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1898:
Leonard Weikert
(?) (Inter-State League)....................Died from Yellow Fever Serving
in the US Army at Santiago, Cuba
1898:
Bill Stearns
(45) (National Association 1871-1875)....................Died from malaria
contracted while serving in Puerto Rico with Company H of the 1st DC
Infantry
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 in 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)....................Killed 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 (35) 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:
Newt Halliday
(21) Pit (NL)....................Died from Tubercular induced pneumonia
at the Great Lakes Naval Station on 4/6/1918
1918:
Sgt. Frank Healey (31) (Western Association Umpire)....................Died
from Influenza while serving in the US Army at Fort Riley, KS in October
of 1918
1918:
John W. Inglis (Wilkesbarre / NY State League) (Newburg / NY -NJ 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 Petit Maujouy Field Hosptial, near
Ancemont, France on 10/7/1918
1941: Pvt.
Jerry Angelich
(25) (Semi-Pro Player).........................KIA in the attack on
Pearl Harbor while serving with Headquarters Squadron, 17th Airbase
Group, US Army Air Corps on December 7, 1941
1941:
2Lt.
John Loehrke
(Semi-Pro Player).........................Died in a plane crash near
Macon, GA while serving with the US Army Air Corp. on 10/26/1941
1941:
PFC.
Marcel Serventi (25) (Minor Leaguer)....................Died
from injuries suffered in an auto accident while serving with the US
Army on 7/5/1941
1941:
Pvt.
Don Stewart (34) (Seattle Rainiers: PCL)....................Killed
in a bombing raid at Glasow, Scotland while serving with the Calgary
Highlanders, Canadian Army on 3/13/1941
1941: 1Lt.
Leo Walker (27) (Former Cincinnati Reds Minor
Leaguer)....................Killed in the crash of a B-17C near Georgetown,
California while serving with the 9th Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Group
on 11/2/1941
1942:
Jim
Grilk
(Sacramento: PCL)....................Died from injuries suffered in
an auto accident while serving as the Civilian Athletic Director at
Sacramento Army Air Depot
1942: AM3c
Billy Hebert (Oakland / PCL)....................Killed In Action
in W.W.II
1942: Lt.
Gordon Houston (Minor Leaguer / Texarkana).........................Died
in a flying accident at McChord Field, Tacoma, WA while serving with
the 55th Pursuit Group USAAF
1942: 2Lt.
William Marszalek
(24) (Pirates Minor Leaguer).........................Died
during maneuvers at Fort Huachuca, AZ on 10/7/1942
1942: Lt.
Gordon Houston (Minor Leaguer / Texarkana).........................Died
in a flying accident at McChord Field, Tacoma, WA while serving with
the 55th Pursuit Group USAAF
1942: Jack
Patteson (Minor Leaguer)....................Killed In Action on
Guadalcanal while serving with the USMC
1942:
Pvt.
Pete Rehkamp (23) (Lenoir Reds: South Atlantic League)....................Died
in an auto accident while serving with the 859th Signal Corps at Selfridge
Field in Michigan on 9/9/1942
1942: Ensign
Norman Smith
(25) (Minor Leaguer)....................KIA serving with the US Navy
in the Pacific on 8/9/1942
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 (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
Murrill Brown (21) (Minor Leaguer)....................Died in A
plane crash in Jacksonville, FL
1943: Pvt.
Roger Dobbins (23)
(Semi-Pro Player).........................KIA in the South Pacific while
serving with the US Army on 1/21/1943
1943:
Lt.
Harold Dobson (28) (Minor Leaguer from 1941-42)....................Killed
in an Army Air Force plane crash in England
1943: Lt.
Carlyle J "Curly" Kopp (23) (Cardinals Minor Leaguer)....................Killed
In a flying accident on 7/21/1943
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: 2Lt.
Frank Haggerty
(College Player: St. John's University)....................Killed in
the crash of his Curtiss P-40F Warhawk on 9/23/1943
1943: LTJG
Robert K. Hershey
(Minor Leaguer)....................Killed In Action in the Pacific in
August 1943
1943:
Lt.
Alan Grant (Minor Leaguer from 1939-42)....................Killed
in a plane crash at Victoryville, CA on 5/23/1943
1943: 2Lt.
Robert Hale
(Semi-Pro Player).........................KIA over Rabaul, New Guinea
while serving with the 8th Bomb Squadron, 3rd Bomb Group on 10/24/1943
1943:
Lt.
Roswell Higginbotham
(Cardinals Minor Leaguer)....................Died from complications
following an abdominal operation while serving at the Quonset Point
Naval Air Station, Rhode Island on May 23, 1943
1943: Lt.
John Moller (Minor Leaguer)....................Killed In Action
in the Pacific in September of 1943 while serving with the 320th Bomb
Squadron, 90th Bomb Group on 8/8/1943
1943: Seaman
Second Class. Joseph Rodgers (Hornell Maples: PONY League)....................KIA
aboard the destroyer USS Buck off the coast of Salerno, Italy on 10/10/1943
1943: 2Lt.
Glenn Sanford
(24) (Minor Leaguer: 1933-41)....................Died when his Bell
P-39 Airacobra crashed into Susicon Bay, CA while serving with the 380th
Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group on 11/6/1943
1943:
Pfc.
Edward Schohl (Minor Leaguer: 1933-41)....................Died from
wounds suffered in Italy on 11/1/1943
1943: Cpl.
Howard Shea
(Semi-Pro Player).........................KIA in the Pacific Theatre
while serving in the US Army in 1943
1943: Lt.(jg)
Jack Siens
(Minor Leaguer).........................Died when his B-24 Liberator
crashed off the coast of St of Eval, England on 9/10/1943
1943: Cpt.
Marshall Sneed (Topeka Owls: Western Association)....................KIA
when he was shot down over the Bay of Gabes, Tunisia while serving with
the 65th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group on 2/22/1943
1943: Pvt.
Joseph Sullivan
(Semi-Pro Player).........................KIA in North Africa while
serving with the US Army on 7/16/1943
1944: Cpl.
Steve Tonsick
(Minor Leaguer: 1938-41)....................KIA while serving with the
US Army in North Africa on 3/28/1943
1943: PFC.
George Zwilling (Reds Minor Leaguer)....................Killed In
Action while serving with the 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry
Division in Tunisia on 3/31/1943
1944: Pvt.
James Addison
(Semi-Pro Player).........................KIA in Belgium while serving
with the 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division on 10/21/1944
1944: PFC.
Louis Alberigo (27) (Semi-Pro Player).........................KIA
at Normandy Beach while serving with the 2nd Battalion, F Company, 116th
Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division on 6/6/1944
1944: S.
Sgt. Herman Bauer (White Sox Minor Leaguer)....................Killed
In Action on 7/12/1944 while serving in France with the 3rd Armored
Division
1944:
Pvt.
Fred Beal (22) (Sanford Seminoles: Class
D Florida State League )....................Died at the 79th General
Hospital at Camp White while stationed there on February 11, 1944
1944: Sgt.
Leonard Berry
(Minor Leaguer)....................Drowned when the troop transport
SS Leopoldville was sunk by a German U-Boat on 12/24/1944 while serving
with Company B, 264th Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division
1944: Lt.
Keith Bissonette
(Minor Leaguer)....................Lost on a mission over Burma while
serving with the USAAF.
1944: Lt.
Dave Blewster
(Minor Leaguer)....................Unknown
1944: Pvt.
Forrest Brewer (Minor Leaguer / Charlotte)....................Killed
In Action on June 6, 1944 at Normandy, France while serving with the
82nd Airborn
1944: 1Lt.
Ordway Cisgen (Minor Leaguer / Utica)....................Killed
In Action in W.W.II
1944: Rene
Croteau (Semi-Pro Player)....................KIA at Normandy while
serving with the 82nd Airborne on 7/4/1944
1944: S.
