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iUniversity To Honor Heroes(Tribune Madison Bureau)MADISON, WIs.—Names of La Cri*se area World War 11 fightingmen who were killed in action! during the conflict are among those to be honored by the Uni- j versify of Wisconsin in the dedication of new units of the Truax Field student housing project here. jNames of former students of the university who gave their lives during the late war will be given to 46 units of the new student veterans housing project, the university announced. iOf the 46 university alumni selected, 39 were Wisconsin residents. Among the honored alumni dead are:Albert John Larsen, West Salem, lieutenant in AAF, *40, radar man. killed in action in the South Pacific May 20, 1945.Robert Arnold Mason, Eau Claire, ‘37, lieutenant in the army, killed Nov. 8. 1940, in an automobile accident after attending an infantry school at Fort Benning. Ga.Francis Albert Riley, La Crosse, ex-’39. technician, fifth class, in the army, member of the FirstArmored regiment, killed in action in North Africa Feb, 14, 1943.
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La Crosse Tribune
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Sun, Dec 08, 1946
Page 34
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