Branch: NavyRank: S5A1Born: October 9, 1923Reported Missing: May 27, 1945, presumed deadUnit: USS Braine (DD630)Location: JapanCurrent Status: Not RecoveredMemorial Seaman Austin enlisted in the Navy in November 1942 and was called for duty the following January. The USS Braine took part in Okinawa operations as a radar picket ship from 16-25 May. On May 27 1945, she was hit in quick succession by two suicide […]
Francis Wlodkowski
Branch: Navy Rank: SEA1 Born: circa 1924 Reported Missing: April 15, 1943, drowned at sea Unit: April 15, 1943 Location: North Atlantic Ocean Current Status: Not Recovered In early June 1943 SEA1 Wlodkowski’s mother received a telegram informing her that her son was “swept overboard by a huge wave” while working with a group in the forecastle. Every effort was made to effect a rescue […]
Earl Thomas Ogden
Branch: Army Rank: PFC Born: July 4, 1924 Killed in Action: April 19, 1945, Belgium Final Resting Place: Hazardville Cemetery, Enfield Killed in the Battle of the Bulge
Earl Patrick Conlin
Branch: Army Air Corps Rank: SSgt Born: December 24, 1915 Reported Missing In Action: April 20, 1944 Unit: 32 Photo Squadron, 5 Reconnaissance Group Location: Mediterranean Sea Current Status: Not Recovered Memorial
Phillip Andrew Jordan
Branch: Marines Rank: GySgt Born: April 20, 1960 Killed in Action: March 23, 2003, An Nasiriyah, Iraq Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Final Resting Place: St. Patrick Cemetery, Enfield GySgt Jordan was the first Connecticut man killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. the 2nd since September 11. He was killed on March 23, 2003 along with eight other Marines in an ambush […]