Memorial Day: A Day of Remembrance
Norman Darling:
Bahamian Hero
PFC Norman Darling, member of the
U.S. Army, killed in action in Fallujah, Iraq.
Army Private First Class Norman
Darling, while searching
for roadside explosives outside the Iraqi city of
Fallujah, was killed in on 29th
April, 2004 by a suicide bomber. Private Darling and
his fellow soldiers were attached to the Army's
Fourth Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, First Armored Division,
based in Baumholder, Germany.
According to the Nassau Guardian, Private Darling's
father was quoted as saying that his son fulfilled a
childhood dream by serving in the U.S.
Army: "This was something he really
wanted... and he was happy. He loved it, he was so happy, man, and I was
happy for him. We saw his future looking bright."
Private Darling,
who would have turned 30 in December, was
the son of parents
Sidney and Madeline Darling and is
also survived by his wife Kimberly, daughter
Camryn
(see photo below), two
sisters, and brothers.
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