Dustin Wayne Peters, age 25, from El Dorado, Kansas, Butler county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 314Th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Little Rock Afb, Ar
Date of death: Sunday, July 11, 2004
Death details: Hostile; +Bayji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Jeremy A. Taylor, age 23, from Rosehill, Kansas, Butler county.
Service era: Khobar Towers Bombing
Date of death: Tuesday, June 25, 1996
Death details: Terrorists bombed the Khobar Towers, a housing unit near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 Air Force personnel and injuring about 400 other Americans.
Source: Air Force, findagrave.com, Associated Press (1996)
Glen Johnson Taliaferro, age 25, from Kansas, Butler county.
Spouse: Kathryn Taliaferro
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, August 2, 1971
Death details: Air loss or crash over land in Laos; died while missing
Source: National Archives, Asbury Park Press (1971)
Lenton Eugene Mizer, age 20, from El Dorado, Kansas, Butler county.
Parents: Vel O. Mizer
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, July 15, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Springfield News Leader (1970)
Walter Lee Jr. Taylor, age 20, from Kansas, Butler county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, April 14, 1970
Source: National Archives
Stanley Dean Calvin, age 20, from El Dorado, Kansas, Butler county.
Parents: Dean H. Calvin
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, February 21, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970), Associated Press (1970)
Alfred Hugh Cunningham from Kansas, Butler county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, November 29, 1950
Death details: On the evening of November 27, 1950, a huge Chinese force launched an attack against the U.S. and United Nations (UN) troops stationed in the Chosin Reservoir area in north-east North Korea. The resulting seventeen-day conflict became known as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. After a fierce defense, U.S. and UN forces attempted to withdraw south from the Chosin Reservoir to the port of Hungnam. A single seventy-eight-mile roadway connecting the reservoir to Hungnam offered the only retreat route, and the withdrawing men faced significant enemy resistance as they traveled down it, attempting to avoid encirclement. After suffering heavy casualties, the U.S. and UN troops eventually broke through Chinese lines and reached Hungnam. Corporal Alfred Hugh Cunningham, who joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Kansas, served with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He was killed in action on November 29 during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, towards the end of a three-day fight to maintain control of the crest of Hill 1282, which overlooked the town of Yudam-ni. His remains could not be recovered before his unit was forced to withdraw, and his remains could not be recovered or identified following the war. Today, Corporal Cunningham is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Walter Eugene Bertram, age 21, from Butler County Eldorado, Kansas .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, August 6, 1945
Death details: Killed aboard USS Bullhead SS-332 when it was sunk by air attack near the Lombok Strait.
Source: On Eternal Patrol
Charles E. Brittain from El Dorado, Kansas, Butler county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Saturday, April 7, 1945
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: Grave marker, finagrave.com
Lynn M. Mahannah from Kansas, Butler county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, April 2, 1945
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker