David Joseph Babineau, age 25, from Springfield, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Parents: Dawn Babineau
Service era: Iraq
Schools: ld High School of Science and Technology graduate
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 502D Infantry, 2D Bct, 101St Aa, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Friday, June 16, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Markus James Johnson, age 21, from Springfield, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Parents: Craig L. Williams and Sandra (Johnson) Thomas
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Central High (2001)
Military history: D Btry, 4Th Battalion / 3D Air Defense Artillery, Apo Ae 09225 (Kitzingen, Ge)
Date of death: Tuesday, June 1, 2004
Death details: Mosul, Iraq
Cemetery: MA Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Agawam
Source: Department of Defense, The Republic, Military Times
Timothy Francis Jr. Murphy, age 23, from Springfield, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: University of Massachusetts (1969)
Military history: Headquarters Battalion, 1st Field Artillery
Date of death: Saturday, October 31, 1970
Death details: He was rescured from a military vehicle which slid into a body of water. As the helicopter was lifting him to safety he spipped from the rescue sling and drowned.
Source: National Archives
Bernard James Jr. Lovett, age 25, from Springfield, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Parents: Bernard J. Lovett Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Technical High, Westfield State College (1955)
Date of death: Friday, October 16, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Greenfield Recorder (1970)
George William Collina, age 28, from Springfield, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Spouse: Roswitha E. Collina
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, September 6, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Gary Alan Craven, age 20, from Springfield, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Parents: Arthur W. and Dorothea (Nascembent) Craven
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, September 3, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when he and a fellow Marine attempted to disarm a mine
Source: National Archives, Holyoke Transcript Telegram (1970)
Mark Henry Rivest, age 24, from Springfield, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Parents: Paul H. and Katherine (Donovan)
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Cathedral High in Springfield graduate, Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Date of death: Thursday, June 4, 1970
Death details: Hostile, Laos
Source: National Archives, Boston Globe (1970)
Peter Francis Nolan, age 21, from Springfield, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, May 8, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Theodore Francis Sas, age 24, from Springfield, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, February 15, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
John Francis Overlock, age 32, from Springfield, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: August 16, 1968
Death details: On August 16, 1968, an F-100F Super Sabre (tail number 56-3865) with two crew members took off from Phu Cat Airbase, South Vietnam, on a forward air controller mission over North Vietnam. The aircraft made radio contact when it was in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q XE 590 445, but was not heard from again. It failed to rendezvous with a tanker aircraft for a scheduled aerial refueling, and then failed to return to base, whereupon a search and rescue operation was launched. Search personnel failed to locate the aircraft or either of its crew members.
Major John Francis Overlock, who entered the U.S. Air Force from Massachusetts, served with the 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron and was the pilot of this Super Sabre at the time of its loss. He remains unaccounted for. Following the incident, the Air Force promoted Maj Overlock to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col). Today, Lieutenant Colonel Overlock is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency