AFGHANISTAN Sign honoring soldier defaced

CHESHIRE, Mass. (AP) -- The family of a Green Beret who was one of the nation's first casualties in the war on terror in Afghanistan was outraged after discovering vandals had defaced a sign honoring the soldier with anti-war graffiti.
Daniel Petithory was killed Dec. 5, 2001, along with two other soldiers when a U.S. bomb landed about 100 yards from their position north of Kandahar.
Michael Petithory discovered the vandalism Thursday as he biked along the Ashuwillticook Trail. The words "oil," "Bush" and "Christian Crusade" and other phrases were written in black marker on the brown metal sign.
Family and friends cleaned the sign, one of three along the trail.
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