Sentence examples for perished in combat from inspiring English sources

My military ambitions were those of Lieutenant Dan in "Forrest Gump," only none of my ancestors had perished in combat.

The location of the tombs fits the historical description of the Desmosion Sema, or People's Grave, a state burial site for dignitaries, generals and soldiers who perished in combat.

Since 1963, more Americans died by gunfire than perished in combat in the whole of the 20th century.

The Covenant, led by their religious leaders called the Prophets, worship an ancient civilization known as the Forerunners, who perished in combat with the parasitic Flood.

The names of those who perished in combat are inscribed in "El Monumento de la Recordación" (Monument of Remembrance), which was unveiled on May 19 , 1996 and is situated in front of the Capitol Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Gathered in front of the 45 engraved names of local veterans who perished in combat, La Crescenta residents honored and remembered fallen soldiers from their community during a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday.

Of 28,000 men, 22,000 were dead within a year, only 1,000 of them perishing in combat.

'Did He Suffer?' Of the Americans killed in combat in the final battles of the war, most perished in Baghdad.

He perished in the gulag.

It perished in the process.

Emile Froment-Meurice, who perished in the catastrophe.