Two processions are scheduled in honor of a Beaverton-area soldier killed in Afghanistan last week.

Arrival and funeral processions for Army Spc. John Pelham, 22, are expected to move along Interstates 5 and 205 and other major Portland-area roadways Friday and Monday.

Pelham, a 2010 Sunset High School graduate, was killed by enemy gunfire in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan Feb. 12 along with Sgt. First Class Roberto C. Skelt, 41, of York, Fla. They were part of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group based in Fort Bragg, N.C.

Pelham was on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan when he was killed.

Pelham's body is expected to arrive about 10:45 a.m. Friday at the Portland Air National Guard Base at the Portland International Airport, said Corey Lederer, his brother-in-law. A procession will leave the airport sometime afterwards along a route to be determined.

Pelham's funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4195 S.W. 99th Ave., in Beaverton.

According to Lederer, a procession is scheduled to leave the church at 1 p.m. from Southwest 99th Avenue heading south, then west on Southwest Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, south on Oregon 217, then south on Interstate 5 and north onto Interstate 205 to Willamette National Cemetery in Southeast Portland.

The public is invited to view the arrival and funeral but asked not to join the processions.

Gov. John Kitzhaber has ordered all flags at public institutions to be flown at half-staff on Monday in Pelham's honor.

The Pelham family asks that any donations made on John Pelham's behalf be made to the Oregon Youth Challenge Program, an Oregon National Guard program for at-risk teens based in Bend, at 541-317-9623.

-- Everton Bailey Jr.