Another soldier, Cpl. Joseph Maciel, 20, died in a July insider attack on the same deployment. Though the helmet withstood the impact of a machine gun round at a distance of about 20 feet ...

The dog tags and helmet on the statue symbolize a fallen soldier, the combat boots represent the ... the importance of honoring the fallen. "This memorial not only pays tribute to those who ...

(KABC) -- Ahead of the Memorial Day holiday ... depicts a soldier kneeling on one knee in front of a pair of boots and an upright gun with a helmet balanced on top. Someone managed to shear ...

to start work on his annual Memorial Day tribute. Within three hours he had carved and sculpted out of sand a pair of boots, a helmet and a rifle. The tribute is a symbolic replacement of a cross ...

Brinlee’s memorial is a bronzed battle cross, which features military boots and a helmet sitting atop a rifle.

To honor his memory, a memorial statue has been constructed near the entrance of Crystal City High School. The memorial depicts a fallen solider, with guns, boots and helmet resting on a granite ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Operation Stand Down Rhode Island’s “Boots on the Ground for Heroes Memorial” honors U.S. service members killed in action, as well as provides the families of ...