Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Richard C. III Emmons, age 22, from North Granby, Connecticut, Hartford county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana
Date of death: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Death details: Died in Logar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with a rocket propelled grenade.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Steven J. Deluzio, age 25, from South Glastonbury (2003), Connecticut, Hartford county.
Parents: Mark Deluzio
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 172nd Infantry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Jericho, Vermont.
Date of death: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Death details: Died at Paktika Afghanistan of wounds sustain when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire. Tristan H. Southworth was also killed.
Source: Department of Defense, Middletown Press, WTNH, Military Times
Richard Lee Ford, age 40, from East Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 2D Battalion, 325Th Infantry, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Philip Alexander Johnson, age 19, from Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Wpns Co, 3D Bn, 2D Mar, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Sunday, September 3, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Habbaniyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Stephen R Bixler, age 20, from Suffield, Connecticut, Hartford county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: H&S Co, 2D Recon Bn, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Thursday, May 4, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David John Coullard, age 32, from Glastonbury, Connecticut, Hartford county.
Parents: Anita Dziedzic
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Glastonbury High graduate; Manchester Community College
Military history: H&S Co, 3D Bn, 25Th Mar, 4Th Mar Div, Brookpark, Oh
Date of death: Monday, August 1, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Hadithah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Lawrence Robert Philippon, age 22, from Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: H Co, 3D Bn, 2D Mar, (Rct-2), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Sunday, May 8, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Al Qa’Im, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Jerome McMahon, age 41, from West Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford county.
Parents: Elizabeth McMahon and Dennis McMahon
Spouse: Jeanette McMahon (married in 1987)
Children: Three children
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Conard High (1981); United State Military Academy (1985)
Military history: Hht, 3D Sqdn, 4Th Cavalry Regiment, 25Th Inf Div, Schofield Barracks, Hi
Date of death: Saturday, November 27, 2004
Death details: Died in a plane crash in the mountains near Bamian, Afghanistan. Also killed were Chief Warrant Officer Travis W. Grogan, 31, and Spc. Harley D. Miller.
Cemetery: West Point
Source: Department of Defense, Hartford Courant, Military Times
Stephen D. Tingley, age 20, from Hartford County Hartford, Connecticut .
Parents: Richard
Service era: Beirut bombings
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.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Hartford Courant (1983)
Joseph J. Mattacchione, age 21, from Hartford County Windsor Locks, Connecticut .
Service era: Beirut bombings
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.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Hartford Courant (1983)