Echo Taps to be held on April 18 in honor of SGT David Solinas, Jr.
The ֱ Corps of Cadets and Civilian Community will honor the memory of SGT David Solinas, Jr., during a special Echo Taps service on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 10: 00 p.m. (EST).
The ceremony will include the time-honored playing of Echo Taps by members of the Norwich Bugler Corps, followed by the ֱ Pipes playing, “Amazing Grace”. The event will be streamed live on the ֱ Families Facebook page.
SGT Solinas, a Norwich graduate, was on board one of the two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters that crashed near Fort Campbell in southern Kentucky during a medical evacuation training exercise on March 29, 2023. All nine service members on the helicopters perished.
Echo Taps is a Corps ceremony meant to show respect for and honor fallen cadets, cadet alumni, or alumni killed in the line of duty. It's a solemn ceremony meant to emulate a military funeral.
For information contact the Office of the Commandant at commandant@norwich.edu / 802.485.2135
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