Profiles of the Fallen
We keep these members of the University of Connecticut community alive in our memories. These profiles will be updated as more information is learned about the stories of those who served the nation and made the ultimate sacrifice. If you have additional information about fallen UConn alumni, please send it via the form on the Criteria page.
Spanish American
Willis N. Hawley, Class of 1898
Hometown: Hawleyville (Newtown), Connecticut
Died November 19, 1898 of typhoid fever at the Red Cross Hospital in Philadelphia
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World War I
Billings T. Avery
Hometown: Norwich, Connecticut
Died Jun 18, 1918 from disease contracted in line of duty in France
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George W. Bourn, Jr.
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Died July 26, 1918, killed in action, in Chateau-Thierry, France
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Harry L. Clinton
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Died September 28, 1918, killed in action, in Meuse-Argonne, France
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Charles A. Johnson
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Died October 8, 1918, killed in action, in the Argonne Forest, France
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Fred G. Lyon, Class of 1916
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Died December 3, 1918, gassed in the Argonne Forest, in Allerey, France
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Arthur B. Stephenson
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Died September 10, 1918, killed in an airplane accident at Carruther's Field, Texas
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Richard A. Storrs
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Died November 13, 1918 from wounds in action, in Vertuzy, France
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World War II
Walter J. Adams, Class of 1946
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Paul Agronovitch, Class of 1944
Hometown: Norwich, Connecticut
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Harold L. Baumstein, Class of 1944
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
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Ellis A. Beck, Class of 1944
Hometown: Rocky Hill, Connecticut
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Paul K. Bidwell, Class of 1930
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Bradford P. Blake, Class of 1943
Hometown: Hamden, Connecticut
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Leslie Blakeslee, Class of 1942
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Francis Brighenti, Class of 1946
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
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Parmly C. Brown, Class of 1940
Hometown: Bethel, Connecticut
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Pierce Brundage, Class of 1939
Hometown: Storrs (Mansfield), Connecticut
Died April 10, 1942 in an airplane accident in South America
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Roger P. Brundage, Class of 1943
Hometown: Storrs (Mansfield), Connecticut
Died November 11, 1944
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Howard M. Buchanan
Hometown: Milford, Connecticut
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Irving Burness
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
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Howard Johnson Burr, Class of 1945
Hometown: Sandy Hook (Newtown), Connecticut
Died in 1946 in an accident
Arthur E. Chatfield, Jr., Class of 1939
Hometown: New Haven, Connecticut
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Eugene V. Chernoff, Class of 1945
Hometown: West Haven, Connecticut
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John W. Clark, Class of 1946
Hometown: Branford, Connecticut
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Harry G. Clinton, Class of 193?
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Minor Cranston, Class of 1944
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Maurice F. Daly, Class of 1923
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
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Charles DeMaria, Class of 1945
Hometown: Westport, Connecticut
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Sidney A. Edwards, Jr., Class of 1942
Hometown: Portland, Connecticut
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James A. Ferguson, Class of 1939
Hometown: Deep River, Connecticut
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Leon E. Forsyth, Class of 1942
Hometown: Waterford, Connecticut
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Harold Freckleton, Class of 1936
Hometown: Glastonbury, Connecticut
Died in 1943 in an airplane accident
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Vincent P. Gambino, Class of 1945
Hometown: Mansfield Center (Mansfield), Connecticut
Died September 8, 1944 in a plane crash off the coast of New Guinea. Gambino attended UConn from September 1941 until he left for Navy boot camp in July of 1942. He was an Aviation Radioman Second Class, in the U. S. Navy and was on the crew member of a patrol bomber (seaplane) that crashed when
taking off for a night combat air patrol.
