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1918:
Harry Acton
(Dayton / Central League)....................Died from Influenza Induced
Pneumonia while serving at Camp Sherman, Ohio on 10/12/1918
1918: Dan
Alderman
Minor League pitcher (Killed while serving with the AEF
1918: Sgt.
Leroy J. Bruff (catcher for Frederick Hustlers of Class D, Blue Ridge
League)....................Killed In Action on 9/ 29/1918 in the Argonne
Forest in France
1918:
ALEX BURR (YANKEES / AL)....................KILLED WHEN THE PLANE HE
WAS FLYING CRASHED INTO A LAKE ON 10/12/1918 AT CAZAUX,,FRANCE
1918:
LARRY CHAPPEL
CHI (AL) / CLE / (AL) / BOS / (NL)....................DIED FROM INFLUENZA
INDUCED PNEUMONIA WHILE SERVING IN THE US ARMY MEDICAL CORP. IN SAN
FRANCISCO, CA
1918: JOHN
C. COOPER
(30) (FORMER WHITE SOX MINOR LEAGUER)....................K.I.A. IN ACTION
ON 9/2/1918
1918:
HARRY M. GLENN
(23) (St. LOUIS / AL)....................DIED FROM INFLUENZA INDUCED
PNEUMONIA WHILE SERVING AT THE US ARMY AVIATION SCHOOL AT St. PAUL,
MN
1918: CAPT.
EDDIE GRANT CLE (AL) / PHI (NL) / CIN (NL) / NY (NL)....................K.I.A.
IN THE ARGONNE FOREST WHILE ON A RESCUE MISSION TO SAVE THE LOST BATTALION
1918:
SGT. FRANK HEALEY (31) (WESTERN ASSOCIATION UMPIRE)....................DIED
FROM INFLUENZA WHILE SERVING IN THE US ARMY AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS IN
OCTOBOER OF 1918
1918:
JOHN W. INGLIS (WILKESBARRE / NY STATE LEAGUE) (NEWBURG / NEW YORK -NEW
JERSEY LEAGUE)....................DIED FROM INFLUENZA WHILE SERVING
IN THE US NAVY AT THE PELHAM BAY PARK NAVAL TRAINING STATION ON 10/7/1918
1918: PVT
First Class Orville Kilroy
Minneapolis (AA) / St. Paul (AA) / Oakland (PCL) / Sacramento (PCL)....................KIA
in the Argonne Forest on 10/9/1918 while serving with the North Dakota
National Guard - 3rd Machine Gun Battalion - Company "A"
1918: Marcus
Milligan
Minor League pitcher (Signed by Pirates for 1919) Plane crash while
serving with the US Air Service in France
1918:
RALPH SHARMAN (PHILADELPHIA / AL)....................DROWNED AT CAMP
SHERIDAN, ALABAMA
1918: BUNN
TROY (DETROIT / AL)....................Died from wounds received in
action at the at Petit Maujouy Field
Hosptial, near Ancemont, France on 10/7/1918
1942: BILLY
HEBERT (OAKLAND / PCL)....................KILLED IN ACTION IN W.W.II
1942: GORDON
HOUSTON (MINOR LEAGUER / TEXARKANA).........................KILLED IN
ACTION IN W.W.II
1942: JACK
PATTESON (MINOR LEAGUER: A BASEBALL FIELD WAS DEDICATED TO HIS MEMORY)....................KILLED
IN ACTION ON GUADALCANAL WHILE SERVING WITH THE USMC
1942:
GENE STACK (WHITE SOX MINOR LEAGUER)....................DIED ON THE
MOUND FROM A HEART ATTACK WHILE PITCHING FOR HIS ARMY TEAM ON A MICHIGAN
CITY BALLFIELD
1943: S.
Sgt. HERMAN BAUER (MINOR LEAGUE CATCHER FROM 1938-41)....................KILLED
IN ACTION IN EUROPE
1943:
FRED BEAL (MINOR LEAGUER FROM 41-42)....................DIED IN AN ARMY
HOSPITAL AT CAMP WHITE, OREGON ON 2/11/1943
1943:
ENSIGN MERRILL BROWN (21) (MINOR LEAGUER)....................DIED IN
A PLANE CRASH IN JACKSONVILLE, FL
1943: ROBERT
BURNS (SEMI PRO MANAGER)....................KILLED IN ACTION IN W.W.II
1943:
Lt. HAROLD DOBSON (28) (MINOR LEAGUER FROM 1941-42)....................KILLED
IN AN ARMY AIR FORCE PLANE CRASH IN ENGLAND
1943: Pvt.
