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Military-related Negro Deaths

Rank Name Baseball Experience Pos Service Cause of Death Location Date
F1c. William Lambert Amateur P US Navy Explosion Cuba Feb 15, 1898
Pvt. Ted Kimbro Negro League 3B US Army Illness Camp Dix, NJ Sep 19, 1918
Pvt. Norman Triplett Negro League OF US Army Illness France Oct 20, 1918
Cpl. Pearl F. "Specks" Webster Negro League C US Army Illness France Nov 16, 1918
1/Lt. Samuel M. Bruce Semi-Pro 2B USAAF Killed in Action Italy Jan 27, 1944
Pfc. Grady G. Mabry Semi-Pro Unknown US Army Killed in Action Italy Dec 26, 1944
T/4 James A. "Aubrey" Stewart Semi-Pro P US Army Killed in Action Belgium Dec 17, 1944
Sgt. Joseph Bowers Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
T/5 Carnell Boyd Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
Pfc. Clarence W. Brown Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
T/4 Fred Brown Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
Pfc. Jonathan Culbertson Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
Pfc. John T. Eatmon Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
Cpl. Harry L. Edmonds Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
Sgt. Earnest Flowers Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
T/5 Jessie L. Glover Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
T/5 Robert L. Goins Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
S/Sgt. Vivien L. Harris Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
Pfc. Robert Hillman, Jr. Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
Pfc. L.C. Hollins Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
T/5 Emanuel M. Jackson Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946
Pfc. William Jenkins, Jr. Amateur Unknown US Army Plane Crash Iwo Jima Nov 16, 1946

 


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