Stephen R Bixler, age 20, from Suffield, Connecticut, Hartford county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: H&S Co, 2D Recon Bn, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Thursday, May 4, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
George Clinton Nelson from Suffield, Connecticut, Hartford county.
Parents: William Horatio Nelson
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency