DOB/DOD: November 17, 1961 (Waterbury, CT) – June 15, 1985; 23 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Unknown; moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Waldorf, Maryland, as a childENLISTMENT: May 4, 1981NAVY RATE: [Seabee] SW – Steelworker and DV – Second-Class DiverUNIT: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 62 (Gulfport, MS) and Underwater Construction Team One (UCT-1), LittleContinue reading “NAVY MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ROBERT DEAN STETHEM”
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MARINE CORPS STAFF SERGEANT THOMAS GIRARD SMITH
DOB/DOD: September 3, 1958 (Meriden, CT) – October 23, 1983; 25 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Footit Drive, MiddletownENLISTMENT: December 23, 1975; discharged September 11, 1979; enlisted again on August 11, 1981MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0321, Recon Marine; 151, Administrative ClerkUNIT: Charlie Company, Second Reconnaissance Battalion, Second Marine Division assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 24thContinue reading “MARINE CORPS STAFF SERGEANT THOMAS GIRARD SMITH”
MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN PETER “PETE” JAMES SCIALABBA
DOB/DOD: July 29, 1947 (New Haven, CT) – October 23, 1983; 36 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Jacquelyn BlackledgeCHILDREN: One son, Samuel S. [USMC]LOCAL ADDRESS: 50 Bellevue Road, New HavenENLISTMENT: November 16, 1973MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 302, Infantry OfficerUNIT: 1st Battalion, 8th Marines FAMILY: Born to Frank [Army veteran; 1943-1946] (1914-2008) and Helene Dicerbo Scialabba (1916-1997). PeterContinue reading “MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN PETER “PETE” JAMES SCIALABBA”
MARINE CORPS PFC JOSEPH JOHN MATTACCHIONE
DOB/DOD: October 15, 1963 (Willimantic, CT) – October 23, 1983; 20 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedENLISTMENT: October 5, 1981MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0352, Anti-Tank/Assault Guided MissilemanUNIT: AT Tube-Launched Optically-Tracked Wire-Guided (TOW) Company, 2nd Tank Battalion FAMILY: Born to Loreto “Laurence” A. [Navy veteran] (1938-1994) and Janet M. Rousseau Mattacchione Rice Childress [d. 1979]. Stepmother, Bernadette Pierce Mattacchione.Continue reading “MARINE CORPS PFC JOSEPH JOHN MATTACCHIONE”
MARINE CORPS LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM HART
DOB/DOD: July 22, 1961 (Camden, NJ) – October 23, 1983; 22 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Joanne Hamilton on July 4, 1980, in Groton, Connecticut.CHILDREN: One son, William Jr.LOCAL ADDRESS: 160 Midway Oval, GrotonENLISTMENT: August 27, 1981MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 3381, Food Service SpecialistUNIT: 24th Marine Amphibious Unit FAMILY: Born to Frank D. (1919-2001) and Florine GreenContinue reading “MARINE CORPS LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM HART”
MARINE CORPS LANCE CORPORAL THOMAS “TOMMY” ALAN DIBENEDETTO
DOB/DOD: May 16, 1959 (Madison, WI) – October 23, 1983; 24 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 1 Brookside Lane, MansfieldENLISTMENT: April 20, 1982MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0351, AssaultmanUNIT: Headquarters & Service Company, 81MM/Dragon Platoon, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 24th Amphibious Unit FAMILY: Born to Anthony T. and Rose Marie DiBenedetto. Two brothers, David V. and StephenContinue reading “MARINE CORPS LANCE CORPORAL THOMAS “TOMMY” ALAN DIBENEDETTO”
ARMY MAJOR RANDALL “SPOON” ARTHUR CARLSON
DOB/DOD: September 20, 1947 (Bridgeport, CT) – September 25, 1982; 35 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 2715 Old Town Road, BridgeportENLISTMENT: Commissioned June 3, 1970LAST MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 9668, Area Intelligence Officer; 48G, Mideast/North Africa (Foreign Area Officer)PRIOR MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES: 1204 – Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander; 9604 – Cryptoanalytic Officer, TranslationsUNIT: United Nations TruceContinue reading “ARMY MAJOR RANDALL “SPOON” ARTHUR CARLSON”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS MARGARET MAE BURGESS POWELL LOPEZ
DOB/DOD: May 27, 1920 (New Haven, CT) – July 14, 1996 (Riverside, CA); 76 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Eduardo LopezCHILDREN: One son, Ricardo Antonio Lopez (1953-2016)LOCAL ADDRESS: 9 Cleveland Road, New HavenENLISTMENT: March 7, 1944, in Columbus, OhioSERVICE NUMBER: A-507658DISCHARGE: December 24, 1945 FAMILY: Born to Edward L. Burgess Sr. (1896-?) and Mabel DavisContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS MARGARET MAE BURGESS POWELL LOPEZ”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ANNA MARGUERITA TARRYK
DOB/DOD: July 20, 1915 (Brooklyn, NY) – October 24, 1998 (Philadelphia, PA); 83 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Canterbury Turnpike, NorwichENLISTMENT: July 21, 1943, in HartfordSERVICE NUMBER: A-125895DISCHARGE: March 5, 1946 FAMILY: Born to Harry (1883-1945) and Mary Baronowski Tarryk (1893-1964). Harry was born in Minsk, Russia. Mary was born in Galicia, Poland. Anna wasContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ANNA MARGUERITA TARRYK”
PRIVATE MARGARET BEATRICE JANER
Information about Margaret Beatrice Janer is scarce. It’s been determined from multiple sources that she wasn’t on the order that established the Six Triple Eight, which happened in late March 1945. The main piece of evidence that she was on the ship to England is this newspaper article from the Boston Chronicle on February 24,Continue reading “PRIVATE MARGARET BEATRICE JANER”