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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 | Army Air Corps | - |
| Layton Rouse | 1939-40 | Army | - |
| Larry Spears | 1937-38 | Air Force | - |
| Stan Cluggish | 1939-40 | Marines | - |
| Carl Combs | 1939-40 | Army | Major |
| Keith Farnsley | 1940-41 | Army | - |
| Lee Huber | 1940-41 | Navy | - |
| Ernie Jefferson | 1938-39 | Marines | - |
| Carl Staker | 1941-42 | Navy | - |
| Ermal Allen | 1941-42 | Army | Major |
| James King (*) | 1941-42 | Army Air Corps | 2nd Lieutenant |
| 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 | - |
| Jay Bayless | 1956-57 | 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 | - |
