Who is this person?

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(06-16-2018 02:16 PM)Steve Wrote:  The first American general killed in the war in Europe was Alabama native Brigadier General Asa North Duncan, who went down in an airplane on a bombing run in the Bay of Biscay, near France on 17 November 1942. Your comment about Germany makes me think you're talking about somebody else, though.

I am looking for another name - with ties to the Civil War. I believe the distinction is the phrase "killed in action." In double-checking, I found that going down in a plane crash evidently does not constitute being killed in action. The following is taken from a WWII website:

"Nearly 1,100 U.S. Army generals served at some point during World War II, and of those about 40 died during or immediately following the war. Not all were in combat units, and some were not in enemy territory when they died.

Of these generals, at least 11 were killed in action or died of wounds from hostile actions, two were executed by the Japanese while POWs, four were killed in plane crashes, one was killed by friendly fire, and five died of natural causes, including two of heart attacks. The remainder died of various causes in the first few months after the end of hostilities."

So back to guessing who the descendant of a Civil War general was who was killed in action in Germany...