"Former N.H. police officer is killed in Afghanistan" by Jeannie M. Nuss, Globe Correspondent | October 15, 2008
The city of Franklin, N.H., was mourning yesterday after National Guard officials confirmed that one of their own - described as a likable, longtime municipal police officer - was killed in action in southern Afghanistan.
Corporal Scott Dimond, 39, died from injuries from an improvised explosive device after his military convoy was attacked Monday near Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, said Major Greg Heilshorn, spokesman for the New Hampshire National Guard.
Mayor Ken Merrifield of Franklin said the community is grieving. "Our hearts go out to the Dimond family," Merrifield said. "The community is deeply shocked. I've been receiving phone calls all day."
Merrifield remembered Dimond's years on the police force, from 1988 to 2006, as an officer and a sergeant. "He was a very likable, very approachable fellow, a real asset to the city," Merrifield said. "We are very saddened, but we obviously appreciate his service both as a police officer and as a National Guardsman - always putting himself between us and danger throughout his career." --more--"
As for yesterday:
"Insurgents struck across wide areas of Afghanistan, including a drive-by assassination in Kandahar. Also yesterday, NATO command said three coalition soldiers were killed in eastern Afghanistan when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb."
