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Doug DiCenzo was born and raised in Plymouth, NH. He was a friend to all and always carried a smile. At Plymouth High School, Doug captained the football and wrestling teams and was the President of his Class and National Honor Society. His love for the outdoors began to call him and some days you could find Doug running up a mountain "just for the fun of it". When he graduated high school in 1995, he went on to train to be a "leader of men" at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He branched infantry, completed the Army's Airborne and Ranger courses at his first duty station in Columbus, GA, where he met the love of his life, Nicole. Engaged 4 months later, they married and set off on what their family called "the great adventure." The Army sent Doug to Fairbanks, AK, back to Columbus, GA then to Heidelberg and Baumholder, Germany, where he took command of 2-6 Infantry Company. Doug and Nicole had a son, Dakin, in January 2005. Doug was able to be with his son for 10 months before he deployed to Iraq, where a roadside bomb took his life on May 25, 2006. Doug was thirty years old. Doug is missed every day, but his love, duty, and sense of adventure will continue for generations. |