What is Elmer Gedeon?
{{Infobox military person |name=Elmer Gedeon |birth_date={{birth date|mf=yes|1917|4|15}} |death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1944|4|20|1917|4|15}} |birth_place=[[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]] |death_place=[[Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise|Saint-Pol]], [[German-occupied France]] |placeofburial=[[Arlington National Cemetery]] |placeofburial_label=Place of burial |image=Elmer gedeon 1938 UofM football team.jpg |caption=Gedeon, 1938 |allegiance={{flag|United States of America}} |branch=[[File:US Army Air Corps Hap Arnold Wings.svg|25px]] [[United States Army Air Forces]] |serviceyears=1941–1944 |rank=[[File:US-O3 insignia.svg|25px]] [[Captain (OF-2)|Captain]] |commands= |unit=[[586th Flight Test Squadron|586th Bomb Squadron]], [[394th Bombardment Group]] |battles=World War II * [[European air campaign (World War II)|European air campaign]] {{KIA}} |awards=[[File:Soldier's Medal ribbon.svg|25px]] [[Soldier's Medal]]<br />[[File:Purple Heart BAR.svg|25px|border]] [[Purple Heart]] |relations= |laterwork= |alma_mater=[[University of Michigan]] }} '''Elmer John Gedeon''' (April 15, 1917 – April 20, 1944) is one of only two [[Major League Baseball]] players [[killed in action]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=Weintraub>{{cite news|last=Weintraub|first=Robert|title=Two Who Did Not Return|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/sports/baseball/remembering-the-major-leaguers-who-died-in-world-war-ii.html|accessdate=May 26, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 26, 2013}}</ref> He was also a multi-sport star in college at the [[University of Michigan]]. At Michigan, Gedeon became an [[All-American]] in [[track and field]], and earned [[varsity letter]]s in both [[American football]] and [[baseball]]. He tied a [[world record]] in the high [[Hurdling|hurdles]] in 1938. After graduating, Gedeon had a position in Major League Baseball as an [[outfielder]] for the [[Minnesota Twins|Washington Senators]]. Gedeon spent most of the 1939 and 1940 baseball seasons in the minor leagues. He was called up to the Senators in September 1939. Ged