who was the first soldier to die in ww1
John Parr (British Army soldier) Private John Henry Parr (19 July 1897 â€“ 21 August 1914) was a British soldier. He is believed to be the first soldier of the British Commonwealth to be killed by enemy action in the First World War.
Harold J. Greene At the rank of major general, Greene was the highest-ranking American service member killed by hostile action since Lieutenant General Timothy J. Maude was killed in the September 11 attacks, and the highest-ranking service member killed on foreign soil during a war since Rear Admiral Rembrandt Cecil Robinson was killed during the Vietnam War in May 1972.[12][13] To date, Greene is also the highest ranking American officer to be killed in combat in the ongoing Global War on Terrorism.[14]