Kevin Francis Sheehan, age 36, from Milton, Vermont, Chittenden county.
Spouse: Married
Children: Ages 3 and 6
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Hhb 1st Battalion/ 86 Field Artillery, Williston, Vt 05495
Date of death: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Death details: Died when his unit was attacked while escorting a military intelligence detail
Source: Department of Defense, legacy.com, Military Times
Mark Asher Evnin, age 21, from Burlington, Vermont, Chittenden county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: 3d Bn, 4th Mar, 1st Mardiv, Twentynine Palms, California
Date of death: Thursday, April 3, 2003
Death details: Hostile in Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Harmon Joseph Jr. Bove, age 19, from Burlington, Vermont, Chittenden county.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. John Cunavellis; preceded in death by Harmon Bove
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 4, 1970
Death details: Died in Vietnam from wounds he received in combat the prior day.
Source: National Archives, Rutland Daily Herald (1970)
Donald William Morin, age 20, from South Burlington, Vermont, Chittenden county.
Parents: Louis L. Morin
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, February 16, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Times Argus (1970)
Ronald Rupert Fleming, age 19, from Chittenden County Burlington, Vermont .
Parents: Josephine V. Fleming
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, January 26, 1951
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Private First Class Ronald Rupert Fleming, who joined the U.S. Army from Vermont, was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by the enemy forces during the fighting withdrawal from Kunu-ri on November 30. Private First Class Fleming was marched to a holding village near the Pukchin-Tarigol Valley in North Korea, where he died of starvation, exposure, and pneumonia on January 26, 1951. His remains have not been recovered, and he was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the end of the war. Today, Private First Class Fleming is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Rutland Daily Herald (1951)
Alevin A. Hathaway from Vermont, Chittenden county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division
Date of death: Tuesday, November 6, 1945
Death details: On January 14, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private Alevin A. Hathaway, missing from World War II. Private Hathaway joined the U.S. Army from Vermont and was a member of Company E, 109th Infantry Regiment. On November 6, 1944, he was reported missing in action following a reconnaissance patrol southwest of Hurtgen, Germany, during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. In May of 1946, a set of remains were recovered from the Hurtgen Forest near Private Hathaway’s last known location. The remains could not be identified at the time, and were buried as unknowns at the Ardennes American Cemetery. In 2017, based on historical research and analysis, a DPAA historian noted a strong association between this unknown set of remains and Private Hathaway. The remains were exhumed and sent to the DPAA laboratory in April 2018, where they were eventually identified as those of Private Hathaway.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Arthur H. Finnerin from Burlington, Vermont, Chittenden county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Sunday, September 15, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Saint Joseph, Burlington
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
Oliver J. Garrow from Burlington, Vermont, Chittenden county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Saturday, September 7, 1918
Death details: Died of accident
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
Edward J. Flannery, age 50, from Burlington, Vermont, Chittenden county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Wednesday, April 3, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Cemetery: Saint Mary in Richmond, Vermont
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com