Burial Service for soldier slain in Afghanistan set for Saturday

Funeral services will be held Friday in Dallas for Sgt. Gregory Owens, Jr., who died July 20, 2009 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan of wounds from an improvised explosive device.

Burial will be in Mooringsport, La. north of Shreveport on Saturday at 2 PM.
He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery (STRIKE), 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
The burial will be conducted with full military honors by soldiers from Fort Polk and an escort by the Patriot Guard Riders.
The cemetery is at 1240 Republican Church Road, south of Blanchard Furrh Road.

Staff Sergeant First Class John C. Beale

Posted by Pat Austin on Twitter and also on her blog And So it Goes in Shreveport by way of Sarah Way Down South.
From the commentary on the YouTube channel where it was posted:
Killed in action the week before, the body of Sergeant First Class John C. Beale was returned to Falcon Field in Peachtree City , Georgia , just south of Atlanta , on June 11, 2009 . The Henry County Police Department escorted the procession to the funeral home in McDonough , Georgia . A simple notice in local papers indicated the road route to be taken and the approximate time.