Kinnick, Nile Jr.
Navy

Nile Jr. Kinnick, age 24, from Adel, Iowa, Dallas county.

Parents: Nile Kinnick Sr.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Wednesday, June 2, 1943
Death details: Died in the Gulf of Paria, Venezuela during a training flight.
Cemetery: Memorialized by University Iowa with the naming of its football stadium, Kinnick Stadium.

Source: Nile by T. Lidd, Sports Illustrated