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In the Shadow of the Space Needle:

A Citizen-Archivist Project To retrieve and digitally preserve the names of Seattle High School Students Killed in Action during WW II and Memorialized on the Seattle Center Memorial Stadium Wall designed by a 17‑year‑old Garfield High School student named Marianne Hanson in 1947.

In the Shadow of the Needle. Seattle Memorial Stadium WW II Names

Seattle Memorial Stadium — WWII Roll of Honor (Inaugural publishing at 11:11 A.M. on Armistice/ Veterans / Victory Day 2025)…posting as formatting completes for the full 762 Seattle High School names appearing on the Memorial Wall conceived as a solemn tribute to the 762 Seattle high school students killed in action during WWII..

Initial installment for publication on Armistice/Veterans/Victory Day. This segment contains a verified subset of 44 names , extracted from the Washington State DVA master list (Updated May 2012). Further letters will be appended as they are transcribed. (This is a live publishing event, with corrections and editing occuring in real time…expect changes as you return visit.)

  1. CHARLES A BARTZ
  2. JAMES B CLOUGH
  3. MATHEW H CAHILL
  4. MELVIN L BAZE
  5. RALPH W D BROWN
  6. ROBERT L CHILBERG
  7. ROBERT W BURTON
  8. MATHEW H CAHILL
  9. ROBERT L CHILBERG
  10. JAMES B CLOUGH
  11. JAMES E ESLICK
  12. GOTTFRED N FALK
  13. GLENN H GASS
  14. ROBERT T GAYLORD
  15. JACOB GRADWOHL
  16. WILLIAM B HEDDEN
  17. LAWRENCE H HENKLE
  18. VERNON JAHN
  19. NORMAN KOSSIS
  20. ROBERT L LITTLE
  21. TRUMAN R LORD
  22. BRUCE MATHESON, JR
  23. BEN A MAUERMAN
  24. JOHN E MEADOWS
  25. NORBERT L MOREAU
  26. DELMO NICKELL
  27. ELMO NICKELL
  28. ROBERT W NOLAN
  29. DAVID L OWENS
  30. ROBERT L PEARSON
  31. CLARENCE E RADER
  32. ROBERT E ROUSE
  33. WILLIAM W SANDS
  34. DONALD V SCAVOTTO
  35. JOSEPH W SCHIECHE
  36. JAMES E SEATER
  37. JOHNNIE M SHEELEY
  38. LEWIS J SMITH
  39. SHELDON E TESSENDORF
  40. EARL S THOMPSON
  41. ROBERT H TYAS
  42. DAVIS S TYERMAN
  43. ROBERT R VAILER

Source: Washington State DVA, Washington State World War II KIA (Updated May 2012).

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