A U.S. Flag flies as the airplane carrying Spc. Taylor Marks taxis into the Oregon National Guard Army Aviation Facility in Salem, Ore., Sept. 3. Marks, 19, was killed in Iraq on Aug. 28, while serving with the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Eighty Patriot Guard Riders formed the procession to escort Marks to his hometown of Monmouth. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric A. Rutherford, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs Office)

INDEPENDENCE, Ore. -- A week after he gave his life for his country and his future, a 19-year-old Oregon man will be honored Friday with a memorial service here and interment at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.

Spc. Taylor D. Marks of Monmouth, Ore., died Aug. 28 when an improvised explosive device hit his convoy in part of Baghdad, Iraq.

Marks (near right) and Sgt. Earl D. Werner, 38 (far right), were the first two fatal casaulties of this deployment for Oregon's 41st Infantry. Spc. Reid Walch of Redmond, Ore., was wounded in the attack.

Memorial services for Marks will be held on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, at 11 a.m. at the Green Villa Barn, 3215 Independence Highway, Independence, Ore.

Interment will be at 4:15 p.m. at Willamette National Cemetery, 11800 SE Mt. Scott Blvd., Portland, Ore.

Sgt. Werner is scheduled to return to Oregon tomorrow, arriving at the Portland Air National Guard Base at 11 a.m. Memorial services for Sgt. Werner are scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 at 10 a.m. at Lincoln Memorial Park, 11801 SE Mt. Scott Blvd. Portland, Ore.

Interment at Willamette National Cemetery will immediately follow. Specific information on location for the interment sites will be posted on the reader board at the main entrance to Willamette National Cemetery.

Patriot Guard Riders line the Oregon National Guard Army Aviation Facility's field with U.S. Flags for the return of Spc. Taylor Marks' in Salem, Ore., Sept. 3. Marks, 19, was killed in Iraq on Aug. 28, while serving with the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Eighty Patriot Guard Riders formed the procession to escort Marks to his hometown of Monmouth. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric A. Rutherford, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs Office)

Police cars lead a procession and on Highway 22 West, for the return of Spc. Taylor Marks to his hometown of Monmouth, Ore., Sept. 3. Marks, 19, was killed in Iraq on Aug. 28, while serving with the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Eighty Patriot Guard Riders formed the procession to escort Marks to his hometown of Monmouth. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric A. Rutherford, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs Office)