NEWS 25 - WEHT: Evansville, Henderson, Owensboro-Indiana town bids farewell to Fort Hood victim
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Associated Press - November 14, 2009 2:04 PM ET
PLYMOUTH, Ind. (AP) - Hundreds of people, many holding small American flags, lined the main thoroughfare of a northern Indiana city to watch the funeral procession of a hometown soldier killed in the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting rampage.
The crowds fell into solemn silence Saturday as police cars, members of the military and Indiana Patriot Guard motorcyclists escorted a white hearse carrying the flag-draped coffin of Army Staff Sgt. Justin DeCrow.
DeCrow, who was married and had a 13-year-old daughter, was 1 of 13 soldiers killed Nov. 5 at Fort Hood when a fellow soldier allegedly opened fire at the Army post.
The 32-year-old Plymouth native was to be buried Saturday afternoon with full military honors in Plymouth's New Oakhill Cemetery in the city 25 miles south of South Bend.
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