\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tU.S. SAILORS AND MARINES. THE REMAINS OF MAJOR ALEX CLARE WERE RETURNED TO ALABAMA TODAY. A PRIVATE, DIGNIFIED RETURN CEREMONY WAS HELD AT SUMPTER SMITH AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE IN BIRMINGHAM. MAJOR CLINTON WAS ONE OF SIX AIRMEN WHO DIED DURING A REFUELING MISSION IN IRAQ EARLIER THIS MONTH. A PUBLIC MEMORIAL WILL BE HELD AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN TRUSSVILLE ON MONDAY AT 11 A.M. THE GOVER\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Remains of Alabama airman killed in Iraq plane crash return home<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe remains of Maj. Alex Klinner were returned to Alabama on Saturday in a private ceremony at Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base in Birmingham.Klinner was one of six airmen who died during a refueling mission in Iraq earlier this month. A public memorial will be held at the First Baptist Church in Trussville on Monday at 11 a.m.>>VIDEO BELOW: Family mourns Trussville airman killed in military plane crash in IraqThe governor has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Monday for his memorial.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. SAILORS AND MARINES. THE REMAINS OF MAJOR ALEX CLARE WERE RETURNED TO ALABAMA TODAY. A PRIVATE, DIGNIFIED…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[17418,17403,11726,9749,17414,12572,9747,9769,17409,17404,2990,17402,17406,11557,94,17410,17415,17412,6420,9776,17405,17407,9970,17411,681,17417,17416,9972,9785,5308,17413,17401,9750,17408,8980],"class_list":{"0":"post-40767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iraq","8":"tag-a-m-video","9":"tag-air-national-guard","10":"tag-airmen","11":"tag-alabama","12":"tag-alabama-airman","13":"tag-alabama-news","14":"tag-alex-klinner","15":"tag-birmingham","16":"tag-birmingham-news","17":"tag-fallen-soldier","18":"tag-family","19":"tag-first-baptist-church-trussville","20":"tag-flags-at-half-staff","21":"tag-governor","22":"tag-iraq","23":"tag-iraq-mission","24":"tag-iraq-plane-crash-return","25":"tag-jefferson-county","26":"tag-maj","27":"tag-major-alex-klinner","28":"tag-memorial-service","29":"tag-military-honors","30":"tag-military-plane-crash","31":"tag-military-sacrifice","32":"tag-monday","33":"tag-private-ceremony","34":"tag-public-memorial","35":"tag-refueling-mission","36":"tag-remain","37":"tag-saturday","38":"tag-st-clair-county","39":"tag-sumpter-smith-air-national-guard-base","40":"tag-trussville","41":"tag-trussville-news","42":"tag-u-s-air-force"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}