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<div align=center>Pending KIA Mission</div>
<div align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Lance</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> Cpl. Shawn P. Hefner</SPAN></div>
<div align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2>United State Marine, KIA</FONT></SPAN></div>
<div align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2>Hico, Texas</FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">North Texas Patriot Guard Riders and the Central Texas PGR will participate in the arrival, escort, Funeral and Interment Service for <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2>Lance</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> Cpl. Shawn P. <FONT size=2>Hefner of Hico, Texas. Lance Cpl Hefner <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #555555; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT color=black>was killed Nov. 13 when he stepped on an improvised explosive device</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"> while supporting combat <FONT size=2>operations</FONT> in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 2nd Marine <FONT size=2>Division</FONT>, II Marine Expeditionary <FONT size=2>Force. The arrival will be at 11:00 at the Waco Regional Airport followed by an escort to the Rutledge-Jones Funeral Home in Hico, Texas. Funeral Service will be held in Hico, Texas on Friday with interment to follow. Hico is in the Southwestern area of the North Texas region and Waco is the Central Texas region, so both regions will participate. Watch for the Final Itinerary posting.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div>
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