Fallen Marine Comes Home by Sean Elliot

The hearse carrying Voluntown native Tyler O. Griffin passes a fire department honor guard flanked by two ladder trucks flying a giant U.S. flag Monday afternoon, April 12, 2010. U.S. Marines Lance Corporal Griffin was killed last week in Afghanistan. Residents of his hometown lined Rt. 165 and Rt. 138 from the Rhode Island border the the funeral home in Griswold with flags this evening to honor Griffin's homecoming. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)