Jamie Alan Gray, age 29, from Montpelier, Vermont, Washington county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Hhb, 1st Battalion, 86th Field Artillery, 7846 Williston Road, Williston, Vermont
Date of death: Monday, June 7, 2004
Death details: Killed by a roadside bomb in Asr Jackson, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
William Joseph Normandy, age 42, from Montpelier, Vermont, Washington county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Hhb Fwd 1st Bn 86th Fa, Williston, Vermont
Date of death: Monday, March 15, 2004
Death details: Kuwait City, Kuwait. Died from non-combat related injuries from Camp Virginia, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Stephen Douglas Carr, age 26, from Barre, Vermont, Washington county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, August 26, 1970
Death details: Died in South Vietnam in combat as a helicopter pilot
Cemetery: Hope
Source: National Archives, Barre Times Argus (1970)
Brian Stanley Orr, age 20, from Waitsfield, Vermont, Washington county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Harwood Union High graduate
Date of death: Tuesday, May 12, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
William Robert Walbridge, age 18, from Montpelier, Vermont, Washington county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, April 18, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, died in South Vietnam. Found shot to death on the ground of his camp.
Source: National Archives, Department of Defense, Rutland Daily Herald (1970)
John Wayne Lafayette, age 26, from Washington County Waterbury, Vermont .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 6, 1966
Death details: On April 6, 1966, an OV-1A Mohawk (tail number 63-1377, call sign “Spud 06”) with two crew members departed Phu Bai Airfield as second in a two-plane reconnaissance mission over Laos. While on the mission, enemy ground fire hit both of the aircraft, forcing the crews to bail out over Laos. Radio contact was established with both crews, and two forward air controllers (FACs) sent search and rescue helicopters to the loss area. Before rescue teams reached the survivors, the crew of the number two Mohawk radioed they were surrounded by hostile forces and then radio contact was lost. However, the SAR aircraft rescued the crew of the lead aircraft. The crew members from the number two Mohawk were not recovered. Captain John Wayne Lafayette, who joined the U.S. Army from Vermont, was a member of the Headquarters, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. He was the observer aboard the Mohawk when it went down on its mission to Laos on April 6, 1966. He was not seen or heard from again following the Forward Air Controller’s (FAC) loss of contact with the downed crew, and he remains unaccounted-for. After the incident, the Army promoted CPT Lafayette to the rank of Major (MAJ). Today, Major Lafayette is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Robert Flectcher Fielder, age 21, from Washington County Moretown, Vermont .
Parents: Fletcher C. Fielder
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Westfield High (1964)
Date of death: Thursday, March 3, 1966
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Times Argus (1966)
John Patrick Vaughn, age 23, from Washington County Montpelier, Vermont .
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 101st Airborne Division
Date of death: Monday, February 7, 1966
Death details: Died in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, North Adams Transcript (1966)
Donald Wayne Miner from Vermont, Washington county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, January 31, 1951
Death details: On July 11, 1950, the U.S. Army’s 21st Infantry Regiment, which had arrived in Korea six days earlier, was placed in defensive positions near the town of Chochiwon, South Korea. The regiment was not at full strength and lacked artillery and anti-tank weapons. That day, they were attacked by North Korean forces and were forced to withdraw to avoid being surrounded, as well as to buy time until they could be reinforced and resupplied. Private First Class Donald Wayne Miner, who joined the U.S. Army from Vermont, served with M Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 12 north of Chochiwon, and was forced to march north to the Apex prison camps in North Korea. He died of malnutrition and pneumonia on January 31, 1951, at the camp at Hanjang-ni, and was buried a short distance from the camp. His remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire, and he is still unaccounted for. Today, Private First Class Miner is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Thomas A. Forbes, age 24, from Barre, Vermont, Washington county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Wednesday, December 4, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Cemetery: Hope in Barre
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com