BOZEMAN – Memorial services are scheduled later this week for a 21-year-old Bozeman Marine killed in combat operations in Afghanistan.
The Department of Defense says Cpl. Nicholas K. Uzenski died Jan. 11 in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan.
A wake will be held Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Dahl Funeral Home in Bozeman. A memorial service will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at the Dahl Funeral Chapel, followed by burial at the Sunset Hills Cemetery with full military honors.
The wake and burial are both open to the public.
Family and friends are asking people to line Bozeman’s Highland Boulevard and Main Street with flags Friday as the casket is taken to the cemetery.
Uzenski’s family in Bozeman include his father, William T. Uzenski, his stepmother, two sisters and three half brothers. His mother lives in Franklin, N.Y.