 Daly died of pancreatic cancer at his Fairfield home on July 25 , 2008 . His funeral was held on July 29 , 2008 at St. Pius X Church in Fairfield and he was buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery with full military honors . The 10th Mountain Division of Fort Drum and the United States Military Academy of West Point performed the ceremony . The ceremony included a three round volley and West Point 's bugle sounding " Taps " as preludes to a military helicopter flying over the cemetery . 
