Funeral set for Columbus soldier killed in Iraq

A Columbus native killed in Iraq last week, will be buried on Friday with full military honors.

The flag-draped coffin of Cpl. John Corey Tanner, 21, killed Aug. 29 in Anbar province, arrived at the Columbus Metropolitan Airport Tuesday morning. Tanner's family and friends and a Marine honor guard from Albany greeted the aircraft, according to a report in the Ledger-Enquirer newspaper.

More GPB News coverage of the circumstances of Tanner's death in combat are here.