
PRICEDALE, Miss. — A 21-year-old Pike County man was among the 17 soldiers killed in Iraq when two Black Hawk helicopters collided, family members said.
“The Army came to our house Sunday to tell us,” said Joe DiGiovanni of the Pricedale community, father of Spc. Jeremy DiGiovanni. “This is a real tough time for our family.”
Jeremy DiGiovanni was crew chief on one of the helicopters and was a member of the A Company, 4th Battalion, 101st Airborne Division based at Fort Campbell, Ky. He is the eighth Mississippian to die in Iraq.
DiGiovanni, owner of a country store in the town east of McComb, said family members met with Army officials from Fort...