Worcester county

Brodeur, David L.
Air Force Major

David L. Brodeur, age 34, from Auburn, Massachusetts, Worcester county.

Spouse: Susan Brodeur
Children: Elizabeth and David

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 11th Air Force, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alashka

Date of death: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Death details: Died at the Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan of wounds suffered from gunfire. Killed were Maj. Philip D. Ambard, Maj. Jeffrey O. Ausborn, Maj. David L. Brodeur, Master Sgt. Tara R. Brown, Lt. Col. Frank D. Bryant Jr., Maj. Raymond G. Estelle II, Capt. Nathan J. Nylander, Capt. Charles A. Ransom.

Source: Department of Defense, Stars and Stripes, Massachusetts Soliders Legacy Fund

Fitzgerald, Joseph Edward
Army Staff sergeant

Joseph Edward Fitzgerald, age 28, from Northbridge, Massachusetts, Worcester county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: May 31, 1967
Death details: On February 6, 1997, the Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Joseph Edward Fitzgerald, missing from the Vietnam War.

Staff Sergeant Fitzgerald joined the U.S. Army from Vermont and was a member of the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. On May 31, 1967, he was a member of a long-range reconnaissance patrol in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. The patrol was ambushed by enemy forces, and SSG Fitzgerald was killed in the incident. A search team sent to the patrol’s location did not find SSG Fitzgerald’s remains. In 1994, a joint U.S. and Vietnamese investigative team excavated a burial site associated with SSG Fitzgerald’s loss and recovered remains there. In February 1997, SSG Fitzgerald was identified from among those remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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