John R. Kikus, age 26, from Massachusetts, Norfolk county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Monday, October 8, 1990
Death details: Killed in a training exercise when two helicopters collided over the Arabian Sea
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, Associated Press (1990)
Michael J. Devlin, age 21, from Norfolk County Westwood, Massachusetts .
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, Associated Press (1983)
Mark Joseph Fitzgerald, age 22, from Norfolk County Weymouth, Massachusetts .
Parents: James H. and Virginia (Steeves) Fitzgerald
Spouse: Janes E (Connolly)
Children: Mark J. Jr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 25, 1972
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1972), Boston Globe (1972)
Robert Miranda, age 20, from Plainville, Massachusetts, Norfolk county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, August 2, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Wall of Faces
Peter Joseph Landry, age 18, from Quincy, Massachusetts, Norfolk county.
Parents: Peter and Angelina (MarchettI) Landry
Spouse: Sabine R. Landry
Children: Vickie and Cindy
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 5, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Boston Globe (1970)
Robert Douglas Hauer, age 24, from Brookline, Massachusetts, Norfolk county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: September 5, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam; On September 5, 1970, he was the pilot of an O-2A Skymaster (tail number 68-10992, call sign “Cutie 24”) on a Forward Air Control (FAC) mission west of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam. “Cutie 24” radioed a bomb damage assessment to a flight of two aircraft, and a half-hour later radioed his controller that he was going back down to the target area to look around. “Cutie 24” was last heard from when Capt Hauer requested a time check from the controller, in the vicinity of grid coordinates BP 606 476. There was no further contact and his aircraft failed to return to base. Search efforts over the presumed loss area and possible return routes failed to locate the aircraft, a crash site, or any sign of Captain Hauer.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
James Howard Heppler, age 22, from Needham, Massachusetts, Norfolk county.
Parents: A. Francis Heppler
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Needham High (1966)
Date of death: Monday, August 31, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Boston Globe (1970)
Deverton C. Cochrane, age 21, from Brookline, Massachusetts, Norfolk county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: June 16, 1970
Death details: On June 16, 1970, a five-man U.S. Army Ranger reconnaissance team deployed from Fire Support Base (FSB) David in Cambodia on an area search mission (vicinity of 48P YU 381 611; Indian 1960 datum). A helicopter inserted the team into the area and they spent the night in a defensive position. The next morning, the team began their search, discovered an enemy bunker and engaged in a firefight with enemy soldiers. The team leader was killed during the action, and the assistant team leader was killed while attempting to reach him. Two other team members were also wounded, and the remaining team member dragged his wounded companions into cover in deep grass and returned to FSB David for help. The following day, a search and rescue (SAR) team managed to extract the two wounded team members, but were unable to locate the team leader and assistant team leader. SAR teams searched for their bodies for the next five days but could not locate them.
Staff Sergeant Deverton Carpenter Cochrane, who joined the U.S. Army from Massachusetts, served with Company H, 75th Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was the leader of the Ranger team who was mortally wounded by enemy fire during this firefight, further attempts to recover his remains were unsuccessful. Subsequent to the incident, and while carried in the status of missing in action (MIA), the U.S. Army promoted Staff Sergeant Cochrane to the rank of Sergeant First Class (SFC). Today, Sergeant First Class Cochrane is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
George Francis Jr. Fell, age 22, from North Quincy, Massachusetts, Norfolk county.
Parents: George F and Anna (McDonough) Fell
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 23, 1970
Death details: Hostile, Cambodia
Source: National Archives, Boston Globe (1970)
James Stephen Baird, age 24, from South Weymouth, Massachusetts, Norfolk county.
Parents: James S. Baird
Spouse: Karen A. (Gelotte)
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: University of Massachusetts (1968)
Date of death: Sunday, February 15, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam; killed when the plane in which he was the co-pilot crashed.
Source: National Archives, Baltimore Sun (1970)