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),