
OTWELL, Ind. — An Indiana National Guardsman killed this week in a Humvee accident near Baghdad had returned to Iraq from a trip home to southwestern Indiana only days before his death.
Cpl. Darrell Smith, who died Sunday when the Humvee he was riding in overturned into a canal south of Baghdad, left Indiana on Nov. 12 after enjoying several days of leave in the Pike County town of Otwell.
During his leave, Smith, 28, and his family put up their Christmas tree in late October because they knew he would be back in Iraq well before Christmas.
Smith’s father, Stan Smith, said his son had to rush in order to make his return flight to Iraq on Nov....