Hero Stories for Massachusetts

Spc. Scott A. Andrews, 21, of Fall River, Massachusetts, died June 21, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Lagman, Zabul province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Spc. Andrews was assigned to the 618th Engineer Support Company, 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineers Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. </d

Birth: January 25, 1978 &#8211; Pembroke, Massachusetts Died: April 4, 2003 &#8211; At Tuwayhah, Iraq 1st Lt McPhillips was assigned to 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was manning a machine gun fighting off an ambush when he was killed. Brian was a finance major at Providence College in [.

Born: December 26, 1988 in Middleboro, Massachusetts Died: August 14, 2008 in Iraq Pfc. Daniel A. McGuire of Mashpee, Massachusetts was 2007 graduate of Mashpee High School where he took honors classes, played lacrosse, sang in the school choir and acted in plays. Dan had been accepted to colleges and won scholarships but chose to join [.

Capt. Benjamin A. Sklaver, 32, of Medford, Massachusetts, died October 2, 2009, in Murcheh, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when he was attacked by a suicide bomber. Capt. Sklaver was assigned to the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, Greensboro, North Carolina. </d

Spc. Jordan M. Shay, 22, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, died September 3, 2009, in Baqubah, Iraq, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. Spc. Shay was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington. </d

Master Sgt. Kevin A. Dupont, 52, of Templeton, Massachusetts, died June 17, 2009, at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered March 8 in Kandau, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Master Sgt. Dupont was assigned to the 79th Troop Command, Rehoboth, Massachusetts. </d

Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler J. Trahan, 22, of East Freetown, Massachusetts, died on April 30, 2009, while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq. Petty Office 2nd Class Trahan was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit Twelve in Norfolk, Virginia, and was deployed with an East Coast based Navy SEAL team. </d