The accompanying photos are related to the Flag Raising Program which is an outreach program
of the Wayne County Veterans Service Commission. This program was established
for the families of deceased Wayne County Veterans who request their casket
Flag be flown above the Wayne County Veterans Memorial located in the Wooster,
OH cemetery. The program was started, by the Commission office, sometime in the
middle 1990’s.
After the formation of the
555th Honors Detachment in 2000, that group got involved when SFC Lloyd Boyer
was asked to take over. A short ceremony was created to honor the memory and
service of the deceased Wayne County Veterans. In August 2003, SSG Roger Bucher
started helping with the program and in April 2004 took over the responsibility
of working with the Veterans Service office and getting other volunteers to
conduct this ceremony. To date, the 555th has conducted 275 Flag raising
ceremonies for the families of Wayne County. The members who have been involved
since 2003 have been SSG Darrell Schrock, Army, CPL William Rastetter, USMC,
SSG Jerry Curren, Army, SFC. Richard Silvers, Army, PFC Homer Walters, Army and
Michelle Rose, USAF.
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