Hundreds are paying their respects to a Plymouth soldier killed in Ft. Hood last week.

The visitation for 32-year-old Staff Sergeant Justin DeCrow is Friday night and the funeral service is Saturday at 1:00p.m.

DeCrow was among the 13 killed in the massacre last Thursday. The Plymouth native has deep roots in the city plus his wife is from there also.

Friday afternoon a large crowd poured into the Plymouth Wesleyan Church.

DeCrow graduated from Plymouth High School and was involved in several sports including wrestling and football. He also married his high school sweetheart Marikay.

Teachers remember him as a good student who enjoyed anything mechanical and technical.

“To lose somebody that is protecting your country to a situation like this was tough,” says a former teacher Bob Read.

DeCrow was getting ready to be deployed Iraq. He was recently relocated to Ft. Hood in September.

Besides his wife he leaves behind a 13 year old daughter.

The procession starts at about 11 a.m. Saturday morning. People are encouraged to come and wave their flags in support of the family.

There will be a formal military escort starting at the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home on Michigan Street. It will go through downtown Plymouth to the Plymouth Wesleyan Church. A burial will follow at the New Oakhill Cemetery.