Patrick Daniel Tillman (November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004) was an American football player who left his professional sports career an enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002. He was killed in action in Afghanistanby friendly fire. His brother, Kevin Tillman, a baseball player drafted by the Anaheim Angels and Cleveland Indians, also enlisted. The controversy surrounding the full details of his death has sparked many investigations; currently, the United States Congress is conducting its own investigation into how Tillman died because of alleged inadequacies of past investigations.