Sgt. Howard DeMartini (30) (Minor Leaguer)....................Drowned
when the troop transport SS Leopoldville was sunk by a German U-Boat
on 12/24/1944
1944: Frank
Draper
(Semi-Pro Player)....................KIA at Normandy while serving with
Company A, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division on 6/6/1944
1944:
Sgt.
Don Dudding
(Semi-Pro Player).........................Died from injuried suffered
in an auto accident near Bancroft, IA on 11/24/1944
1944:
Aviation
Cadet Robert Gary (Minor Leaguer)....................Died at Briggs
Field, TX on 2/5/1944
1944: 2Lt.
George Gamble
(Rome Colonels: Canadian-American League)....................KIA in
the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations while serving with the 26th
Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group on 12/4/ 1944
1944: SSG
Conrad Graff (?) (Minor Leaguer)....................KIA in World
War II
1944: Pvt.
Earl "Fritz" Guessford
(Semi-Pro Player).........................KIA in France while serving
with the US Army on 8/27/1944
1944: Pvt.
Ernie Holbrook
(Minor Leaguer)....................KIA in Belgium while serving with
the 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division on 12/16/1944
1944: Pfc.
Ernie Hrovatic (20) (Minor Leaguer)....................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: Cpl.
Art Keller
(28) (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
1944: Lt.
Stan Klores (27) (Baseball Coach at Northwestern University)....................Killed
In Action when the Destroyer USS Cooper was sunk by the Japanese
1944: 1Lt.
Walter Lake (Cleveland Indians Minor Leaguer)....................KIA
while serving with Anti-tank Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry
on 7/28/1944
1944: Pvt.
Joe Laky (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: Cpl.
William Maloney (Amateur)....................Killed In Action while
serving with the 82nd Airborn during W.W.II
1944: Pvt.
Elmer Mertz (Amateur)....................Killed In Action in W.W.II
1944: John
Ogden (21) (Elmira Baseball Club Official)....................Killed
In Action during W.W.II
1944: FO
Joe Palatas
(23) (Springfield Red Birds: Mid-Atlantic League)....................Died
from wounds suffered when his B-17 was shot down while serving with
the 325th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group on 4/11/1944
1944:
S.Sgt.
Metro Persoskie (23) (Minor Leaguer: 1939-42)....................Died
over England while returning from a bombing mission (15th) over Germany
1944: Pvt.
Charlie Pescod (Minor Leaguer: 1937-43)....................Killed
In Action in France on 10/02/1944
1944: T5G.
Joe Pinder
(Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient) (Minor League Pitcher from
1935-1941)....................Killed In Action on Omaha Beach while
serving with HQ Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st on 6/6/1944
1944: TSgt.
John Regan (27) (Minor League Pitcher from 1935-1941)....................Missing,
Presumed Dead in the China-Burma-India Theater while serving with the
373rd Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group on 5/25/1944
1944:
S.Sgt.
Vic Saltzgaver
(23) (Semi-Pro Player).........................Accidentally killed during
a training exercise in North Africa while serving with 135th Infantry
Regiment, 34th Infantry Regiment on 7/22/1943
1944:
Tech.
Michael Sambolich (22) (Minor Leaguer)....................KIA in
Belgium while serving with the 211th Medical Dispensary on 11/5/1944
1944: Cpl.
Bob Schmukal (Under contrat by Boston Braves)....................KIA
in France while serving with the 4142nd Quartermaster Service Company
on 10/3/1944
1944: Pvt.
Carl Scott
(Monessen Indians: Pennsylvania State League)....................KIA
at Normandy while serving with the 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry
Division on 7/26/1944
1944: S.Sgt.
Don Shelton (Semi-Pro Player).........................KIA in while
serving with on 1/21/1944
1944: Tech
5. Art Sinclair
(Giants Minor Leaguer)....................KIA off the coast of Anzio
while serving with the 83rd Chemical Battalion, Motorized on 1/26/1944
1944: S.Sgt.
