Veverka graduated
from Jamestown High School, Pennsylvania in 1998, where he was a
standout basketball player. His father and stepmother, Ronald and
Judi Veverka, live in Sharon, Pennsylvania. The Polleys live in West
Shenango Township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
He served for three years as a member of the
elite Old Guard . . the unit which stands watch over the Tomb of the
Unknowns at Arlington. Veverka was buried at Arlington
National Cemetery.
While attending college in Maine he joined the Maine National Guard while studying for his
bachelor's degree in wildlife ecology at the University of Maine in
Bangor, his family said. University officials said they will pay
tribute to him during Saturday's commencement ceremony. He was
a senior the the University of Maine before being called to active
duty. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife ecology
posthumously magna cum laude.
David Michael Veverka
Memorial Scholarship.
The
David
Michael Veverka Memorial Scholarship has been
established for high-school students who are college-bound.
Websites Honoring SSG Veverka.
Legacy Guest Book for SSG David Michael Veverka.
Fallen Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Faces of the Fallen. The Washington Post.
David
Michael Veverka. Arlington Cemetary.
David
Michael Veverka. The Gulf War Veterans Memorial.
Staff Sergeant David M. Vererka. Boston.com.
News Articles About
SSG Veverka.
May 8, 2006.
"2 Maine National Guard soldiers killed in Iraq". Seacoast Online.
May 8, 2006.
"Two Soldiers With
Maine Ties Killed in Iraq". WABI TV5 Local News.
May 8, 2006.
"Iraq Bombing Kills Two Maine National Guardsmen". CBS 4 Boston.
May 8, 2006.
"Governor comments on deaths of Maine Guardsmen". The VillageSoup.
May 8, 2006.
"Two Maine Soldiers Killed In Iraq". WMTW News.
May 9, 2006.
"Two Maine Soldiers Killed in Iraq". The Morning Sentinel Online.
May 9, 2006.
"2
Maine guardsmen die in Iraq". Bangor News.
May 9, 2006.
"Snowe mourns death of Maine National Guard soldiers". Office of
Senator Snowe.
May 10, 2006.
"Pa. soldier among Iraq casualties". The York Dispatch.
May 10, 2006.
"Iraq blast's aftermath tremendous in Maine". Kennebec Journal Online.
May 11, 2006.
"Obituary for Staff Sgt. David Michael Veverka". The Herald.
May 11, 2006.
"Scholarship will honor memory of fallen soldier". The Herald.
May 12, 2006.
"DoD Identifies Army Casualties". U.S. Department of Defense News
Release.
May 12, 2007.
"Governor Provides Further Information on Maine Guardsmen". Office of
the Governor.
May 12, 2006.
"Soldier says he owes his life to guard members killed in attack". The
Boston Globe.
May 12, 2006.
"Fallen soldier's actions helped save private". Morning Sentinel
Online.
May 12, 2006.
"Governor Directs Flags to be Flown at Half-Staff Wednesday, May 17".
Maine Government News.
May 12, 2006.
"A Soldier's Sad Return". Meadville Tribune.
May 13, 2006.
"Statement on the Latest Maine Casualties in Iraq". Congressman Tom
Allen.
May 13, 2006.
"Governor Provides Further Information on Maine Guardsmen". Governor
John Baldacci.
May 13, 2006.
"Casualties Identified". American Forces Information Service News
Articles.
May 13, 2006.
"Fallen troops remembered". Seacoast Online.
May 15, 2006.
"Veverka
To Be Honored In Pa.". WMTW ABC 8.
May 15, 2006.
"Saying Goodbye to Fallen Soldier". WICU 12.
May 16, 2006.
"Maine Soldier To Be Buried At Arlington". News 8 WMTW.
May 17, 2006.
"Sgt. Veverka Funeral Today". WSEE 35.
May 17, 2006.
"Maine Soldier Buried At Arlington". News 8 WMTW.
May 19, 2006.
"Student Casualties of Iraq". Inside Higher Ed.
May 19, 2006.
"Former Old Guard Soldier buried in Arlington". dcmilitary.com.
May 28, 2006.
"Staff Sgt. David M. Vererka". The Sharon Herald.
June 21, 2006.
"Senate Resolution 322 P.N. 1905". Senate Resolution honoring SSG
Veverka. Pennsylvania Senate.
June 22, 2006.
"State House, Senate honor fallen soldier Veverka". The Sharon Herald.
March 12, 2007.
"Snowe welcomes Maine guard troops home from Iraq". Senator Snowe
Press Room.
