Missouri effort to pay for designations to honor fallen military members, officers
Thirteen U.S. military members died in America's 2021 pullout in Afghanistan, including one from Missouri. U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz...
Thirteen U.S. military members died in America's 2021 pullout in Afghanistan, including one from Missouri. U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz of Wentzville was killed on August 26, 2021. The 20-year-old Schmitz was killed by a suicide bomber while evacuating Americans and Afghan allies from the country. He was on his first deployment and went to Afghanistan two weeks before he died. A Missouri House committee is considering two bills that would ask the state to pay for all costs associated with the designation of memorial highways, bridges, and VFW posts honoring fallen Missouri military members and law enforcement officers.