John Smith
(Giants Minor Leaguer)....................KIA at Metzeresche, France
while serving with the US Army on 11/4/1944
1944: 2Lt.
Sylvester Sturges (Minor Leaguer from 1929-41)....................Died
in the crash of his Douglas C-47 while serving as a Paratroop Ship Pilot
with the 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group on 6/7/1947
1944:Aviation
Cadet Fred Swift
(26) (Phillies Minor Leaguer)....................Died in the crash of
his Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator near Blanco, TX while serving with the
USAAF on 4/23/1944
1944: Cpl.
John Tayler (Minor Leaguer: 1938-41)....................KIA in while
serving with the USMC on 7/26/1944
1944: 1Lt.
Wirt Twitchell (Minor League 1st Baseman from 1938-41)....................KIA
on Saipan while serving with Company E, 158th Infantry Regiment, 45th
Infantry Division, US Army, in July, 1944
1944: Louis
Varanese (Lou Vann) (31) (Minor Leaguer: 1933-39)....................Killed
In Action in the Southwest Pacific while serving with the USMC on 5/18/1943
1944: Art
Vivian (24) (Minor Leaguer: Newark Bears)....................KIA
while serving on Guam with the 3rd Marine Division on 8/1/1944
1944: S.Sgt.
Elmer Wachtler
(26) (Cardinals Minor Leaguer)....................Killed In Action in
Belgium while serving with the 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry
Divisionthe on 1/5/1945
1944: PFC.
Roman Wantuck (Sheboygan: Wisconsin State League)....................KIA
in New Guinea while serving with the US Army on 6/16/1944
1944: S.
Sgt. James Whitfield (24) (Cardinals Minor Leaguer)....................Killed
In Action in the Southwest Pacific while serving with the 322nd Regimental
Combat Team, 81st Infantry Division on 9/22/1944
1944:
2Lt.
Stanford Wolfson (22) (Browns Minor Leaguer)....................Shot
by German soldiers after his B-17 was shot down over Germany while serving
with 335th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group on 11/5/1944
1944: Lt.
Tom Woodruff
(Minor Leaguer)....................Killed In Action in the Pacific while
serving with the US Navy on 12/2/1944
1944: S.Sgt.
Elmer Wright
(28) (Browns Minor Leaguer)....................KIA at Normandy Beach
while serving with the 1st Battalion, Company A, 116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division on 6/6/1944
1944: PFC.
Fred Yeske
(23) (Minor Leaguer)....................Killed In Action while serving
in Italy with the US Army on 12/21/1944
1944: Marion
Young (22) (Minor Leaguer: 1941-42)....................KIA in the
Southwest Pacific while serving with the USMC on 12/13/1944
1944: 2Lt.
John Zulberti (25) (Minor Leaguer)....................KIA in Luxemburg
while serving with the 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division
US Army on 1/21/1944
1945:
T/5
Charles Bowers
(22) (Johnson City Cardinals: Appalachian League)....................Died
from wounds on April 15, 1945 while serving with the 138th Ordnance
Maintenance Battalion
1945: Cpl.
Les Clotiaux
(Semi-Pro Player).........................Died in a plane crash after
playing in an exhibition game at Childress Army Air Base in Texas on
8/9/1945
1945:
Pvt.
Sammy Crowns
(26) (Semi-Pro Player).........................KIA in action in the
Philippines while serving with the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry
Division on 3/28/1945
1945: Lt.
Herb Fash
(29)....................Killed In Action from an explosion aboard the
carrier USS John Hancock
1945:
Lt.
Ernest Ford USMC
(Red Sox Minor Leaguer in 1942)....................Died in a Parachute
Jump Accident on May 4th, 1945 at Corpus Christi, Texas
1945: Sgt.
William Hansen (23) (Milwaukee: American Association)....................Killed
In Action in Belgium
1945: Sgt.
Victor Hartline
(26) (Semi-Pro Player).........................KIA in Luxembourg while
serving with the Third Army on 1/21/1945
1945: Pvt.
