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In Memoriam

WASP In Memoriam recognizes the 38 WASP who were killed in service. This listing was compiled from the documents contained in the WASP collections.

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Training ClassNameDeath DateLocation
43-4T #  Champlin, Jane June 7, 1943 Sweetwater, TX
44-2 *  Clarke, Susan P. July 4, 1944 Columbia, SC
44-9T  # Davis, Margie L. Oct. 16, 1944 Walnut, MS
44-1 *  Dussaq, Katherine Nov. 26, 1944 New Carolisle, OH 
44-6 T #  Edwards, Marjorie June 13, 1944 Childress, TX
44-6 T #  Erickson, Elizabeth April 16, 1944  Sweetwater, TX
WAFS  Fort, Cornelia Mar. 21, 1943 Abilene, TX
43-3 *  Grimes, Frances Mar. 27, 1944 Otis Field, MA
43-5 *  Hartson, Mary Aug. 14, 1944 Sherman, TX
44-4T #  Howson, Mary April 16, 1944 Sweetwater, TX
44-1 *  Keene, Edith April 36, 1944 Mission, TX
43-8T #  Lawrence, Kathryn B. Aug. 4, 1943 Sweetwater, TX
43-4 *  Lee, Hazel Ying Nov. 23, 1944  Great Falls, MT
43-2 *  Loop, Paula July 7, 1944 Medford, OR
43-5 *  Lovejoy, Alice  Sept. 13, 1944 Brownsville, TX
44-3 *  McDonald, Lea Ola June 21, 1944 El Paso, TX
44-4 *  Martin, Peggy Oct. 3, 1944  Marana, AZ
43-2 *  Moffatt, Virginia Oct. 5, 1943 Ontario, CA
44-5 *  Moses, Beverly July 18, 1944 Las Vegas, NV
43-2 *  Nichols, Dorothy June 11, 1944 Bismarck, ND
44-3 *  Norbeck, Jeanne L. Oct. 16, 1944 Shaw Field, SC
43-4T #  Oldenburg, Margaret Mar. 7, 1943 Houston, TX
43-3 *  Rawlinson, Mabel Aug. 23, 1943 Camp Davis, NC
44-9 T #  Roberts, Gleanna June 20, 1944 Lorraine, TX
44-2 *  Robinson, Maria N. (Mitchell) Oct. 2, 1944 Victorville, CA
44-3 *  Scott, Betty July 8, 1944 Waco, TX
WAFS *  Scott, Dorothy Dec. 3, 1943 Palm Springs, CA
43-5T #  Seip, Margaret J. ** Aug. 30, 1943 Big Spring, TX
43-5T #  Severson, Helen J. **  Aug. 30, 1943 Big Spring, TX
43-4 *  Sharon, Ethel Maria April 10, 1944 Tecumseh, NE
WAFS * Sharp, Evelyn April 3, 1944 New Cumberland, PA
43-7 *  Silver, Gertrude (Tompkins)  Oct. 26, 1944  Southern California
44-2T #  Stine, Betty P. Feb. 25, 1944 Tucson, AZ
43-8 *  Toevs, Marion  Feb. 18, 1944 San Jose, CA
43-4 *  Trebing, Mary E. Nov. 7, 1943 Blanchard, OK
44-8 * Webster, Mary L. Dec. 9, 1944 Claremore, OK
43-8 *  Welz, Bonnie Jean  June 29, 1944 Randado, TX
43-4 *  Wood, Betty L. (Taylor) Sept. 23, 1943 Camp Davis, NC

* Killed in service after graduation- 3 WAFs killed

# Killed in service while in training- 11 WASP trainees killed

** Silver Wings award posthumously- 24 WASP graduates killed