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Anthony J. Rosa, age 20, from Swanton, Vermont, Franklin County.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Missisquoi Valley Union High (2008)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Thursday, September 23, 2010
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Boston Globe
Joshua Allen Johnson, age 24, from Richford, Vermont, Franklin county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company A, 3d Battalion, 172d Infantry, Jericho, Vt
Date of death: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Death details: Hostile in Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Richard L. Lemnah, age 37, from Franklin County Saint Albans, Vermont .
Parents: Clarence and Etta Lemnah
Spouse: Marlys (married 15 years)
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Bellows Free Academy (1964)
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Cemetery: Holy Cross in Saint Albans, Vermont
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Burlington Free Press (1983)
Carroll Joseph Deuso, age 36, from Richford, Vermont, Franklin county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, December 15, 1970
Death details: On December 15, 1970, a C-2A Greyhound (bureau number 155120) carrying six crew and passengers launched from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA 61) in the South China Sea. About ten seconds after launch, the aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea. Search and rescue units responded immediately but there were no survivors. Searchers were able to retrieve the remains of two of the men aboard the aircraft, but the other four could not be recovered.
Master Chief Boiler Technician Carroll Joseph Deuso, who entered the U.S. Navy from Vermont, served with Detachment B, Mobile Support Unit, and was a passenger on this Greyhound at the time of its loss. He was not recovered after the crash and remains unaccounted for. Today, Master Chief Boiler Technician Deuso is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
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, findagrave.com
George Edward Jr. Walker, age 21, from Swanton, Vermont, Franklin county.
Parents: George Walker Sr.
Spouse: Married
Children: Two sons
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 26, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Barre Times Argus (1970)
Maurice Patrick Gardner, age 18, from Franklin County Saint Albans, Vermont .
Parents: Irene and Alvarez Gardner
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, January 28, 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. Corporal Maurice Patrick Gardner, who joined the U.S. Army from Vermont, served with Battery B, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on November 30, 1950, as his unit made a fighting withdrawal from Kunu-ri southward to Sunchon. He was marched with a large group of prisoners to Hofong Camp, where he died of malnutrition and pneumonia on January 28, 1951. His remains have not been identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Corporal Gardner 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, Saint Albans Daily Messenger (1951)
Brainerd Wells Andrews, age 31, from Franklin County Saint Albans, Vermont .
Parents: Homer G. Andrews and Eva E. Andrews
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, Burlington Free Press (1966)
Walter T. Finn, age 21, from Saint Albans, Vermont, Franklin county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, October 21, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Holy Cross, Saint Albans
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
George B. Dunn from Fairfax, Vermont, Franklin county.
Children: 1st Vermont Cavalry
Service era: Civil War
Military history: Killed at Appomattox Station ,Virginia
Date of death: Saturday, April 8, 1865
Cemetery: Sanderson Corners in Fairfax
Source: Vermont Phoenix (1907), findagrave.com