Last Updated on October 19, 2021 by Cass County Online
On October 19, 2021, residents lined the procession route from the Indianapolis International Airport to Fisher Funeral Chapel in Logansport to pay respects as Sgt. Stanley DeWitt returned home to Cass County.
VIDEO from Cass County Communication Network of the procession passing Veterans Freedom Park at 6th and Market in Logansport, IN:
On October 23, 2021,Sgt. DeWitt will be laid to rest near his parents and siblings in the Royal Center Cemetery – nearly 71 years after his death.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced last month that DeWitt, 18, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for June 5, 2020.
In late 1950, DeWitt was a member of Medical Detachment, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 6, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea.
You can read the full press release here: Soldier Accounted for from Korean War (Dewitt, S.)
FUNERAL SERVICE & PROCESSION
Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021
The funeral service paying tribute to the life of Sgt. Stanley Lee DeWitt will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 23, 2021, in Fisher Funeral Chapel, 1801 Chase Road, Logansport, Indiana. Rev. Carolyn DeWitt (whose husband, Wendell, was just ten-years-old when his cousin Stanley went missing in action) will officiate at the service.
A public visitation will take place from noon to 2 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral chapel on Oct. 23.
Following the service, the funeral procession will travel through downtown Logansport via Chase Road to Michigan Avenue to 6th Street then west on Broadway to West Market Street where the procession will eventually head north on U.S. Hwy. 35 towards the Royal Center Cemetery.
Full military honors will be accorded by the U.S. Army. The Cass County Honor Guard will assist as the Color Guard. The Indiana Patriot Guard will provide a flag display and motorcycle escort to the cemetery.
The public is encouraged to line the procession route on Saturday, Oct. 23rd, with a patriotic show of support as we bring this hero home to his place of rest.
See more photos in our Facebook photo album.
Fisher Funeral Chapel has also posted a Facebook photo album of the procession from Indianapolis to Logansport.
VIDEO from the Dignified Transfer of Remains at Dallas Fort Worth: