Image: Leavenworth Veterans Memorial

Description: The Leavenworth Veterans Memorial was erected in 2013 to honor and remember service members. Memorials consist of Battlefield Crosses, a symbolic cross formed by the placement of the boots, rifle and combat helmet. Memorial plaques at the bottom of each cross, clockwise from left: •"In loving Memory Sgt. Evan S. Parker 1 May 1980 - 26 October 2005 United States Army Fire Support Specialist 1st Battalion 487th Field Artillery LSA Anaconda Balad Iraq "OIF" "Go For Broke" •"In Memory of Cpl. David M. Unger First Leavenworth Native Killed in Iraq October 31, 1984 - October 17, 2006 Headquarters Platoon, Charlie Company 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment Fourth Infantry Division (Mechanized) Freedom is Not Free" •"In Memory of William J. Mulvihill Spc, U.S. Army DOB 8-27-87 DOD 8-1-08 KIA Operation Enduring Freedom 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry, A Company Asadabad, Afghanistan Freedom is Not Free" •"Ricky M. Rodgers Sgt. US Army DOB 4-19-78 DOD 8-29-05 7th Chemical Company 83rd Chemical Battalion Ft. Polk, Louisiana Freedom is Not Free" •"In Memory of Jeremy A. Katzenberger, SSG US Army DOB 11-2-84, DOD 6-11-11 KIA Operation Enduring Freedom 3rd PLT, B Col, 1/75 Ranger BN Pakita Province, Afghanistan Freedom is Not Free" •"In Honor of Jeremy Lee Drexler July 20-1980 - May 2, 2004" KIA Operation Iraqi Freedom 1st Cavalry, 91st Engineers He Made a Difference" •In loving memory of Patrick C. Hawkins, Sergeant, U.S. Army Oct. 1, 1988 - Oct. 6, 2013 Killed in Action Operation Enduring Freedom B Company, 3/75 Ranger Regiment
Title: Leavenworth Veterans Memorial
Credit: Own work
Author: Melissa Bower
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