PGRNY Completed Missions

Honor Mission

John Louis DiNoto

US Navy
Vietnam Era Veteran

Pawling, NY - 10/26/2024

Update 10/25 - Added a link to John's obituary.  rab

Mission applies to the following Region(s):

Region 6, Region 7

About the Mission:

The family of John Louis DiNoto has requested Patriot Guard Riders to participate in John's Military Honors funeral. Mr DiNoto served from July 1969 to May 1971. John was Honorably discharged early due to a reduction in Military requirements. He served aboard the Fletcher-class destroyer USS DE HAVEN (DD 727) as Engineman Petty Officer 3rd Class (EN3).  He received these decorations: Vietnam Service Medal( 3 Stars), Vietnam Campaign Medal w/device, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea), National Defense Service Medal.

Click here to read John's obituary.

Primary Staging Date and Staging Time:

10/26/2024 at 09:00am

Staging Location:

Horn & Thomes Funeral Home
83 East Main St.
Pawling, NY 12564

Lead Ride Captain and Contact Info:

Pamela Rhodes
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914-384-1552

Special Covid-19 Mission Guidelines:

Updated 15, May 2024

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Special Information:

We will stand a flag line for the arrival of family and friends for calling hours from 9:30 to 10:30 am. We will then stand for the dignified transfer and escort to St John's Church for an 11:00 am mass. Following mass, there will be an escort to the Pawling Cemetery for 12:00 pm Military Honors.

Is there a Second Stage to this Mission?

no

Submitted by:

Bob Boisvert

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