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Silvano Abba Male ITA MOP †24 August 1942. Died heading thefamed Savoia Cavalry Squadron inthe "Charge of Izbušenskij" on theRussian front, the last recordedcavalry charge in the history ofwarfare.

Stefan Adamczak Male POL ATH †September 1939. Fought in theSeptember campaign, he was killedin action near Katowice.

Herbert Adamski Male GER ROW †11 August 1941. Killed in action atSzolty in the Soviet Union.

Stella Agsteribbe Female NED GYM †17 September 1943. Killed inAuschwitz-Birkenau concentrationcamp.

Iwao Aizawa Male JPN ATH Died in World War II (per VolkerKluge), date and place not known.

Andrey Akimov Male RUS FTB †1916. Killed during World War I.

Gordon Alexander Male GBR FEN †24 April 1917. Killed in action duringWorld War I.

Abdurahman Ali Male PHI SWI Killed during World War II.

Arno Almqvist Male RUS MOP †5 March 1940. Killed in action inMikkeli from bombing during theWinter War.

Virgilius Altmann Male AUT CYC †17 October 1943. Killed in action inWorld War II in Byelorussia.

Erich Altosaar Male EST BAS †11 October 1941. Died in Sovietprison camp.

Max Amann Male GER WAP †24 December 1945. Missing inaction.

Artur Amon Male EST BAS †August 1944. Killed in action inWorld War II.

Laurie Anderson Male GBR ATH †9 November 1914. Killed in actionwhile serving with the CheshireRegiment.

William Anderson Male GBR ATH †April 1915. Killed in action, France.

Géo André Male FRA ATH †4 May 1943. Rugby international forFrance. Killed in action (shot down).

Nikolaos Andreadakis Male GRE ATH †1920. Killed during the Turkish-Greek War.

Jan Ankerman Male NED HOK †27 December 1942. Died in aJapanese internment camp in Burma.

Isakas Anolikas Male LTU CYC †1943. Shot at Ninth Fort, Kaunas,Lithuania, during World War II

Shigeo Arai Male JPN SWI †19 July 1944. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

Hikoroku Arimoto Male JPN GYM Died in World War II (per VolkerKluge), date and place not known.

Albert Arnheiter Male GER ROW †26 April 1945. Killed in action in thelast days of World War II, somewherein Italy.

Henry Ashington Male GBR ATH †31 January 1917. Killed in action,France.

Louis Bach Male FRA FTB †16 September 1914. Killed in action.

Jochen Balke Male GER SWI †19 January 1944. Sent to apunishment battallion in 1943 forbattle fatique and was reported asmissing in action in Veliky Novgorod,Russia.

Ernst Balz Male GER ART Missed in action during World War II.

Józef Baran-Bilewski Male POL ATH †15 April 1940. A prisoner in theSoviet camp for Polish officers inKozielsk, he was murdered in April1940 in Katyń by the NKVD.

Luigi Barbesino Male ITA FTB Disappeared during a World War IIreconnaissance flight.

József Barna Male HUN FTB †February 1943. Died in World War IIeither as a soldier or in a labor camp,details uncertain.

Franz Barsicke Male GER ATH †1944. Killed in action during WorldWar II.

Fritz Bartholomae Male GER ROW †12 September 1915. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Franz Bartl Male AUT HAN †12 July 1941. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

Helmut Barysz Male POL SWI Declared missing in January 1945and dead in 1952

Julije Bauer Male YUG ATH †15 March 1945. Killed in action inPančevo.

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Georg Baumann Male RUS WRE Missing-in-action during World War I,but date and place not known.

Addi Baumgarten Male GER BOX †2 October 1942. Died during theSiege of Leningrad. His friendsburied him on the road to Vitebsk.

Artur Bäumle Male GER ATH †6 January 1942. Missing in actionsince 6 January 1942 in Stalingrad.

Karl Bechler Male GER ATH He died from shrapnel bullet in thelast days of World War II in thebasement apartment of a house inGdansk.

Martin Beckmann Male GER ATH Missed in action since 1944 in WorldWar II.

Béla Békessy Male HUN FEN †6 July 1916. Killed in action duringWorld War I.

Heinrich Bender Male GER ROW In 1943 he was killed-in-action duringWorld War II in the golf of Corinth.

Emil Benecke Male GER WAP †12 August 1945. Died in prisoner-of-war camp.

Isaac Bentham Male GBR WAP †15 May 1917. Killed in action duringBattle of Arras.

Franz Berghammer Male AUT HAN †30 June 1944. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

Michelangelo Bernasconi Male ITA ROW †21 March 1943. Killed in action inWorld War II in Tunisia.

Hans Bernhardt Male GER CYC †29 November 1940. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Herberts Bērtulsons Male LAT ASK †February 1942. Executed in aSoviet prison camp. The exact date isunknown, but the order was given on14 February 1942, so probably soonafter.

Alick Bevan Male GBR CYC †24 January 1945. In January 1945Bevan, a lieutenant in the Hampshireregiment of the British Army, wasinvolved in an operation to capturethe towns of Putt and Walderath inthe Heisberg district of WesternGermany. He was fatally wounded bya mine, and was buried across theborder in the Netherlands at themilitary cemetery in the town ofBrunssum. The Alick Bevan PlateMeeting at the Crystal Palace circuitin London is contested in his honour.

Kazimierz Bocheński Male POL SWI †May 1940. Was murdered with allthe other prisoners in Starobielsk,one of three camps for Polish officersin Soviet Union. Bocheński diedeither in Starobielsk or Kharkov – it isnot certain.

Renon Boissière Male FRA ATH †25 September 1915. Killed in actionin World War I.

Kārlis Bone Male LAT FTB †13 November 1941. Died in a Sovietprison camp.

Antonio Bonilla Male ESP SHO †9 November 1937. Killed in actionduring the Spanish Civil War.

Henri Bonnefoy Male FRA SHO †9 August 1914. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Helmut Bonnet Male GER ATH †27 September 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Hermann Bosch Male GER FTB †16 July 1916. Killed in action inWorld War I.

Werner Böttcher Male GER ATH †10 November 1944. Missed inaction since that date.

Béchir Bouazzat Male FRA MOP †12 April 1944. Although a civilian inWorld War II he was killed by friendlyfire.

Jean Bouin Male FRA ATH †29 September 1914. Killed in action,by friendly fire.

Heinz Brandt Male GER EQU †21 July 1944. Died during anassassination attempt on Hitler,during a meeting at Hitler's EastPrussian headquarters.

Hanns Braun Male GER ATH †9 October 1918. Died as a fighterpilot near Saint-Quentin, Aisne,France in World War I.

Karl Braunsteiner Male AUT FTB †19 April 1916. Died as a prisoner ofwar.

Kurt Bretting Male GER SWI †30 May 1918. Killed in action duringWorld War I.

Józef Broel-Plater Male POL BOB †1941. Died in Dachau concentrationcamp during World War II.

Franciszek Brożek Male POL SHO †1940. Wounded twice in the 1920Polish-Bolshevik War, during WorldWar II, Brożek was taken prisoner bythe Soviets and was shot in theNKVD Building in Kharkiv in thespring of 1940.

Wilhelm Brülle Male GER GYM †5 August 1917. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Kęstutis Bulota Male LTU SSK Died late 1941 or early 1942 in Sosvaprison camp.

Roger Bureau Male BEL ICH †April 1945. Died or was killed in aGerman prison camp during WorldWar II

Heinrich Burkowitz Male GER ATH †November 1918. Missing in action inNovember 1918 somewhere inBelgium.

Wojciech Bursa Male POL SHO †1940. Killed in the Katyń Massacre.

Edmond Bury Male GBR RAQ †5 December 1915. With the 11thBattalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, hewas killed in action in France duringWorld War I, and is buried in Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery inFleurbaix.

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George Butterfield Male GBR ATH †24 September 1917. Killed in action,France.

Jaime Camps Male ESP ATH †3 August 1921. Killed in actionduring the Rif War with Morocco.

José Oriol Canals Male ESP CCS †5 August 1937. Killed in actionfighting with the Nationalists at theAsturias Front.

Novica Čanović Male YUG ATH †2 July 1993 Killed in the YugoslavCivil War

Otello Capitani Male ITA GYM †20 September 1912. Killed in actionin the Italo-Turkish War in 1912 inMisrata, Libya.

Bob Carmody Male USA BOX †27 October 1967. Viet Congguerillas ambushed Carmody's squadand killed 5 of 6 men. He wasposthumously awarded the BronzeStar for his valor during the ambush.

Oswald Carver Male GBR ROW †7 June 1915. With the 1st/2nd EastLancashire Royal Engineers, he waskilled in action in Turkey in World WarI and is buried in the LancashireLanding Cemetery.

Giuseppe Castelli Male ITA ATH †19 December 1942. Killed duringWorld War II in Russia.

Joseph Caullé Male FRA ATH †1 October 1915. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Ugo Ceccarelli Male ITA MOP †1940. Killed the day of Milanliberation from the Nazis, near theheadquarters of his club, CanottieriMilano. Some say he was killed bypartisans as a known Fascist, otherswrote that he was killed as aconsequence of a private affair.

Sulo Cederström Male FIN SHO †26 June 1944. Killed in action on theKarelian Isthmus during the WinterWar.

Antoni Cejzik Male POL ATH †12 September 1939. Killed in actionas a soldier in the Modlin Army nearZaborów (Mazowieckie).

Ralph Chalmers Male GBR FEN †8 May 1915. Killed in action duringWorld War I.

Josef Charous Male TCH EQU †5 August 1943. Killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Noel Chavasse Male GBR ATH †4 August 1917. He is one of onlythree men to have been awarded abar to the Victoria Cross. Serving asa captain in the RAMC, he was firstawarded the VC in 1916 and a bar,posthumously, in 1917.

Chen Zhenhe Male CHN FTB †28 January 1941. Killed in actionduring World War II.

John Cherry Male GBR ROW †1 February 1943. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Lewis Clive Male GBR ROW †2 August 1938. Killed in action,fighting for the Republicans in theSpanish Civil War.

Geoffrey Coles Male GBR SHO †27 January 1916. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Don Collinge Male CAN FEN †7 June 1944. Died in a flyingaccident, possibly brought on byfriendly fire, while serving as anavigator in the early morning hoursof 7 June 1944.

Cornelis Compter Male NED WLT †23 February 1945. Killed inMauthausen-Gusen concentrationcamp.

George Cooke Male NZL ROW †23 May 1941. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

Manuel Corrales Male ESP SHO †October 1936. Killed in action duringthe Spanish Civil War.

André Corvington Male HAI FEN †13 December 1918. Killed in actionin World War I near Reims.

Charles Courtin Male FRA ATH Killed in action in August 1944 duringWorld War II

Percy Courtman Male GBR SWI †2 June 1917. Part of 6th Battalion,Manchester Regiment, he was killedin action in World War I. Buried atNeuville-Bourjonval British Cemetery.

Frank Courtney Male CAN ROW †28 August 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Harry Crank Male GBR DIV †22 October 1917. Killed in actionnear Ypres, Belgium.

Rudi Cranz Male GER ASK †22 June 1941. Killed in action duringWorld War II at the beginning of theRussian Occupation at Rosaniec inPoland.

Jacinto Ciria Cruz Male PHI BAS Killed during the Japaneseoccupation of the Philippines, 1942-1945.

Ferenc Csík Male HUN SWI †29 March 1945. A medical doctor,Csík was killed in an air raid whiletreating a wounded man.

Frank Cuhel Male USA ATH †22 February 1943. A war journalist,he was being transferred to the NorthAfrican war zone when his plane, the"Yankee Clipper", crashed. His bodywas not found until three weeks later.

Cliff Cushman Male USA ATH †25 September 1966. Air pilot, hisplane shot down in the Vietnam War.Technically still listed as MIA.

Czesław Cyraniak Male POL BOX †23 November 1939. Fought in thePolish Army in the SeptemberCampaign and died in the Battle ofBzura during the German invasion ofPoland.

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Bronisław Czech Male POL NCO, SKJ, CCS, ASK †4 June 1944. Resistance fighter inWorld War II, died of typhus inAuschwitz-Birkenau concentrationcamp.

Abraham d'Oliveira Male NED GYM †26 March 1943. Killed in Sobibórconcentration camp.

Krystyna Dąbrowska Female POL ART †1 September 1944 Killed in theWarsaw Uprising

Georg Dascher Male GER HAN †25 November 1944. Killed duringWorld War II.

Robert Davies Male GBR SHO †9 September 1916. A member ofthe 1st/9th Batallion, LondonRegiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles),he was killed in action in the Sommein France in World War I.

Álvaro de Arana Male ESP SAI †July 1937. Killed in action during theSpanish Civil War.

Thierry de Briey Male BEL EQU †11 April 1945. Killed in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Simplicio de Castro Male PHI BOX Killed during World War II.

Louis de Champsavin Male FRA EQU †20 December 1916. Killed in actionduring World War I.

José de Figueroa Male ESP POL †20 October 1920. Killed in actionduring the Rif War with Morocco.

Nemesio de Guzman Male PHI ATH †1944. Killed in action during WorldWar II.

Ernst, Jonkheer de Jonge Male NED ROW †3 September 1944. Killed inMauthausen-Gusen concentrationcamp.

Georges de la Nézière Male FRA ATH †9 October 1914. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Bertrand, Count de Lesseps Male FRA FEN †28 August 1918. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Ismaël de Lesseps Male FRA FEN †30 September 1915. Killed in actionduring World War I.

René, Baron de Lunden Male BEL BOB †3 April 1942. Killed in an emergencylanding of his bomber in Britain.

Jean de Mas Latrie Male FRA FEN, MOP †5 September 1914. Killed in actionin World War I.

Jean, Marquis de Suarez d'Aulan Male FRA BOB †8 October 1944. Pilot in World WarII, died when his Dewoitine 520 wasshot by a Messerschmidt.

Felix Debax Male FRA FEN †25 August 1914. Killed in action inWorld War I.

Alex Decouteau Male CAN ATH †17 October 1917. Killed in action inthe Battle of Passchendale.

Francesco Del Grosso Male ITA CYC †22 July 1938. Killed in action duringthe Spanish Civil War.

Oszkár Demján Male HUN SWI †4 September 1914. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Eugen Deutsch Male GER WLT †8 February 1945. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Charles Devendeville Male FRA SWI, WAP †19 September 1914. Killed in action.

Tivadar Dienes-Öhm Male HUN POL †28 October 1944. Killed in action atKiskunfélegyháza, Hungary.

Diego Díez Male ESP FEN †September 1936. Killed during theMassacre of Paracuellos del Jarama.

Herbert Dill Male GER ATH †19 December 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Jānis Dimza Male LAT ATH †1942. Died in a Soviet prison camp,but exact details not known.

Joe Dines Male GBR FTB †27 September 1918. He was killedin Pas de Calais as a secondlieutenant on the Western front duringWorld War I.

Erminio Dones Male ITA ROW †25 April 1945. Killed in action inAfrica, serving as an infantry captain.

Herman Donners Male BEL WAP †14 May 1915. Killed in action WorldWar I.

Foy Draper Male USA ATH †4 January 1943. Died in an air crashpreparing for the Battle of KasserinePass.

Jimmy Duffy Male CAN ATH †23 April 1915. In September 1913,he joined the Canadian Army andwas assigned to the 91st ArgyleRegiment. On April 23, 1915, he wasfatally wounded near Ypres, Belgium.

Peter Dulley Male GBR ROW †19 December 1941. Killed in actionin the Battle of Hong Kong.

Hugh Durant Male GBR MOP, SHO †20 January 1916. With the 9thQueen's Royal Lancers, he was killedin action in France in World War I andis buried in the Vermelles BritishCemetery.

Emile Duson Male NED HOK †15 March 1942. Died in a Japaneseinternment camp.

Zdzisław Dziadulski Male POL EQU †1940. A prisoner in Starobielsk, hewas murdered by Soviets in Kharkovin April or May 1940.

Heywood Edwards Male USA WRE †31 October 1941. Died aboard theUSS Reuben James, the first USnavy ship to be sunk in the Atlanticduring World War II.

Boughera El Ouafi Male FRA ATH †18 October 1959. Killed bymembers of the Algerian LiberationMovement.

Hans Eller Male GER ROW †23 January 1943. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Eduard Ellmann Male EST FTB †16 November 1941. Executed in aSoviet prison camp.

Eric Fairbairn Male GBR ROW †20 June 1915. Killed in action in theSomme in France during World War I.

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Linn Farish Male USA RUG †11 September 1943. Sent intoYugoslavia as a secret agent, hemapped out the region for areaswhich could be used as landingstrips. He then flew in and out ofYugoslavia, rescuing hundreds offliers who had bailed out of crippledplanes in the Balkans. He spent three90-day periods in Yugoslavia, eachtime parachuting in, and thensurveying the area by plane, crashingin the Balkan Mountains on the thirdtrip. He was given the DistinguishedService Cross and the government’scode of secrecy towards the actionsof secret agents was broken, so thathis name could be released as amilitary hero.

René Fenouillière Male FRA FTB †4 November 1916. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Robert Feyerick Male BEL FEN †18 June 1940. Killed in action inWorld War II.

Sergey Filippov Male RUS FTB †1942. Civilian casualty of theLeningrad Blockade during WorldWar II.

