1 / 4Show Caption +Hide Caption –
More than 37,000 flags were placed in front of The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Boston, Mass., each representing a fallen Servicemember from the state of Massachusetts. Gold star families and military members read the names of the nearly 300 who ...
(Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL2 / 4Show Caption +Hide Caption –
Brig. Gen. Vincent Malone II, senior commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, speaks at the Remembering and Honoring Massachusetts Military Heroes ceremony May 24. During the ceremony, gold star families and military members read the names of fallen...
(Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL3 / 4Show Caption +Hide Caption –
More than 37,000 flags were placed in front of The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Boston, Mass., each representing a fallen Servicemember from the state of Massachusetts. Gold star families and military members read the names of the nearly 300 who ...
(Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL4 / 4Show Caption +Hide Caption –
Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Pintagro, the USAG Natick Command Sgt. Major, speaks at the Remembering and Honoring Massachusetts Military Heroes ceremony May 24. During the ceremony, gold star families and military members read the names of fallen. Pinta...
(Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL
Natick, Mass. -- Brig. Gen. Vincent Malone II, senior commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, participated in the Ninth Annual Remembering and Honoring Massachusetts Military Heroes May 24.
The event, held in Boston for the ninth consecutive year, recognized fallen Servicemembers from Operation Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and Noble Eagle.
Held prior to each Memorial Day, Remembering and Honoring Massachusetts Military Heroes features Gold Star families and military personnel reading the names of the fallen. Nearly 300 names were read.
Malone had the honor of reading 10 names, one of which was Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene. Greene was killed in Afghanistan in 2014. Greene held the same position Malone holds now.
Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Pintagro, the USAG Natick Command Sgt. Maj., also read the names of 10 fallen Servicemembers.
More than 37,000 flags were placed in Boston Common, adjacent to The Soldiers and Sailors Monument.
Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker and Boston mayor Martin Walsh also spoke at the event.
Social Sharing