Randall A. Carlson, age 35, from Trumbull, Connecticut.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Saturday, September 25, 1982. He was one of four U.N. officers killed when their jeep struck a mine on the outskirts of the war-torn Lebanese capital.
Cemetery: United State Military Academy Post, West Point
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, findagrave.com, UPI
Stephen Grady Peck, age 22, from Trumbull, Connecticut.
Parents: Robert J. Peck
Spouse: Not married
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Trumbull High graduate
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Monday, March 6, 1967
Death details: Bronze Star citation: For heroism in connection with military operations against a hostile force: Specialist Four Peck distinguished himself on 6 March 1967 while serving as a Reconnaissance Sergeant attached to B, 1/35th Infantry. When his patrol came under intense small arm and automatic weapons fire from an estimated twenty or more Viet Cong, : Specialist Four Peck quickly realized that artillery support would be needed in order to overcome the enemy. With complete disregard for his personal safety, he crawled into the open and through the hostile barrage with a radio to reach the forward observer and call in effective artillery rounds. During this heroic endeavor, he was mortally wounded, but managed to get within reach of the forward observer. As a result, accurate artillery fire was placed upon the enemy and friendly casualties were kept to a minimum. Specialist Four Peck’s outstanding display of personal courage and devotion to duty is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Kenneth J. O’Brien, age 52, from Fairfield County Trumbull, Connecticut .
Spouse: Rosemarie T. O’Brien
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, June 3, 1963
Death details: Killed in the crash of a military chartered airline in the Gulf of Alaska
Source: Associated Press (1963), Boston Globe (1963)
Stephen Bood, age 30, from Trumbull, Connecticut, Fairfield county.
Parents: Alice J. Bood
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: B Battery, 11th Artillery
Date of death: Monday, August 14, 1961
Death details: Among three soldiers killed when their car hit into two culverts north of Clarksville, Tennessee
Source: Nashville Banner (1961)