A young man — one year older than I — was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday.
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Nicholas Horrocks, a Dallastown Area High School senior and cadet gunnery sergeant in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, stands as part of an honor guard in Army First Lt. and Dallastown alumnus Daren Hidalgo's memory in the school lobby on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Hidalgo, who graduated from Dallastown in 2005, was killed Sunday in Afghanistan while in combat operations. Members of the Dallastown JROTC will rotate shifts in the honor guard next to a projected portrait of Hidalgo throughout the rest of the day.
Although Daren Hidalgo graduated from Dallastown before the school began its JROTC program, five JROTC officers are standing on honor guard duty for him today.
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. (Left to right) Dallastown JROTC Sgt. Major Dakota Richardson, Cadet Gunnery Sgt. Nicholas Horrocks and Cadet First Sgt. Colt Eppley -- all Dallastown Area High School seniors -- stand in the school lobby waiting to relieve Cadet Captains Miriah Miller and Kareen Plaza in an honor guard in Army First Lt. Daren Hidalgo's memory on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011.
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Kareen Plaza, a Dallastown Area High School senior and cadet captain in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, stands as part of an honor guard in Army First Lt. and Dallastown alumnus Daren Hidalgo's memory in the school lobby on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011.
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That first picture is how I remember him exactly. Thanks for posting this- it means alot to people.
[…] Last week, Daren Hidalgo was killed in Afghanistan. Today, his friends and the Dallastown community gathered to honor his memory. © 2011 by The York Dispatch. A memorial service was held Sunday, Feb. 27, at Dallastown Area High School to honor Army First Lt. Daren Hidalgo, who graduated from the school in 2005 and was killed in action in Afghanistan on Sunday, Feb. 20. […]