Family and friends of the late Derry native Sgt. 1st Class Earl Fillmore Jr. gathered Saturday to honor and remember the special forces soldier who was killed 30 years ago
It’s not every school that gets a visit by an Army Black Hawk helicopter in conjunction with its homecoming festivities. That was the case at Norwin High School on Friday, when a Pennsylvania Army National Guard Black Hawk choppered into a high school parking lot. “It’s something different for the
A Derry native who was killed in action 28 year ago while serving in Somalia, is in line to posthumously receive the Army’s second highest decoration. Sgt. First Class Earl Fillmore Jr. was 28 on Oct. 3, 1993, when he was fatally wounded in the battle of Mogadishu while fighting
Sgt. First Class Earl Fillmore Jr. was 28 on Oct. 3, 1993, when he was fatally wounded in the battle of Mogadishu while fighting his way to rescue the crew of a downed UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.