FRANK FAUDEM (23) (MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED IN ACTION
AT LEYTE GULF
1943: ELMER
GEDEON (26) (WASHINGTON / AL)....................KILLED IN ACTION OVER
St.POL FRANCE AS A MEMBER OF THE 394th BOMBER GROUP
1943:
Lt. ALAN GRANT (MINOR LEAGUER FROM 1939-42)....................KILLED
IN A PLANE CRASH AT VICTORYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ON 5/23/1943
1943: Lt.
JOHN MULLER (MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED IN ACTION IN THE
PACIFIC IN SEPTEMBER OF 1943 WHILE SERVING AS AN ARMY AIR FORCE PILOT
1943:
Pfc. EDWARD SCHOHL (MINOR LEAGUER: 1933-41)....................DIED
FROM WOUNDS SUFFERED IN ITALY ON 11/1/1943
1943: MARSHALL
SNEED (MINOR LEAGUER / TOPEKA)....................KILLED IN ACTION IN
W.W.II
1943: LEWIS
VARANESE (Lou Vann) (31) (MINOR LEAGUER: 1933-39)....................KILLED
IN ACTION IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC WHILE SERVING WITH THE USMC ON 5/18/1943
1943: GEORGE
ZWILLING (AMATEUR)....................KILLED IN ACTION IN W.W.II
1944: LOUIS
ALBERIGO (SEMI-PRO PLAYER).........................KILLED IN ACTION
AT NORMANDY
1944: FORREST
BREWER (MINOR LEAGUER / CHARLOTTE)....................KILLED IN ACTION
AT NORMANDY WHILE SERVING WITH THE 82nd AIRBORN
1944: ORDWAY
CISGEN (MINOR LEAGUER / UTICA)....................KILLED IN ACTION IN
W.W.II
1944: RENE
CROTEAU (SEMI-PRO PLAYER)....................KILLED IN ACTION SEVING
WITH THE 82nd AIRBORN DURING WII
1944: HOWARD
DeMARTINI (MINOR LEAGUER)....................DROWNED WHEN THE TROOP
TRANSPORT LEOPOLDVILLE WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE IN THE ENGLISH
CHANNEL ON CHRISTMAS DAY
1944: FRANK
DRAPER (SEMI-PRO PLAYER)....................KILLED IN ACTION AT NORMANDY
1944:
AVIATION CADET ROBERT GARY (MINOR LEAGUER)....................DIED AT
BRIGGS FIELD, TX ON 2/5/1944
1944: CONRAD
GRAFF (?) (MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED IN ACTION IN WORLD
WAR II
1944: Pfc.
ERNIE HROVATIC (20) (MINOR LEAGUER FOR TWO YEARS)....................KILLED
IN ACTION IN BELGIUM ON 1/14/1944
1944: JOHN
JUDEFIND (AMATEUR)....................KILLED IN ACTION WHILE SERVING
WITH THE 82nd AIRBORN DURING W.W.II
1944: ARDYS
KELLER (MINOR LEAGUER / TOLEDO....................KILLED IN ACTION WHILE
SERVING WITH THE 142nd INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE 36th INFANTRY DIVISION
IN THE VOSGES REGION OF FRANCE ON 9/29/1944
1945: LESTER
KIRKKALA (MINOR LEAGUER / TOLEDO)....................KILLED IN ACTION
IN FRANCE IN W.W.II
1944: Lt.
STAN KLORES (27) (BASEBALL COACH AT NORTHWESTERN)....................KILLED
IN ACTION WHEN THE US DESTROYER COOPER WAS SUNK BY THE JAPANEESE
1944: JOE
LAKEY (AMATEUR)....................KILLED IN ACTION WHILE SERVING WITH
THE 82nd AIRBORN DURING W.W.II
1944: Lt.
WALTER LOOS (27) MINOR LEAGUER: 1939-41)....................LOST ON
AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND FLIGHT 117
1944: WILLIAM
MALONEY (AMATEUR)....................KILLED IN ACTION WHILE SERVING
WITH THE 82nd AIRBORN DURING W.W.II
1944: ELMER
MERTZ (AMATEUR)....................KILLED IN ACTION IN W.W. II
1944: JOHN
OGDEN (21) (HELPED OPERATE ELMIRA BASEBALL CLUB)....................KILLED
IN ACTION DURING WWII
1944:
METRO PERSOSKIE (23) (MINOR LEAGUER: 1939-42)....................DIED
OVER ENGLAND WHILE RETURNING FROM A BOMBING MISSION (15th) OVER GERMANY
1944: CHARLES
EDWARD PERCOD (MINOR LEAGUER: 1937-43)....................KILLED IN
ACTION IN FRANCE
1944: JOE
PINDER / CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT (MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER
FROM 1935-1941)....................KILLED IN ACTION ON OMAHA BEACH ON
JUNE 6TH, 1944
1944: MARTIN
SALTZGAVER (AMATEUR)....................KILLED IN ACTION IN W.W.II
1944:
Tech. MICHAEL SAMBOLICH (22) (MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED
IN ACTION ON 11/5/1944
1944: ROBERT
C. SCHMUKAL (UNDER CONTRACT BY BOSTON BRAVES)....................KILLED
IN ACTION IN IN FRANCE 10/1944
1944: DON
SHELTON (SEMI-PRO)....................KILLED IN ACTION IN W.W.II
1944: Lt.
SYLVESTER STURGES (MINOR LEAGUER FROM 1929-41)....................KILLED
IN ACTION DURING THE NORMANDY INVASION ON JUNE 6TH, 1944 WHILE SERVING
AS A PARATROOP SHIP PILOT
1944: JOHN
TAYLER (MINOR LEAGUER: 1938-41)....................KILLED IN ACTION
IN AUGUST OF 1944 WHILE SERVING WITH THE USMC
1944: WIRT
TWITCHELL (MINOR LEAGUE 1st BASEMAN FROM 1938-41)....................KILLED
IN ACTION ON SAIPAN WHILE SERVING WITH THE USMC
1944: ARTHUR
VIVIAN (MINOR LEAGUER / NEWARK BEARS)....................KILLED IN ACTION
IN W.W.II
1944: ROMAN
WANTUCK (MINOR LEAGUER IN 1941)....................KILLED IN ACTION
IN THE PACIFIC IN OCTOBER OF 1944
1944: S.
Sgt. JAMES WHITFIELD (24)....................KILLED IN ACTION IN THE
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC IN SEPTEMBER OF 1943
1944: ELMER
WRIGHT (MINOR LEAGUER / SAN ANTONIO)....................KILLED IN ACTION
AT OMAHA BEACH
1944: MARION
YOUNG (22) (MINOR LEAGUER: 1941-42)....................KILLED IN ACTION
IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC ON 12/13/1944
1945: WILLIAM
FASH (29)....................KILLED IN ACTION FROM AN EXPLOSION ABOARD
THE CARRIER JOHN HANCOCK
1945: WILLIAM
HANSEN (?) (MILWAUKEE: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION)....................KILLED
IN ACTION IN BELGIUM
1945: MANUEL
HERNANDEZ (MINOR LEAGUER / SAN DIEGO (PCL))....................KILLED
IN ACTION IN GERMANY WHILE A MEMBER OF THE 367 INF. DIV IN W.W.II
1945: Lt.
ROBERT HOLMES (22)(YANKEES MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED
IN ACTION ON IWO JIMA
1945: HARRY
IMHOFF (19) (BALTIMORE ORIOLES CATCHER)....................KILLED IN
ACTION ON OKINOWA
1945: HENRY
MARTINEZ (28) (7 YEAR MONOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED IN ACTION
IN CENTRAL PACIFIC
1945: Lt.
JOHN McKEE (34) (MINOR LEAGUER: COLUMBUS / ATLANTA)....................KILLED
IN ACTION IN BELGIUM
1945: GEORGE
MYERS (21) (MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED IN ACTION IN BELGIUM
1945:
PVT. WILLIAM NIEMEYER (24) (CUBS MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED
IN ACTION IN GERMANY
1945: HENRY
NOWAK (MINOR LEAGUER / NEW ORLEANS)....................KILLED IN ACTION
IN BELGIUM 1/1/1945
1945: WALTER
NAVIE (MINOR LEAGUER / SHREVEPORT)....................KILLED IN ACTION
IN W.W.II
1945: HARRY
O'NEILL (PHILADELPHIA / AL)....................KILLED IN ACTION ON IWO
JIMA
1945:
LT. HAROLD G. PHILLIPS (CATCHER IN THE PIEDMONT LEAGUE)....................DIED
IN THE CRASH OF AN ARMY AIRFORCE PLANE IN ROUTE BACK FROM A SEMI-PRO
BASEBBALL TOURNAMENT IN TEXAS
1945: ROBERT
PRICE (26) (MINOR LEAGUER: CATCHER/FIRST BASEMAN)....................KILLED
IN ACTION AT SEA
1945: ERNIE
RAIMONDI (24) (7 YEAR MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED IN ACTION
IN ITALY
1945: WILLIAM
SARVER (MINOR LEAGUER / AUGUSTA)....................KILLED IN ACTION
IN W.W.II
1945: 2ND
Lt. FRANKLIN SCHULZ (MINOR LEAGUER / FLINT)....................KILLED
IN ACTION ON SOMUR ON 6/17/45
1945: BILLY
SOUTHWORTH JR. DFC/AIR MEDAL (27) (MINOR LEAGUER / TORONTO)....................B-29
SUPERFORTRESS BOMBER CRASH AT LaGUARDIA AIRPORT IN NYC
1945: SGT.
