David Eugene Hall, age 21, from Uniontown, Kansas, Bourbon county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 805Th Military Police Company, Raleigh, Nc 27606-2041
Date of death: Thursday, February 26, 2004
Death details: Kabul, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kenneth Lavern Brown, age 20, from Fort Scott, Kansas, Bourbon county.
Parents: Robert E. Brown
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, November 2, 1970
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Frankie Eugene Allgood, age 37, from Kansas, Bourbon county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, March 26, 1968
Death details: On March 26, 1968, a UH-34D Choctaw (bureau number 144654, call sign “Murry Medevac Chase”) was the wingman aircraft in a flight of two on an emergency medical evacuation mission from Hue-Phu Bai to Da Nang, South Vietnam. The helicopter four crew members and three passengers. During the flight, this Choctaw’s pilot lost sight of the lead aircraft due to weather conditions, and put the aircraft on instruments while continuing to locate the lead helicopter. It was while flying under instrument control that the Choctaw nose-dived into the water. Search and rescue teams responded to the crash site and rescued the pilot and the copilot, but were unable to locate the other two crew members or the three passengers. Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol) Frankie Eugene Allgood, who joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Kansas, served with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 363, Marine Air Group, 36, 1st Marine Air Wing. He was a patient aboard the helicopter when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Today, LtCol Allgood is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com
Edward William Jr. Lehnhoff, age 31, from Kansas, Bourbon county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, November 18, 1967
Death details: On February 3, 1988, the Central Identification Lab-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Colonel Edward William Lehnhoff Jr., missing from the Vietnam War.
Colonel Lehnhoff, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Missouri, served with the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On November 18, 1967, he was a crewmember on board an F-105D Thunderchief on a mission over North Vietnam. During the mission, the Skyraider was shot down by an enemy missile and Col Lehnhoff was killed. Enemy presence in the area precluded search efforts immediately following the crash. In 1987, the Vietnamese government repatriated human remains to the U.S. which were later identified as those of Col Lehnhoff.
Source: National Archives, New York Times, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Eugene W. Claspill, age 20, from Fort Scott, Kansas, Bourbon county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, February 22, 1957
Death details: Killed in a traffic accident near Visalia, California
Source: Kansas City Times (1957)
Eugene W. Claspill, age 20, from Fort Scott, Kansas, Bourbon county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, February 22, 1957
Death details: Killed in a traffic accident near Visalia, California
Source: Kansas City Times (1957)