Norwalk Connecticut

Fahey, David R.
Army Private 1st class

David R. Fahey, age 23, from Norwalk, Connecticut, Fairfield county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Date of death: Monday, February 28, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.

Cemetery: Rose Hills Memorial Park

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Perez, Wilfredo Jr
Army Specialist

Wilfredo Jr Perez, age 24, from Norwalk, Connecticut, Fairfield county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 67Th Armor, Fort Hood, Texas

Date of death: Saturday, July 26, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Berndt, Benjamin C.
Air Force 2nd lieutenant

Benjamin C. Berndt, age 24, from Norwalk, Connecticut, Fairfield county.

Service era: Cold War

Date of death: Thursday, December 16, 1982
Death details: Among 9 crew members killed when their B-52 bomber crashed in a pasture near Mather Air Force Base, California.
Cemetery: Saint John’s in Norwalk

Source: Charlotte News (1983), Lead Daily Call (1983), Lincoln Star (1982), findagrave.com

Brown, Joseph Orville
Air Force Captain

Joseph Orville Brown, age 31, from Fairfield County Norwalk, Connecticut .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, April 19, 1966
Death details: On November 18, 1998, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Joseph Orville Brown, missing from the Vietnam War. Captain Brown, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Connecticut, was a member of Detachment 3, 505th Tactical Air Support Group. On April 19, 1966, he piloted an O-1G Bird Dog (serial number 56-2800) over Khammouane Province, Laos, serving as a forward air controller. During this mission, his plane was shot down and he was killed. Recovery efforts following the crash were unsuccessful. In 1995, a joint U.S./Laotian recovery team located the crash site of the Bird Dog and recovered remains, which were later identified as those of Captain Brown. Captain Brown is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Prevost, Albert Michael
Marines 1st lieutenant

Albert Michael Prevost, age 31, from Norwalk, Connecticut.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, February 1, 1966
Death details: On February 1, 1966, a KC-130F Hercules (bureau number 149809) took off carrying six crew members on an aerial refueling mission over the Gulf of Tonkin. En route to its rendezvous point, all radio and radar contact was lost with the aircraft while over the water in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q YE 520 190. Search efforts to locate the aircraft and the six crew members were unsuccessful. First Lieutenant Albert Michael Prevost entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Connecticut and was a member of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Air Wing. He was a crew member aboard this Hercules when it disappeared on February 1, 1966, and he was lost with the aircraft. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, First Lieutenant Prevost is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com

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