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Listed below are the students of the University of Central Oklahoma who lost their lives during World War II. In addition to the seven Vista editions dedicated to service members and the 1949 Bronze Book, there is an In Memoriam plaque located on the west side of the Y-Chapel memorializing these men. In an effort to honor their sacrifice, we have digitized their files from the Central Men & Women in Service Collection and made them accessible below.
Buster Andeel
Born: January 30, 1920
(Oilton, Oklahoma)
Died: August 19, 1943
(Foggia, Italy)
Marshall Judson Anderson
Born: June 1, 1915
(Sour Lake, Texas)
Died: January 19, 1942
(Bataan, Philippines)
Marshall Anderson File
Harold C. "Red" Aslin
Born: January 11, 1913
(Ardeola, Missouri)
Died: November 3, 1944
(Negro, Philippines)
James Woodrow Bigbee
Born: March 16, 1918
(Grandfield, Oklahoma)
Died: November 10, 1943
(San Antonio, Texas)
Cecil Eugene Blakely
Born: November 29, 1919
(Oklahoma)
Died: December 3, 1942
(San Diego, California)
Charles O. Blakemore
Born: November 24, 1923
(Pottawatomie, Oklahoma)
Died: June 11, 1944
(Papua, Indonesia)
Chadwick Neal Bowen
Born: September 28, 1918
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Died: August 9, 1943
(Cambridge, England)
Kenneth H. Bozell
Born: September 4, 1915
(Isabella, Oklahoma)
Died: April 1, 1942
MIA (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Norman W. Brittain
Born: October 22, 1913
(Shamrock, Oklahoma)
Died: April 8, 1945
(Okinawa, Japan)
Harold Jack Bunstine
Born: December 10, 1913
(Detroit, Michigan)
Died: January 10, 1945
(France)
James Edward Butler
Born: March 31, 1916
(Woodville, Alabama)
Died: November 28, 1943
MIA (North Africa)
Ovid Walter Campbell
Born: September 10, 1916
(Memphis, Texas)
Died: May 6, 1942
(Philippines)
Ernest Blaine Clark
Born: September 17, 1918
(Perryville, Kentucky)
Died: March 3, 1944
(Hohenaspe, Germany)
Wilson L. Cook
Born: September 5, 1918
(Missouri)
Died: August 14, 1942
MIA (Papua New Guinea)
John J. Coone
Born: July 22, 1916
(Oklahoma)
Died: January 9, 1945
(Okinawa, Japan)
Perry Owen Corley
Born: May 18, 1917
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Died: December 9, 1943
(Cibola County, New Mexico)
Russell Ray Dougherty
Born: August 7, 1918
(Edmond, Oklahoma)
Died: April 19, 1943
(South Pacific)
Lawrence George Dunnica
Born: December 15, 1917
(Guthrie, Oklahoma)
Died: February 16, 1943
MIA (English Channel)
John Bassett Eaves
Born: September 5, 1917
(Helena, Oklahoma)
Died: October 10, 1944
(England)
Thomas Baxter Eaves
Born: March 22, 1926
(Boyd, Nebraska)
Died: June 11, 1945
(Grady County, Oklahoma)
Robert Emmett Fitzgerald
Born: January 6, 1915
(Choctaw, Oklahoma)
Died: May 8, 1943
(Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Victor James France
Born: December 12, 1917
(Joplin, Missouri)
Died: April 19, 1944
(Rengerslage, Germany)
Richard Samuel Frank
Born: August 20, 1915
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Died: August 12, 1944
(Shillong, India)
Jack C. Frost
Born: April 1, 1917
(Lincoln, Oklahoma)
Died: February 25, 1944
(Vilsbiburg, Germany)
Francis E. Hamilton
Born: July 20, 1920
(Kansas)
Died: April 20, 1944 MIA
(Mediterranean Sea, North Africa)
Ralph M. Hart
Born: November 25, 1921
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Died: September 7, 1943
(Papua New Guinea)
Karl F. Hetzel
Born: January 23, 1916
(Guthrie, Oklahoma)
Died: November 22, 1941
(Hawaii)
Warren Cecil Howard
Born: February 4, 1921
(McCurtain, Oklahoma)
Died: February 15, 1944
(Anzir Beach, Italy)
Charles D. Hughes
Born: December 12, 1917
(Edmond, Oklahoma)
Died: March 31, 1943
MIA (North Atlantic Ocean)
William Milton Huskey
Born: December 1917
(Newport, Texas)
Died: February 24, 1945
(Germany)
William Huskey File
Paul N. Huston
Born: December 11, 1918
(Guthrie, Oklahoma)
Died: March 5, 1944
MIA (English Channel)
Fred Dean Hutchinson
Born: March 8, 1915
(Chandler Oklahoma)
Died: December 30, 1942
(Ellington Field, Texas)
William Lawrence Jamieson
Born: June 10, 1919
(Newport News, Virginia)
Died: July 18, 1944
MIA (Himalaya Mts., India)
George Johnston
Born: January 20, 1910
(Newcastle, Oklahoma)
Died: October 30, 1941
(At Sea)
Hugh C. Jones Jr.
Born: March 17, 1916
(Mannsville, Oklahoma)
Died: March 22, 1944
(Madison, Indiana)
Darrel Jordan
Born: May 23, 1919
(Kingfisher, Oklahoma)
Died: September 14, 1944
(Solomon Islands)
John Juby
Born: September 13, 1915
(Oklahoma)
Died: December 17, 1944
(Germany)
Hoyt Judy
Born: March 26,1917
(Illinois)
Died: August 10, 1941
(Isle of Arran, Scotland)
Hoyt Judy File
Warren Lee Keely
Born: July 18, 1920
(Arcadia, Oklahoma)
Died: October 30, 1944
MIA (Manila, Philippines)
Harold Kiess
Born: February 24, 1923
Died: March 1, 1944
(Quonset Point, Rhode Island)
Elton Kime
Born: April 9, 1917
(Macomb, Oklahoma)
Died: May 14, 1945
(Japan)
James King
Born:
Died: November 11, 194?
(France)
James King File
Roy Kline
Born: 1921
Died: July 8, 1943
MIA (Strait of Sicilia, Mediterranean Sea)
Baldwin Krober
Born:
Died:
Baldwin Krober File
William O. Lacy
Born:
Died: MIA September 10, 1944
(Germany)
William Lacy File
Edward Lehman
Born: September 28, 1916
(Guthrie, Oklahoma)
Died: October 19, 1944
(Germany)
Earl Lyon
Born: September 9, 1920
(Shawnee, Oklahoma)
Died: October 17, 1944
(Italy)
Earl Lyon File
Robert H. Manning
Born:
Died: September 9, 1944
(France)
Robert Manning File
Jesse McMillan
Born: September 25, 1922
Died: August 10, 1944
Jesse McMillan File
Dale Mears
Born:
Died: May 24, 1944
(Palacios, Texas)
Dan W. Meshew
Born:
Died: July 27, 1944
(Post Patrick, Scotland)
Marvin R. Moore
Born:
Died:
Harold J. Morris
Born:
Died:
Harold Morris File
Frank Pulley
Born:
Died:
(Duffee, Mississippi)
Ernest Records
Born: March 12, 1923
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Died: January 9, 1945
(Georgia)
William Rhodes
Born:
Died: February 16, 1945
MIA
Milton Sears
Born:
Died: May 13, 1944
(North Africa)
Bliss Shelby
Born: October 2, 1917
(Chickasha, Oklahoma)
Died: February 7, 1943
(Tunisia)
Ross Sieh
Born: January 18, 1915
(Orlando, Oklahoma)
Died: September 30, 1944
MIA (Australia)
Bernard Simpson
Born:
Died:
(England)
Albert Smith
Born: February 7, 1901
(Shelton, Nebraska)
Died: May 10, 1944
(England)
Richard Snoddy
Born: November 26, 1918
(Stratford, Oklahoma)
Died: MIA June 10, 1943
(Solomon Islands)
Alvin E. Stubbs
Born: February 15, 1917
(Wichita, Kansas)
Died: January 29, 1944
(Frankfurt, Germany)
William Warner
Born: May 14, 1920
(Drumright, Oklahoma)
Died: February 6, 1943
(San Angelo, Texas)
Harold Willsie
Born: 1916
(Oklahoma)
Died: August 26, 1942
MIA (Solomon Sea, New Guinea)
Richard Wilson
Born:
Died: November 10, 1940
(Centerville, Alabama)
Marvin Woodcock
Born: July 19, 1924
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Died: February 16, 1945
(Udine, Italy)
The University of Central Oklahoma recognizes the university's main campus is located on the traditional lands of the Caddo and Wichita people.
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