Confirmed Mission Active Duty Cpl. Michael D. Collins, 17, Friday the 29th
* Confirmed Mission Active Duty Cpl. Michael D. Collins, 17, Friday the 29th
* Pending KIA Mission
Final Itinerary for Cpl. Michael D. Collins, 17, Houston TX, 29 FEB 09
The family of Cpl Michael Collins has requested the PGR be at the services of there beloved son.
Cpl Collins was killed in a motorcycle accident off base.
His services will be this Friday at 1300. Please join us as we honor this fallen soldier.
Scoop of the Mission:
Services will be at American Heritage Funeral, which is right next to Houston National Cemetery, at 1300.
A detail of flag bikes will escort the family the to the funeral home.
We will set up the flag line outside the funeral home at 1200.
Once the services starts we will break down the flag line for a rest while the services are on going.
Burial services will be next door at Houston Nation Cemetery at Shelter A.
A caisson while move Cpl Collins to Houston Nation Cemetery and the family and guest will walk behind the caisson.
We will have a flag line set up at shelter A and leave some members at the funeral home with flags to walk behind the caisson.
Name: Cpl. Michael D. Collins, 17 JUST PROMOTED
Unit: 4th of the 112th Field Artillery out of Ft. Hood
Funeral Service: Friday, Feb 29th, 1300 Hrs.
Service Location:
American Heritage Funeral
10710 Veterans Memorial Dr
Houston, TX 77038
Burial Services:
Houston National Cemetery
10710 Veterans Memorial Dr
Houston, TX 77038
Staging Time:
Exxon Station
Beltway 8 at Veterans Memorial Dr
North East corner of the intersection
10770 Veterans Memorial Dr
Houston, TX 77038
MAP
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Dr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl>
Staging Time:
1100-1145
Riders Meeting & Prayer 1145
KSU 1200
Family Escort Team (To be selected): This at CAO’s Request!
Please contact Santa Chuck is you have a flag bike and would like to escort
the family in from the Missouri City area. We need 2 more flag bikes to get to our target of 6.
We will have 4 police escorts. This will be a long escort, experienced flag bike riders only please.
A staging area is being set for the escort team and they will stage at 1000 and KSU to the house at 1030.
Time of Home Departure: 1100
Ride Captains:
Lead RC - Rev Brain Jones e-mail revbriankjones@army.com <mailto:revbriankjones@army.com> 2nd RC - Steve Allison e-mail stevenallison@sbcglobal.net <mailto:stevenallison@sbcglobal.net>
Escort Team RC
Lead RC - Santa Chuck e-mail boyd2bikerider@yahoo.com
2nd RC - Larry Sherwood e-mail c.zarate@comcast.net <mailto:c.zarate@comcast.net>
Please monitor this link on the PGR web site for the mission tread:
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Pending KIA Mission:
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Orlando A. Perez, 23, of Houston, died Feb. 24 in Baghdad, Iraq,
of wounds suffered from small arms fire during dismounted operations.
He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
Please monitor this tread on the PGR web site, check the local web site
and watch your mail for mission updates:
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I would like to thank everyone for your kind words
and support you have given me after my Mom passed away.
Thank you for all you do,
JohnnyD
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John Darner (AKA JohnnyD)
Patriot Guard Riders
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