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Jeffrey T. Middleton, age 26, from Oxford, Kansas, Sumner county.
Spouse: Married
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Monday, February 18, 1991
Death details: Died on the ground from friendly fire from allied aircraft.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, New York Newsday (1991)
Robert Joe Elliott, age 21, from Kansas, Sumner county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, September 8, 1971
Source: National Archives
Albert Frank Ammann, age 26, from Argonia, Kansas, Sumner county.
Parents: William L. Ammann
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Wichita State University graduate
Date of death: Tuesday, September 15, 1970
Death details: Died on a military Mission in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Wichita Beacon
Monte Wayne Forrest, age 21, from Kansas, Sumner county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Battery A, 187th Artillery, Americal Division
Date of death: Wednesday, August 5, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Wichita Eagle (1970)
Carl G. Dorsey, age 19, from Kansas, Sumner county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Tuesday, December 4, 1945
Death details:
On June 15, 2022, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private Carl G. Dorsey, missing from World War II.
Private Dorsey entered the U.S. Army from Kansas and served in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. American forces entered the Hürtgen Forest in November, 1944, seeking to block German reinforcements from moving north toward the fighting around Aachen, the westernmost city of Germany, near the borders with Belgium and the Netherlands. Aided by bad weather and rough terrain, German forces in the Hürtgen Forest put up unexpectedly strong resistance due to a well-prepared defense. Private Dorsey was reported missing in action on 4 December 1944 following combat near Grosshau, Germany, during fighting in the Hürtgen Forest, but the exact circumstances of his loss are unknown. In May, 1946, a German civilian found remains in the forest and reported them to U.S. officials. They could not be identified at the time and were interred as an unknown. After historical research, these remains were accessioned into the DPAA laboratory for further study. The laboratory analysis and the totality of the circumstantial evidence available established the remains as those of Private Dorsey.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Rex Elwood Wise, age 21, from South Haven, Kansas, Sumner county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Uss Oklahoma; United States Navy
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for on October 17, 2019
Cemetery: Accounted For
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency