LIVE IN WARWICK, MIKE
MASCIADRELLI, 22NEWS.
MATT CARON:
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD TODAY
FOR ARMY PRIVATE BRIAN ODIORNE
IN HIS HOMETOWN OF WARE.
22NEWS REPORTER HAYLEY
CROMBLEHOLME SPOKE WITH PEOPLE
PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO THE
FALLEN SOLDIER.
GLENN PITTSINGER:
"VERY VERY HARD. HE WAS SO
YOUNG, TO SEE HIM
GROW UP, IT'S HEARTBREAKING."
HAYLEY:
PEOPLE FROM ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS
CAME TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO
PRIVATE
FIRST CLASS BRIAN ODIORNE
SATURDAY MORNING. THE
21-YEAR-OLD WARE
NATIVE DIED IN FEBRUARY IN A
NON- COMBAT RELATED INCIDENT
WHILE SERVING IN IRAQ AS PART OF
OPERATION INHERANT RESOLVE. SOME
FROM THE
SMALL WARE COMMUNITY ARE STILL
STRUGGLING WITH LOSING ONE OF
THEIR
OWN SO SOON.
GLENN PITTSINGER:
"GROWING UP HE WAS JUST THE MOST
ENERGETIC KID
YOU COULD EVER WANT TO BE
AROUND. SO WONDERFUL ABOUT HIM.
I GUESS I'LL MISS HIS ENERGY."
HAYLEY:
ODIORNE WAS DEPLOYED TO IRAQ AS
PART OF A MISSION TO FIGHT ISIS.
VETERANS
FROM THROUGHOUT MASSACHUSETTS
WERE IN WARE SATURDAY TO
RECOGNIZE THEIR FELLOW SOLDIER.
PHILIP HAMEL:
"IT'S ONE THING HAVING A FUNERAL
FOR A VETERAN
THAT'S OLD LIKE MYSELF, BUT IT'S
REAL BAD WHEN IT COMES TO A
21-YEAR-OLD SOLDIER THAT'S OUT
THEIR
DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY AND GIVING
US OUR FREEDOMS." HAYLEY:
A WAKE FOR ODIORNE WAS ATTENDED
BY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FRIDAY.
THE ALL
SAINTS CHURCH IN WARE WAS
QUICKLY FILLED WITH FRIENDS AND
FAMILY, WITH
PEOPLE LINING THE STREETS TO PAY
THEIR RESPECTS.
THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS FLANKED
THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH
SATURDAY MORNING WITH AMERICAN
FLAGS. THE RIDE CAPTAIN SAID AT
THE REQUEST OF
ODIORNE'S PARENTS, RIDERS WERE
IN WARE FOR PRIVATE ODIORNE'S
WAKE AND
FUNERAL. SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THE
FAMILY OF THE FALLEN SOLDIER.
ROLAND GRATTON:
"IN THIS CASE MOM AND DAD GO OUT
OF THEIR WAY TO THANK US JUST
FOR BEING THERE, AND GIVE THEM
SOME COMFORT AND SIGN OF SUPPORT
FOR THEIR CHILD."
PRIVATE ODIORNE WILL BE
POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE
INHERANT RESOLVE CAMPAIGN MEDAL
AND THE OVERSEAS SERVICE RIBBON.
HE WAS A SOLDIER, AND A SON, AND
THOSE WHO KNEW PRIVATE FIRST
CLASS BRIAN ODIORNE
SAID THEY HOPE HE CAN FIND SOME
PEACE AFTER SERVING HIS COUNTRY.
GLENN PITTSINGER:
"SUCH A TRAGEDY... I HOPE HE'S
WITH HIS GRAMPS."
HAYLEY:
IN THE EASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
TOWN OF WARE, HAYLEY
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