Billy Fiske Male USA BOB †17 August 1940. First Americanfighter pilot to be killed in World WarII, fighting for Britain, in a crashlanding.

Hernando Fitz-James Male ESP POL †7 November 1936. Killed during theMassacre of Paracuellos del Jarama.

Léon Flameng Male FRA CYC †2 January 1917. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Alfred Flatow Male GER GYM †28 December 1942. Killed inTheresienstadt concentration camp.

Gustav Flatow Male GER GYM †29 January 1945. Killed inTheresienstadt concentration camp.

Alfred Flaxman Male GBR ATH †1 July 1916. Killed in an attack onthe enemy positions at Gommecourt.

Viktor Flessl Male AUT ROW †18 December 1943. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Walter Flinsch Male GER ROW †3 February 1943. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Hans Fokker Male NED SAI †2 July 1943. Internment in Burma.

Victor Fontana Male ROU BIA †24 December 1989. Killed duringthe Romanian Revolution of 1989.

Hans Freese Male GER SWI †8 July 1941. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

Stefan Fryc Male POL FTB †9 November 1943. Murdered by theSS in the Warsaw Ghetto in a massexecution in 1943.

Jan Gajdoš Male TCH GYM †19 November 1945. Arrested in1943 as a prominent leader of theCzech resistance movement andsentenced to death. As the Alliedfront neared, the Nazis started theprisoners on a “death march.” Hesurvived the march, but his healthwas so severely damaged that hedied shortly after the end of the war.

Mauricio Galvao Male GER HOK †6 March 1945. Killed in action inWorld War II. His grave is in the warcemetary in Zagreb, Croatia.

János Garay Male HUN FEN †3 May 1945. Killed in Mauthausenconcentration camp.

Bert Gayler Male GBR CYC †23 June 1917. Killed by rifle fireduring an ambush in a valley nearKotkai Bozi Khel.

Günther Gehmert Male GER ATH †13 June 1940. Wounded in actionand died in the field hospital inMontaigu.

Georg Gehring Male GER WRE †31 October 1943. Killed in actionduring World War II near Szczeczin.

Josef Genschieder Male AUT CYC †3 April 1943. Killed in action duringWorld War II at the Eastern Front inRussia.

Oszkár Gerde Male HUN FEN †8 October 1944. Killed inMauthausen concentration camp.

Thomas Gillespie Male GBR ROW †18 October 1914. A lieutenant withthe King's Own Scottish Borderers,he was killed in action in France inWorld War I and is buried in Le TouretMemorial.

Wolfgang Goedecke Male GER ROW †15 August 1942. Killed in action1942 (500 m away from the runwayof the airport).

Henry Goldsmith Male GBR ROW †9 May 1915. Killed in action atFromelles.

Lajos Gönczy Male HUN ATH †4 December 1915. Killed in action inarea of Galicia and Lodomeria.

Otoniel Gonzaga Male PHI SHO Killed during World War II.

Jan Górny Male POL BOX †7 May 1945. Forced to fight for theWehrmacht, where he was woundedand later treated in American ArmyHospital in Orglanders, where hedied.

Carl Heinrich Goßler Male GER ROW †9 September 1914. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Isidore Goudeket Male NED GYM †9 July 1943. Killed in Sobibórconcentration camp.

Gustav Grachegg Male AUT EQU †13 May 1945. Reported missing inaction in the Soviet Union on 13 May1945.

Mark Graham Male CAN ATH †4 September 2006. Killed by friendlyfire.

Félix Grimonprez Male FRA HOK †26 May 1940. With the 8th TrainSquadron of Military Engineers, hewas killed in action in World War II.

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Mārtiņš Grundmanis Male LAT BAS †1945. Died in prisoner-of-war campin Rīga.

Josef Gumpold Male GER NCO †1941. Killed in action during WorldWar II.

Frederick Habberfield Male GBR CYC †12 December 1943. Killed byGerman torpedo attack on hissubmarine.

Emil Hagelberg Male FIN MOP †1941. Killed in action during WorldWar II.

David Haig-Thomas Male GBR ROW †6 June 1944. Killed in action inNormandy on early hours of D Day.

Jaroslav Hainz Male BOH TEN Died in Russia in World War I, butfurther details not known.

Saul Hallap Male EST WLT †18 July 1941. Executed by theSoviets when the front reachedPõltsamaa.

Juho Halme Male FIN ATH †1 February 1918. Killed in action inFinnish Civil War.

Győző Halmos Male HUN GYM †1945. Killed in Mauthausen-Gusenconcentration camp.

Wyndham Halswelle Male GBR ATH †31 March 1915. Killed by a sniper'sbullet in France.

Helmut Hamann Male GER ATH †22 June 1941. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

Hannes Hansen Male GER HAN †28 June 1944. Missing in actionsince 1944 when he did not returnfrom an enemy flight.

Rudi Harbig Male GER ATH †5 March 1944. Sent to the EasternFront, Harbig died in the Ukraine,near Novo Archangelsk.

Walter Hasenfus Male USA CAN †8 December 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II, while servingwith the 307th Infantry, 77th Divisionin the South Pacific, most likely in thePhilippines.

Josef Hasenöhrl Male AUT ROW †13 March 1945. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Franz Haslberger Male GER SKJ †17 September 1939. Killed in actionat the beginning of World War II,somewhere in the Ukraine.

Kurt Hasse Male GER EQU †9 January 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II.

George Hawkins Male GBR ATH †22 September 1917. During WorldWar I he served as a Gunner with theRoyal Artillery and was killed in actionwhen a shell exploded in the doorwayof a dugout while he was on outpostduty.

Harold Hawkins Male GBR SHO †16 June 1917. Reported missingbetween Bullecourt and Croisilles.When last seen he was wounded,lying in a very forward position, whichunfortunately had to be abandoned.

Cecil Healy Male AUS, ANZ SWI †29 August 1918. Killed in action inWorld War I.

Hermann Heibel Male GER SWI †19 August 1941. Heavily woundedat the Eastern Front and died in amilitary hospital at Valovo in theSoviet Union.

Albert Heijnneman Male NED ATH †20 February 1944. Tortured to deathin the Scheveningen prison as amember of the Dutch Underground.

Oskar Hekš Male TCH ATH †8 March 1944. Killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Fritz Hendrix Male GER ATH †30 August 1941. Killed in action onthe Eastern Front, near Leningrad.

Max Herrmann Male GER ATH †29 January 1915. Killed in action inWorld War I.

Otto Herschmann Male AUT FEN, SWI †17 June 1942. Killed in Sobibórconcentration camp.

Felix Hess Male NED ART †9 April 1943. Killed in Sobibórconcentration camp.

Eduard Hiiop Male EST FSK †24 August 1941. Executed bySoviets.

Robert Hilliard Male IRL BOX †22 February 1937. Killed in theSpanish Civil War fighting in theInternational Brigades, fighting for theSecond Spanish Republic. One offour riflemen in the rearguardcovering the Republican retreat afterthe Battle of Jarama, all were shotand killed, Hilliard dying of hiswounds at Castellón de la Plana fivedays later.

Julius Hirsch Male GER FTB †8 May 1945. Killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Tommy Hitchcock Male USA POL †19 April 1944. At the outbreak ofWorld War II he rejoined the Army AirCorps and served as assistant airattache to the embassy in London.He was killed in an army airplanecrash in England.

Gunnar Höckert Male FIN ATH †11 February 1940. Fought in theWinter War as a volunteer, and waskilled on the Karelian Isthmus the daybefore his 30th birthday.

Hans Hoffmann Male GER CYC †27 April 1945. Died between 1940and 1945.

Christian Holzenberg Male GER CAN Holzenberg was killed-in-action in1942 on the Eastern front duringWorld War II in Kurzewo (RUS).

Thomas Homewood Male GBR TOW †1 February 1945. Killed in a V2rocket attack on London.

Xaver Hörmann Male GER CAN †23 February 1943. Killed in actionduring World War II.

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Gösta Horn Male SWE DIV †10 December 1943. Died in thecrash of a military plane off thenorthern tip of Öland.

Václav Hošek Male TCH ATH †June 1943. Arrested by the Gestapoand killed while trying to escape froma POW camp.

Robert Huber Male GER ROW †18 August 1942. Missing in actionsince 1 July 1942 in Russia.

George Hutson Male GBR ATH †14 September 1914. Killed in actiononly five weeks after the outbreak ofWorld War I.

Jadwiga Hładki Female POL ART †1944. Killed during the WarsawUprising.

Arvīds Immermanis Male LAT CYC †July 1947. Died in a Soviet prisoncamp.

Milutin Ivković Male YUG FTB †25 May 1943. Shot to death inJajinci Concentration Camp.

Mozes Jacobs Male NED GYM †9 July 1943. Killed in Sobibórconcentration camp.

Adolf Jäger Male GER FTB †21 November 1944. Died in abombing raid.

Kalle Jalkanen Male FIN CCS †5 September 1941. Killed when hestepped on a mine while on anintelligence gathering mission inLempaala, Ingeria.

Edmund Jankowski Male POL ROW †1 November 1939. Arrested by theGestapo and shot near Fordon (nowthis is the district of Bydgoszcz).

Akilles Järvinen Male FIN ATH †7 March 1943. Died when hismilitary aircraft crashed during a testflight.

Kalle Järvinen Male FIN ATH †25 August 1941. Killed in action onthe Karelian Isthmus during theWinter War.

Józef Jaworski Male POL ATH †1 September 1939. Secondlieutenant in the artillery, he waskilled in action on the last day of theBattle of Oksywie, near Gdynia, whilemanning coastal defenses during theGerman invasion of Poland.

Albert Jenicot Male FRA FTB †22 February 1916. An under-lieutenant with the 165th Regiment DInfantry, he was killed in action inWorld War I.

Walther Jesinghaus Male GER GYM †1918. Killed in action during WorldWar I.

Birger Johansson Male FIN CAN †3 January 1940. Killed in action atthe Battle of Summa.

Jānis Jordāns Male LAT ATH †25 February 1944. Died in a Sovietprison camp.

Emil Juracka Male AUT HAN †21 February 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Enrique Jurado Male PHI WRE Killed during World War II.

Harald Kaarman Male EST FTB †19 August 1942. Executed in aSoviet prison camp.

Endre Kabos Male HUN FEN †4 November 1944. Kabos, a Jew,was arrested by Hungary's home-grown Nazis, the Arrow Cross, andsent to a forced labor camp. With theaid of a compassionate guard, heescaped and joined the Hungarianunderground. There are variousaccounts of his death.

Josef Kahl Male TCH SKJ †23 February 1942. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Eddy Kahn Male NED EQU †19 August 1944. Worked as anofficer with the American invasionforces in Normandy when he waskilled in action in France.

Kalle Kainuvaara Male FIN DIV, MOP †21 October 1943. Wounded andlater died in a war hospital.

Ahmed Kandil Male EGY SWI †1948. Killed in the Arab-Israeli War.

Roman Kantor Male POL FEN †1943. Killed in Maidanekconcentration camp.

Ted Kara Male USA BOX †14 February 1944. Lost at sea 14February 1944, but official death dategiven as 14 February 1946 after hewas not found.

Władysław Karaś Male POL SHO †28 May 1942. A soldier in the PolishResistance Army (Armia Krajowa), hewas arrested by the Germans on 23April 1932 and was executed inMagdalenka near Warsaw, along with223 officers.

Martin Karl Male GER ROW †1 March 1942. Killed in actionduring World War II near Mikhaylovain the Soviet Union.

Joachim Karsch Male GER ART †11 February 1945. Committedsuicide after Russian occupation ofGermany, rather than allowinghimself to be deported to a RussianPOW camp.

Karl Kaschka Male AUT FEN †4 December 1941. Killed in action inWorld War II near Tobruk.

Elias Katz Male FIN ATH †26 December 1947. Died inPalestine in 1947.

Tatsugo Kawaishi Male JPN SWI †17 March 1945. Killed in actionduring the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Zdzisław Kawecki Male POL EQU †April 1940. A prisoner in the Sovietcamp for Polish officers in Kozielsk,he was murdered in Katyń.

Ernest Keeley Male RSA SHO †23 July 1918. A 2nd lieutenant withthe 4th Regiment, South AfricanInfantry Unit, he was killed in actionin World War I and is buried in thePloegsteert Memorial.

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Frederick Kelly Male GBR ROW †13 November 1916. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Paul Kenna Male GBR EQU †30 August 1915. Killed in action atthe Battle of Gallipoli.

Robert Keres Male EST BAS †26 October 1946. Died from woundssustained during World War II.

Reinhold Kesküll Male EST ATH †1942. Died in a Soviet prison camp,but exact details not known.

Lauri Kettunen Male FIN MOP, FEN †15 August 1941. Killed in actionnear Kiestinki during the ContinuationWar.

Ferdinand Kiefler Male AUT HAN †13 January 1945. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Alfred Kienzle Male GER WAP †4 September 1940. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Jaan Kikkas Male EST WLT †9 March 1944. Killed in Tallinnduring a bombing raid by the Soviets.

Desmond Kingsford Male GBR ROW †10 August 1944. Killed in action inNormandy.

Alister Kirby Male GBR ROW †29 March 1917. Served as a captainin the Rifle Brigade and died fromillness in 1917.

Frederick Kitching Male GBR ATH †1914. Killed in action in World War I.

Aaro Kiviperä Male FIN MOP †11 July 1944. Killed in air crash overthe Karelian Isthmus.

Kārlis Kļava Male LAT SHO †1941. Died in a Soviet prison camp,but exact details not known.

Josef Klein Male TCH ATH †1941. Member of the Czechresistance. Died shortly after releasefrom prison - possibly from effects oftorture.

Józef Klukowski Male POL ART †29 April 1944. Killed inSachsenhausen concentration camp.

Arthur Knautz Male GER HAN †4 May 1943. Reported missing inaction on 4 May 1943, west ofByelgorod, URS.

František Kobzík Male TCH ROW †7 May 1944. Committed suicide toavoid capture during World War II.

Erland Koch Male GER SHO †29 April 1945. Killed in action duringthe last days of World War II, one daybefore Adolf Hitler's suicide.

Karl Koch Male GER CYC †28 June 1944. Died in World War II(between 1939-1945).

Adolf Kofler Male AUT CYC †13 April 1915. Killed in action duringWorld War I.

Yasuhiko Kojima Male JPN SWI †12 June 1945. Killed in action atOkinawa.

August Kop Male NED HOK †30 April 1945. Died whileconstructing the Pekanburu railroadon Sumatra.

Dora Köring Female GER TEN †13 February 1945. Died in theinfamous bombing of Dresden.

Elmar Korko Male EST ROW †10 July 1941. Executed by Sovietsoldiers when the front reachedTartu.

Kurt Körner Male GER SKJ He was killed-in-action during WorldWar II, and was declared dead in1945.

Heinz Körvers Male GER HAN †29 December 1942. Listed asmissing in action near Stalingrad.

Lauri Koskela Male FIN WRE †3 August 1944. Killed in action atBattle of Äyräpää-Vuosalmi inContinuation War between Finlandand Soviet Union.

Karl Kotratschek Male AUT ATH †4 July 1941. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

Aleksander Kowalski Male POL ICH †3 April 1940. A prisoner in theSoviet camp for Polish officers inKozielsk. He was murdered in Katyń.

Marian Kozłowski Male POL CAN †1943. Died during bombardment,with precise date and place unknown.

Roman Kramsztyk Male POL ART Kramsztyk was Jewish and wasmurdered in 1942 in the midst of hispictures by the German SS in theWarsaw ghetto as a demonstration oftheir strength.

Paul Krauß Male GER SKJ †20 February 1942. Killed in actionduring World War II near Borvik in theSoviet Union.

Hans-Helmuth Krause Male GER ATH †26 February 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II as a batallionleader.

Georg Krogmann Male GER FTB Krogmann was killed in action in1915 in Poland during World War I.

Leonhard Kukk Male EST WLT †1944. A civilian who was killed bySoviet troops.

Ernst Künz Male AUT FTB †21 August 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Willi Kürten Male GER ATH †18 July 1944. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

Stanisław Kuryłłowicz Male POL ROW †2 February 1945. Killed in action inPoznań.

Albert Kusnets Male EST WRE †1942. Starved to death in a Sovietprison camp.

Janusz Kusociński Male POL ATH †21 June 1940. Volunteered for thePolish army and was wounded twice.During German occupation he wassecretly a member of the Polishresistance. Arrested by the Gestapoon 26 March 1940 during the AB-Aktion, he was imprisoned inMokotów prison, and was executedthree months later in Palmiry, nearWarsaw.

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Aksel Kuuse Male EST ATH †27 April 1942. Starved to death in aSoviet prison camp.

Nikolay Kynin Male RUS FTB †1916. Killed during World War I.

Harvey Lacelle Male CAN BOX †28 June 1942. Killed during abombing raid over Berlin.

Hans Lahr Male TCH NCO, SKJ †24 February 1942. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Ivan Laing Male GBR HOK †30 November 1917. With the 2ndBattalion, Coldstream Guards, hewas killed in action in France duringWorld War I, and is buried in Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery,British Extension.

Frits Lamp Male NED ATH †27 May 1945. Died whileconstructing the Pekanburu railroadon Sumatra.

