The procession carrying the body of Pfc. Zachary Salmon drives on Ridge Avenue in Greendale Wednesday morning. Chris Bowling-Eagle 99.3

(Greendale, Ind.) - It was a patriotic, but somber scene as a local military hero arrived home Wednesday morning.

The body of 21-year-old Army Pfc. Zachary Salmon arrived at Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport from Dover Air Force Base around 9:45 a.m.

A procession led by three police motorcycles – two from the Cincinnati Police Department and one from the Lawrenceburg Police Department – rolled east on Interstate 275 across the Ohio River.

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At about 10:40, the procession turned left onto Ridge Avenue. Dozens of people quietly lined the nearby sidewalk as the Hearst carrying Salmon’s body came through. It was closely followed by a black limousine transporting his family members

Onlookers waved American flags as two ladder trucks from Lawrenceburg and Greendale fire departments hoisted a larger flag over the street.

Fire trucks hoist a large American flag in Greendale in anticipation of Pfc. Zachary Salmon's return. Chris Bowling-Eagle 99.3

Tim Keifer of the Indiana Patriot Guard passed out flags to people who came without their own. Two members of the guard rode in the procession.

Salmon’s public visitation is 4:00 to 7:00 Thursday at Lawrenceburg High School. A private burial ceremony at Riverview Cemetery in Aurora will follow a public funeral mass beginning at 10:00 a.m. Friday at St. Lawrence Catholic Church.