diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/executorspage-template.html b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/executorspage-template.html
index be6d7bc2320e1..37d56a06ded7f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/executorspage-template.html
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/executorspage-template.html
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ <h4 class="title-table">Executors</h4>
               Shuffle Write</span></th>
           <th>Logs</th>
           <th>Thread Dump</th>
+          <th>Exec Loss Reason</th>
         </tr>
         </thead>
         <tbody>
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/executorspage.js b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/executorspage.js
index 2055c8ff11882..5cc2868c62534 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/executorspage.js
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/executorspage.js
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ function getThreadDumpEnabled() {
   return threadDumpEnabled;
 }
 
+function formatLossReason(removeReason, type, row) {
+    if (removeReason) {
+       return removeReason
+    } else {
+       return ""
+    }
+}
+
 function formatStatus(status, type, row) {
   if (row.isExcluded) {
     return "Excluded";
@@ -132,7 +140,7 @@ function totalDurationColor(totalGCTime, totalDuration) {
 }
 
 var sumOptionalColumns = [3, 4];
-var execOptionalColumns = [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14];
+var execOptionalColumns = [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15];
 var execDataTable;
 var sumDataTable;
 
@@ -543,6 +551,10 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
               data: 'id', render: function (data, type) {
                 return type === 'display' ? ("<a href='threadDump/?executorId=" + data + "'>Thread Dump</a>" ) : data;
               }
+            },
+            {
+                data: 'removeReason',
+                render: formatLossReason
             }
           ],
           "order": [[0, "asc"]],
@@ -709,6 +721,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
           "<div id='direct_mapped_pool_memory' class='direct_mapped_pool_memory-checkbox-div'><input type='checkbox' class='toggle-vis' data-sum-col-idx='' data-exec-col-idx='10'> Peak Pool Memory Direct / Mapped</div>" +
           "<div id='extra_resources' class='resources-checkbox-div'><input type='checkbox' class='toggle-vis' data-sum-col-idx='' data-exec-col-idx='13'> Resources</div>" +
           "<div id='resource_prof_id' class='resource-prof-id-checkbox-div'><input type='checkbox' class='toggle-vis' data-sum-col-idx='' data-exec-col-idx='14'> Resource Profile Id</div>" +
+          "<div id='exec_loss_reason' class='exec-loss-reason-checkbox-div'><input type='checkbox' class='toggle-vis' data-sum-col-idx='' data-exec-col-idx='15'> Exec Loss Reason</div>" +
           "</div>");
 
         reselectCheckboxesBasedOnTaskTableState();
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsLifecycleManager.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsLifecycleManager.scala
index 67e8f7ea4c880..e255de4d2dd9e 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsLifecycleManager.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsLifecycleManager.scala
@@ -221,10 +221,17 @@ private[spark] class ExecutorPodsLifecycleManager(
     val pod = podState.pod
     val reason = Option(pod.getStatus.getReason)
     val message = Option(pod.getStatus.getMessage)
+    val explained = describeExitCode(exitCode)
+    val exitMsg = s"The executor with id $execId exited with exit code $explained."
+    val reasonStr = reason.map(r => s"The API gave the following brief reason: ${r}")
+    val msgStr = message.map(m => s"The API gave the following message: ${m}")
+
+
     s"""
-       |The executor with id $execId exited with exit code $exitCode.
-       |The API gave the following brief reason: ${reason.getOrElse("N/A")}
-       |The API gave the following message: ${message.getOrElse("N/A")}
+       |${exitMsg}
+       |${reasonStr.getOrElse("")}
+       |${msgStr.getOrElse("")}
+       |
        |The API gave the following container statuses:
        |
        |${containersDescription(pod)}
@@ -246,4 +253,25 @@ private[spark] class ExecutorPodsLifecycleManager(
 
 private object ExecutorPodsLifecycleManager {
   val UNKNOWN_EXIT_CODE = -1
+
+  // A utility function to try and help people figure out whats gone wrong faster.
+  def describeExitCode(code: Int): String = {
+    val humanStr = code match {
+      case 0 => "(success)"
+      case 1 => "(generic, look at logs to clarify)"
+      case 42 => "(Douglas Adams fan)"
+      // Spark specific
+      case 10 | 50 => "(Uncaught exception)"
+      case 52 => "(JVM OOM)"
+      case 53 => "(DiskStore failed to create temp dir)"
+      // K8s & JVM specific exit codes
+      case 126 => "(not executable - possibly perm or arch)"
+      case 137 => "(SIGKILL, possible container OOM)"
+      case 139 => "(SIGSEGV: that's unexpected)"
+      case 255 => "(exit-1, your guess is as good as mine)"
+      case _ => "(unexpected)"
+    }
+    s"${code}${humanStr}"
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend.scala
index d5a4856d3793e..5dad6a3b7622b 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ private[spark] class KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend(
 
