Baseball in Wartime - Jack Nealy

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Those Who Died That Others Might Be Free

Jack Nealy

Date and Place of Birth: February 14, 1924 Langdale, Alabama
Date and Place of Death: March 2, 1945 Iwo Jima
Baseball Experience: Minor League
Position: First Base
Rank: Private
Military Unit: 28th Marines, US Marine Corps
Area Served: Pacific Theater of Operations

Jack A Nealy was born on February 14, 1924 in Langdale, Alabama. He attended Fairfax High School and signed with Birmingham of the Southern Association late in 1943.

Nealy played just one game with Birmingham, failing to get a hit in his only at-bat. The following year he was with the Marines where he saw action in the Pacific.

Private Jack Nealy was killed in action on Iwo Jima on March 2, 1945. He was 21 years old.

Added April 23, 2008.

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