Pfc. Scott of Mount Vernon, Wash., attended high school in Concrete, Skagit County, where he loved to climb and hike in the Cascades near his home. He liked to load his backpack and pockets with rocks when he hiked, to test his strength and endurance, and he hoped to one day hike the Pacific Crest Trail. He enlisted in the Army before he even finished high school. He was mostly home schooled, attending classes part time at the high school and then an alternative school. He was a nontraditional, free thinking kid. He hoped to one day to be a radiologist. About 100 people attended the burial of Kerry at Forest Park Cemetery on the western edge of town where he grew up in the foothills of the Cascades about 90 miles north-northeast of Seattle. His casket was carried from a white hearse by six members of the 10th Mountain Division honor guard from Fort Drum, N.Y., past 18 leather jacketed representatives of Combat Veterans International who stood at attention and saluted. He was the fourth soldier from Washington state to be killed in Iraq. From boyhood he had always wanted to be a soldier, and he enlisted in the Army before finishing high school and he hoped someday to become a radiologist. Scott loved to climb and hike in the Cascades. His favorite book was "How to Stay Alive in the Woods." He liked to load his backpack and pockets with rocks when he hiked, to test his strength and endurance, and he hoped to one day hike the Pacific Crest Trail. Parents: David Scott and Paula Hartzell. He was 21.
Army
1st Battalion,
32nd Infantry Regiment,
10th Mountain Division,
Fort Drum, N.Y.;
Army
1st Battalion,
32nd Infantry Regiment,
10th Mountain Division,
Fort Drum, N.Y.;
Pfc. Scott of Mount Vernon, Wash., attended high school in Concrete, Skagit County, where he loved to climb and hike in the Cascades near his home. He liked to load his backpack and pockets with rocks when he hiked, to test his strength and endurance, and he hoped to one day hike the Pacific Crest Trail. He enlisted in the Army before he even finished high school. He was mostly home schooled, attending classes part time at the high school and then an alternative school. He was a nontraditional, free thinking kid. He hoped to one day to be a radiologist. About 100 people attended the burial of Kerry at Forest Park Cemetery on the western edge of town where he grew up in the foothills of the Cascades about 90 miles north-northeast of Seattle. His casket was carried from a white hearse by six members of the 10th Mountain Division honor guard from Fort Drum, N.Y., past 18 leather jacketed representatives of Combat Veterans International who stood at attention and saluted. He was the fourth soldier from Washington state to be killed in Iraq. From boyhood he had always wanted to be a soldier, and he enlisted in the Army before finishing high school and he hoped someday to become a radiologist. Scott loved to climb and hike in the Cascades. His favorite book was "How to Stay Alive in the Woods." He liked to load his backpack and pockets with rocks when he hiked, to test his strength and endurance, and he hoped to one day hike the Pacific Crest Trail. Parents: David Scott and Paula Hartzell. He was 21.
Army
1st Battalion,
32nd Infantry Regiment,
10th Mountain Division,
Fort Drum, N.Y.;
Army
1st Battalion,
32nd Infantry Regiment,
10th Mountain Division,
Fort Drum, N.Y.;
