Honor Missions

ABOUT THE MISSION: The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to provide escort, then stand in silent Honor and Respect for Cpl Billy J. Doughty, Jr., USMC WOT Veteran, for his final services on Friday, 01 Dec 17. Cpl Doughty is a Veteran of two tours of duty in the Iraqi combat theater. Our mission will consist of escorting Cpl Doughty from the funeral home in Clay, WV to the Donel C. Kinnard Veteran’s Cemetery in Dunbar, WV and standing…

ABOUT THE MISSION: The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand in silent Honor and Respect for PVT Shirley E. Bailey, U.S.Army, WWII KIA/MIA, for his service and interment on Saturday, 02 Dec 17. His loss took place in the Hürtgen Forest of Germany in 1944. Fighting in the forest, an area comprising of roughly 50-square miles along the Belgian-German border, lasted from September 1944 to February 1945. Bailey, who was a medic with Company G, 8th Infantry Regiment,…

The Patriot Guard Riders have been requested to stand in silent Honor and Respect for SP/4 Curtis Roy Evans Jr., US Army Vietnam Veteran for his final services on Tuesday October 31, 2017. Curtis went to be with the Lord on 28 Oct.   Services will be held at the Maryetta United Baptist Church Verdunville, WV, 31 October.. West Virginia RC Paul Dave Shaffer (pdshaffer327@yahoo.com ) is the designated Ride Captain in Charge of this most Honorable mission. Staging will…

SPC5 Andrew E. Potter from Lewis County WV. US Army 3 tours in Vietnam with the 17th Air CAV out of Fort Bragg NC. SPC5 Potter was a door gunner and tunnel rat. RC: Sharon Turner Staging: at exit 105 on I-79 at go mart in Jane Lew NLT 12:45 Services at Boyle Funeral Home 144 Hackers Creek Rd Jane Lew. Flagline in place NLT 1:30 Very short notice please make every attempt to show SPC5 Andrew E. Potter the…

*_ABOUT THE MISSION:_* The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand in silent Honor and Respect for John Raymond “Herk” Stewart, USA Veteran, for his final services and interment on Thursday, 19 Oct 17.  Herk went to be with the Lord at his home on 15 Oct 17.   Services will be held beginning at 1100 at Myers Funeral Home in Sistersville, WV with interment to follow in Fairview Cemetery.   *_PRIMARY STAGING DETAILS:_  19 Oct 2017* *Primary Staging…

ABOUT THE MISSION: The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand in silent Honor and Respect for 2LT Clarence L. Dragoo, U.S. Army Air Corps, for his final services and interment on Saturday, 14 Oct 17. LT Dragoo was a Navigator aboard a B-24 bomber that was shot down over Northern Italy during WWII. The wreckage of the plane was found in the Adriatic Sea in 1987 and his remains were only recently ID’d. PRIMARY STAGING DETAILS: 14 Oct…

*_ABOUT THE MISSION:_* The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand in silent Honor and Respect for one of our own, Sam Ball, who went to be with the Lord on Thursday, 05 Oct 17. Sam was a very active and dedicated member of the Patriot Guard Riders, attending numerous missions. Now it is our turn to Honor him. *_PRIMARY STAGING DETAILS:_ 08 Oct 2017* *Primary Staging Time:* 1130 A.M. Hafer Funeral Home 50 N. Pinch Road Elkview, West…

*_ABOUT THE MISSION:_* The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand in silent Honor and Respect for Thomas Wayne Moore, US Navy, Vietnam Era, for his final graveside services on Tuesday, 03 Oct 17. Thomas went to be with the Lord on Friday, 29 Sep 17. Visitation and graveside services will be held beginning at 1100 at Ridgelawn Abbey of Devotion, 5547 West Pea Ridge Road, Huntington, WV, US, 25705. Visitation will be from 1100-1200 with services beginning at…