Phillip Robert Albert, age 41, from Terryville, Connecticut, Litchfield county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 2Nd Battalion 87Th Infantry Regiment, Fort Drum, Ny 13602
Date of death: Sunday, November 23, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Richard Edward Dunn, age 38, from Terryville, Connecticut, Litchfield county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 26, 1972
Death details: On April 26, 1972, a C-130 Hercules (tail number 64-0508, call sign “Spare 813”) carrying six crew members was on a night emergency re-supply mission over An Loc City, South Vietnam. While making a drop just southwest of the city, the aircraft was struck by hostile ground fire and crashed, burning upon impact with secondary explosions and prolonged fire. Enemy activity in the area prevented an immediate ground search; however, an aerial observation of the crash site at sunrise revealed little chance of survival. Electronic search results for survivors were negative. Following the war, a brief investigation of the loss area resulted in recovering the identifiable remains of one crew member; however, the other five crew members’ remains were not located at the time. Technical Sergeant Richard Edward Dunn, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Connecticut, served with the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing. He was the loadmaster aboard the C-130 when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Today, Technical Sergeant Dunn is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives
Ernest Firth, age 20, from Terryville, Connecticut, Litchfield county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, July 23, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: West, Bristol
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com