Swampscott mourns a son
Combat death of soldier, 20, is town's first since Vietnam
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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
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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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