Memorial News

(Kansas City, Mo.) – The Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial organization has launched a major fundraising campaign to raise $700,000 to commission a bronze sculpture to complete the state’s Korean…

Missouri Director of Revenue Wayne Wallingford, a 25-year Air Force veteran who served in the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars, headlines Kansas City Flag Day ceremonies at 10 a.m., June…

The remains of U.S. Army Cpl. Charles Ray Patten, 24, of Lebanon, Missouri, killed in July 1950 during the Korean War, were returned home to Missouri in February 2024.In July…

Paul Rojas – a member of the Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial Board – left high school early at the height of the Korean War, planning to “join up” as…

Persian Gulf War Veteran Eric Sullivan of Lee’s Summit, Mo., joined the Board of Directors of the Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial in November 2022 to serve as treasurer as…

In 2021, Chris Cotten returned to Kansas City, Mo. with 16 years of experience to become Director of Parks, entrusted to stand sentry for the Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial…

For our members that are not aware our beloved Dave Deatherage passed away on July 22, 2020. Dave always gave his heart and soul to our organization without hesitation and…

For Missouri State Representative Dave Griffith of Jefferson City, serving as a Green Beret with the 8th Special Forces Group in classified and humanitarian deployments to Panama, Honduras and Vietnam began…

As a Kansas City Fox4 morning news anchor more than two decades, Mark Alford often served as an emcee or speaker informing and inspiring Kansas Citians at events throughout the…

Staff Sgt. Robert Louis Kalkofen, now 90, served during the Korean War era as a logistics manager for the Marine Corps. His son, Bob Kalkofen, today serves as vice chair…

In service to both community and country, Larry Phillips began when he joined the Army and served in Vietnam and Thailand. He continues that service today as vice chairman-elect of…

“The Korean War is the ‘forgotten war,’ and that means the men who fought there are forgotten soldiers. I didn’t want that to happen.”The words are those of Missouri State…

The Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial in downtown Kansas City owes a debt of gratitude to Missouri State Senator Mike Cierpiot, a Lee’s Summit, MO., legislator and businessman who led…

Whereas the legislatures of twenty-seven of our States have already declared November 11 to be a legal holiday: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),…

Sergeant Charles Richard “Buddy” Long was a true American hero in every sense. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he served his country valiantly both in World War II and the…