Joseph Paul Bellavia, age 28, from Wakefield, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Spouse: Christine
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 194Th Military Police Company, Fort Campbell, Ky 42223
Date of death: Thursday, October 16, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Karbala, Iraq
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Daniel M. Jones, age 19, from Wakefield, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Wakefield High (1988)
Date of death: Tuesday, August 21, 1990
Death details: Electrocuted while performing routine maintenance aboard the USS Antietam in the Persian Gulf.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, UPI
Edward John Jr. Meuse, age 22, from Wakefield, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, March 26, 1953
Death details: In late March 1953, elements of the 1st Marine Division manned a string of outposts along a 33-mile section of the main line of resistance on the Korean Peninsula, near the present-day Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The 1st Marine Division’s 5th Marine Regiment was responsible for three of these outposts, named Carson, Reno, and Vegas, or collectively “the Nevada Cities Complex.” On March 26, Chinese Communist Forces attacked all three outposts. Although Carson managed to stave off the assault, Reno and Vegas, which were more lightly manned, eventually succumbed to the enemy. Over 1,000 Marines were killed, wounded, or went missing during the attack on the Nevada Cities Complex. Corporal Edward John Meuse Jr. joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Massachusetts and was a member of H Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He went missing in action during the fighting at the Nevada Cities Complex on March 26, 1953. Corporal Meuse was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and he was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the conflict’s ceasefire. Today, Corporal Meuse is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency