Edgardo Zayas, age 29, from Dorchester, Massachusetts, Suffolk county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop C, 1St Squadron, 61St Cavalry, Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Saturday, August 26, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Jisr Diyala, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Robert James Cunningham, age 19, from Dorchester, Massachusetts, Suffolk county.
Parents: Joseph and Mary E. Cunningham
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 10, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Blue Hill in Braintree
Source: National Archives, Boston Globe (1970)
Jerry Lenwood Thompson, age 23, from Dorchester, Massachusetts, Suffolk county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 31, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
George Francis Jr. Barry, age 23, from Dorchester, Massachusetts, Suffolk county.
Parents: Irene Barry and George F. Barry Sr. (preceded in death)
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Boston Latin School, Boston Technical High (1964), Wentworth Institute (1967)
Military history: Company B, 158 battalion, 101st airborne division
Date of death: Saturday, May 23, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam while piloting a helicopter
Source: National Archives
Charles A Bazzinotti, age 23, from Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Wednesday, May 13, 1970
Death details: Died when a helicopter hit a truck in Pleiku Province
Cemetery: Mount Hope, Mattapan
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Archibald Bruce Drysdale, age 31, from Norfolk County Dorchester, Massachusetts .
Parents: Thomas Drysdale
Service era: Korea
Schools: Dorchester High graduate
Date of death: Friday, December 1, 1950
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. Sergeant Archibald Bruce Drysdale joined the U.S. Army from Massachusetts and served with Battery D, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing in action on December 1, 1950, as his unit provided cover for 2nd Infantry Division troops withdrawing from Kunu-ri south to Sunchon, North Korea. Sergeant Drysdale was last seen at a CCF roadblock near Kunu-ri, though circumstances surrounding his loss are unknown. He was not reported as a prisoner of war. The area where he went missing never reverted to Allied control, which precluded searches for his remains, and his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Sergeant Drysdale 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, Boston Globe (1951)