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Brodeur, David L.
Air Force Major

David L. Brodeur, age 34, from Auburn, Massachusetts, Worcester county.

Spouse: Susan Brodeur
Children: Elizabeth and David

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 11th Air Force, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alashka

Date of death: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Death details: Died at the Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan of wounds suffered from gunfire. Killed were Maj. Philip D. Ambard, Maj. Jeffrey O. Ausborn, Maj. David L. Brodeur, Master Sgt. Tara R. Brown, Lt. Col. Frank D. Bryant Jr., Maj. Raymond G. Estelle II, Capt. Nathan J. Nylander, Capt. Charles A. Ransom.

Source: Department of Defense, Stars and Stripes, Massachusetts Soliders Legacy Fund

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Vlahakos, Peter George
Marine Corps Staff Sergeant

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