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Herbert Gilman, Class of 1942
Hometown: Manchester, Connecticut
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Otto Goldstein, Class of 1940
Hometown: East Norwalk (Norwalk), Connecticut
Died February 1943
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Edward W. Goodnow, Class of 1940
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
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Herman Gorky, Class of 1945
Hometown: Tolland, Connecticut
Died in July, 1944
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Edward J. Gourd, Class of 1943
Hometown: Hamden, Connecticut
Died in 1945 while on a reconaissance flight at the Panama Canal
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William H. Greasley, Jr., Class of 1939
Hometown: West Hartford, Connecticut
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Ralph L. Greco, Class of 1938
Hometown: Kensington, Connecticut
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Kenneth Gregg, Class of 1945
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
Died December 28, 1943 in a plane accident
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John Gulieta, Class of 1936
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Michael Habern, Class of 1943
Hometown: Manchester, Connecticut
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William C. Hall, Class of 1934
Hometown: South Manchester (Manchester), Connecticut
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Gordon S. Hart, Class of 1942
Hometown: Wethersfield, Connecticut
Died in 1942 after his convoy ship was sunk in the Atlantic
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Leon H. Height, Jr., Class of 1943
Hometown: Spring Lake, New Jersey
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Henry Heldmann, Class of 1944
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
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Roderick W. Hetzel
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Edward Hittleman, Class of 1941
Hometown: Bristol, Connecticut
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Hugh Hogan, Class of 1944
Hometown: Hamden, Connecticut
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William M. Hollis, Class of 1945
Hometown: East Hartford, Connecticut
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Robert W. Hyde, Class of 1943
Hometown: Hamden, Connecticut
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Victor I. Kalander, Class of 1941
Hometown: Stamford, Connecticut
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Myron Katz, Class of 1946
Hometown: New Britain, Connecticut
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Francis J. Kelley, Class of 1946
Hometown: Waterbury, Connecticut
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David M. Knell, Class of 1945
Hometown: Meriden, Connecticut
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Walter P. Lathrop, Class of 1940
Hometown: Plainfield, Connecticut
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Robert W. Lattimer, Class of 1946
Hometown: Norfolk, Connecticut
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Sigurd, Lovdal, Class of 1937
Hometown: Southbury, Connecticut
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John S. Lukoski, Class of 1939
Hometown: Norwich, Connecticut
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Daniel J. Mahaney, Class of 1945
Hometown: Waterbury, Connecticut
Died November 11, 1944
Alonzo S. Marcil, Class of 1943
Hometown: Baltic (Sprague), Connecticut
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Joseph Matloff, Class of 1946
Hometown: New Haven, Connecticut
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Clifford G. McCarthy, Class of 1938
Hometown: New Britain
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Harold W. McIntosh, Jr., Class of 1946
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
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John Melack, Class of 1942
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Kenneth J. Mix, Class of 1944
Hometown: Suffield, Connecticut
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Alan R. Morehouse, Class of 1937
Hometown: Darien, Connecticut
Died June 6, 1944 during the D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France
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Stanley B. Morrill, Class of 1938
Hometown: Willimantic (Windham), Connecticut
Died March 29, 1944
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Roger Olmstead
Hometown: East Hartford, Connecticut
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Leonard W. Parker, Class of 1938
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Matthew L. Perry, Class of 1946
Hometown: New London, Connecticut
Died December 13, 1944
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Charles A. Rosenblatt, Class of 1940
Hometown: West Hartford, Connecticut
Died in November, 1944 of wounds received in action
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Joseph Schwartz, Class of 1945
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
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Austin P. Spencer, Class of 1940
Hometown: Barking Ridge, Rhode Island
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James Standish, Class of 1934
Hometown: Wethersfield, Connecticut
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Murray L. Steinman, Class of 1942
Hometown: Shelton, Connecticut
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Thomas Sutliffe, Class of 1937
Hometown: Waterbury, Connecticut
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John C. Taylor, Class of 1943
Hometown: Poquonock (Windsor), Connecticut
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Robert T. Thayer, Class of 1940
Hometown: West Hartford, Connecticut
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Vasco Tiziani, Class of 1943
Hometown: Stafford Springs (Stafford), Connecticut
Died December 28, 1944. Wounded after the squad he was leading came under attack near Kaundorf, Luxembourg. He is buried in Henri-Chapell U.S. Military Cemetary in Foy, Belgium, and he was awarded the
Bronze Star posthumously.
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Robert D. Triggs, Class of 1945
Hometown: Thompsonville (Enfield), Connecticut
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James V. Viola, Class of 1945
Hometown: West Hartford, Connecticut
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Irving R. Werner, Class of 1945
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
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Roy A. West, Class of 1943
Hometown: Stamford, Connecticut
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Godfrey Westcott, Class of 1933
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John E. Winzler, Class of 1943
Hometown: Manchester, Connecticut
Died in March 1945 on Iwo Jima. "Wink", a graduate of Manchester High School, was an outstanding athlete at UConn and was Captain of the varsity basketball team in the 1941-1942 season. He was a letterman in both baseball and football. He was a First Lieutenant with the 5th Division, 28th Marines, which was responsible for the flag raising on Mt. Surabachi. Initially wounded shortly after the invasion, he returned to duty days later and was killed in action
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Kenneth C. Wolston, Class of 1944
Hometown: Willimantic (Windham), Connecticut
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John F. Zimmerman, Class of 1937
Hometown: Danbury, Connecticut
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Richard Zorn, Class of 1944
Hometown: Stratford, Connecticut
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George Zwicker, Class of 1945
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
Died in September, 1943
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Cold War
Paul Drotch, Class of 1957
Hometown: Trumbull, Connecticut
Died in a training exercise near Cuba
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Edward Jeruss, Class of 1949
Hometown: New Haven, Connecticut
Died in 1957, shot down over the Russian border
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Korea
John W. Alling, Class of 1950
Hometown: New Haven, Connecticut
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James A Civillo, Class of 1946
Hometown: Manchester, Connecticut
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Patrick DeVivo, Class of 1951
Hometown: Willimantic (Windham), Connecticut
Died in October 1952. DeVivo was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army from the ROTC program after graduation from UConn.
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John Dunne, Class of 1942
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
Died June 5, 1950
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George A Martain, Class of 1950
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Milton E. Nichols, Class of 1951
Hometown: East Hampton, Connecticut
Died October 16, 1952
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Robert Rich, Class of 1953/54
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Peter B. Richardson, Class of 1951
Hometown: Woodstock, Connecticut
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Luzon W. Richter, Jr., Class of 1953
Hometown: Willimantic (Windham), Connecticut
Died in October 1954
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Paul Shapiro, Class of 1952
Hometown: New Hartford, Connecticut
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Richard W. Spencer, Class of 1951
Hometown: East Haven, Connecticut
Died in 1955 in an accident in Korea
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Paul M. Stavnitsky, Class of 1951
Hometown: Winsted, Connecticut
Died June 14, 1952
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Clarence M. Stone, Class of 1947
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Bernard S. Stromgren, Class of 1950
Hometown: Simsbury, Connecticut
Died in 1951 in France
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Robert W. Wegner, Class of 1950
Hometown: West Hartford, Connecticut
Died in 1951
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David C. Wilson, Class of 1946
Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut
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John C. Zweygartt, Class of 1949
Hometown: West Hartford, Connecticut
Died in 1951 in Ireland
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Vietnam
Richard H. Chapin
Hometown: Ridgefield, Connecticut
Died in the 1960s while on died on active duty in the Air Force
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Brian J. Cronin, Class of 1961
Hometown: West Hartford, Connecticut
Died in the early 1960s after his plane was shot down during a reconnaisance flight over Russa
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Roger M. DeLuca, Class of 1961
Hometown: East Norwalk (Norwalk), Connecticut
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Robert G. Dodson, Class of 1966
Hometown: Bloomfield, New Jersey
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Robert K. Dwyer, Class of 1965
Hometown: Stamford, Connecticut
Died July 15, 1967 when the helicopter he had volunteered to be on was shot down by hostile fire. A member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at UConn, he had an ROTC scholarship and after entering the Army he completed flight training. He was a Huey helicopter pilot with the First Cavalry in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
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Joseph D. Francolini, Class of 1964
Hometown: Ansonia, Connecticut
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Joseph P. Holland, Class of 1964
Hometown: Naugatuck, Connecticut
Died January 31, 1968. UCONN ROTC graduate 1965/66 or so. Served with the 101st Airbourne Div. Was a CPT and company commander when he was killed by a grenade in early FEB 1969 during the TET offensive, Vietnam. His company parachuted into enemy action. Only 2 or 3 members of the company survived the engagement.
