Norman Darling

Died: April 29, 2004

Rank: Private First Class

Unit: 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Private First Class Norman Darling died on April 29, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq. He was one of eight Soldiers killed by a suicide car bomb as his unit conducted a dismounted patrol sweep for improvised explosive devices. The 29-year-old combat medic was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division in Baumholder, Germany. Family and friends said their final farewells on May 10, 2004, when he was buried at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, Massachusetts.