Vandals Deface Sign Honoring Soldier

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.A vandal scrawled several anti-war slogans on this memorial"It was just pure rage," he told reporters. Michael Petithory discovered the vandalism as he biked along the Ashuwillticook Trail.Sgt. 1st Class Daniel H. Petithory
ODA-574, Co. A, 3rd Bn., 5th SFG (Abn.)Family and friends cleaned the sign, which is one of three along a stretch of the trail that honors the Cheshire native. The other two signs were not vandalized. Police in Cheshire and Lanesborough are investigating, but there had been no arrests. Cheshire, a town of approximately 3,500 residents, is about 140 miles west of Boston.Daniel's brother, Mike Petithory, cleaned off the memorial