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An 83-year-old Korean Warveteran died on Memorial Daywhile trying to replace a weathered American flag outside his Ohio home, his family said Thursday. James Catron, of Richville, Ohio, died of natural causes as he was replacing the tattered flag on his 20-foot TV tower with a new one, his daughter, Sharon Harold, told FoxNews.com. "He served his country and he thought it was so important to display the flag, " Harold said. "He was so proud to be a veteran." Harold described her father as a humble man who never boasted about his service and who worked as a volunteer driver for "Meals on Wheels," a program that delivers food to the elderly. "He had received two bronze stars during his service but never told us," she said. "He was a great man." A neighbor saw Catron slumped over the tower Monday and called 911. Rick Walters, with the Stark County Coroner's office, said Catron, who had a history of heart trouble, may have died about an hour earlier and was safely belted to the tower. Catron was brought down by fire department paramedics. Perry Township Fire Chief Larry Sedlock tells The Repository firefighters with a ladder truck returned later on Memorial Day to replace the flag. |
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