Roger H. Nitchman Jr., 67, US Army, LEO veteran, Pflugerville, TX, 09 APR 2022

[markwells]

Confirmed Mission: The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to participate in the memorial service for Mr. Roger Herman Nitchman.  Mr. Nitchman entered the US Army after high school and served almost 8 years, leaving the military as a sergeant.  He then became a law enforcement officer, serving in four different departments over a 17 year career.

More about his life can be read here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/pflugerville-tx/roger-nitchman-10588548

Date/Time: Saturday, 09 April 2022.  Memorial service begins at 11 am.

Location: Fallen Warrior Memorial, 515 City Park Rd, Pflugerville, TX 78660.  We will stage off-site and ride over to the park shortly before the start of the service.

Staging Location: El Rincon Restaurant, 200 E Pecan St #9, Pflugerville, TX 78660.  Stage in the parking area between the restaurant and the food truck court to the east.

map link: https://goo.gl/maps/Pd6mVrEi6yFri25H6

Timeline:
10:00 – 10:40 am – Staging
10:40 am – Briefing
10:50 am – KSU for the short ride over to the parking lot immediately west of the memorial.
11:00 am – Flag line for the duration of the memorial service.

Wx: Hi 85 deg, sunny

Notes: We will form the flag line immediately prior to the start of the memorial service. At its conclusion we will strike the flag line and depart.

Ride Captain: Mark Wells, atxpgr@gmail.com, 512-470-0380

Flag Wrangler: Don Ferguson

Please attend to honor this soldier and peace officer’s long service to community and country. 

[markwells]

A breezy, pleasant spring day for the 13 riders who came out to honor the service of US Army and law enforcement veteran Roger Nitchman, Jr. We were happy to welcome a first time rider, Jeffrey Palermo.

We rode together from our staging location to a parking location secured for us with cones by the local American Legion members who were on hand to participate in the memorial service. We formed a flag line on each side of the Fallen Warriors memorial for the 55 minute event.  A little longer than anticipated, but everyone held up fine.

A US Army honor guarded folded the flag and played taps toward the end of the event. The MC publicly thanked the PGR for attending, resulting in applause from the assembled crowd.

RIP SGT Roger H. Nitchman, Jr.

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