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Swampscott mourns a son

Combat death of soldier, 20, is town's first since Vietnam

A horse-drawn caisson carried the flag-draped coffin of Jared J. Raymond during funeral services in Swampscott yesterday for the 20-year-old Army specialist and tank operator, who was killed Sept. 19 in Iraq.
A horse-drawn caisson carried the flag-draped coffin of Jared J. Raymond during funeral services in Swampscott yesterday for the 20-year-old Army specialist and tank operator, who was killed Sept. 19 in Iraq. (Globe Staff Photo / Joanne Rathe) Globe Staff Photo / Joanne Rathe
By Michael Levenson
Globe Staff / September 29, 2006

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SWAMPSCOTT -- Hundreds of friends, neighbors, and veterans lined the streets here yesterday to mourn the town's first resident to die in combat since the Vietnam War, a car-loving former altar boy named Jared J. Raymond. (Full article: 559 words)

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