Just over a week ago 31-year-old Staff Sgt. Justin Holt, of Bogota was killed in a training exercise. Hundreds of people lined the highway as the soldier’s body was escorted through Paris on his way home on Tuesday night.
Fellow military, law enforcement, first responders and members of the community lined the route to show their respect.
Staff Sgt. Justin Holt served over ten years in the US Army and was deployed to Iraq twice, served in Kuwait and spent four years in Germany.
Holt was killed during a training exercise at Fort Carson, near Colorado Springs, Colorado on February 6, 2015.