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