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Dawson, John M.
Army Specialist

John M. Dawson, age 22, from Whitinsville, Massachusetts.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Squadron, 33 Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date of death: Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Death details: Died in Jalalsbad, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when he was attacked by small arms fire while on an escort mission.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Perron, Thomas S.
Marines Private 1st class

Thomas S. Perron, age 19, from Worcester County Whitinsville, Massachusetts .

Service era: Beirut bombings

Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com

Thomas, Stanley Horace
Navy Fireman 3rd class

Stanley Horace Thomas, age 21, from Whitinsville, Massachusetts, Worcester county.

Parents: Eugene E. Thomas

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, The Herald Press (1944), Boston Globe (1942)

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