 Plumas County News -- May 11, 2009: Services for slain Portola serviceman Jeremiah McCleery will be held this Saturday, May 16, at noon at the Elks Lodge in Portola.
A viewing is scheduled Friday, May 15, at Manni's Funeral Home in Portola from 2-7 p.m. McCleery will be laid to rest next to his mother, Colette, in Portola.
Tributes to McCleery can be left at myspace.com/rememberpfcmccleery.
The Department of Defense announced the death May 5, of Specialist McCleery, 24, from wounds sustained after he was shot May 2, by enemy forces in Mosul, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
McCleery attended Portola High School and was on the wrestling team in 2003, graduating in 2004.
He is survived by his father, Joe, and sisters Chastity Sobrero and Lynette Flanagan; his mother, Colette, passed away in July 2005.
Memorial myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/rememberpfcmccleery |