John Lander Male GBR ROW †25 December 1941. Killed in theBattle of Hong Kong on ChristmasDay 1941, Lander was the onlyBritish Olympic gold medallist killedduring World War II.

Fritz Landertinger Male AUT CAN †18 January 1943. Died during theSiege of Leningrad.

Johann Langmayr Male AUT ATH †1943. Went missing in action in1943 near Stalingrad.

Octave Lapize Male FRA CYC †14 July 1917. Killed when his planewas shot down near Verdun.

Martti Lappalainen Male FIN CCS †6 October 1941. Killed in action inthe Continuation War on the banks ofSvir River.

Karl Leban Male AUT SSK, MOP †28 July 1941. Killed in action inWorld War II in the Ukraine.

Henry Leeke Male GBR ATH †29 May 1915. Killed in action on theeve of his battalion's departure forGallipoli.

Emmanuel Legaspi Male PHI BOX †7 May 2006. Killed in action duringthe Iraq War.

Erich Lehmann Male GER ATH †9 July 1918. Listed as missing inaction in World War I.

Julien Lehouck Male BEL ATH †25 February 1944. Member of theBelgian resistance, arrested andhung in Concentration CampBreendonk.

Wilhelm Leichum Male GER ATH †19 July 1941. Killed near Gorkiduring fight on the Eastern Front inWorld War II. Posthumously, he wasmoved up in rank to Lieutenant toassist his family with his pension.

Albert Leidmann Male GER BOX †1 February 1945. Missing in actionin World War II.

Ludwig Leinberger Male GER FTB †3 March 1943. Died in a militaryhospital in 1943 after surgery forappendicitis.

Hermann Lemp Male GER MOP †9 November 1943. Listed asmissing in action near Witebsk, nowin Belarus.

Feliks Leparsky Male RUS FEN †10 January 1917. Killed in action inWorld War I.

Herbert Leupold Male GER CCS †22 December 1942. Died from hiswar wounds in a military hospital nearNavaginskaya in the Soviet Union.

David Lindsay Male NZL SWI †12 December 1943. Killed in thebattle for Orsogna in southern Italy.He and seven other members of hisplatoon were victims of a shell froman Allied 25-pounder that fired short.

Rudolf Lippert Male GER EQU †1 April 1945. Won multiple honors inWorld War II including the Knight'sCross of the Iron Cross on 9 June1944 before his death at Bielefeld.

Emil Lohbeck Male GER BAS Killed-in-action during World War II1944 in Berlin.

Eugeniusz Lokajski Male POL ATH †25 September 1944. Killed in actionduring the Warsaw Uprising by anartillery barrage. Buried in PowązkiCemetery with other PolishSportsmen who died in World War II.

Luz Long Male GER ATH †14 July 1943. Wounded in actionduring the Allied invasion of Sicily,died in an English field hospital.

Leszek Lubicz-Nycz Male POL FEN †22 September 1939. He was killedin action in Buraków near Warsawduring the September Campaign.

Jaakko Luoma Male FIN ATH †12 March 1940. Killed in action nearUomaalla (Impilahti) on the KarelianIsthmus.

Georges Lutz Male FRA CYC †31 January 1915. Killed in action inWorld War I.

Willy Lützow Male GER SWI †1915. Killed in action during WorldWar I.

William Lyshon Male USA WRE †13 October 1918. Killed in the finaldays of World War I.

Jeffrey MacDougall Male GBR MOP †December 1942. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Henry Macintosh Male GBR ATH †26 July 1918. Died from woundssustained in the Second Battle of theSomme.

Duncan Mackinnon Male GBR ROW †9 October 1917. Killed in action atYpres in the Battle of Passchendaele.

Gilchrist Maclagan Male GBR ROW †25 April 1915. Killed in action inPilckem Ridge, at the Second Battleof Ypres.

Gustav Mader Male AUT BOB †18 April 1945. Killed in action inWorld II near Rijeka.

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Hans Maier Male GER ROW †6 March 1943. Killed in action at theNorth African Front near Mareth,Tunisia.

Jarl Malmgren Male FIN FTB †5 June 1942. Killed in action nearPogost, on the Karelian Isthmus.

Antonios Mangos Male GRE ATH Died during the Greco-Italian War.

Clayton Mansfield Male USA MOP †9 January 1945. Commandingofficer of the 92nd Recon group, hewas killed in action in the EuropeanTheatre of Operations (ETO).

Edward Manteuffel Male POL ART In 1939 Manteuffel was captured andimprisoned by the Soviets, and wasmysteriously murdered by the NKVDin April or May 1940 in Krákow, theexact date of death is not known.

Charles Marion Male FRA EQU †16 November 1944. Kidnapped andkilled by guerillas.

François Marits Male NED SHO †2 April 1945. Died in a prisoner-of-war camp in Germany.

Hans Marr Male GER SKJ †20 March 1942. Killed in actionduring World War II, near Minsk,Belarus, with the rank of Unteroffizier.

Nemesio Martínez Male ESP EQU †1936. Killed in action during theSpanish Civil War.

Martti Marttelin Male FIN ATH †1 March 1940. Killed in action at theBattle of Taipale near what is now theBurnaya River.

Antoni Maszewski Male POL ATH †5 August 1944. An officer in thePolish Armed Forces (so-calledAnders Army) who fought in theItalian Campaign. Killed in actionwhen the Allies fought at the Battle ofAncona.

Akira Matsunaga Male JPN FTB †1942. Killed in action atGuadalcanal.

Leopold Mayer Male AUT SWI †21 September 1914. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Aleksander Małecki Male POL FEN †September 1939. Fought in theSeptember Campaign, and wasprobably killed during an attempt toescape to Hungary after 17September 1939.

D'Arcy McCrea Male IRL TEN †22 December 1940. Killed duringthe Great Manchester Blitz when aparachute mine hit his home, whilehe and his wife were hosting a party,killing them and their children.

Alphonse Meignant Male FRA ROW †4 November 1914. Killed at FirstBattle of Ypres during World War 1.

Johan Meimer Male EST ATH †10 December 1944. A prisoner-of-war, who was killed by Sovietsoldiers, while trying to escape as hewas being transported to a newprison. As a prisoner of war, he was amember of squad that made restoringworks in Pärnumaa.

Visvaldis Melderis Male LAT BAS †14 July 1944. Killed in action inWorld War II.

Elias Melkman Male NED GYM †3 January 1942. Killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Willi Menne Male GER ROW †27 March 1945. Killed in actionduring World War II somewhere inSlovakia.

Toni Merkens Male GER CYC †20 June 1944. Wounded on 19August 1943 in World War II fightingthe Russians on the Eastern Front,when struck between the heart andlungs by a shell splinter, later dying ina hospital in Wildbad imSchwarzwald.

Robert Merz Male AUT FTB †30 August 1914. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Fritz Messner Male GER HOK †7 November 1945. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Georg Mickler Male GER ATH †14 June 1915. Killed in action duringWorld War I somewhere in Poland.

Konrad Miersch Male GER MOP †2 March 1942. Killed in action at theEastern Front with the rank of SSMajor.

Jovan Mikić Male YUG ATH †10 November 1944 (or 11 October1944). Killed during World War II.

Josef Miner Male GER BOX †1944. Killed in action during WorldWar II.

Tsutomuko Mitsudome Male JPN ROW Died in World War II (per VolkerKluge), date and place not known.

Aleksander Mitt Male EST SSK †18 April 1942. Executed in a Sovietprison camp.

Nicolaas Moerloos Male BEL GYM, WLT †5 September 1944. Killed as amember of the Belgian resistanceduring an encounter with Germanforces, shortly before liberation.

Abraham Mok Male NED GYM †29 February 1944. Killed inAuschwitz-Birkenau concentrationcamp.

Percy Molson Male CAN ATH †5 July 1917. Killed in action when hitby mortar fire while attempting torescue a fallen friend on the outskirtsof Avignon, France.

Ernst Moltzer Male NED SAI †15 November 1941. Killed whileflying back to England.

Alfred Motté Male FRA ATH †31 October 1918. Killed in action inWorld War I.

István Mudin Male HUN ATH †22 July 1918. Killed in action duringWorld War I.

Juan Muguerza Male ESP ATH †5 May 1937. Died in a bombingaccident.

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Eugen Mühlberger Male GER WLT †1 August 1944. Missing in action inRussia.

Michael Murach Male GER BOX †1 August 1941. Died during theSiege of Leningrad.

Jack Murdoch Male CAN ROW †10 October 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Saburo Nagao Male JPN ATH Died in World War II (per VolkerKluge), date and place not known.

Eiichi Nakamura Male JPN HOK †27 May 1945. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

Edward Nash Male GBR EQU †21 February 1915. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Helmuth Naudé Male GER MOP †3 February 1943. Killed in action atthe Eastern Front with the rank ofOberst.

