Local Soldier Wounded in Afghanistan Dies
Death of U.S. Army Specialist Derek McConnell on Monday announced on "Team Derek" Facebook page by family.
U.S. Army Specialist Derek McConnell, who was raised in North Caldwell, died Monday, according to posts by his mother and fiance on the Facebook page “Team Derek.” McConnell, 23, was wounded in Afghanistan in July 2011, while patrolling in the Zahri District in Kandahar. After a year of treatment in Maryland, McConnell returned to New Jersey with a hero’s welcome to live in Parsippany in late 2012. He was engaged to be married to his high school sweetheart. The cause of his death is not immediately known. “It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that our hero, Derek, deployed to Heaven today,” his mother Siobhan Fuller-McConnell posted on “Team Derek.” “He fought hard right until the end. He will be missed and never forgotten.” …
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Turnerking12
11:52 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
Its Dylan Turner here Mrs. Fuller! Im sure you dont have to thank all of us here nor on facebook! Your son is a true definition of a "American HERO." He served to protect us and our rights and this is the LEAST we can do to honor his memory and to support your family and friends during this hard time! more ›