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Stearns was the first Major League Baseball player to die in a war. [1] He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic , which means he served in the American Civil War , even though he was only 12 years old at the end of the war; children are known to have served as drummers, messengers, etc.
Elmer John Gedeon (April 15, 1917 – April 20, 1944) was an American professional baseball player, appearing in several games for the Washington Senators in 1939.Gedeon and Harry O'Neill were the only two Major League Baseball players killed during World War II. [1]
Harry Mink O'Neill (May 8, 1917 – March 6, 1945) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in one game for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1939, as a catcher. O'Neill and Elmer Gedeon were the only two Major League Baseball players killed during World War II. [1]
Clifford Alexander Aberson (August 28, 1921 – June 23, 1973) was a Major League Baseball left fielder and American football player. Aberson played baseball for the Chicago Cubs for parts of three seasons, from 1947 to 1949. He hit .251 in 63 career games. He also played football for the Green Bay Packers, playing 10 games in 1946. [1]
During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed in action. [342] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [343]
June 26 – Gene Stack, 24, pitcher in the Chicago White Sox minor league system, who in December 1940 became the first player on a Major League roster to be drafted for World War II service. June 29 – Manuel Cueto , 50, Cuban outfielder who spent more than 20 years in professional baseball, including stints with the St. Louis Terriers in ...
John Henry Mohardt (January 21, 1898 – November 24, 1961) was an American football and baseball player and medical doctor.. Mohardt attended the University of Notre Dame from 1918 through 1921 where he played football under Knute Rockne and also competed in baseball and track and field.
As of June 2018 total of US World War II casualties listed as MIA is 72,823 [94] e. ^ Korean War : Note: [ 20 ] gives Dead as 33,746 and Wounded as 103, 284 and MIA as 8,177. The American Battle Monuments Commission database for the Korean War reports that "The Department of Defense reports that 54,246 American service men and women lost their ...