Positioned on top of a large granite block was a bronze rifle, a pair of boots, a helmet and dogs tags from a fallen Soldier battle cross. The granite block had a list of names — the names of ...

The Fallen Soldier Battlefield Cross is styled after the memorials left on battlefields after a soldier's death. It has a helmet, an inverted rifle, combat boots and dog tags.

Officials unveiled the Battlefield Cross during a National Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony on Saturday, March 29. The dog tags and helmet on the statue symbolize a fallen soldier, the combat ...

W AYNE — A statue of a fallen soldier will be unveiled on Saturday during the first observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day at Passaic County's Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Oldham Road.

The patrol's humvees were attacked at about 4:45 a.m. Five other 4-31 Infantry Soldiers were killed in or just after the attack, along with an Iraqi soldier who was with the patrol.

Upon the rifle will rest the helmet of the soldier, that heavy, cursed helmet, that protector of life, that issue gear so valuable, yet so miserable. Today it is transformed into a memorial. Not ...

At his sister Enza’s house, there is a boots-rifle-and-helmet sculpture, the symbol of war dead. The sculpture sits at the base of a large flag pole where the Stars & Stripes flies. At the base ...

FORT HOOD, Texas - Soldiers and Family from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division mourned the death of fellow ...

Dyer Town Manager David Hein said eventually the town hopes to add another granite piece featuring the names of nine Dyer soldiers killed in the line of duty; the names date back to World War I.

She is the ninth Lewis-McChord soldier reported to have died in Iraq this year. Three of those nine were women. Originally from Colorado Springs, Colo., Hinkley enlisted in 2007 and arrived at ...