First Lt. Daren Hidalgo, the 81st West Point graduate to be killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, was buried with full military honors at the United States Military Academy cemetery on Monday.
Hidalgo, 24, was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for bravery. He was killed by a land mine as his unit was on patrol in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan on February 20, 2011.
Over 200 family and friends attended the burial of the Wisconsin resident’s ashes at the West Point Cemetery
