BURNET — The public is asked to line U.S. 281 June 7 to pay their respects to a Burnet soldier killed in action last week in Afghanistan.
In addition, services for Army Pfc. Anthony M. Nunn, a Burnet High School graduate who died May 30, are scheduled for 10 a.m. June 8 at Hill Country Fellowship.
The church is located at 200 Houston Clinton Drive.
Church officials said the public is welcome.
Nunn's body will first arrive at Burnet Municipal Airport, 2302 U.S. 281, about 12:30 p.m. and be transported to Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home, 306 Texas 29.
Friends of the soldier have asked mourners to stand along 281 in a show of respect.
"We absolutely need to get out and line Highway 281 from the Burnet Airport to Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home with American flags," said Mike Lewis, the former Burnet High band director who taught Nunn. "This is the least we can do to honor him for his sacrifice, and to show our respect to him and his family."
Nunn was an avid musician and trombone player in the school marching band.
The soldier, who graduated in May 2010, was killed in the Pakita province by an improvised explosive device. He joined the Army shortly after his graduation. He eventually became a member of the 101st Airborne Division stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky.
Nunn, 19, was part of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team for the historic division also known as the Screaming Eagles.
Lewis said Nunn was a hard worker. Though Lewis spoke to him about musical opportunities in the Army, he said Nunn wanted to be in the infantry.
The 101st Airborne Division recently returned to Fort Campbell after a year's deployment in Afghanistan. During that 12-month period, the 24,000-soldier division lost 131 members.
According to defense officials, that is the highest number of Screaming Eagles killed in action during a single deployment since the Vietnam War.
On May 26, six other members of the 101st Airborne Division died from an IED attack in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan.
The division was first formed during World War II. The Screaming Eagles who parachuted June 6, 1944, into the Contentin Peninsula in France become the first Allied soldiers to enter the Nazi-occupied nation.
Nunn's burial will be in Lampasas following the service.
