Robert Eugene Riedel, age 20, from Barton County Hoisington, Kansas .
Parents: Frank P. Riedel
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, August 31, 1965
Death details: Died from a gunshot wound in the chest in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1965)
Samuel L. Hunter, age 27, from Claflin, Kansas, Barton county.
Spouse: Sadie E. Cunningham
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962)
Edward Jerome Schwartz, age 21, from Hoisinington, Kansas, Barton county.
Parents: William H. and Louisa Schwartz
Service era: Korea
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Tuesday, November 28, 1950
Death details: Killed in action, North Korea. Remains recovered 2000
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Robert Eugene Clarke, age 21, from Great Bend, Kansas, Barton county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona
Source: National Archives, Wichita Beacon (1942)
Thomas Edgar Triplett, age 20, from Hoisington, Kansas, Barton county.
Parents: T. H. Triplett
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Hutchinson News (1942)