Members of an honor guard from the Maine Military Funeral Honors Program take the casket containing the body of Army Pvt. Buddy McLain of Peru from a hearse in Rumford on Wednesday to carry it into the Arthur Meader and Sons Funeral Home. Buddy McLain was one of six soldiers with the 101st Airborne who were ambushed and killed by enemy fire on Nov. 29 in Afghanistan. A memorial service with full military honors for the 2006 graduate of Mountain Valley High School will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at the high school at 799 Hancock St. in Rumford.

An honor guard from the Maine Military Funeral Honors Program of Augusta carries the casket containing the body of Army Pvt. Buddy McLain of Peru from a hearse into the Arthur Meader and Sons Funeral Home on Wednesday in Rumford. David Blouin, left, of the funeral home, escorts the 101st Airborne soldier's widow, Chelsea McLain, behind the casket as her parents, Andrew and Brenda Freeman, follow. Buddy McLain was one of six soldiers with the 101st Airborne who were ambushed and killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan on Nov. 29.

Route 2 in Rumford is closed to traffic Wednesday as River Valley firefighters and local, county and state police helped escort the body of Army Pvt. Buddy McLain of Peru. Standing at left are McLain's widow and family, waiting for an honor guard from Augusta to take the 101st Airborne soldier's body from the hearse and into the Arthur Meader and Sons Funeral Home. Buddy McLain was one of six soldiers with the 101st Airborne who were ambushed and killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan on Nov. 29.

Several River Valley firetrucks — some draped with black banners — are parked on lower Franklin Street on Wednesday morning after firefighters helped escort Army Pvt. Buddy McLain's body to the Arthur Meader and Sons Funeral Home in Rumford.

Yellow and red-white-and-blue ribbons tied around two trees and a large white cross highlight a memorial for Army Pvt. Buddy McLain beside the home of his parents, Larry and Patti McLain, along Route 2 in Mexico. The display is lit up at night by a single spotlight. Buddy McLain, 24, of Peru, was one of six soldiers with the 101st Airborne who were ambushed and killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan on Nov. 29.