William Joseph Mulvihill, age 20, from Leavenworth, Kansas, Leavenworth county.
Parents: John Mulvhill and Pam Mulvhill
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, Special Troops Battalion, 3 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Saturday, August 2, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Asadabad, Afghanistan
Cemetery: Fort Levenworth National
Source: Department of Defense, Star Tribune, Military Times
Courtney Dean Finch, age 27, from Leavenworth, Kansas, Leavenworth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 714Th Maintenance Company, Topeka, Kansas
Date of death: Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Death details: Qayyarah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David Michael Unger, age 21, from Leavenworth, Kansas, Leavenworth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 22D Infantry, 1 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael D. Daniels, age 20, from Leavenworth, Kansas, Leavenworth county.
Spouse: Name not available
School: Leavenworth High (1988)
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Wednesday, February 20, 1991
Death details: Killed when the helicopter he was aboard was shot down.
Cemetery: Fort Leavenworth National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Wichita Eagle (1991)
Carroll Wayne Spragins, age 26, from Kansas, Leavenworth county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Noel N.
Date of death: Tuesday, March 10, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Springfield Leader and Press (1970)
John Overton Gibson, age 36, from Leavenworth County Kansas.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 30, 1950
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Master Sergeant John Overton Gibson, who joined the U.S. Army from Kansas, was a member of the Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing in action during the fighting withdrawal from Kunu-ri, but the exact circumstances surrounding his loss are unknown. He was never reported as a prisoner of war, and his remains have not been recovered or identified following the end of hostilities. Today, Master Sergeant Gibson is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Roy Lee Bryant from Kansas, Leavenworth county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Private First Class Roy L. Bryant, who joined the U.S. Army from Kansas, was a member of Company B of the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 1, 1950, Company B was hit by intense enemy small arms fire, rockets and mortars while positioned on ridges overlooking the Kuryong River near Unsan, North Korea. It was during this active combat that PFC Bryant went missing, and he could not be located following the incident. He was never reported as a prisoner of war and has not been identified among the remains returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Private First Class Bryant is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency