Elmer Gedeon
United States Army Air Force Captain, Major League Baseball player, one of two MLB players killed in World War II (1917-1944)
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Elmer John Gedeon 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. Gedeon flew several missions in the European Theater of Operations as an officer of the United States Army Air Forces before being shot down over France.
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