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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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Burgess, Jeffrey Charles
Marines Lance corporal

Jeffrey Charles Burgess, age 20, from Plymouth, Massachusetts, Plymouth county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Mwss-373, Mwsg-37, 3D Maw, Mcas Miramar, San Diego, Ca

Date of death: Thursday, March 25, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Fallujah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Wells, Stephen Michael
Army Chief warrant officer 2

Stephen Michael Wells, age 29, from North Egremont, Massachusetts, Berkshire county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hht 4Th Squadron, 3D Armored Cavalry Regiment Fort Carson, Co 80913

Date of death: Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Death details: Habbaniyah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense

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Fitzgerald, Joseph Edward
Army Staff sergeant

Joseph Edward Fitzgerald, age 28, from Northbridge, Massachusetts, Worcester county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: May 31, 1967
Death details: On February 6, 1997, the Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Joseph Edward Fitzgerald, missing from the Vietnam War.

Staff Sergeant Fitzgerald joined the U.S. Army from Vermont and was a member of the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. On May 31, 1967, he was a member of a long-range reconnaissance patrol in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. The patrol was ambushed by enemy forces, and SSG Fitzgerald was killed in the incident. A search team sent to the patrol’s location did not find SSG Fitzgerald’s remains. In 1994, a joint U.S. and Vietnamese investigative team excavated a burial site associated with SSG Fitzgerald’s loss and recovered remains there. In February 1997, SSG Fitzgerald was identified from among those remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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Harrington, Henry J.
Army Private

Henry J. Harrington from Massachusetts, Suffolk county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Saturday, January 12, 1952
Death details: On the morning of January 12, 1952, members of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division participated in a combined infantry and tank patrol near Nanoni-Polmukkae, North Korea, in the present-day Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The patrol targeted an enemy-occupied position, Hill 472. Upon reaching the hill, Company L was met with a wave of machine gun fire and hand grenades. Company L was making progress towards capturing the hill, until enemy forces began receiving support from heavy mortar fire. Shortly after this enemy support arrived, Company L was ordered to withdraw. Fourteen men were lost during this battle for Hill 472. Private Henry John Harrington, who joined the U.S. Army from Massachusetts, served with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. On January 12, 1952, Private Harrington was killed during the battle for Hill 472. Because his loss occurred in what is now the DMZ, his remains have yet to be recovered, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Private Harrington is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency