Tag: Kansas City Missouri

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Mason, Matthew D.
Navy Special Warefare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL)

Matthew D. Mason, age 37, from Kansas City, Missouri.

Spouse: Married (wife pregnant expecting third child)
Children: 2 sons

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Kearney High, Northwest Missouri State University (1998)
Military history: East Cost-based Naval Special Warfare Unit

Date of death: Saturday, August 6, 2011
Death details: Was among 30 servicemembers who died in Wardak Province Afghanistan of wounds suffered when their CH-47 Chinoo helicopter crashed after it came under enemy attack.
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Crow, Robert Wayne
Army Sergeant

Robert Wayne Crow, age 42, from Kansas City, Missouri.

Parents: Helen Cyr (preceeded in death) and Robert Wayne Crow Sr.
Children: Robert Wayne Crow III, David Crow, Larry Kern, James Kern, Craig Kern, Meredith Kern

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 203rd Engineer Battalion, Joplin, Missouri. Enlisted December 2005.

Date of death: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Death details: Died in Pakitika, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.

Source: Department of Defense, Kansas City Star, Chicago Tribune, Springfield News Leader, Military Times

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Hand, Nicholas
Marines Lance Corporal

Nicholas Hand, age 20, from Kansas City, Missouri, Clay county.

Parents: Dawn Hand

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Park Hill High, Oak Park High (2007)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Date of death: Sunday, November 22, 2009
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Leavenworth National

Source: Department of Defense, Kansas City Star, Military Times

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Hefner, Shawn P.
Marines Lance corporal

Shawn P. Hefner, age 22, from Kansas City, Missouri, Hamilton county. Their last known residence was in Hico, Texas.

Parents: Patrick Hefner and Robin Hefner

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Hico High, (2006)
Military history: 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Enlisted January 2008.

Date of death: Friday, November 13, 2009
Death details: Died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan while supporting combat operations.
Cemetery: Hico

Source: Department of Defense, Dallas Morning News, Military Times

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Wilkerson, Charles Thomas
Army Sergeant

Charles Thomas Wilkerson, age 30, from Kansas City, Missouri

Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Troop, 3D Squadron, 3D Cavalry, Fort Carson, Colorado

Date of death: Sunday, May 22, 2005
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Walters, Donald Ralph
Army Sergeant

Donald Ralph Walters, age 33, from Kansas City, Missouri

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 507Th Maint. (32D Aamdc)

Date of death: Sunday, March 23, 2003
Death details: Captured in an ambush and later executed in Nasiriyah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Speicher, Michael Scott
Navy Captain

Michael Scott Speicher, age 33, from Kansas City, Missouri. Their last known residence was in Jacksonville, Florida.

Spouse: Joanne Speicher
Children: Two children

Service era: Operation Desert Storm
Schools: Florida State University (1980)

Date of death: Thursday, January 17, 1991
Death details: Shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet over west-central Iraq. Acting on information from an Iraqi citizen in July 2009, Marines went to the crash site and were led to a burial site. He was the only American missing in action from that war. Reports over years led some to believe he was alive.
Cemetery: Jacsonville Memory Gardens

Source: Department of Defense, New York Times, Fox News, Associated Press

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Weldon, Robert P.
Air Force Airman 1st Class

Robert P. Weldon, age 19, from Kansas City, Missouri.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Death details: One of the 23 men killed in a CH53 helicopter crash in Thailand.

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1975), findagrave.com

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Carroll, Roger William Jr.
Air Force Major

Roger William Carroll Jr. from Kansas City, Missouri.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, September 21, 1972
Death details: On September 29, 1995, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major Roger William Carroll Jr., missing from the Vietnam War.

Major Carroll joined the U.S. Air Force from Missouri and was a member of the Headquarters, 7th Air Force. On September 21, 1972, he was the pilot of an F-4D Phantom II (tail number 66-8769) on a strike mission over northern Laos. Major Carroll’s aircraft was downed by anti-aircraft fire during the mission, and he was killed in the crash. His body could not be recovered at the time. In 1994, a joint U.S. and Laotian search team recovered remains from a crash site associated with Maj Carroll’s loss. The next year, U.S. analysts identified the remains as those of Maj Carroll.

Major Carroll is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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Crane, William Joseph II
Army Private 1st class

William Joseph II Crane, age 21, from Jackson County Kansas City, Missouri .

Parents: William Joseph Crane

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Graduated high school in Belton
Military history: 101st Military Police Airborn Division.

Date of death: Thursday, January 27, 1972
Death details: Died of natural causes in a Air Force hospital in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Fort Leavenworth National

Source: National Archives