Springfield Vermont

Dechen, Kurt E
Marines Lance Corporal

Kurt E Dechen, age 24, from Springfield, Vermont, Windsor county.

Parents: Richard and Dale (Freeman) Dechen
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Schools: Springfield High (2001)
Military history: C Co, 1st Bn, 25th Mar, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 4th Mar Div, Plainville, Ct

Date of death: Thursday, August 3, 2006
Death details: Hostile in Fallujah, Iraq
Cemetery: Pine Grove, North Springfield

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Hartford Courant

Potter, Arthur N.
Army Staff sergeant

Arthur N. Potter from Windsor County Springfield, Vermont .

Service era: World War II
Schools: Springfield High 1936)

Date of death: Friday, March 12, 1943
Death details: Killed near Sheridan, Arkansas in the crash of a heavy bomber while on a routine flight.
Cemetery: Oakland

Source: National Archives, UP (1943), Saint Albans Daily Messenger (1943)

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