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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels plans to attend each memorial or funeral service for the four National Guardsmen who met their deaths in Afghanistan March 26.
Daniels will be accompanied by Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, other general officers, key dignitaries and other leaders. Umbarger, along with key members of the 76th brigade will attend Sgt. Brett M. Hershey's funeral in Pennsylvania and the memorial service in Bloomington.
The late Capt. Michael T. Fiscus of Milford died with three other Hoosier guardsmen when the vehicle they were traveling in hit a land mine south of Kabul.
Thursday, the remains of three of the four soldiers arrived at Indianapolis International Airport. The Indiana National Guard's Ceremonial Unit provided military casket teams.
Visitation for the Fiscus family is at Mishler Eastlund Funeral Home, CR 900N, Milford, from 1 to 3 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Services are planned for Monday at 1 p.m. in the Calvary Church, 801 S. Huntington St., Syracuse.
A memorial service will be held with full military honors at the Image Air hangar at the Warsaw Municipal Airport beginning at 2:45 p.m.
The funeral route from the church to the airport is: north on Ind. 13 (Huntington Street) to CR 1300, driving west: at old Ind. 15 turn south at the "T" to Syracuse St., turn west to Ind. 15, proceed south until turning east on CR 350N and reaching the airport.
In addition to his wife, Paula, and two daughters, Fiscus is survived by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.
Memorials may be given to the Michael T. Fiscus Memorial Fund at any Lake City Bank.
Viewing for Master Sgt. Michael T. Heister is Monday and Tuesday from noon to 8 p.m. at the Thoma-Rich, Hewitt, Chaney Funeral Home in Bluffton. Services are Wednesday beginning at 1 p.m. at Bluffton High School.
Viewing for Spc. Norman K. Snyder are Saturday from 2 to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon at Holmes Memorial in Sullivan. Services are Sunday at 1 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Sullivan.
