Funeral, viewing set for killed NW Pa. airman


January 10, 2012 at 8:42a.m.

Funeral, viewing set for killed NW Pa. airman

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — The funeral and viewing for a northwestern Pennsylvania airman killed in Afghanistan will both be held at the high school in his hometown.

Twenty-three-year-old Bryan Bell of Harborcreek Township was killed along with two other servicemen when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb on Jan. 5.

His funeral visitation will be Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Harbor Creek High School, where his funeral will also be held on Monday.

Bell served in the U.S. Air Force’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal division and was stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, La.

Bell joined the Air Force in 2006 and had been serving in Afghanistan since the beginning of November.

Bell was married.