STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday, Sept. 4, for Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, the 24-year-old Staten Island soldier who was killed last week during an insurgent attack in Afghanistan.

Organized through the Staten Island Veteran Group, the vigil will take place at 8:30 p.m. at the Great Kills Veterans Memorial, located outside the Great Kills Staten Island Railway station at the end of Nelson Avenue.

Guests are encouraged to bring candles. Speakers thus far include Cpl. Bolivar Flores USMC RET.

According to the group's Facebook page, over 300 plan on attending the vigil.

Several have used the public tribute page to post their condolences to the Ollis family and thank their son for his service.

Ollis' parents, Robert and Linda Ollis, received their son's body Saturday at the Dover Air Force Base, Del. It's unclear when they will return to their home on Burbank Avenue, New Dorp, where neighbors who grew up with Ollis continued to mourn his loss over the weekend.