DOB/DOD: March 20, 1983 (Fort Bragg, NC) – May 8, 2005; 22 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Engaged to be married to Olivia Lawrence (1986-).LOCAL ADDRESS: Sedgwick Road; West HartfordENLISTMENT: May 19, 2003MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0311; Rifleman UNIT: H Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines (Regimental Combat Team 2), 2nd Marine Division; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina FAMILY: BornContinue reading “LANCE CORPORAL LAWRENCE ROBERT PHILIPPON; MARINE CORPS”
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CAPTAIN ERIC THOMAS “BIG E” PALIWODA; ARMY
DOB/DOD: February 23, 1975 (Hartford, CT) – January 2, 2004; 28 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Engaged to be married to Wendy Rosen (1974-) of Hartsdale, New York.LOCAL ADDRESS: 25 Arapahoe Road; West HartfordCOMMISSIONED: May 31, 1997MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 12A; Engineer, GeneralUNIT: Company B, 4th Engineering Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; Fort Carson, ColoradoContinue reading “CAPTAIN ERIC THOMAS “BIG E” PALIWODA; ARMY”
LIEUTENANT COLONEL MICHAEL JEROME MCMAHON; ARMY
DOB/DOD: October 22, 1963 (Fort Campbell, KY) – November 27, 2004; 41 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Jeanette M. Regan [West Point ’83; Colonel, retired] (1961-) on August 15, 1987, at West PointCHILDREN: Three sons, Michael Jr. (1990-), Thomas M. (1993-), and Dennis “Ricky” IV [West Point, Class of ‘25] (1999-).LOCAL ADDRESS: Howland Road; West HartfordCOMMISSIONED:Continue reading “LIEUTENANT COLONEL MICHAEL JEROME MCMAHON; ARMY”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS CHARLES ELEVENSTON SMITH; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: January 23, 1924 (Philadelphia, PA) – March 1, 1945; 21 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 1158 New Britain Avenue, West Hartford. The house is no longer there. ENLISTMENT: January 14, 1943, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 801968UNIT: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0745, Rifleman FAMILY: Born to Charles E.Continue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS CHARLES ELEVENSTON SMITH; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ROBERT CLAYTON ARMSTRONG; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: May 13, 1924 (Manchester, NH) – March 20, 1945; 20 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Engaged to Ann Marie Henry (1924-1986) of West Hartford. 5LOCAL ADDRESS: 111 Bonner Street, HartfordENLISTMENT: July 22, 1943, in Springfield, Massachusetts; entered active duty on August 4, 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 861804UNIT: 5th Engineer Battalion, 5th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 1371, Combat EngineerContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ROBERT CLAYTON ARMSTRONG; MARINE CORPS”
2ND LIEUTENANT GORDON HERBERT STERLING, JR.; U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS
DOB/DOD: June 30, 1919 (Ilion, New York) – December 7, 1941; 22 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Engaged to 2nd Lt Ada Margaret “Peggy” Olsson (1916-1999), U.S. Army nurse. NOTE: In 1945, then Lieutenant Peggy Olsson was the supervising nurse for the amputation ward at McCloskey General Hospital in Temple, Texas. She never married and died atContinue reading “2ND LIEUTENANT GORDON HERBERT STERLING, JR.; U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS”