World War II
Captain Burton C. "Stretch" Thomson '37. of Swea City, Iowa, played basketball two years for lowa State before earning his degree in veterinary medicine. He was stationed with the Army...
Year at ISU: 1941 Died: Alaska
Year at ISU: 1946 Died: Germany Awards: Silver Star
Year at ISU: 1947 Died: Luxembourg
Year at ISU: 1940 1st. Lt. Russell E. Trenary '40 was born in Platteville, Wisconsin and later lived in Cedar Rapids. He was in the US Army Air Forces. Trenary...
Year at ISU: 1939 Died: Japan
Charles H. Tustison was born in Yates Center, Kansas on May 11, 1910, the youngest of four children to Charles C. and Dora Tustison. He graduated from Yates Center High...
2ND LIEUTENANT US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II Ronald Thomas Twito enlisted in the Naval Air Cadet program at Iowa State University in the spring of 1942 from Lake Mills,...
Year at ISU: 1946 Died: France
Year at ISU: 1941 Died: North Carolina
Year at ISU: 1941 Died: Singapore
Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Germany
Year at ISU: 1945 Ensign Tom C. Van Alyea '45, of Park Ridge, Ill., earned his wings in February 1945. He was among 18 Navy flyers killed in the crash...
Year at ISU: 1939 Died: Texas
Second Lieutenant Merle E. Vanderhorst grew up in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He was the son of Bert Vanderhorst. Merle would have graduated with the Class of 1946 at Iowa State in...
Aviation Machinist Mate Second Rank James Richard Vawter's hometown was Des Moines, Iowa. He was the son of Dick Mavity and Susanna Faris. James left Iowa State College sometime before...
Russell Manning Vifquin Jr was born on April 1, 1918 in Ames, IA. He was the first of four children born to Iowa State Professor Russell Vifquain and his wife,...
First Lieutenant Marvin Vinson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Vinson. He had a brother named Robert who was an aviation cadet at the time of his...
Norman was born in St. Joseph, Missouri and lived for a time in Clearfield, Iowa. He graduated from nearby Blockton High School, where he was active in class plays and...
Little information is known about Gerald Wachal, Jr., who studied Chemical Engineering at Iowa State College sometime before 1945. His file contains only the following note, written by his mother,...
Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Over Tennessee, USA | Reason: Parachute malfunction
Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Bougainville
Year at ISU: 1940 Died: Normandy
Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Austria
Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Germany Awards: Silver Star
