WVII covers memorial on campus for fallen soldiers
WVII (Channel 7) covered a memorial on the University of Maine campus for two soldiers who were killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb on May 6, 2006. Staff Sgt. Dale Kelly Jr. and Staff Sgt. David Veverka, a UMaine senior, were members of the Brewer-based 172nd Infantry Regiment, also known as the “Mountain Battalion.” Local veterans gather annually to remember their sacrifice at memorials in Augusta and Orono, according to WVII. UMaine officials planted a tree and installed a bench near Nutting Hall in honor of Veverka, who was a wildlife ecology student.