, USAAF, Kansas City, MO, missing in action when his plane was downed by enemy fire March 21, 1945, offically reported died in May 1945, Purple Heart |
| Harold Eugene Surbaugh, 1939-41, 1LT USAAF, Jefferson City, MO killed when his plane crashed on return from bombing mission in the Southwest Pacific May 1, 1944, Air Medal and Nine Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart |
| Delton Lowell Taylor, 1938, 2LT INF Columbia, MO killed in action on Bougainville, March 13, 1944 |
| James Bentley Taylor, AB, 1916, COL Armored INF, Brookfield, MO killed in action in France August 2, 1944 |
| Charles E. Thompson, 1928 2LT INF, Columbia, MO, killed in action in France, August 4, 1944 |
| Thomas Orlo Thompson, Jr. B.S 1937, 2LT USAAF, Wellsville, MO, missing on return from bombing mission over New Britton Island, January 22, 1944, later reported prisoner of Japanese at Rabaul, presumed dead January 17, 1946, Air Medal and One Oak Leaf Cluster |
| Ronald Francis Thomson, B.J. 1941, 2LT 592nd Engineer Regiment (Amphibian), St. Charles MO, killed in action on New Britain Island February 26, 1944. |
| Joseph Morton Tuttle. 1939-1941 ENS, USNR, AVH, Praire Home, MO, killed June 4, 1942, when his plane was downed by enemy on an urgent mission to Dutch Harbor, Air Medal, American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal |
| Kenneth Elwood Twitty, 1938-40, 1LT USAAF, Lilbourn, MO, missing on return from bombing mission over Wewak, New Guinea, December 1, 1943, declared dead January 22, 1946, Air Medal |
| Robert Frank Van Doren, 1939-40, 2LT INF, Kansas City , MO, killed in action in South Pacific February 19, 1943, Silver Star, Purple Heart |
| Frank William Van Horne, Jr., 1938-41, 2LT USMC, AVH, Sikeston, MO, plane crash at Melbourne, FL August 24, 1943 |
| Joseph Olin Van Osdol, 1934-35, PFC, INF, Hannibal, MO killed in action in Italy August 1, 1944, Distinguished Service Cross, Cross of Military Valor (Italian Decoration) |
| Thomas Scott Vaughan, BS 1939, 1LT USAAF Columbia, MO killed in action over Germany, May 29, 1943, Air Medal, Purple Heart |
| Hobart Stowe Vincent 1939-41, 1LT USAAF, Kansas City , MO mission in action following plane collision during bombing mission over Italy, October 3, 1943, presumed dead October 4, 1944, Air Medal and Eight Oak Leaf Clusters |
| John Preston Walker, 1939-42, ENS, USNR, AVH, Clarence, MO killed in training on training flight while stationed at Norfolk, VA November 1, 1943 |
| Standlee Mitchell Ward, 1938-39,LT USN AVH, Columbia, MO, killed while dive bombing off Whidbey Island, Washington, March 6, 1945 |
| William Crim Warner, A.B. 1937, A.M. 1939, 2LT USAAF, Nowata, OK, killed when bomber plunged into the sea off Diamond Head near Honolulu, September 29, 1941 |
| Richard Jones Waters, 1933-1937, 1LT USAAF, St. Louis, MO, killed in action over France July 8, 1944; Air Medal and Four Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart |
| Charles L. Waugh, 1921-22, CPT USAAF (Intelligence), St. Louis, MO killed in action in the Asiatic area January 26, 1944 |
| Edward Weinstein, 1941-42, SSG USAAF St. Louis, MO wounded when his plane was shot down on bombing mission over Ruhland, Germany, September 11, 1944, died in German prison hospital near Chemnitz September 23, 1944, Air Medal, European Theather Ribbon with three bronze stars, Presidential Unit Citation, Purple Heart |
| Irvin Sherman Weintraub, A.B. 1942, 2LT USAAF Kansas City, MO, killed in action over Belgium, September 7, 1944 |
| Loren Lee Wells, 1941-42, PFC, INF, Adrain, MO, killed in action in Italy February 23, 1944, Bronze Star, Purple Heart |
| George Allen White, Jr. 1942-43; 2Lt USMC, Kansas City, MO, killed in action on Okinawa June 14, 1945 |
| Thurman J. White, BS in Agriculture 1944, 2LT FA, Green City, MO, after completely Field Artillery pilot course he was killed on practice flight at Lawton, OK, June 20, 1945 |
| William Robert White, 1940-41, LT USAAF, Nevada, MO, killed on bombing mission off the Bay of Trieste, December 9, 1944 |
| William Palen Wilbur, BS 1940, LT INF, Kansas City, MO killed in attack on Munda Airdome, July 27, 1943, Purple Heart |
| Loren Burnham Wildermuth, 1936-41, PFC, Army MEdical Corps, sinking of Japanese prison ship near China Coast October 24, 1944 |
| Jack L. Willougby, AB 1933 CPT USAAF, Kansas City, MO killed in Invasion of Normandy June 6, 1944, Air Medal |
| Alvin Clay Windes, BS in Agriculture 1942, CPT, USAAF, Birch Tree, MO, plane crash on New Guinea, June 16, 1945, Air Medal and Five Oak Leaf Clusters |
| William Joseph Winemiller, 1939-40, 2LT USAAF, Buckner, MO, plane crash in the Hawaiian Islands, July 3, 1942 |
| John Bourbon Wise, Jr. 1941-42, 2LT USAAf, Des Moines, IA, killed in action over Formosa March 2, 1945 |
| Ivan Herbert Witt, 1941-42, LT (j.g.), USNR, AVH, Canton, MO, killed when his plane was shot down off the Japanese Coast July 24, 1945, Air Medal, Presidential Citation, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart |
| Russell Newell Woods, BJ 1943, CPT FA St. Louis, MO, killed in vehicle accident in Germany while driving on espionage duty May 2, 1945 |
| William Clay Woods, Jr. 1928-31, CPT USAAF, Nashua, MO died of illness at William Beaumont Hospital, El Paso, TX February 4, 1945 |
| Lawrence L. Wren, 1944, CPL, USAAF, Liberty, MO plane crash near Troy, OR, February 12, 1945 |
| John William Yoest, 1942, 2LT USAAF, Columbia, MO killed on mission over Mindoro, P.I. May 23, 1945 |
| Arch Bryant Young, Jr. BS in Education, 1933, CPL, INF, Perry, MO, killed in action in Italy September 13, 1944 |
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