Johnson county Missouri

Cemper, Joseph B.
Army Specialist

Joseph B. Cemper, age 21, from Warrensburg, Missouri, Johnson county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date of death: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Death details: Died at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when an Afghan National Army soldier attacked with multiple grenades. Killed were Capt. Charles E. Ridgley Jr., Sgt. 1st Class Charles L. Adkins, Staff Sgt. Cynthia R. Taylor, Sgt. Linda L. Pierre, Spc. Joseph B. Cemper.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Gilliland, David A.
Navy Boiler tech 3rd class

David A. Gilliland, age 21, from Warrensburg, Missouri, Johnson county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Tuesday, October 30, 1990
Death details: Died with nine other sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima when the ship’s 850-degree steam pipe erupted.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense

Raber, Joe Edward
Army Sergeant

Joe Edward Raber, age 19, from Holden, Missouri, Johnson county.

Parents: Russell D. Raber

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, May 16, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)

Coffman, Clyde Lee
Army Specialist 5

Clyde Lee Coffman, age 20, from Warrensburg, Missouri, Johnson county.

Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mason

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, April 4, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds in South Vietnam.

Source: National Archives

Morley, Charles Frank
Air Force Major

Charles Frank Morley, age 28, from Warrensburg, Missouri, Johnson county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: February 18, 1970
Death details: On July 21, 1999, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major Charles Frank Morley, missing from the Vietnam War.

Major Morley joined the U.S. Air Force from Missouri and was a member of the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On February 18, 1970, he was the navigator aboard an F-4C Phantom (serial number 63-7671) on a night strike mission over Laos. The Phantom was downed by anti-airraft fire during the mission, and Maj Morley was killed in the crash. Search and rescue efforts for the Phantom were unsuccessful. In 1995, a joint U.S. and Laotian investigative team recovered remains from a site associated with Maj Morley’s Phantom. In 1999, U.S. forensic analysts identified the recovered remains as those of Maj Morley.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Kinder, Jesse A.
Private

Jesse A. Kinder from Johnson County Holden, Missouri .

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Monday, November 4, 1918
Death details: Died of wounds

Source: Soldiers of the Great War

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