A Navy Seal from Kearney was given a heroes welcome on Monday.

Matthew Mason was among 30 GIs killed when insurgents shot down a military helicopter in Afghanistan August 6.

The Patriot Guard and law enforcement escorted the hearse from the airport to a funeral home in Kearney Monday. Members of the community lining the route in the rain. Visitation is planned Aug. 16, at First United Methodist Church in Kearney.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at Church of the Resurrection in Leawood.

Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery.

Chief Petty Officer Mason was a chief special warfare operator in the Navy and a native of Holt, Missouri.  He was a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University.