Military Procession Through St Robert and Waynesville Today Starting at 11:30 from Fort Leonard Wood

Fort Leonard Wood will honor a soldier who died in Iraq with a motorcade today through Saint Robert and Waynesville. 22 year old Private 1st Class Matthew England died on June 8th. His unit was attacked with an IED. His family asked that England be brought home via the Fort Leonard Wood Airfield. He will receive planeside honors and then be transported by hearse to Waynesville Memorial Chapel. Military personnel say the proper honors, if you decide to line the route, are to remove headgear and place your hand over your heart as the hearse passes. The procession is scheduled to begin at 11:30. Military police will be blocking intersections along the route.