Fallen SD Navy Lieutenant
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Justin Wickersham
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Saturday, February 06, 2010
The body of a South Dakota native who died when his Navy plane crashed in Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain, has arrived in the state in preparation for his funeral.
A funeral service for Lt. Clinton Wermers is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church in Mitchell.
His body arrived in Sioux Falls on Friday afternoon.
The 33-year-old Wermers was a native of Mitchell.
He and a Navy student aviator crashed in a T-34C airplane on Jan. 23 while on a landing approach to the New Orleans Lakefront Airport.
A Coast Guard boat crew later rescued the student.
Governor Mike Rounds has asked that all flags be flown at half-staff Monday in Wermers' honor.
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