Members of the Military Academy Class of 1988 and others honored 1st Lt. Donaldson P. Tillar III during a memorial ceremony Feb. 25 at Cullum Hall. Tillar was the only USMA graduate to die in combat during the Persian Gulf War. Feb. 27 marked the 30th anniversary of the day that Tillar’s UH-60 Black Hawk was shot down over Iraq, which was the last day of the ground war, where he and his crew died. (Pictured) The group of memorial ceremony attendees, minus one person who had to leave early, congregate in front of Tillar's plaque.

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