CPO Nicholas H. Null to be Laid to Rest (Parkersburg: high school, disposal)

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Godspeed on your journey young soldier.

Null to be buried in Parkersburg, body to arrive today - NewsandSentinel.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information - Parkersburg News and Sentinel

The body of Nicholas H. Null will arrive at a time to be determined Friday in Wood County where a memorial service will be held on Sunday for the U.S. Navy chief who died when a helicopter carrying SEALs and other servicemen was shot down Aug. 6 in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the family said Thursday.

Null, a chief explosive ordnance disposal technician (explosive warfare specialist/freefall parachutist/diver,) will arrive at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport from Dover Air Force Base, Navy Lt. David Bennett, a spokesman for the family, said.


A private memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Parkersburg South High School. A military funeral and interment will be held at Sunset Memory Gardens.


Read the complete story in Friday's issue of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel.

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Null to be buried in Parkersburg Sunday - NewsandSentinel.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information - Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Nicholas H. Null was decorated for service in Iraq and Afghanistan. He had been awarded two Bronze Stars, including one with valor, two combat action ribbons, a presidential unit citation and a national defense service medal.


He joined the Navy in 2000 and had been stationed in Virginia Beach since 2007. Null, who graduated from Parkersburg South in 1999, was assigned to an East Coast Special Warfare Unit in 2009.