Walter Alvarenga, age 49, from Junction City, Kansas.
Parents: Rigoberto Alvarenga Perdomo and Lidia Esperanza Orellana Mejia
Spouse: Marta (Vasquez)
Children: Angel, Virginia, Mia
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Death details: Hospitalized and died from COVID 19
Cemetery: Kansas Veterans
Source: Military Times, JC Post, Johnson & Mass-Hinitt Cremations
John D. Gerrie, age 43, from Nickerson, Kansas.
Service era: Iraq
Spouse: Amy Gerrie (married 13 years)
Children: Emily, John (Jack), Kaitlyn
Parents: John W. Gerrie (preceded in death) and Deborah Gerrie
Military history: 453rd Electronic Warfare Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
Date of death: Saturday, January 16, 2016
Death details: Died in Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, from a non-combat related injury
Source: Department of Defense, Porter Loring Mortuaries
Toby A. Childers, age 40, from Hays, Kansas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Monday, November 23, 2015
Death details: Among four soldiers killed in a helicopter accident at Ft. Hood.
Source: Associated Press
Forrest W. Robertson, age 35, from Westmoreland, Kansas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry
Date of death: Sunday, November 3, 2013
Death details: Died in Pul-E-Alam, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Trenton L. Rhea, age 33, from Oakley, Kansas, Logan county. Their last known residence was in Kansas City, Missouri.
Parents: Marshall Rhea (Julie) and Rebecca Breeden Rhea
Spouse: Leah Reid (April 22, 2006)
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Oakley High (1998), University of Central Missouri graduate
Military history: Autumn Lee Rhea, Joanna Lynn Rhea, Abigail Christine Rhea
Date of death: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan after drowning while attempting to cross a body of water.
Cemetery: Blackwater Chapel Cemetery, south of Sweet Springs
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Sedalia Democrat
Erik N. May, age 26, from Independence, Kansas, Montgomery county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.
Date of death: Saturday, July 14, 2012
Death details: Died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom while in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael J. Knapp, age 28, from Overland Park, Kansas, DuPage county.
Parents: Sandra Knapp
Spouse: Abby Dyan (Brassfield) Knapp (October 2007)
Children: Kinsley Payton, 9 months
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion (Air Assault), 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
Date of death: Friday, May 18, 2012
Death details: Died in Asadbad, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire. Also killed was Sgt. Jabraun S. Knox.
Source: Department of Defense, Kansas City Star, Legacy.com
Zachary H. Hargrove, age 32, from Wichita, Kansas, Sedgwick county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Death details: Died in Bagram, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James R. Burnett Jr., age 21, from Wichita, Kansas, Sedgwick county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 5th infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
School: Clearwater High (2009)
Date of death: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Pfc. Matthew C. Colin also died.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Wichita Eagle
Bryan J. Nichols from New Century, Kansas, Johnson county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion).
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.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times