Troy residents called on to honor
soldier
Parade set to roll through
Troy Saturday
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By David Fong
Executive Editor
fong@tdnpublishing.com
TROY - Army Private First Class
Jeffrey Rice gave his life for his
country.
Now his city is calling on residents
to give back to its native son
through a show of support Saturday.
Troy Mayor Michael Beamish is
calling upon Troy residents to line
the parade route in Troy Saturday as
Pfc. Rice's body is returned from
Fort Hood, Texas to Troy. Rice, a
2007 Troy High School graduate, was
killed in Afghanistan July 19.
"We are hoping we get a nice
turnout," said Beamish, who also was
Pfc. Rice's principal at Cookson
Elementary School in Troy. "Jeff was
a great young man. The city will be
flying its flags at half-staff
through the duration of his
ceremonies. We really want the
people of Troy to come out and show
support for a heroic young man."
Private First Class Rice is
scheduled to arrive at
Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base at approximately 9:15
a.m. Saturday. Following a
ceremony at Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base that is
expected to last roughly 20
minutes, he will begin his
final journey to Troy. The
procession - which will
include vehicles from the
Troy Police Department, Troy
Fire Department and Ohio
Patriot Guard Riders - will
come north on Interstate 75.
The procession will exit
I-75 at Exit 69, County Road
25-A.
It will then proceed east on
County Road 25-A to Market
Street, around the Public
Square in downtown Troy,
across the Market Street
Bridge and on to Baird
Funeral Home.
A public visitation will be
conducted from noon to 4
p.m. Sunday at Baird Funeral
Home. Services will be
conducted at 10:30 a.m.
Monday, July 30, 2012, at
the Baird Funeral Home, with
Chaplain Dan Burris
officiating. Military rites
will follow the service.
MIAMISBURG, Ohio (WDTN) –
Governor John Kasich signed
two bills into law Tuesday
that rename two area roads
for local fallen soldiers.
In Miamisburg, State Route
725 between Heincke Road and
State Route 741 will become
the Marine Corporal Paul W.
Zanowick, II Memorial
Highway. Corporal
Zanowick died in June of
2011 while conducting combat
operations in Afghanistan.
in Miami County, State Route
55 between Troy and Casstown
will be renamed as the Pfc.
Jeffrey L. Rice Memorial
Highway. Rice was
killed in Afghanistan in
July of 2012 while serving
in the Army.
http://wdtn.com/2004/two-local-roads-named-for-local-fallen-servicemen/
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