Branch: Marines Rank: Corporal Born: August 17, 1985 Killed in Action: May 4, 2006 Location: Al Anbar Province, Iraq Unit: 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Final Resting Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA Corporal Bixler was a Suffield residence, but is remembered and honored by the citizens of Enfield.
Philip Alexander Johnson
Branch: Marines Rank: LCPL Born: April 29, 1987 Killed in Action: September 3, 2006 Location: Iraq Unit: 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines Final Resting Place: Hazardville Cemetery, Enfield Lance Cpl Johnson was killed by a roadside bomb when his unit was traveling from Ramadi to Habina.
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 […]