Planeside Honors Held For U.S. Army Ranger Sgt. Thomas R. MacPherson As He Is Returned To Los Alamitos Joint Training Base Airfield; Funeral Is Fri Morning Oct. 26
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(Oct. 26, 2012) -- Funeral services are scheduled today (Oct. 26) at 10:00 a.m. at Cottonwood Church, 4505 Katella Ave. in Los Alamitos for U.S. Army Ranger Sgt. Thomas R. MacPherson of Long Beach, who perished in combat in Afghanistan on Oct. 12.
In a somber ceremony yesterday (Oct. 25), Sgt. MacPherson was returned to the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base airfield. Dignitaries, including Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, representatives of multiple Fire agencies including LBFD Fire Chief Mike DuRee and Deputy Fire Chief Richard Brandt, and multiple Police and Sheriff agencies, along with a contingent of the motorcycle-riding Patriot Guard and a large crowd of civilians. The event took place in stark silence, broken only by orders/commands to assembled military personnel. Familymembers were escorted to a chartered aircraft carrying the casket and allowed a period at planeside. The casket was then taken by military pallbearers to a waiting hearse which travelled in a procession escorted by Fire and Police units to Forest Lawn in Cypress. LBReport.com webcast the proceedings live with two video streams, one at Los Alamitos and a second at Forest Lawn in Cypress (the latter via WebcastLongBeach.com's Dan Halverson), making the proceedings accessible locally and worldwide. Photo by Dan Halverson Photo by Dan Halverson Photo by Dan Halverson Photo by Dan Halverson On demand video from LBReport.com's live webcast streams is below. Video streaming by Ustream Sgt. MacPherson, 26, of Long Beach perished in combat in Afghanistan while leading an assault on an enemy position on Oct. 12 (LBReport.com coverage here). He'd previously served one deployment in Iraq; this was his fourth deployment to Afghanistan. LBReport.com joins in conveying our sincere condolences to Sgt. MacPherson's family, friends and fellow servicemembers. Related LBReport.com coverage:
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