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Danny Dietz Scholarship of Honor Recipients

Danny Dietz, 25, Littleton, CO

In 1999 Danny graduated from Heritage High School and joined the Navy 3 months later. While in high school, he played football his senior year and was active in weight lifting and swimming. Danny had two weeks of service left in Afghanistan when he was killed on June 28, 2005 and posthumously awarded one our nation’s highest honors for heroism, the Navy Cross. Danny‘s widow, Maria said he was not only her friend and role model, but her hero…he is a true hero to so many.

The Danny Dietz Memorial Scholarship of Honor is awarded annually to a Heritage High School student. The next scholarship will be awarded in May, 2008. Application forms are available here and can be submitted to the Heritage High School guidance office.

	2007 Zachary Mamigonian is the first recipient of the Danny Dietz Scholarship of Honor. He was awarded the $750 scholarship named after Danny Dietz, an alum killed in Afghanistan in 2005. Zachary received the scholarship and a medal from the Brian Laviolette Scholarship Foundation. The foundation's Scholarship of Honor program was established in 2003 to honor fallen war heroes. Dietz joined the Navy after graduating from Heritage in 1999. He became a Navy SEAL and was killed in June 2005. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross, the nation's second-highest military honor.