PGRNY Current Missions

Honor Mission

QMSN Horen R. Sterling

US Navy - Active Duty

Multi-City, NY - 04/16 & 21/2025

***UPDATED 16 April 2025 - 19:20 hrs***
Secondary Staging Time has been changed.
Please see updated information below.

Mission applies to the following Region(s):

Region 8, Region 9

About the Mission:

The family of QMSN Horen R. Sterling requests Patriot Guard Riders' participation in his final honors.

Seaman Sterling entered service on 4 January 2024, and tragically lost his life on 24 March 2025 in a training exercise in preparation of deployment. He rose to the rating of Quartermaster at the paygrade of Seaman (E-3). Before his enlistment, he served as a New York City Corrections Officer.

Please be sure to come out to render honor and dignity for Mr. Sterling.

Primary Staging Date and Staging Time:

04/16/2025 at 09:00am

Staging Location:

JFK Travel Plaza
JFK International Airport Building #125
150th Avenue & 147th St.
Jamaica, NY 11430

Lead Ride Captain and Contact Info:

Pete Wenninger
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516-978-5884

Special Information:

Please stage at JFK Travel Plaza by 9:00 AM - KSU to Port Authority Police Department at 9:15 AM. PAPD wants us there by 9:30AM.  Flight details will be shared at staging.

Is there a Second Stage to this Mission?

yes

Second Staging Date and Staging Time:

UPDATED

04/21/2025 at 11:30 am

Second Location:

Union Baptist Church
24 Clinton C. Boone Street
Hempstead, NY 11550

Second Lead Ride Captain and Contact Info:

John Fenech
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631-793-0096

Second Stage - Special Information:

Funeral Service begins at 1:30 PM. Please stage in time to stand a flag line for arriving family and other mourners. Escort to Greenfield Cemetery to follow Funeral Services.

Is there a Third Stage to this Mission?

no

Submitted by:

Wayne Cohen - SRC Region 8 NY

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