   // Allow removeExecutor to be accessible by ExecutorPodsLifecycleEventHandler
   private[k8s] def doRemoveExecutor(executorId: String, reason: ExecutorLossReason): Unit = {
-    if (isExecutorActive(executorId)) {
-      removeExecutor(executorId, reason)
-    }
+    removeExecutor(executorId, reason)
   }
 
   private def setUpExecutorConfigMap(driverPod: Option[Pod]): Unit = {
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsLifecycleManagerSuite.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsLifecycleManagerSuite.scala
index d84d28f98c63c..e3ec53adef6ab 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsLifecycleManagerSuite.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodsLifecycleManagerSuite.scala
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ExecutorPodsLifecycleManagerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfte
     val failedPod = failedExecutorWithoutDeletion(1)
     snapshotsStore.updatePod(failedPod)
     snapshotsStore.notifySubscribers()
-    val msg = exitReasonMessage(1, failedPod)
+    val msg = exitReasonMessage(1, failedPod, 1)
     val expectedLossReason = ExecutorExited(1, exitCausedByApp = true, msg)
     verify(schedulerBackend).doRemoveExecutor("1", expectedLossReason)
     verify(namedExecutorPods(failedPod.getMetadata.getName)).delete()
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class ExecutorPodsLifecycleManagerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfte
     snapshotsStore.notifySubscribers()
     snapshotsStore.updatePod(failedPod)
     snapshotsStore.notifySubscribers()
-    val msg = exitReasonMessage(1, failedPod)
+    val msg = exitReasonMessage(1, failedPod, 1)
     val expectedLossReason = ExecutorExited(1, exitCausedByApp = true, msg)
     verify(schedulerBackend, times(1)).doRemoveExecutor("1", expectedLossReason)
     verify(namedExecutorPods(failedPod.getMetadata.getName), times(2)).delete()
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class ExecutorPodsLifecycleManagerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfte
     eventHandlerUnderTest.conf.set(Config.KUBERNETES_DELETE_EXECUTORS, false)
     snapshotsStore.updatePod(failedPod)
     snapshotsStore.notifySubscribers()
-    val msg = exitReasonMessage(1, failedPod)
+    val msg = exitReasonMessage(1, failedPod, 1)
     val expectedLossReason = ExecutorExited(1, exitCausedByApp = true, msg)
     verify(schedulerBackend).doRemoveExecutor("1", expectedLossReason)
     verify(namedExecutorPods(failedPod.getMetadata.getName), never()).delete()
@@ -126,13 +126,20 @@ class ExecutorPodsLifecycleManagerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfte
     assert(pod.getMetadata().getLabels().get(SPARK_EXECUTOR_INACTIVE_LABEL) === "true")
   }
 
-  private def exitReasonMessage(failedExecutorId: Int, failedPod: Pod): String = {
+  private def exitReasonMessage(execId: Int, failedPod: Pod, exitCode: Int): String = {
     val reason = Option(failedPod.getStatus.getReason)
     val message = Option(failedPod.getStatus.getMessage)
+    val explained = ExecutorPodsLifecycleManager.describeExitCode(exitCode)
+    val exitMsg = s"The executor with id $execId exited with exit code $explained."
+    val reasonStr = reason.map(r => s"The API gave the following brief reason: ${r}")
+    val msgStr = message.map(m => s"The API gave the following message: ${m}")
+
+
     s"""
-       |The executor with id $failedExecutorId exited with exit code 1.
-       |The API gave the following brief reason: ${reason.getOrElse("N/A")}
-       |The API gave the following message: ${message.getOrElse("N/A")}
+       |${exitMsg}
+       |${reasonStr.getOrElse("")}
+       |${msgStr.getOrElse("")}
+       |
        |The API gave the following container statuses:
        |
        |${containersDescription(failedPod)}
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackendSuite.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackendSuite.scala
index c4b878df8be49..5dd84e853620e 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackendSuite.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackendSuite.scala
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ class KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackendSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAn
 
     backend.start()
     backend.doRemoveExecutor("1", ExecutorKilled)
-    verify(driverEndpointRef, never()).send(RemoveExecutor("1", ExecutorKilled))
+    verify(driverEndpointRef).send(RemoveExecutor("1", ExecutorKilled))
 
     backend.doRemoveExecutor("2", ExecutorKilled)
-    verify(driverEndpointRef, never()).send(RemoveExecutor("1", ExecutorKilled))
+    verify(driverEndpointRef).send(RemoveExecutor("2", ExecutorKilled))
   }
 
   test("Kill executors") {