Numerous Kentucky players were in the military service, in particular during the World Wars. One important source for all University of Kentucky students involved in World War I and World War II can be attributed to the work of Dr. Ezra L. Gillis and his staff. For example, the 1947 Kentucky Alumnus (Vol. 3 No. 8) lists all UK students who participated in World War II. For a listing of UK basketball players killed in action, please consult this page.
Name | Last Season Played | Branch | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Harold Amoss | 1903-04 | Army Medical Corps | Major |
Don Branson | 1905-06 | Army | Major |
Richard Barbee | 1908-09 | - | Captain |
Arthur Donan | 1905-06 | Army | - |
Leo Brewer | 1907-08 | Army | Captain |
John Crosthwaite | 1909-10 | Army | Lieutenant |
Derrill Hart | 1915-16 | Navy | Ensign |
Hubbard Shawhan | 1909-10 | Army | Colonel |
Brinkley Barnett | 1912-13 | Marines | - |
Thomas Beatty | 1911-12 | Army | - |
Brandy Brandstetner | 1911-12 | Army | Corporal |
Henry Kimbrough | 1911-12 | - | - |
James Park | 1913-14 | Army Air Corps | Private |
Stanley Ridd | 1911-12 | Navy | - |
Ralph Morgan | 1914-15 | - | 2nd Lieutenant |
Herschel Scott | 1914-15 | Army | Lieutenant |
Karl Zerfoss | 1915-16 | Army | First Lieutenant |
George Gumbert | 1915-16 | Navy | Ensign |
Charles Schrader | 1916-17 | Navy | - |
Tom Zerfoss | 1913-14 | Army | 1st Lieutenant |
Elmer Hopkins | 1914-15 | Army | Engineer |
Robert Ireland | 1916-17 | Army | Sergeant |
Howard Kinne (*) | 1916-17 | Army Air Corps | First Lieutenant |
Jim Server | 1915-16 | Medical Corps Engineers | Private |
Boone Simpson | 1918-19 | Army | 1st Lieutenant |
Lawrence Longsworth | 1916-17 | Marines | - |
Bart Peak | 1916-17 | Army | 2nd Lieutenant |
George Zerfoss | 1917-18 | Naval Reserve | - |
Paul Anderson | 1916-17 | Army | Major |
Garnett McKenney | 1917-18 | Army | - |
Doc Rodes | 1916-17 | Army | 2nd Lieutenant |
Alvin Thompson | 1916-17 | - | - |
Max Glickman | 1917-18 | S.A.T.C. (Student Army Training Corps) | - |
Ed Parker | 1918-19 | Navy | - |
Basil Hayden | 1921-22 | Army Air Corps | - |
Sam Ridgway | 1920-21 | Army | Colonel |
Fred Fest | 1922-23 | Navy | - |
Karl Rohs | 1924-25 | Army | First Lieutenant |
Charles Spilman | 1922-23 | Army | Colonel |
Arville Hickerson | 1925-26 | Army | - |
James Kittrell | 1925-26 | Army | Captain |
Bill Heizer | 1926-27 | Army | Lieutenant Colonel |
Paul McBrayer | 1929-30 | Army | - |
Fred McLane | 1929-30 | Army | First Lieutenant |
Stanley Milward | 1929-30 | Army | Major |
Hays Owens | 1929-30 | Army | - |
Carey Spicer | 1930-31 | Army | Captain |
Bill Trott | 1930-31 | - | Private |
William Kleiser | 1931-32 | Army | Lieutenant Colonel |
Darrell Darby | 1932-33 | Navy (Seabees) | - |
Ellis Johnson | 1932-33 | Navy | Lieutenant |
Forest Sale | 1932-33 | Navy | Chief Specialist |
George Skinner | 1932-33 | Army | Lieutenant Colonel |
Crittenden Blair | 1933-34 | Army | Colonel |
Howard Kreuter | 1932-33 | Air Force | Lieutenant Colonel |
Harvey Mattingly | 1931-32 | Army | Captain |
Evan Settle | 1933-34 | Army Air Corps | - |
Maurice Jackson | 1932-33 | Army Air Corps | Captain |
Ralph Kercheval | 1932-33 | Army | Lieutenant Colonel |
Dave Lawrence | 1934-35 | Navy | - |
John Morris | 1932-33 | - | - |
Joe Rupert | 1932-33 | Navy | Lieutenant JG |
Milerd Anderson | 1935-36 | Merchant Marine | - |
Garland Lewis | 1935-36 | - | - |
Bob Taylor | 1935-36 | Army | Captain |
Bruce Davis | 1935-36 | - | - |
Russell Ellington | 1935-36 | Navy | - |
James Goforth (*) | 1936-37 | Marines | Lieutenant |
Charles Heinrich | 1934-35 | Army | Colonel |
Charles Combs | 1937-38 | Army Air Corps | Captain |
John Craig | 1935-36 | Army Air Corps | - |