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: 2Lt.
Robert Holmes (22) (Yankees Minor Leaguer)....................Killed
In Action on Iwo Jima
1945: Pvt.
Harry Imhoff (19) (Baltimore Orioles Catcher)....................Killed
In Action on Okinawa
1945: TSgt.
Frank Janik
(30) (Rome Colonels: Can-Am League)....................Killed In Action
on Okinama while serving with Company F, 10th Infantry Regiment US Army
on 4/29/1945
1945: SST.
Harry Ladner
(29) (Minor League Umpire)....................Killed In Action on Okinawa
while seriving with 77th Infantry Division, US Army on 4/18/1945
1945: 1Lt.
Jack Lummus
(29) (Wichita Falls Spudders: West Texas-New Mexico League)....................KIA
on Iwo Jima while serving with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 27th Marines,
5th Division, USMC on 3/9/1945
1945: PFC
Ted Maillet (24) (Cincinnati Reds Minor Leaguer)....................Killed
In Action in Belgium while serving with the 386th Infantry Regiment,
97th Infantry Division on 4/7/1945
1945: AD2
Henry Martinez (27) (Minor Leaguer)....................Killed In
Action in the Central Pacific
1945: Lt.
John McKee (34) (Minor Leaguer: Columbus / Atlanta)....................Killed
In Action in Belgium
1945: T5
Paul Mellblom
(28) (Federalsburg: Eastern Shore League)....................KIA in
Belgium while serving with 41st Cavalry Recon Squadron, 11th Armored
Division on 1/14/1945
1945: 2Lt.
Lou Miller
(24) (Minor Leaguer)....................KIA when his B-17 was shot down
during the Battle of the Bismark Sea while serving with the 63rd Bomb
Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group on 3/3/1943
1945: Pvt.
Joe Moceri
(20) (Tigers Minor Leaguer)....................KIA at Normandy while
serving with the 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division on
3/30/1945
1945: Lt.
John Moller
(27) (Olean Oilers: PONY League)....................Killed when the
B-24 Liberator he was piloting crashed near Port Moresby, New Guinea
while serving with the 320th Bomb Squadron, 90th Bomb Group on 6/8/1943
1945: George
Myers (21) (Minor Leaguer)....................Killed In Action in Belgium
1945:
PFC.
Walt Navie
(27) (Minor Leaguer)....................Commited Suicide with a .45
automatic at an Army camp in Laredo, Texas on 10/9/1945
1945: Pvt.
Jack Nealy
(21) (Birmingham: Southern Association)....................KIA at Iwo
Jima while serving with the USMC on 3/2/1945
1945:
Seaman
Ed Neusel
(43) (Minor Leaguer)....................Died from Heart Disease at the
home of his sister in St. Louis while serving with ths US Navy on 7/31/1944
1945:
Pvt.
William Niemeyer (24) (Cubs Minor Leaguer)....................KIA
in Germany while serving with Company G, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th
Infantry Division on 3/4/1945
1945: Sgt.
Hank Nowak (26) (Minor Leaguer / New Orleans)....................KIA
in Belgium on 1/1/1945 while serving with the US Army
1945: Harry
O.Neill (Philadelphia / AL)....................Killed In Action in Iwo
Jima
1945: Lt.
Harold Phillips (Catcher in the Piedmont League)....................Died
in the crash of an Army Airforce plane in route back from a Semi-Pro
baseball tournament in Texas
1945:
AD1.
Bob Price (26) (Minor Leaguer: San Francisco PCL....................Died
At Sea in January, 1945
1945: Pvt.
Ernie Raimondi (24) (7 Year Minor Leaguer)....................Killed
In Action in Italy while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Company G,
324th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Division on 1/26/1945
1945: 2Lt.
Bill Sarver (25) (Minor Leaguer / Augusta)....................KIA
while serving with the 67th Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Armored Division
on 4/6/1945
1945: PFC.
