Francis Lawrence Toner IV, age 26, from Narragansett, Rhode Island, Washington county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Arsic North (Tf Phoenix)
Date of death: Friday, March 27, 2009
Death details: Killed when an Afghan National Army soldier opened fire on personnel assigned to Combine Security Transition Command at Mazar-E-Sharif, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Matthew Scott Coutu, age 23, from North Kingstown, Rhode Island, Washington county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 64Th Military Police Company, 720Th Mp Battalion, Iii Corps, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Monday, June 27, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gregory Allen Belanger, age 24, from Narragansett, Rhode Island, Washington county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhsc 325Th Military Intelligence Battalion, East Windsor, Connecticut
Date of death: Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Al Hallia, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brian F. Hussey, age 27, from Saunderstown, Rhode Island, Washington county.
Service era: Post cold war
Date of death: Friday, August 23, 1996
Death details: EA-6B “Prowler” of Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 1, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, crashed during a training mission at Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona.
Source: U.S. Navy, Associated Press
Dennis Wade Webster, age 23, from Narragansett, Rhode Island, Washington county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, December 31, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI, Associated Press (1970)
Andrew David III Smith, age 25, from Wakefield, Rhode Island, Washington county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Autauga County High (1969)
Date of death: Thursday, May 28, 1970
Death details: Hostile, Cambodia
Source: National Archives, Prattville Progress (1970)
Antonio Louis Moretti, age 21, from West Kingston, Rhode Island, Washington county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 24, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Harry Edward Harkness from Rhode Island, Washington county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: April 30, 1951
Death details: On September 5, 2017, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant First Class Harry Edward Harkness, missing from the Korean War. Sergeant First Class Harkness entered the U.S. Army from Rhode Island and served with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, he was taken as a prisoner of war (POW) during combat between the 8th Cavalry Regiment and Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) near Unsan, North Korea. Following his capture, he was eventually interned at POW Camp 5 at Pyoktong, where he died of dysentery and malnutrition on or before April 30, 1951. In 1993, the North Korean government repatriated human remains from the POW Camp 5 site, and U.S. analysts eventually identified SFC Harkness among these remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Robert Edward Rice, age 21, from Rhode Island, Washington county.
Service era: Korea
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Monday, November 27, 1950
Death details: On November 27, 1950, B Company of the U.S. Army’s 35th Infantry Regiment, an element of Task Force Dolvin/Wilson, was holding a hastily erected defensive position near the village of Tong-dong, North Korea, when Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) attacked the company’s perimeter from two sides. After heavy fighting, the Chinese successfully infiltrated the American positions, forcing a withdrawal under heavy mortar and artillery fire. The U.S. troops pulled back to another position a mile farther south. Corporal Robert Edward Rice entered the U.S. Army from Rhode Island and served with B Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. On November 27, CPL Rice was captured by enemy forces during this withdrawal from Tong-dong. As a prisoner of war (POW), he was eventually marched to POW Camp 1, at Kange, where he died on or before March 31, 1951. He was buried near the camp. His remains were not identified among those returned to the U.S. following the ceasefire, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Corporal Rice is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Mario Galli, age 28, from Westerly, Rhode Island, Washington county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Thursday, October 24, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com