Beau Ramsey Beaulieu, age 20, from Lisbon, Maine, Androscoggin county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 27th Main Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Tx 76544
Date of death: Monday, May 24, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Daniel Francis Cunningham Jr., age 33, from Lewiston, Maine, Androscoggin county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Battery 1st Battalion 41st Field Artillery, Fort Stewart, Georgia 31314
Date of death: Sunday, April 4, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Allen Melvin Hutchinson, age 20, from Auburn, Maine, Androscoggin county.
Parents: Belle Hillman Hutchinson and Waldo Hutchinson
Spouse: Cheryl (Piper)
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Edward Little High graduate
Date of death: Thursday, February 5, 1970
Death details: Killed in action while on a reconnaissance patrol in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Portland Press Herald (1970)
Peter George Vlahakos, age 30, from Auburn, Maine, Androscoggin county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, February 1, 1966
Death details: On February 1, 1966, a KC-130F Hercules (bureau number 149809) took off carrying six crew members on an aerial refueling mission over the Gulf of Tonkin. En route to its rendezvous point, all radio and radar contact was lost with the aircraft while over the water in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q YE 520 190. Search efforts to locate the aircraft and the six crew members were unsuccessful. Staff Sergeant Peter George Vlahakos entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Maine and was a member of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Air Wing. He was a crew member aboard this Hercules when it disappeared on February 1, 1966, and was lost with the aircraft. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, Staff Sergeant Vlahakos is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com
Reginald Nicholas, age 29, from Androscoggin County Auburn, Maine .
Spouse: Married
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, October 3, 1965
Death details: Hostile; killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1965)
Roscoe Edward Halliday from Maine, Androscoggin county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, June 11, 1953
Death details: Late at night on June 10, 1953, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launched an attack against an important American outpost known as “Outpost Harry,” which commanders had deemed a “major outpost…to be held at all costs.” Following hours of intense bombardment, Chinese infantry attacked the American trench lines in front of the outpost. The CCF succeeded in capturing the trenches but intense hand-to-hand combat kept the CCF from advancing farther. Attacks persisted through the next day and late into June 11. By the morning of June 12, the Chinese forces withdrew. Similar assaults continued on “Outpost Harry” through the next week. First Lieutenant Roscoe Edward Halliday Jr. entered the U.S. Army from Maine and served in Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing in action during the CCF assault on “Outpost Harry,” though specific details regarding his loss are unknown. There is no evidence suggesting he was alive in enemy hands and his remains were not located following the battle. Today, First Lieutenant Halliday is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
John M. Nutting, age 35, from North Leeds, Maine, Androscoggin county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Tuesday, October 23, 1951
Death details: On October 23, 1951, a B-29A Superfortress (tail number 44-94045, call sign “Able 1”) departed Kadena Air Base, Japan, carrying thirteen crew members on a bombing mission targeting Namsi Air Field in northwest North Korea. “Able 1” flew as a part of a strike force that included ten B-29s with fighter support. As the formation approached the target, it was attacked by anti-aircraft artillery fire and MiG-15 fighters. Just after “Able 1” completed its bombing run, it was hit in the right wing fuel tank, causing an explosion with a large amount of smoke. The damaged aircraft was flying under control but was losing altitude, and it eventually crashed on a mud flat near the island of Sinmi-Do. Initial searches that continued until October 26, failed to locate the missing Superfortress or its crew. On October 29, a United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea (UNPIK) team discovered the aircraft’s wreckage along with the remains of the radio operator and navigator, but the increasing enemy activity and the rising tide in the area prevented further recovery efforts that day. Returning the next day, UNPIK discovered that one set of these remains had washed away. However, the team collected another body, which they removed for temporary burial on the island of Oesun-Do. In early November 1951, the remains of a third body that was believed to be the radar operator washed ashore on Ho-Do where it was buried by UNPIK forces. Attempts to locate the Oesun-Do an Ho-Do burial sites or recovery of any of the other missing crew remains from the crash site, have been unsuccessful following the war. Captain John Mainard Nutting entered the U.S. Air Force from Maine and was assigned to the 371st Bombardment Squadron, 307th Bombardment Wing. He was the navigator aboard this Superfortress when it was lost. A partisan guerrilla unit reported to a United Nations Command liaison that the body of Capt Nutting was found near the wreckage. However, due to enemy forces in the area, they were unable to recover the remains. When they returned the next day, the body was gone. It is unknown if it was recovered by the enemy or washed out to sea, and Capt Nutting remains unaccounted-for. Today, Captain Nutting is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Harry B. Packard, age 38, from Androscoggin County Kennebunk, Maine .
Spouse: Married
Service era: World War II
Schools: West Point graduate
Date of death: Saturday, January 27, 1945
Death details: On December 13, 1944, Japanese forces in the Philippines began the transfer of 1,621 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) to Japan. The POWs were to make the journey aboard transport ships whose harsh conditions and extreme overcrowding led survivors to refer to them as “Hell Ships.” The ships also lacked markings that would distinguish them from any other military target, causing some of them to be attacked by Allied forces who could not identify them as POW transports. On December 14, 1944, Allied aircraft attacked the first ship, the Oryoku Maru, in Subic Bay in the Philippines, killing many Allied POWs who became lost in the water, sank with the ship, or were washed ashore. Survivors of the bombing were put aboard two other ships, the Enoura Maru and the Brazil Maru, to continue on to Japan. During its journey on January 9, 1945, while anchored in Takao Harbor, Formosa (present-day Taiwan), the Enoura Maru was attacked by Allied aircraft from the USS Hornet (CV-8), killing Allied POWs who were lost in the water, on board the ship, or on the nearby shore. Survivors of the Enoura Maru bombing were loaded onto the Brazil Maru, and reached Japan on January 30, 1945. As a result of these incidents, Allied POWs were lost in the Philippines, at sea between the Philippines and Taiwan, while anchored in Taiwan, at sea between Taiwan and Japan, and in Japan. The attacks on these POW transports ultimately resulted in a series of death notifications from the Japanese government through the International Red Cross (IRC), and some casualties were given up to five different dates of death at various locations during the transfer. Witness accounts from surviving POWs offer detailed information for a handful of casualties, but the specific dates of loss and/or last-known locations for many of these POWs are based on the most recent reported date of death. Major Harry B. Packard entered the U.S. Army from Maine and served with the 24th Field Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts) in the Philippines during World War II. He was taken as a POW following the Japanese invasion and was interned in the islands until December 1944, when he was transferred to the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. He survived the attack on the Oryoku Maru and was eventually transferred to the Brazil Maru. Records indicate that MAJ Packard died on January 27, 1945, due to starvation and exposure to the elements and was buried at sea. However, these records often involve information solely furnished by enemy governments, with some casualties given multiple dates of death. Future research may determine these reports were inaccurate. MAJ Packard’s remains could not be identified following the war and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Major Packard is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Portland Press Herald (1942)
Armand L. Cyr, age 24, from Androscoggin County Lewiston, Maine .
Parents: Eloi and Alice Cyr
Spouse: Lucile R Cyr
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, January 22, 1945
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Sun Journal (1948), Lewiston Daily Sun (1948)
Robert Nelson Fenderson from Auburn, Maine, Androscoggin county.
Spouse: Ida Evangeline Fenderson
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency