Signs around Lakehurst and Manchester called U.S. Marine Nicholas S. Ott a hero.
His , as hundreds lined the streets near Saint John's Roman Catholic Church in Lakehurst to say a final goodbye to the 23-year-old Manchester man who on Aug. 10.
Manchester and Lakehurst police, emergency responders, members of the Warriors' Watch Riders and countless vehicles of friends and family formed a procession that accompanied the corporal along the nearly 22-mile journey to the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery in Arneytown for his burial.
Ott will be added to Ocean County’s Fallen Soldier Monument as part of the 9/11 remembrance on Sept. 9, two days prior to the 10th anniversary of the attacks on America.
