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Home Town Troy
Last Address Grand Forks, ND
Date of Passing Aug 06, 2010
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From Patriot Guard Riders:
Airman 1st Class Cory McCord
Troy, Alabama
Saturday, August 14, 2010
It is with deep sadness that I inform you that Alabama has lost another
hero. Airman 1st Class Cory McCord, 22, of Troy, Alabama, died August 9th
of a non combat related injury. Airman McCord was stationed in Grand
Forks, N.D. He has served a tour of duty in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
The family has asked the PGR to stand in honor of their hero. He will be
buried with full military honors.
Funeral service: August 14th, 1400 hrs
Greenhill Funeral Home (Hwy 29-West of Hwy 231)
Troy, Alabama
Interment: Greenhill Cemetery immediately following service
Staging: will be at the funeral home at 12:45 P.M.
We will stand a flag line one hour prior to the service and at the
cemetery. We will not escort to the burial site due to the fact that
Airman McCord will be transported by a Horse Drawn Caisson to his final
resting place.
Flags will be provided.
RC's: Tom Ellis, Asst State Captain
Marion Ellis, Sr RC
Temperatures will be in high 90’s with 50% chance of rain. Please dress
accordingly and start hydration on Friday. Water will be provided.
Officials at Grand Forks Air Force Base have identified a 22-year-old airman who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound last week.
Airman Cory McCord, a patrolman with the 319th Security Forces Squadron, was at work around noon Friday when the incident occurred, base officials said in a news release Wednesday.
Several of McCord’s co-workers were present and spoke with him as they tried to stop him from killing himself, the release states.
Air Force security personnel, Grand Forks County sheriff’s deputies and paramedics responded to the scene. McCord was taken to Altru Hospital in Grand Forks where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Officials said more information would be released once an investigation into the incident is completed.
In an e-mail, base spokesman Tech. Sgt. Joseph Kapinos said McCord of Troy, Ala., had been in the Air Force since June 2006 and was deployed to Afghanistan from March to September of 2009.