Bill Spicer | 1935-36 | Navy | Lieutenant |
J. Rice Walker | 1937-38 | Army | - |
Walter Hatcher | 1936-37 | - | - |
Elmo Head | 1938-39 | Army Air Corps | - |
Walter Hodge | 1936-37 | Marines | Major |
Bernard Opper | 1938-39 | Army | - |
Homer Thompson | 1938-39 | Marine | 2nd Lieutenant |
Harry Denham | 1938-39 | Army Medical Corps | - |
James Goodman | 1938-39 | - | - |
Ed Gough | 1937-38 | - | - |
Layton Rouse | 1939-40 | Army | - |
Larry Spears | 1937-38 | Air Force | - |
Keith Farnsley | 1940-41 | Army | - |
Lee Huber | 1940-41 | Navy | - |
Ernie Jefferson | 1938-39 | Marines | - |
Ermal Allen | 1941-42 | Army | Major |
Stan Cluggish | 1939-40 | Marines | - |
Carl Combs | 1939-40 | Army | Major |
James King (*) | 1941-42 | Army Air Corps | 2nd Lieutenant |
Carl Staker | 1941-42 | Navy | - |
Waller White | 1941-42 | Air Force | - |
Marvin Akers | 1942-43 | Army | - |
Melvin Brewer (*) | 1942-43 | Army | 2nd Lieutenant |
Kenneth England (*) | 1941-42 | Army | Captain |
Frank Etscorn | 1941-42 | - | - |
Lloyd Ramsey | 1941-42 | - | - |
Louis Robertson | 1941-42 | Army Air Corps | - |
Milt Ticco | 1942-43 | Army | - |
Adrian Back | 1941-42 | Navy | - |
Bruce Boehler | 1941-42 | Army | - |
Ed Lander | 1942-43 | Army | - |
James Mathewson | 1941-42 | Navy | Lieutenant Commander |
Vincent Splane | 1941-42 | Army Air Corps | - |
Carl Althaus | 1942-43 | Army Air Corps | - |
Bill Barlow | 1942-43 | Army | - |
Mulford Davis | 1946-47 | Army | - |
Bill Hamm | 1942-43 | - | - |
Tom Moseley | 1943-44 | - | - |
Clyde Parker | 1942-43 | Army Medical Corps | - |
Ken Rollins | 1947-48 | Navy | - |
Jim Weber | 1945-46 | Army | - |
Bob Brannum | 1946-47 | Army | - |
Nathaniel Buis | 1943-44 | Navy | - |
Wes Cravens | 1943-44 | - | - |
Truett DeMoisey | 1943-44 | Marines | - |
Harry Gorham | 1943-44 | Marines | PFC |
Walter Johnson (*) | 1943-44 | Navy | - |
J. Ed Parker | 1946-47 | Navy | - |
Glen Parker | 1943-44 | Army Air Corps | - |
Jack Parkinson | 1947-48 | Army | - |
Don Whitehead | 1943-44 | Navy | - |
Rudy Yessin | 1943-44 | Army Air Corps | - |
Dickie Derrickson | 1944-45 | - | - |
James Durham | 1944-45 | Navy | - |
Alex Groza | 1948-49 | Army | - |
Alonzo Nelson | 1944-45 | Army | - |
Jack Schiffli | 1944-45 | Army | 2nd Lieutenant |
Ernest Sparkman | 1944-45 | Army Air Corps | - |
John Stough | 1948-49 | Army | - |
Ralph Beard | 1948-49 | Army | - |
Zeb Blankenship | 1945-46 | Army | Technical 4th Grade |
Bob Hehl | 1945-46 | Navy | - |
Joe Holland | 1947-48 | Navy | - |
Cliff Barker | 1948-49 | Army Air Corps | - |
Dale Barnstable | 1949-50 | Army | Tech Sergeant |
Albert Cummins | 1947-48 | Navy | - |
James Jordan | 1947-48 | Navy | - |
Jim Line | 1949-50 | Army | - |
Roger Day | 1949-50 | Navy | - |
Robert Henne | 1948-49 | Army | - |
Walter Hirsch | 1950-51 | Army | - |
Mike Homa | 1947-48 | Marines | - |
Will Smethers | 1947-48 | Army | - |
Garland Townes | 1949-50 | Marines | - |
C. M. Newton | 1950-51 | Air Force | - |
Guy Strong | 1950-51 | - | - |
Bobby Watson | 1951-52 | Air Force | - |
Cliff Hagan | 1953-54 | Air Force | - |
Frank Ramsey | 1953-54 | Army | 1st Lieutenant |
Lou Tsioropoulos | 1953-54 | Air Force | - |
Charles Keller | 1951-52 | Army | 1st Lieutenant |
Gayle Rose | 1954-55 | Air Force | 1st Lieutenant |
Willie Rouse | 1953-54 | Air Force | - |
Dan Chandler | 1954-55 | Army | - |
John Crigler | 1957-58 | Army | - |
Adrian Smith | 1957-58 | Army | - |
Sid Cohen | 1959-60 | Army | - |
Ray Freudenberger | 1962-63 | Army | Corporal |
Larry Conley | 1965-66 | Army | - |
Frank Tully | 1964-65 | Army | Captain |
Thad Jaracz | 1967-68 | Army | Lieutenant Colonel |
Greg Smith | 1971-72 | Air Force | - |
Charles Hurt | 1982-83 | Army | Master Sergeant |
Carlos Toomer | 1991-92 | Air Force | - |