PORT ANGELES — A motorcycle procession escorting the body of a Port Angeles Navy Seabee and his family from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is expected to arrive at a Port Angeles mortuary at about 4 p.m. Saturday, in preparation for a Tuesday funeral.
Joshua Dae Ho Carrell, 23, died of complications of malaria on Dec. 26 at a hospital in Germany.
Mr. Carrell, a petty officer third class with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, caught malaria while working on a humanitarian project in Monrovia, Liberia.
Saturday’s motorcycle procession escort will leave Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel for the airport at about 8 a.m. The exact time for its departure has not been set, said Jason Carrell of Port Angeles, Joshua Dae Ho Carrell’s brother.
Mr. Carrell’s flag-draped casket is expected to be released into the care of Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel morticians at 12:45 p.m., after the plane carrying his body from Dover, Del., arrives in Seattle at 10:45 a.m., Jason Carrell said.
The procession will leave the airport at about 1 p.m., and accompany the hearse — traveling on U.S. Highway 101 once it arrives on the North Olympic Peninsula — back to the chapel at 105 W. Fourth St., in Port Angeles. It is expected to arrive at about 4 p.m.
Military veteran motorcyclists will fly U.S. flags while escorting the Carrell family back to Port Angeles.
The public is welcome to join the procession, Jason Carrell said.
Full military honors
Petty Officer Carrell will be buried with full military honors at Mount Angeles Memorial Park cemetery, 45 Monroe Road, at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
It will follow a military boot ceremony with an upturned rifle and helmet scheduled for 1 p.m. at Independent Bible Church, 112 N. Lincoln St., Port Angeles.
Military personnel from Europe and Africa, including a Navy rear admiral, will be on hand.
The graveside service will feature bagpipes and a 21-gun salute.
About 400 mourners attended a service for Mr. Carrell at Naval Station Rota in Spain on Dec. 22.
Born in South Korea, Mr. Carrell was adopted by his late father, Dean Carrell, when he was 14 months old.
He graduated from Port Angeles High School in 2005 and enlisted in the Navy in 2006.
In addition to his brother, Mr. Carrell is survived by his mother, Rhonda, and his sister, Shelly, both of Port Angeles.
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