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Chapin, Chris Shayne
Army Master sergeant

Chris Shayne Chapin, age 39, from Rutland, Vermont, Rutland county.

Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Hhc, 1st Battalion, 172d Armor (2mef), Saint Albans, Vt

Date of death: Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Death details: Hostile in Ar Ramadi, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Silva, Joseph Anthony
Army 1st Lieutenant

Joseph Anthony Silva, age 23, from Rutland, Vermont, Rutland county.

Spouse: Margaret (Mihalek) Silva

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Mount Saint Joseph Academy and Norwich Univeristy in Northfield, graduated from the United State Military Academy at West Point (1969)

Date of death: Saturday, September 26, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Rutland Daily Herald (1970)

Brophy, Myron Alonzo
Navy Fireman 2nd class

Myron Alonzo Brophy, age 22, from Rutland County Rutland, Vermont .

Parents: Parents died in 1927 and 1933

Service era: World War II
Schools: Rutland High (1938)

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Rutland Daily Herald (1943)

Fresell, Albert
Private

Albert Fresell, age 23, from Rutland, Vermont, Rutland county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Thursday, September 12, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Evergreen in Rutland

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

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