Grigory Nikitin Male RUS FTB †1917. Killed during World War I.

Takeichi, Baron Nishi Male JPN EQU †22 March 1945. Possibly committedsuicide during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Jules Noël Male FRA ATH †19 May 1940. Refused post asheadmaster at Joinville School toenlist in the military and was killed byenemy fire in May 1940.

Józef Noji Male POL ATH †15 February 1943. Killed inAuschwitz-Birkenau concentrationcamp.

Lea Nordheim Female NED GYM †2 July 1943. Killed in Sobibórconcentration camp.

Mauri Nyberg-Noroma Male FIN GYM †23 December 1939. Killed in actionon the Karelian Isthmus during theSoviet-Finnish Winter War.

Amador Obordo Male PHI BAS Killed during World War II.

Masayoshi Ochiai Male JPN ATH Died in World War II (per VolkerKluge), date and place not known.

Sueo Oe Male JPN ATH †24 December 1941. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Simon Okker Male NED FEN †6 March 1944. Killed in AuschwitzBirkenau concentration camp.

Charles Oldaker Male GBR GYM †26 September 1915 Killed in actionduring World War I.at the Battle ofLoos.

Kurt Oleska Male GER BAS Missed in action since Januar 9,1945 in Russia.

Harcourt Ommundsen Male GBR SHO †19 September 1915. A Lieutenant inthe Honourable Artillery Companywhen he was killed at the Battle ofIeper in World War I.

Heinrich Paal Male EST FTB †18 December 1941. Executed in aSoviet prison camp.

Charley Paddock Male USA ATH †21 July 1943. Died in a plane crashnear Sitka, Alaska.

Alan Patterson Male GBR ATH †14 March 1916. Commissioned intothe Royal Field Artillery, he was killedin action only two days after his 30thbirthday.

František Pecháček Male TCH GYM †3 February 1944. Killed inMauthausen-Gusen concentrationcamp.

Árpád Pédery Male HUN GYM †21 October 1914. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Fritz Pellkofer Male GER CCS †23 January 1943. During World WarII, he was declared missing in actionin Russia.

Emil Perška Male YUG FTB †May 1945. Executed during WorldWar II.

Jacques Person Male GER ATH †15 July 1915. From Alsace, killed inaction in Flanders as a member ofthe "7. Thüringische Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 96".

Attila Petschauer Male HUN FEN †20 January 1943. Killed inDawidowka concentration camp.

Arvo Peussa Male FIN ATH †19 July 1941. Killed in action nearSalmi on the Karelian Isthmus, duringthe Continuation War.

William Philo Male GBR BOX †7 July 1916. Killed in World War Iduring the battle of the Somme inFrance.

Étienne Piquiral Male FRA RUG †13 March 1945. Died of illness in aPOW camp during World War II.

Ernst Pistulla Male GER BOX †14 Sep 1944. Missing in actionsince 14 September 1944 in Russia.

Hermann Plaskuda Male GER FEN †21 March 1918. Killed in action inWorld War I. His grave is in the warcemetary in St. Quentin, France.

Werner Plath Male GER SWI †1945. Was executed by the SS in1945. No further details known.

Otto Pohla Male EST WRE †July 1941. Drowned when Germansubmarines drowned the prison shipon which he was travelling.

Ans Polak Female NED GYM †23 July 1943. Killed in Sobibórconcentration camp.

Léon Ponscarme Male FRA CYC †24 November 1916. Killed in actionin World War I in Verdun.

Janez Porenta Male YUG GYM †June 1942. Member of the Yugoslavresistance. Executed by Italianforces.

Bobby Powell Male CAN TEN Lieutenant in the 48th CanadianInfantry Battalion during World War I.Killed in action while fighting inFrance. Date and place unknown.

Kenneth Powell Male GBR ATH, TEN †18 February 1915. Killed in actionwhile serving as a private in the HAC.

Siegfried Powolny Male AUT HAN †19 July 1944. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

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Reggie Pridmore Male GBR HOK †13 March 1918. Served as a majorin the Royal Horse & Field Artillery,winning a Military Cross on theSomme before being killed in actionin Italy.

Manuel Puig Male CUB ROW †20 April 1961. Executed by theCuban government for his part inhelping the US led Bay of Pigslandings.

Siegfried Purner Male AUT HAN †3 February 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Joseph Racine Male FRA CYC †28 October 1914. With the 113thRegiment Infantry, he was killed inaction in World War I.

Thomas Raddall Male GBR SHO †9 August 1918. With the 8thBattalion, Canadian Infantry,Manitoba Regiment, he was killed inaction in France in World War I and isburied in the Manitoba Cemetery inCaix.

Maurice Raoul-Duval Male FRA POL †5 May 1916. Killed in action duringWorld War I.

Richard Rau Male GER ATH †17 November 1945. SS-Hauptsturmführer who used thepseudonum of Richard Einsporn inWorld War I. Died in the Wjasma(URS) POW camp. First was held inan American POW camp, but fledand was arrested by the Soviets, whoshot him when he again tried to flee.He was then transported to Wjasmawhere he died.

Gino Ravenna Male ITA GYM Killed in Auschwitz-Birkenauconcentration camp, date unknown.

Stasys Razma Male LTU FTB †1941. Killed in action during WorldWar II.

Willi Reinfrank Male GER WLT †1 January 1943. Listed as missingin action at the Battle of Stalingrad.

Toivo Reingoldt Male FIN SWI †28 September 1941. Killed in actionafter an air crash in Eastern Karelia.

Josef Rieder Male GER CYC †13 July 1916. Killed in action duringWorld War I.

Wilhelm Rietschel Male GER ART †18 December 1941. Killed in actionin Ropscha, Russia during World WarI.

Frederick Riley Male GBR FTB †7 December 1942. Killed when hisplane was shot down over France.

Josef Ritz Male AUT FEN †31 July 1943. Killed in action inWorld War II near Kharkiv.

John Robinson Male GBR HOK †23 August 1916. Commissioned intothe North Staffordshire Regiment, hewas soon promoted to captain butdied from injuries received in theMesopotamian campaign.

Paddy Roche Male GBR ATH †7 June 1917. A lieutenant in theRoyal Engineers, he won an MC inWorld War I and was later killed inaction.

Boris Roolaid Male EST SWI †1943. Died in a Soviet prison camp,but exact details not known.

Egon Roolaid Male EST SWI †1942. Died in a Soviet prison camp,but exact details not known.

Evžen Rošický Male TCH ATH †25 June 1942. He and his fatherJaroslav Rošický were part of theanti-Nazi resistance group CaptainNemo during World War II. They werearrested on 18 June 1942, and oneweek later, were both executed inPrague, on 25 June 1942.

Claude Ross Male ANZ ATH †19 August 1917. Killed in action inFrance.

Albert Rowland Male ANZ ATH †23 July 1918. Killed in action duringthe Second Battle of The Marne.

Piet Ruimers Male NED ATH †6 April 1945. Executed by Germansoldiers on the beach of the Isle ofTexel.

Alfrēds Ruks Male RUS, LAT ATH †30 November 1941. Executed in aSoviet prison camp.

Heinrich Sack Male GER CAN †13 September 1941. Buried in amilitary cemetary in Kiev.

Richard Sahla Male GER EQU †1942. Killed in action in World WarII.

Kenkichi Saito Male JPN SWI Died in World War II (per VolkerKluge), date and place not known.

Maurice Salomez Male FRA ATH †7 August 1916. Killed in action inWorld War I.

Paolo Salvi Male ITA GYM Killed in Mauthausen-Gusenconcentration camp, date unknown.

Heinz Sames Male GER SSK Went missing in action in Volgogradduring World War II.

Ronald Sanderson Male GBR ROW †17 April 1918. Killed in action nearYpres.

Ludwig Sauerhöfer Male GER WRE Sauerhöfer was killed in action duringWorld War I (1914-18)

Felix Scheder-Bieschin Male GER SAI †2 September 1940. Died on a shipwhich was hit by a torpedo.

Hans Scheele Male GER ATH †23 July 1941. Killed in action duringWorld War II at the Eastern Front.

Adolf Scheffknecht Male AUT GYM †11 September 1941. Killed in actionin World War II. His grave is on thewar cemetery in Petschenga, Russia.

Heinz Schlauch Male GER SWI †21 February 1945. Killed in actionduring World War II.

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Helmut Schlöske Male GER ATH In the last months of World War IIHelmut Schlöske was killed in actionnear Potsdam in October 1944, andwas buried on the war cemetery inBerlin-Charlottenburg.

Alfred Schmalzer Male AUT HAN †21 January 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Eugen Schnalek Male AUT CYC †1944/1945. Killed during World WarII, exact date unknown.

Heinrich Schneidereit Male GER TOW, WLT †30 September 1915. Killed in actionas an artillery officer in France duringWorld War I.

Richard Schoemaker Male NED FEN †3 May 1942. Killed inSachsenhausen concentration camp.

Hans Schönrath Male GER BOX †10 February 1945. Drowned whenhospital ship "SS General vonSteuben" sunk by a Sovietsubmarine.

Koos Schouwenaar Male NED ROW †22 June 1941. Killed while flyingback to England.

Jakob Schüller Male GER ATH †22 January 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Arthur Tell Schwab Male SUI ATH †27 February 1945. Died in an airraid bombing.

Ludwig Schweickert Male GER WRE †11 July 1943. Killed in actiondefending the town of Orjol fromrecapture by the Soviet Army.

Karl Schwitalle Male GER WLT †7 February 1945. Killed in action inWorld War II.

Jos Seckel Male NED ART Seckel died with his wife and sonduring the Bezuidenhoutbombardment in World War II.

Werner Seelenbinder Male GER WRE †24 October 1944. Killed bybeheading in Brandenburg Prisonafter years in concentration camps forleading resistance movementsagainst the Nazis.

Katsumi Shibata Male JPN HOK Died in World War II (per VolkerKluge), date and place not known.

Erich Siebert Male GER WRE †1947. Died during captivity post-World War II.

Evald Sikk Male EST WRE †8 August 1945. Executed in a Sovietprison camp.

Farid Simaika Male EGY DIV †11 September 1943. Became a USCitizen in March 1942, and fought inthe U.S. Air Force as an intelligenceofficer. His plane exploded andcrashed over Indonesia. Somestories tell he was captured andbeheaded by the Japanese orheadhunters. He was declared legallydead on 19 December 1945.

Harry Simmons Male GBR ATH †23 March 1944. Career Air Forceofficer, he was killed in a flyingaccident in World War II.

André Six Male FRA SWI †1 April 1915. Killed in action.

Pierre Six Male FRA FTB †7 July 1916. Killed in action duringWorld War I.

Jonas Slier Male NED GYM †5 November 1942. Killed inAuschwitz-Birkenau concentrationcamp.

Michel Soalhat Male FRA ATH †25 September 1915. Killed in actionin World War I.

Tadeusz Sokołowski Male POL EQU †6 February 1943. Murdered by theGestapo in Minsk (Belarus).

Josip Šolc Male YUG FTB †24 September 1945. Ustašemember, executed by the Partisans.

Robert Somers-Smith Male GBR ROW †1 July 1916. Killed in action on thefirst day of the Battle of the Somme.

Eberhard Sorge Male GER GYM †6 August 1918. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Werner Spannagel Male GER BOX †23 December 1943. Sent to theEastern Front, his death wasreported on 23 December 1943.

Sonny Spencer Male GBR ATH †21 November 1943. Serving as anaircrew sergeant with the Royal AirForce in World War II, he was killed inaction on an operational mission.

Leon Sperling Male POL FTB †December 1941. When theGermans occupied Lwów he landedup in the ghetto, and was shot by adrunk Gestapo officer between 15-20December 1941.

Marian Spojda Male POL FTB †16 April 1940. Executed in Lwow.

Alfred Staats Male GER GYM †22 October 1915. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Tomasz Stankiewicz Male POL CYC †21 June 1940. Arrested by theGermans, tortured and shot in amass execution in Palmiry, nearWarsaw as part of Operation AB-Aktion.

Alfred Steinke Male GER ICH † May 1945. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

Hugo Strauß Male GER ROW †1 November 1941. Killed in actionduring World War II near Goldayevain the Soviet Union.

Ludwig Stubbendorff Male GER EQU †17 August 1941. Stubbendorf andhis Olympic horse, Nurmi, fought withthe First Cavalry Brigade whichinvaded Poland as an independentunit under Third Army. BothStubbendorf and Nurmi died duringthe invasion.

Karl Sudrich Male AUT FEN †18 September 1944. Died in a warhospital in Hungary from injuriessustained in World War II.

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Teodors Sukatnieks Male LAT ATH Died in a Soviet prison camp, butexact details not known.

Gustav Sule Male EST ATH †3 April 1942. Starved to death in aSoviet prison camp.

Fusashige Suzuki Male JPN ATH †3 June 1945. Died in the SouthChina Sea.

Monta Suzuki Male JPN ATH †10 July 1939. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

Hildegarde Švarce Female LAT FSK †4 December 1944. Died in thebombardment of Heilbronn.

Stanisław Świętochowski Male POL ATH †25 December 1940. Shot in Moscowon 11 November 1940 by the SovietsNKVD. He had earlier been aprisoner in Kozielsk.

Józef Szajba Male POL SAI †1945. He was murdered by theNazis in prison in Potulice (nearBydgoszcz) 1945, but further detailsare not known.

Jenő Szántay Male HUN FEN †11 December 1914. Killed in actionduring World War I.

András Székely Male HUN SWI †January 1943. Killed inconcentration camp.

Henryk Szlązak Male POL WRE †30 September 1944. Killed by anartillery shell during the WarsawUprising.

Kazimierz Szosland Male POL EQU †20 April 1944. He fought in warswith Ukraine and Soviet Russia, andwas killed in the forests ofGrodziskiem Mazowiecki.

Ilja Szrajbman Male POL SWI †1943. Killed in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Georges Tainturier Male FRA FEN †7 December 1944. Method theNazis use to execute him wasdecapitation with an ax.

Teizo Takeuchi Male JPN FTB †12 April 1946. Died in a detentioncamp in Siberia.

Harald Tammer Male EST ATH, WLT †6 June 1942. Died in a Soviet prisoncamp.

Mutsuo Taniguchi Male JPN ATH Died in World War II (per VolkerKluge), date and place not known.

Hans Tatzer Male AUT ICH †23 August 1944. Killed in actionduring WW II in France

Geoffrey Taylor Male CAN ROW †24 April 1915. Missing, presumedkilled, during the Second Battle ofYpres.

Otto Thiel Male GER FTB Died during World War I

Hugh Thompson Male CAN ATH †1942. Joined the Royal Air Forceand was killed in an airplane crash inWorld War II.

John Thornton Male GBR ATH †18 August 1944. Commissioned intothe Seaforth Highlanders, he servedat El-Alamein and in the SicilianCampaign, and was killed in theNormandy invasion.

Waldemar Tietgens Male GER ROW †28 July 1917. Killed in action duringWorld War I.

Ezedin Tlish Male LBA TKW †August 2011. Killed during the 2011Libyan uprising.

Martti Tolamo Male FIN ATH †14 March 1940. Wounded in diedfive days later in war hospital.

Dragutin Tomašević Male SRB ATH †1915. Killed in action during WorldWar I in Serbia

Freddie Tomlins Male GBR FSK †20 June 1943. Killed as a RAFcrew-member in fight against aGerman submarine in/over the BritishChannel.

Adalbert Toots Male EST WRE †1948. Died in a Soviet prison camp,but exact details not known.

Ernest Toussaint Male LUX BOX †14 November 1942. Shot in GermanConcentration camp Hinzert.

Kostas Tsiklitiras Male GRE ATH †10 February 1913. Volunteered tofight in the Balkan Wars and fought atthe Battle of Bizani, where hecontracted meningitis and died at theage of 24.

Jack Turnbull Male USA HOK †18 October 1944. His bomber wasshot down over Belgium.

Masaren Uchida Male JPN DIV, SWI †1945. Killed in action during WorldWar II.

Tokutaro Ukon Male JPN FTB †1944. Killed in action during WorldWar II.

Martti Uosikkinen Male FIN GYM †9 March 1940. Wounded at theBattle of Kollaa, part of the Soviet-Finnish Winter War, and died of hiswounds in war hospital.

Ala Urban Male GER FTB †23 May 1943. Killed in action inWorld War II. Died from his woundsat the field hospital at Aleksino inRussia.

Stanisław Urban Male POL ROW †April 1940. A prisoner in Kozielsk,he was shot and killed in the KatyńMassacre.

Eugen Uuemaa Male EST ATH †25 July 1941. Executed by theSoviets in Tallinn before the Germansinvaded Estonia.

Aleksey Uversky Male RUS FTB †1942. Civilian casualty of theLeningrad Blockade during WorldWar II.

Ladislav Vácha Male TCH GYM †28 June 1943. Killed in action duringWorld War II.

Antal Vágó Male HUN FTB †1944. Killed 1944 in concentrationcamp per Volker Kluge.

Hugo Väli Male EST FTB †1943. Died in a Soviet prison camp,but exact details not known.

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Tjapko van Bergen Male NED ROW †2 February 1944. Served as aRottenführer in the German SS andwas killed on the Eastern Front inRussia.

