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Elmer Gedeon
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United States Army Air Force Captain, Major League Baseball player, one of two MLB players killed in World War II (1917-1944)
Sports profile
- Sport
- Baseball
- Position
- Outfielder
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elmer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Place of death
- Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- University of Michigan
- Award
- Purple Heart
- Sport
- athletics
- Position played
- outfielder
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 88.9
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army Air Forces
- Military rank
- captain
- Image
- Elmer John Gedeon.png
- Height
- 193
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- date of birth
- 1917-04-15
- date of death
- 1944-04-20
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- military casualty classification
- killed in action
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
- Commons category
- Elmer Gedeon
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