Funeral Services for National Guardsmen Set for Saturday

Funeral services for two South Carolina National Guardsmen who were killed last week in a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan will be held Saturday. 

The service for 1st Lt. Ryan Rawl will be at 10 a.m. at in Lexington. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at . 

Spc. John David Meador's funeral will take place at 10 a.m. at on St. Andrews Road. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home's Irmo/St. Andrews Chapel. 

Community members are planning to line the streets with flags and banners for the funeral processions Saturday, according to a Facebook page called "Stand Up for a Fallen Hero." A post on the page Wednesday said details about the procession routes would be released soon.

Rawl and Meador were killed last Wednesday when a suicide bomber attacked their patrol in Afghanistan.

Read the full obituaries for and . 

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