JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Mandarin High School graduate killed in Iraq last weekend will be laid to rest Saturday. His body arrived to NAS Jax and was greeted with admiration by family and members of the military.
Earl Scott, III, a helicopter pilot shot down in combat, is the latest casualty of the war.
There will be a procession on Saturday that will begin at 12:30 p.m. at Hardage and Gidden Funeral Home. The procession will stop at NAS Jax at 2:30 p.m., then proceed to Oaklawn Cemetery, where they will have a burial service at 4:15 p.m.
