Field of Honor Ceremony

Description

The Veterans Council of Hillsborough County will conduct a Field of Honor Ceremony this Saturday. The event, park, and monuments are all free and open to the public.

Several Gold Star families will attend the quarterly remembrance to honor servicemen and servicewomen who made the supreme sacrifice while engaged in our nation's current War on Terror during July, August, and September.

The Field of Honor Ceremony will include the following names in trubute:

• Four U.S. military personnel killed during Operation Inherent Resolve (Iraq, Syria, and Yemen)
• Three U.S. military personnel killed during Operation Freedom's Sentinel (Afghanistan)
• 10 U.S. Navy personnel killed aboard the USS John S. McCain during a collision off the coast of Singapore
• 15 Marines and one Navy sailor killed when their refueling aircraft crashed during a training exercise in Mississippi
• Three Marines killed when their Osprey aircraft crashed during a training mission off the coast of Australia
• Five Army Soldiers killed when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii during a nighttime traning exercise
• 51 previously unidentified remains of military members from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam once listed as missing-in-action
• Fallen law enforcement officers lost in the line of duty since January 2017

The event will also feature the Rolling Thunder/FL Chapter 11 color guard, Missing Man Formation flyover by Ye Mystic Airkrewe, patriotic music by Cody Palmer/VFW Post 8108, and a traditional rifle salute, and taps by the Sgt. Walter P. Ryan Detachment 1226 Marine Corps League of Riverview.