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Soldier Honored Today in Indian Rocks Beach
Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Sitton who died in Afghanistan will be honored with a motorcade from MacDill Air Force Base to the Hubble Funeral Home in Indian Rocks Beach.
Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Sitton, who died from a bomb blast in Afghanistan, will be returning home today, according to My Fox Tampa Bay.
Sitton will arrive at MacDill Air Force Base at 10 a.m. this morning and an honor escort will take him to the Hubble Funeral Home in Indian Rocks Beach.
People are encouraged to stand and wish Sitton off along the route.
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The route is as follows:
Leave MacDill AFB Bayshore Gate
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North on Bayshore Boulevard
East on Platt St. Bridge
North on Florida Ave. (Left)
East on Jackson St. (Right)
North on N. Jefferson St. (Left)
East on Twiggs St. (Right)
North on Channelside Drive (Left)
East on SR 60
North on 22nd Street (Left)
West on I-4 (Left)
South on I-275
West on Ulmerton Rd.
North on Indian Rocks Rd. N. (Right)
Hubble Funeral Home on Right
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