Westminster Maryland

Seidler, Matthew R.
Air Force Airman 1st class

Matthew R. Seidler, age 24, from Westminster, Maryland, Carroll county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 21st Civil Engineer Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Date of death: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Death details: Died in Shir ghazi, Helmand Province, Afghanistan when his vechile was struck by an improvised explosive device. Killed were Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell, Tech. Sgt. Matthew S. Schwartz, and Airman 1st class Matthew R. Seidler.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Malachowski, James M.
Marines Staff sergeant

James M. Malachowski, age 25, from Westminster, Maryland, Carroll county.

Service era: Afghanistan

Spouse: Lindsay

Children: Vincent and Evan

Military history: 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Date of death: Sunday, March 20, 2011
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Source: Department of Defense., Military Times

Wimbrow, Nutter Jerome III
Air Force Major

Nutter Jerome Wimbrow III, age 33, from Westminster, Maryland, Carroll county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, December 26, 1972
Death details: On October 25, 1977, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major Nutter Jerome Wimbrow III, missing from the Vietnam War.

Major Wimbrow entered the U.S. Air Force from Maryland and was a member of the 716th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 307th Bombardment Wing. On December 26, 1972, he was the electronic warfare officer aboard a B-52D Stratofortress (tail number 56-0674, call sign “Ebony 2”) on a bombing mission over North Vietnam. The aircraft was hit by enemy fire and crashed near Hanoi. Maj Wimbrow did not survive the incident and his remains were not recovered at the time. The Vietnamese government later repatriated a set of remains that U.S. analysts identified as those of Maj Wimbrow.
Cemetery: Dale Cemetery, Worcester County, Maryland

Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Flanagan, Sherman Edward Jr.
Air Force Lieutenant colonel

Sherman Edward Jr. Flanagan from Westminster, Maryland, Carroll county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, July 21, 1968
Death details: Lieutenant Colonel Sherman Edward Flanagan Jr. entered the U.S. Air Force from Maryland and was a member of the 121st Tactical Fighter Squadron, District of Columbia Air National Guard on wartime duty with the 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On July 21, 1968, he was the pilot of an F-100D Super Sabre (tail number 562905) that took off from Phu Cat Air Base, South Vietnam, on a strike mission against enemy targets in the Ashau Valley. While pulling up from a pass over the target, Lt Col Flanagan’s aircraft crashed for unknown reasons, east of the target in the vicinity of (GC) YD 300 102. Both the flight leader and the forward air controller (FAC) observed the crash and reported hearing no radio transmissions and seeing no ejection. The enemy presence prevented search and rescue efforts, and an electronic search failed to detect radio transmissions or electronic beeper signals. He remains unaccounted-for. Today, Lieutenant Colonel Flanagan is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. 

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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