T. Truong Huynh, age 25, from Oakville, Connecticut.
Date of death: Saturday, June 17, 2017
Death details: reported missing after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippines-based merchant vessel at 2:20 a.m. June 17, 2017 while most of the 300 sailors aboard were sleeping.
Source: Navy, USNI News
Daehan Park, age 36, from Watertown, Connecticut, Litchfield county.
Parents: Bonnie Schneider and Joseph Schneider
Spouse: Mi Kyong Park
Children: Niya, 11; and Sadie, 5
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Watertown High
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Enlisted in 1998.
Date of death: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Death details: Died in Wardak Province, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Republican American, The Day
Gebrah P. Noonan, age 26, from Watertown, Connecticut, Litchfield county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Date of death: Friday, September 24, 2010
Death details: Died in Fallujah, Iraq of injuries sustained Sept. 23, 2010 stemming from a shooting incident during a fight in his barracks. Specialist John Carrillo Jr. also died.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
William Ignatius Brennan, age 36, from Bethlehem, Connecticut, Litchfield county.
Spouse: Kathy
Children: Katelin, 4; Cassidy, 2
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Co. 1St Bn, 25Th Aviation Regt (1Cdtf), Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, 96854
Date of death: Saturday, October 16, 2004
Death details: His helicopter collided with another helicopter in Baghdad
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Phillip Robert Albert, age 41, from Terryville, Connecticut, Litchfield county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 2Nd Battalion 87Th Infantry Regiment, Fort Drum, Ny 13602
Date of death: Sunday, November 23, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Richard Edward Dunn, age 38, from Terryville, Connecticut, Litchfield county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 26, 1972
Death details: On April 26, 1972, a C-130 Hercules (tail number 64-0508, call sign “Spare 813”) carrying six crew members was on a night emergency re-supply mission over An Loc City, South Vietnam. While making a drop just southwest of the city, the aircraft was struck by hostile ground fire and crashed, burning upon impact with secondary explosions and prolonged fire. Enemy activity in the area prevented an immediate ground search; however, an aerial observation of the crash site at sunrise revealed little chance of survival. Electronic search results for survivors were negative. Following the war, a brief investigation of the loss area resulted in recovering the identifiable remains of one crew member; however, the other five crew members’ remains were not located at the time. Technical Sergeant Richard Edward Dunn, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Connecticut, served with the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing. He was the loadmaster aboard the C-130 when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Today, Technical Sergeant Dunn is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives
Norman R. Jr. Stoddard, age 21, from Kent, Connecticut, Litchfield county.
Parents: Norman R. Staddard Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company L of the 75th Rangers, 101st Airborne Division
Date of death: Monday, November 16, 1970
Death details: Died during a helicopter rescue in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Charles Stoddard Rowley, age 38, from Riverton, Connecticut.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: April 22, 1970
Death details: On September 1, 1995, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Colonel Charles Stoddard Rowley, missing from the Vietnam War.
Colonel Rowley joined the U.S. Air Force from Florida and was a member of the 16th Special Operations Squadron. On April 22, 1970, he was a navigator aboard an AC-130 gunship (serial number 54-1625) on an armed reconnaissance mission over enemy targets in Saravane Province, Laos. The AC-130 was downed by anti-aircraft fire during the mission, and Col Rowley was killed in the crash. Search and rescue efforts were unable to locate his body immediately following the incident. In November 1993, a joint U.S. and Laotian investigative team recovered remains from a crash site associated with this AC-130. In 1995, forensic analysis identified some of the recovered remains as those of Col Rowley.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Joseph Anthony Machowski, age 27, from Litchfield County Winsted, Connecticut .
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Silver Star citation: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Captain Joseph Anthony Machowski (AFSN: FV-3103931), United States Air Force, for gallantry in action in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force as a Forward Air Controller, 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron, 505th Tactical Air Control Group, SEVENTH Air Force, near Plei Toun Breng in Pleiku Province, Republic of Vietnam on 24 May 1966. On that date, while providing cover for a Special Forces patrol en route to their base camp, Captain Machowski discovered a multi-battalion hostile ground force waiting to ambush the patrol. With complete disregard for his own safety, Captain Machowski directed numerous combat sorties against the opposing force, constantly subjecting himself to heavy machine gun and automatic weapons fire. Captain Machowski’s clear knowledge of the potential of air power, and his ability and courage to use it to maximum extent, were the decisive factors in turning back a determined hostile offensive in the Central Highlands. By his gallantry and devotion to duty, Captain Machowski has reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.
Date of death: Tuesday, May 24, 1966
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam; killed when his unarmed reconnaissance plane was shot down.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Hartford Courant (1966), Military Times
Peter Clark Towne, age 27, from Litchfield County Morris, Connecticut .
Spouse: Ann V. Towne
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, August 18, 1965
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1965)