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Irwin S. Lerner, Class of 1964
Hometown: Stratford, Connecticut
Died December 20, 1972 after the B-52 on which he served as navigator was lost after being shot down in Thailand. His remains were recovered and identified in 2003 and he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery January 17, 2004.
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James Warren Levens, Class of 1954
Hometown: East Hartford, Connecticut
Died in 1959
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Robert L. Lewis, Class of 1958
Hometown: Manchester, Connecticut
Died in 1960 in a tanker crash
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Normand Manning, Class of 1965
Hometown: Haddam, Connecticut
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John V. Morascini
Hometown: Willimantic (Windham), Connecticut
Died July 14, 1969 in Vietnam. He played football at UConn as a freshman in the early 1960s. He interrupted his education by volunteering for the Peace Corp and spent two years in Gabon building schools. He then returned to his studies at UConn. At graduation, he was offered a commission, which he refused, and he entered the Army as an enlisted man. After completion of basic training he was promoted to sergeant (E6) and he arrived in Vietnam of June 4, 1969.
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Peter G. Moriarty, Class of 1963
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
Died March 23, 1971 in Laos
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Michael J. Noonan, Jr., Class of 1959
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut
Died in 1960 in the crash of a trainer in Alabama
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Pierce I. Robertson, Class of 1958
Hometown: Hamden, Connecticut
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Robert Rohinsky, Class of 1959
Hometown: New Haven, Connecticut
Died in 1961 in a bomber crash in Kansas
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Philipp R. Vollhardt, Class of 1969
Hometown: Redding, Connecticut
Died February 2, 1971 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam. Vollhardt was a member of Theta Sigma Chi at UConn and served in the ROTC program. After graduation, he was assigned to the infantry, trained with the 82nd Airborne Division and was sent to Vietnam. The small unit he commanded was ambushed while on convoy and he and a sergeant were killed by a rocket.
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Glenn W. Whitcher, Class of 1961
Hometown: Stratford, Connecticut
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Gulf War
Cindy Beaudoin, Class of 1995
Hometown: Plainfield, Connecticut
Died February 28, 1991
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Iraq
Richard S. Eaton, Jr.
Hometown: Guilford, Connecticut
Died August 12, 2003 from heat stress and exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis after a 24-hr. firefight
in Hit, Iraq. Posthumously awarded two Bronze Stars and the Thomas Knowlton
Award by the Military Intelligence Corps Association. 18-yr. veteran
counterintelligence special agent.
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Jason Hammill, Class of 1998
Hometown: Salem, Connecticut
Died November 26, 2006 when a bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq. He was a member of the U.S. Army 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division from Fort Hood, Texas. Deployed to Iraq in December 2005, he was about to complete his one-year tour before returning home. He previously had served in Kosovo and Afghanistan. He was buried with military honors at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
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Keith Heidtman
Hometown: Norwich, Connecticut
Died May 28, 2007 when the helicopter in which he was flying was shot down in the Diyala province northeast of Baghdad in Iraq.He was a member of the Second Squadron, Sixth Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, based at the Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. He was deployed to Iraq in December 2006. He was buried with full military honors and posthumously honored with a Bronze Star and Purple Heart that were presented to his parents.
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Jordan C. Pierson, Class of 2007
Hometown: Milford, Connecticut
Died Aug. 25, 2006 while on foot patrol in Iraq. He left UConn for active military duty in Oct. 2005. Hhe was a member of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Div. in Plainville, Conn. He began his studies at Avery Point in 2003 and arrived at the main campus in 2004. Previously, he was awarded the Purple Heart after being wounded by shrapnel from an insurgent grenade last May. He was buried with military honors Sept. 6 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
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Afghanistan
John A. Chapman
Died March 4, 2002 John only attended UCONN in 1983 for one semester and was on the swim team as a diver. He joined the Air Force in Sept 1985. He eventually became a combat controller in special operations and was killed in Afghanistan March 4, 2002. You can do an internet search on his name to verify the particulars of his death and subsequent honors.
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