Motorcyclists, Police Escort Fallen Marine Back to Virginia
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Friday, Jun 27, 2014 | Updated 3:40 PM EDT
More than 100 riders traveled from D.C. to Delaware Friday in the procession to escort Staff Sgt. David Stewart home.
Motorcyclists and state police are traveling from the D.C. area to Delaware Friday to bring back a fallen Marine.
Organizers expected more than 100 riders will participate in the procession to escort Staff Sgt. David Stewart home.
Stewart, a native of Stafford, Virginia, was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan last week.
Lance Cpl. Brandon J. Garabrant, 19,
of Peterborough, New Hampshire, and Lance Cpl. Adam R. Wolff, 25, of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, were also killed as a result of the hostile
incident.
All three were all assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion (Forward) in the 2nd Marine Division.
This was Stewart's fifth deployment
in 10 years, and his second in Afghanistan. He was serving as a platoon
sergeant for the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division,
II Marine Expeditionary Force.
Stewart graduated from North
Stafford High School and still considered Stafford his home despite
living near Camp Lejuene in North Carolina, said his father, Nelson
Stewart.
Nelson, who also served in the Marines, told News4's David Culver that his son was a "warm, loving person."
The motorcyle procession will leave
for Delaware at 7 a.m. from the rest stop on I-95 in Dale City. State
police from Delaware, Maryland and Virginia will participate in the
escort. The procession is expected to cross back into Virginia over the
Harry Nice Bridge late Friday afternoon.
Stewart will be interred at Quantico.
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