Marcel Van Crombrugge Male BEL ROW †23 September 1940. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Ru van der Haar Male NED HOK †15 May 1943. Died in a Japaneseinternment camp.

Johannes van der Vegte Male NED ROW †15 March 1945. Died in a Japaneseinternment camp.

Gerardus van der Wel Male NED ATH †31 May 1945. Killed in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Alexander, Jonkheer van Geen Male NED MOP †27 February 1942. Artillery officer onthe cruiser HNMS De Ruijter andwent down with his ship during theBattle of the Java Sea.

Lion van Minden Male NED FEN †6 September 1944. Killed inAuschwitz-Birkenau concentrationcamp.

Jacob van Moppes Male NED WRE †26 March 1943. Killed in Sobibórconcentration camp.

Martial Van Schelle Male BEL SWI, BOB †15 March 1943. Executed in transitcamp Breendonk.

Hans van Walsem Male NED ROW †2 January 1943. Killed inNeuengamme concentration camp.

Nikolai Vekšin Male EST SAI †15 January 1951. Died in a Sovietprison camp.

Pierre Versteegh Male NED EQU †3 May 1942. Killed inSachsenhausen concentration camp.

Heino Veskila Male EST BAS †July 1941. Died in June or July 1941as a prisoner-of-war.

Justin Vialaret Male FRA FTB †30 September 1916. Killed in actionin World War I.

Charles Vigurs Male GBR GYM †22 February 1917. With the 11thBattalion, Royal WarwickshireRegiment, he was killed in action inFrance in World War I and is buried inthe Maroc British Cemetery inGrenay.

Alex Villaplane Male FRA FTB †26 December 1944. Executed as acollaborator.

Lorenzo Vitria Male ESP BOX †18 June 1941. Killed inMauthausen-Gusen concentrationcamp.

Tola Vologe Male FRA HOK 28 May 1944. Executed after beingarrested by the Germans under thepretext of an escape attempt.

Hasso von Bismarck Male GER BOB †22 June 1941. Killed in action inWorld War II in Lithuania.

Hermann von Bönninghausen Male GER ATH †26 January 1919. Died from woundsfrom being shot in the face in WorldWar I.

Bernhard von Gaza Male GER ROW †25 September 1917. Killed in actionduring World War I in Belgium.

Amon, Ritter von Gregurich Male HUN FEN †28 June 1915. Killed in action duringWorld War I.

Béla von Las-Torres Male HUN SWI †13 October 1915. Killed in action inItaly during World War I.

Eduard von Lütcken Male GER EQU †15 September 1914. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Friedrich Karl, Prince von Preußen Male GER EQU †6 April 1917. During a flight on 21March 1917 he was forced to landwith a bullet in his engine and a slightwound to his foot. He landed hisAlbatros aircraft in no-man's land, butwhile running towards his own lineshe was severely wounded in the backby Australian troops. He was takeninto Australian war captivity where hedied from his injuries on 6 April 1917at Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.

Günther von Scheven Male GER ART †21 March 1942. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Konrad von Wangenheim Male GER EQU †28 January 1953. Died in aprisoner-of-war camp, possiblymurdered.

Fidel Wagner Male GER NCO †14 February 1945. Missing in actionduring World War II.

Sadao Wakizaka Male JPN HOK Died in World War II (per VolkerKluge), date and place not known.

Edmond Wallace Male FRA FEN †18 August 1915. Killed in action inWorld War I.

Tapio Wartiovaara Male FIN SHO †20 February 1940. Wounded atBattle of Taipale and died the nextday in Peace Military Hospital.

Birger Wasenius Male FIN SSK †2 January 1940. Killed during theWinter War early in 1940 whilefighting for the Finnish army on theislands of Lake Ladoga.

Sigurd Wathne Male NOR FTB †27 March 1942. 1st engineer on theRisøy, which was attacked by aircraftand sunk near Swansea, Wales.Wathne was found and taken tohospital in Swansea where he died.

Rudolf Watzl Male AUT WRE †15 August 1915. Died from illnessduring World War I.

Arthur Wear Male USA TEN †6 November 1918. As a result ofrefusing to obtain proper treatmentfor a probable perforated duodenalulcer, he died, still commanding hisbattalion, during the Meuse-Argonnefighting.

Eddie Webster Male GBR ATH †22 August 1945. Killed in a militaryvehicle accident in Italy just aftercessation of hostilities and one monthbefore he was to bedecommissioned.

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Erwin Wegner Male GER ATH †16 February 1945. Killed in actionduring World War II as a member ofthe SS near Saargemuend inGermany.

Rémi Weil Male FRA DIV, SWI †20 November 1943. Died inAuschwitz concentration camp.

Ernst Weiß Male GER ART †15 June 1940. Committed suicideafter the Germans occupied Paris,rather than allowing himself to bedeported to a concentration camp.

Walter Werginz Male AUT FTB †21 March 1944. Killed in action inthe Ukraine.

Paul Wevers Male GER CAN †4 March 1941. Died nearBraunschweig in World War II whenhis plane crashed into the ground.

Miguel White Male PHI ATH †30 August 1942. Killed in action inthe Philippines.

Israel Wijnschenk Male NED GYM †31 January 1943. Killed inAuschwitz-Birkenau concentrationcamp.

Arthur Wilde Male GBR SHO †21 January 1916. With the 1st/6thBattalion, South StaffordshireRegiment, he was killed in action inWorld War I and is buried in the ArrasMemorial.

Tony Wilding Male ANZ TEN †9 May 1915. Joined the British armyand was leading an armoured carunit when he was killed at AubersRidge during the Battle of Neuve-Chapelle.

Victor Willems Male BEL FEN †1918. Killed in action during WorldWar I.

Edward Williams Male GBR ROW †12 August 1915. With the 2ndBattalion, Grenadier Guards, he waskilled in action in France in World WarI and is buried in the St. VenantCommunal Cemetery.

Herbert Wilson Male GBR POL †11 April 1917. Was a captain withthe Royal Horse Guards near Arras.Died in the preliminary skirmishesleading up to the Battle ofPaschendaele in Ypres, Belgium.

Ernst Winter Male GER GYM †February 1943. Last sign of life wasin Stalingrad in February 1943. It isassumed he died in a Russian POWCamp.

Jack, Lord Wodehouse Male GBR POL †16 April 1941. Killed in an air raid.

Hans Woellke Male GER ATH †22 March 1943. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Heinz Wöllner Male GER ATH †13 September 1943. Killed in actionduring World War II at the WesternFront.

Matthias Wörndle Male GER CCS †15 October 1942. Killed in actionduring World War II near Kansodarskin the Soviet Union.

Roman Wörndle Male GER ASK †26 September 1944. Killed in actionduring World War II nearGeilenkirchen in Germany.

Jan Wrzosek Male POL SHO †3 September 1939. Infantrycommander in the Polish Army. Killedin action during the SeptemberCampaign in Złoty Potok (Śląskie).

Mikhail Yakovlev Male RUS FTB †1942. Civilian casualty of theLeningrad Blockade during WorldWar II.

Teófilo Yldefonso Male PHI SWI †19 June 1942. Killed inconcentration camp Capas, followingthe Bataan Death March.

Richard Yorke Male GBR ATH †22 December 1914. Killed in actionin World War I while serving as asergeant in the London Scottish.

Kiichi Yoshida Male JPN SWI Died in World War II (per VolkerKluge), date and place not known.

Miguel Zabalza Male ESP FEN †23 September 1925. Killed in actionduring the Rif War with Morocco.

Janusz Zalewski Male POL SAI †August 1944. Member of the Polishresistance. Injured during the 1944Warsaw Rising, he was murderedalong with fellow hospital patientsand medical staff during Nazireprisals.

Kazimierz Zebrowski Male POL ICH There are suspicions, that he wastaken out to the Sachsenhausenconcentration camp where he died –details are not known.

Hans Zehetner Male AUT HAN †29 December 1942. Killed in actionduring World War II.

Heinrich Ziegler Male GER FEN Killed in action during World War I

Stanisław Ziffer Male POL ATH Probably killed in action inSeptember Campaign but the detailsare not known.

Branko Ziherl Male YUG DIV †August 1942. Killed in KočevskiRog.

Ron Zinn Male USA ATH †6 July 1965. Although assumeddeceased, technically still listed asMIA (missing in action) in Vietnam.

Mario Zorzi Male ITA SHO †17 February 1944. Died at abombing raid in Frascati near Rome.

Feliks Żuber Male POL ATH †21 June 1940. Arrested by theGermans, tortured and shot in amass execution in Palmiry, nearWarsaw as part of Operation AB-Aktion.

Béla Zulawszky Male HUN FEN †24 October 1914. Killed in actionduring World War I.

Jerzy Łucki Male POL BOB †18 April 1939. Killed in action duringthe September Campaign in Kuty(now on Ukraine).

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