Marine Sgt. Jay M. Hoskins

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Marine Sgt. Jay M. Hoskins, 24, of Paris, Texas

Sgt. Hoskins was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; died Aug. 6, 2009 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan.

Hometown to remember fallen Marine
The Associated Press

PARIS, Texas — Officials in an East Texas town plan to line the streets with American flags to honor a Marine who died in Afghanistan.

A hearse carrying the body of 24-year-old Marine Sgt. Jay Hoskins is expected to make the six-mile journey Aug. 13 from a local airstrip to a funeral home in Paris, about 90 miles northeast of Dallas.

Hoskins died Aug. 6 with two fellow Marines when a roadside bomb exploded in Farah province.

The city’s Kiwanis Club is distributing 500 large flags on 10-foot poles, and the football coach at the local high school told The Paris News that he expects hundreds of students to line the route.

The funeral procession is expected to include all local law enforcement agencies and Patriot Guard motorcycle riders.

NBC DFW -- Three Hawaii-based Marines were killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb while supporting combat operations in Farah province, the military said Friday.

The Department of Defense on Friday identified the three killed Thursday as Sgt. Jay M. Hoskins, 24, of Paris, Texas; Lance Cpl. James D. Argentine, 22, of Farmingdale, N.Y.; and Lance Cpl. Travis T. Babine, 20, of San Antonio.

Sergeant Hoskins graduated from North Lamar High School in Paris in 2003. He joined the Marine Corps in August 2003 and reported to Hawaii in January.

The three riflemen were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay.

Marine Sgt. Jay M. Hoskins was killed in action on 8/6/09.