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Brockton family mourns slain soldier

Captain killed in Iraq was awaiting first child

Captain Anthony Palermo Jr., who was killed Friday, grew up wanting a military career. Captain Anthony Palermo Jr., who was killed Friday, grew up wanting a military career.
By Tracy Jan
Globe Staff / April 8, 2007

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Family members gathered to pray yesterday afternoon in the living room of a gray-shingled duplex, mourning the death of Anthony Palermo Jr., a 26-year-old Army captain who was killed Friday in Iraq. (Full article: 747 words)

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