Editing Gordon Kahl (section)

{{short description|American tax resister}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Gordon Wendell Kahl
| birth_date         = January 8, 1920
| birth_place        = [[Wells County, North Dakota]], U.S.
| death_date         = June 4, 1983 (aged 63)
| death_place        = [[Smithville, Arkansas]], U.S.
| death_cause        = [[Gunshot wound]]
| resting_place      = Heaton cemetery, [[Heaton, North Dakota]]
| occupation         = [[Farmer]], [[mechanic]], [[tail gunner]], [[flight engineer]], political activist
| known_for          = Involvement in two shootouts
| organization       = [[Posse Comitatus (organization)|Posse Comitatus]]
| spouse             = {{marriage|Joan Seil|1945}}
| children           = Two sons and four daughters
| module             = {{Infobox military person |embed = yes
| allegiance = United States
| branch = [[United States Army Air Corps]]
| serviceyears = 1942–1945
| rank= [[Staff Sergeant (United States)|Staff sergeant]]
| battles = [[World War II]]
* [[North African campaign]] {{WIA}}
* [[European theatre of World War II|European theater]]
* [[Pacific War]]{{WIA}}
| awards = [[Silver Star]]<br />[[Bronze Star Medal]]<br />[[Air Medal]]<br />[[Purple Heart]] (2)<br /
>[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]]
}}
}}
 
'''Gordon Wendell Kahl''' (January 8, 1920 – June 3, 1983) was an American [[World War II]] [[military veteran | veteran]], farmer and [[tax protester]] who was known for being a one-time member of the [[Posse Comitatus (U.S. movement)|Posse Comitatus]] movement and for his involvement in two fatal [[shootout]]s with law enforcement officers in the United States in 1983.<ref name="bismarcktribune.com">Tony Spilde, [http://www.bismarcktribune.com/series/kahl ''Changing lives in 30 seconds''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060411161622/http://www.bismarcktribune.com/series/kahl/ |date=April 11, 2006 }}, Bismarck Tribune</ref>