[L`enn]

Have any other high profile sports personalities perished in active military duty? Only other one that comes to mind besides Pat and Nile Kinnick was Wilmot-Sadat Singh (read up on him, a very interesting saga) who crashed as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen.

[L`enn]

As I sent this to post I remembered how Christy Mathewson died from lung disease after having his lungs ravaged by mustard gas poisoning during The Great War.

[T-Bird45]

Go here for the answer to your question: Have any other high profile sports personalities perished in active military duty? Bob Kalsu was, prior to Tillman, the only active NFL player killed on active duty.