MANDEVILLE, La. — A street in Mandeville has been renamed to honor a Mandeville High graduate who was killed in Iraq.
It’s been 14 years since 24-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Robert duSang was killed near the Iraq-Kuwait border. On Friday, friends and family gathered near the southside of Mandeville High’s campus for a renaming ceremony.
Mandeville City Councilman Clay Madden said duSang was well-known. The councilman and duSang had known each other since middle school.
“He’s a perfect example of somebody that graduated from Mandeville High School, went to serve his country, and unfortunately did not come home. Mandeville is a small town, so we all remember Robert.”
duSang graduated from Mandeville High in 1998. On Memorial Day, his classmates will gather for their 20-year reunion.