CAPTAIN BENJAMIN ANDREW SKLAVER; ARMY

DOB/DOD: October 22, 1976 (New Haven, CT) – October 2, 2009; 32 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Engaged to be married to Beth Segaloff (1973-). LOCAL ADDRESS: Santa Fe Avenue; Hamden COMMISSIONED: 2003MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 38A; Civil Affairs OfficerUNIT: Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve; Greensboro, North Carolina FAMILY: Born to GaryContinue reading “CAPTAIN BENJAMIN ANDREW SKLAVER; ARMY”

PRIVATE CHARLES LEROY NAGEL; MARINE CORPS

DOB/DOD: May 2, 1922 (Hamden, CT) – March 2, 1945; 22 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Dorothy Bigelow Nagel (1922-1995) on March 1, 1942, in Stamford, CT.LOCAL ADDRESS: 2 Cedar Hill Avenue, New Haven. The house was torn down to build Interstate 91.ENLISTMENT: January 26, 1944, in Springfield, Massachusetts, three weeks after his father diedSERVICE NUMBER:Continue reading “PRIVATE CHARLES LEROY NAGEL; MARINE CORPS”

ENSIGN EDWARD WEBB GOSSELIN; U.S. NAVY

May 1, 1917 (Hamden, CT) – December 7, 1941; 24 years oldUnmarriedHometown listed as Joliet, Illinois on December 7, 1941, however, he was born in Connecticut and attended Yale University in New Haven, ConnecticutEnlisted on September 30, 1940; Commissioned March 14, 1941Service number O-097031USS Arizona (BB-39) Born to Edward Gosselin (1893-1978) and Florilla Webb GosselinContinue reading “ENSIGN EDWARD WEBB GOSSELIN; U.S. NAVY”