John Francis Landry Jr., age 20, from Lowell, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop A, 2D Squadron, 12Th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Bliss, Tx
Date of death: Saturday, March 17, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
John Scott Keenan, age 21, from Lowell, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Spouse: Ann L. Keenan
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 22, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
William John Hodge, age 22, from Lowell, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Parents: William A. Hodge
Spouse: Nancy
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lowell High graduate, Andover Institute graduate
Military history: First Division
Date of death: Saturday, February 28, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Boston Globe (1970)
Bruce Raymond Baxter from Lowell, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: November 9, 1967
Death details: On November 9, 1967, an HH-3E Jolly Green Giant (tail number 66-13279) with a crew of four took off on a rescue mission in Saravane Province, Laos. The Jolly Green Giant was the second of two helicopters responding to an emergency call made by a reconnaissance team that had suffered heavy casualties. The first helicopter successfully extracted all the team except for two wounded men. This Jolly Green Giant picked up these last two men, but was hit by ground fire after liftoff, crashed, and burned. The helicopter’s pilot survived the incident and was rescued, but the other occupants died in the crash. A recovery team reached the crash site later that day and found several sets of remains, but poor weather and enemy forces prevented helicopters from successfully extracting the bodies they found. Continued hostile presence in the area precluded further recovery efforts, and the remaining five men who were aboard the Jolly Green Giant are still unaccounted for.
Master Sergeant Bruce Raymond Baxter, who joined the U.S. Army from Massachusetts, was a member of the Command and Control Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group. He was one of the two men from the reconnaissance patrol that were picked up by the Jolly Green Giant, and was killed in the crash. Attempts to recover his remains have been unsuccessful. Today, Master Sergeant Baxter is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
John Joseph Carville, age 18, from Middlesex County Lowell, Massachusetts .
Parents: Kathleen K. Carville
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 1, 1966
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1966)
William Thomas Callery, age 20, from Middlesex County Lowell, Massachusetts .
Parents: Francis A. Callery
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, February 22, 1966
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, The Mercury (1966)
Donald Leonard Arcand from Middlesex County Lowell, Massachusetts .
Parents: William Arcand
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, September 1, 1965
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1965)
Henry T. Wood, age 23, from Middlesex County Lowell, Massachusetts .
Parents: Henry T. Wood
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, August 11, 1955
Death details: Killed in the collision of two Flying Boxcar in Germany.
Source: Associated Press (1955), Boston Globe (1955)
Francis Krygowski, age 31, from Middlesex County Lowell, Massachusetts .
Parents: Joseph Krygowski
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, July 27, 1950
Death details: In late July of 1950, members of the 3rd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, served as part of U.S. forces defending Korea from the advancing North Korean People’s Army (NKPA). On July 24, they were attached to the 19th Infantry Regiment, which was positioned at the southern portion of the American defensive line. On July 25, they received a warning to secure the Hadong Pass in South Korea before the NKPA arrived there. Upon the Americans’ arrival on July 27, they were ambushed by a large enemy force. Despite mounting a fierce resistance, the 19th Infantry Regiment and attached units were unable to stop the NKPA from capturing the pass. The 3rd Battalion suffered significant casualties as a result of the battle. Corporal Francis Joseph Krygowski, who joined the U.S. Army from Massachusetts, was a member of I Company, 3rd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He took part in the fighting at Hadong Pass, and was captured by the NKPA during the fighting. He joined a group of prisoners who were marched north to prison camps in North Korea; however, he died at some point in enemy custody, although the exact circumstances surrounding his loss are unknown. His remains have not been recovered, and he was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Corporal Krygowski 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 Daily Globe (1953)
Stanley Ciemiega, age 25, from Lowell, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Tuesday, April 17, 1945
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association