Charles Schaube
(27) (Minor Leaguer / Augusta)....................KIA while serving
with the 323rd Field Artillery Battalion, 83rd Infantry Division US
Army on 4/16/1945
1945: 2Lt.
Frank Schulz (Minor Leaguer / Flint)....................Killed In
Action on Somur, Philippines while serving with the 394th Bomb Squadron,
5th Bomb Group on 6/17/45
1945: Ensign
Walt Schmisseur
(25) (Olean Oilers: PONY League )....................KIA while serving
in the South Pacific with the US Navy Air Corps on 2/20/1945
1945: FO
Harold Sherman
(23) (Minor League Pitcher from 1935-1941)....................Killed
when his Consolidated B-24L Liberator crashed 30 miles south of Mowkung,
China on 7/7/1945
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 while serving with Company B, 7th Armored Infantry Battalion,
8th Armored Division on 1/25/1945
1945: Cpl.
Al Stiewe (34) (Seattle Rainiers: PCL)....................KIA
in Italy while serving with the 338th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry
Division on 2/15/1944
1945: Lt.
Hilton "Tommy" Thompson
(Semi-Pro Player).........................Killed in a plane crash at
Pensacola, FL while serving with the US Navy in June of 1945
1945: Pvt.
Jim Trimble (18) (Under Contract with the Washington Senators)....................Killed
by a Jap suicide bomber on Iwo Jima while serving with the 4th Platoon,
3rd Reconnaissance Company, 3rd Marine Division on 3/1/1945
1945: S.
Sgt. Elmer Wachtler (26) (Cardinals Minor
Leaguer)....................Killed In Action in Belgium
1945: T5.
Dick Williams (Appleton Papermakers / Sheboygan
Indians: Wisconsin State League)....................KIA during the Battle
Of The Philippines while serving with the 82nd Field Artillery Battalion,
1st Cavalry Division on 2/21/1945
1945: PFC.
Les Wirkkala (Browns Minor Leaguer)....................Killed In
Action in France whikle serving with HQ Company, 38th Armored Infantry
Battalion, 7th Armored Division on 9/7/1944
1945:
Cpl.
Peter Zarilla (Knoxville Smokies: Southern Association)....................Died
in the crash of an Army Airforce plane in route back from A Semi-Pro
baseball tournament in Texas
1945: TSgt.
Lamar A Dutch Zimmerman (26) (Minor Leaguer)....................Killed
In Action in Luxemburg while serving with the 317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division US Army on 1/24/1945
1946:
Sgt.
Rod Sooter (Semi-Pro Player).........................KIA in Italy
while serving with the 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
on 9/15/1944
1950: Pvt.
Edward C. Leneve (Cubs Minor Leaguer / Visalia, CA)....................Killed
In Action on 12/2/1950 while serving with the USMC
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)....................Died
from 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
when shot down during the Korean War while serving witth the USAF
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 1952 / Killed in an auto accident at Camp Pickett on
9/18/1952
1952: Sa.
James R. Hudgens (22) (San Jose / PCL).....................Killed In
Action while serving with the US Navy on 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 an 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. Reeden USAF (23) (Lexington: North Carolina State League)....................F-86D
Saber Jet Crash at Panama City, FL in December Of 1953
1968: Udell
Chambers (Braves Minor Leaguer).....................Killed in a rockey
attack near DaNang, Republic of Vietnam on 6/1/1968 while serving in
the U.S. Army
1968: Staff
Sergeant Charles Chase (Twins Minor Leaguer).....................Killed
In Action in Republic of Vietnam on June 11, 1968 while serving with
the US Army.
1968:
Larry Smith (22) Umpire:
California and Pioneer Leagues)....................Killed In Action
in Republic of Vietnam
1968: Kerry
Taylor (19) (Sarasota: Gulf Coast League)....................Killed
in Action when his Ammunition exploded on 1/21/1968
1969: Specialist
4 Joseph F. McCarthy (Former Milwaukee Braves Minor Leaguer).....................Killed
In Action in Republic of Vietnam 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 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 the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)
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