August 3, 1978. The Rhodesian Bush War was still not over.

The ZIPRA nationalists shot down multiple aircrafts. Caught in the combat was a 34-year-old police reserve named Benjamin Huntsman Williams.
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Williams was travelling near Turk Mine, a village 40 miles from Bulawayo.

The name Turk Mine name familiar to cricket fans for being the farmland of the Streak family (featuring Denis and his famous son Heath).
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An RPG rocket fell on the vehicle Williams was travelling in that day in an ambush with Police Reserve South of Lupane, injuring his arm severely.

He never recovered. He was only 34.
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Williams played 9 First-Class matches, taking 14 wickets at 36.14.

However, his most famous performance, 4/81, came in a Second-Class match for Matabeleland against the Australians in 1966-67. The wickets were Simpson, Redpath, Cowper, and Stackpole.
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He was the only First-Class cricketer to be killed during the Bush War.

To my knowledge, he is also the last First-Class cricketer to be killed in direct War.