The Huntington Town Board last night voted to rename Madsen Lane to "Cpl Christopher G. Scherer Way/Masden Lane," in honor of an East Northport man who enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at age 17 and was killed July 21 in Iraq, three months into his deployment there.
Scherer, a corporal who turned 21 in June, died from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, according to the Defense Department. A Northport High School graduate, he was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion.
The street is east of Lexington Court, north of 10th Avenue and south of the Long Island Rail Road tracks.
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