Not sure if reporters count, but here is Ernie Pyle, said to be the greatest US war-corsepondent in WW2.
>Pulitzer Prize in 1944
>Covered North Africa and Italy campaigns
>Came ashore in D-Day landings
>Nearly killed in the massive friendly-fire bombing at the start of Operation Cobra

Was killed while accompanying a patrol of the 77th Infantry Division on the Japanese island of Ie Shima during the Okinawa campaign.