EARL SPRINGER (26) (1940 BALTIMORE ORIOLES)....................KILLED
IN ACTION ON 1/25/1945
1945: JIM
TRIMBLE (WASHINGTON NATIONALS MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED
BY A JAP SUICIDE BOMBER ON IWO JIMA
1945: S.
SGT. ELMER WACHTLER (26) (CARDINALS MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED
IN ACTION IN BELGIUM
1945:
CPL. PETER ZARILA (KNOXVILLE SMOKIES: SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION)....................DIED
IN THE CRASH OF AN ARMY AIRFORCE PLANE IN ROUTE BACK FROM A SEMI-PRO
BASEBBALL TOURNAMENT IN TEXAS
1946:
ROD SOOTER (MINOR LEAGUER / SEATTLE)....................PLANE CRASH
1950: PVT.
EDWARD C. LENEVE USMC (CUBS MINOR LEAGUER / VISALIA, CA)....................KILLED
IN ACTION ON 12/2/1950
1951: WILLIAM
EDWARD CRAGO (21) (DUBLIN: GEORGIA STATE LEAGUE)....................KILLED
IN ACTION IN KOREA
1951: PVT.
LEONARD GLICA (22) (MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED IN ACTION
ON 5/26/1951 WHILE SERVING WITH THE 21st INFANTRY REGIMENT, 24th INFANTRY
DIVISION
1951:
PVT. RAYMOND HENRY JANKOWSKI (22) (CARDINALS MINOR LEAGUER)....................INJURIES
SUFFERED AT FORT HUACHUCA, AZ
1951: Cpl
JOHN LAZAR (BROWNS MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED IN ACTION
ON 9/7/1951
1951: Sgt
MARCEL POELKER (23) (MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED IN ACTION
ON 9/25/1951
1951: Lt.
CAROL SWEIGER (23) (MINOR LEAGUER)....................KILLED IN ACTION
ON 10/4/1951
1952: BOB
NEIGHBORS (St.LOUIS / AL).....................M.I.A. / PRESUMED DEAD
DURING THE KOREAN WAR
1952:
ERWIN ADAMCEWIEZ (23) (CARDINALS MINOR LEAGUER).....................DIED
FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN KOREA ON 11/21/1952
1952:
JOHN HRASCH (24) (SHORTSTOP FOR NEW ORLEANS).....................CALLED
INTO SERVICE IN '52 / KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT AT CAMP PICKETT ON
9/18/1952
1952: Sa.
JAMES R. HUDGENS US NAVY (22) (SAN JOSE / PCL).....................KILLED
IN ACTION APRIL 21, 1952
1952: PFC
WALTER KOEHLER (25) (GREENSBORO, NC CLUB).....................KILLED
IN ACTION ON 7/28/1952
1952:
FRED TSCHUDIN (29) (MINOR LEAGUE CATCHER / MANAGER).....................KILLED
IN AIR FORCE TRAINING PLANE ACCIDENT ON 3/14/1952
1952: PVT.
CHARLES WILCOX US ARMY (ANDERSON, INDIANA CLUB).....................KILLED
IN ACTION 9/8/1952
1952:
JACK LEONARD (22) (MINOR LEAGUER).....................M.I.A. / PRESUMED
DEAD DURING THE KOREAN WAR
1952: PVT
CARL D. TUMLINSON (DODGERS MINOR LEAGUER).....................KILLED
IN ACTION 4/7/1953
1953:
Lt. GEORGE C. REEDON (23) (TERRE HAUTE: THREE I LEAGUE)....................KILLED
IN A PLANE CRASH AT PANAMA CITY, FL IN DECEMBER OF 1953
1968: UDELL
CHAMBERS (BRAVES MINOR LEAGUER).....................KILLED IN A ROCKET
ATTACK NEAR DaNANG, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM ON 6/1/1968 WHILE SERVING IN
THE U.S. ARMY
1968: CHARLES
CHASE (TWINS MINOR LEAGUER).....................KILLED IN ACTION IN
JUNE OF 1968
1968: KERRY
TAYLOR (19) (SARASOTA: GULF COAST LEAGUE)....................KILLED
IN ACTION WHEN HIS AMMUNITION EXPLODED ON 1/21/1968
1969: Joseph
F. McCarthy (Former Milwaukee Braves Minor Leaguer).....................Kille
In Action on 5/25/1969
1970:
Eddie Glinnen (21) (Giants Minor League Prospect)....................Died
in hospital in Vietnam from wounds suffered in combat while a member
of CO.B, 2ND BN (Mech), 2nd INF, 1st Infantry Division
2006: Major
Stephen C. Reich
(34) (US Olympic Baseball Team / Former Orioles Minor Leaguer).....................Killed
in Action on 6/28/2005 when his MH-47D Helicopter was shot down by enemy
fire during combat operations in eastern Afghanistan while assigned
to assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation
Regiment (Airborne),
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