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85 Notable deaths
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Walter Oesau
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born June 28th, 1913 in Nindorf.
Died May 11th, 1944 at 30 years old in Sankt Vith (killed in action).
William Hawi
Lebanese politician.
Born September 5th, 1908 in New York City.
Died July 13th, 1976 at 67 years old in Beirut (killed in action).
Paul Nizan
French philosopher, politician, writer (1905-1940).
Born February 7th, 1905 in Tours. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1940 at 35 years old in Recques-sur-Hem (killed in action). [ref]
Elmer Gedeon
United states navy captain, major league baseball player, one of two mlb players killed in world war ii (1917-1944).
Born April 15th, 1917 in Cleveland.
Died April 20th, 1944 at 27 years old in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (killed in action).
Gerhard Schmidhuber
German general.
Born April 9th, 1894 in Dresden.
Died February 11th, 1945 at 50 years old in Budapest (killed in action).
Peter Strasser
German aviation leader.
Born April 1st, 1876 in Hanover.
Died August 5th, 1918 at 42 years old in Wells (killed in action).
Junichi Sasai
Japanese naval aviation officer.
Born February 13th, 1918 in Tokyo.
Died August 28th, 1942 at 24 years old in Henderson Field (killed in action).
Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born March 11th, 1913 in Śrem.
Died March 23rd, 1944 at 31 years old in Schöppenstedt (killed in action).
Hans Woellke
German shot putter (1911-1943).
Born February 18th, 1911 in Biskupiec.
Died March 22nd, 1943 at 32 years old in Khatyn (killed in action).
Rolf Carls
German admiral.
Born May 29th, 1885 in Rostock.
Died April 29th, 1945 at 59 years old in Bad Oldesloe (killed in action).
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