Photo Release: Oregon Coast Guardsmen attend service/perform military funeral honors for Oregon's oldest Coast Guard veteran

Coast Guardsmen from Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore., stand in formation at the funeral of retired Chief Petty Officer Lawrence John Eastman, a 27-year Coast Guard veteran, at Ocean View Memory Garden in Coos Bay, Ore., Oct. 2, 2012.

At the time of his death, Eastman, a Clatskanie, Ore., native, was the oldest Coast Guard veteran in Oregon.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Patrick Wright.
 

Capt. Mark Reynolds, commanding Officer of Coast Guard Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore., delivers remarks at the funeral of retired Chief Petty Officer Lawrence John Eastman, Oregon’s oldest Coast Guard veteran, at Ocean View Memory Garden in Coos Bay, Ore., Oct. 2, 2012.

Eastman, an engineman who served in the Coast Guard for 27 years, also held qualification as a surfman.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Patrick Wright.
 

Petty Officer 3^rd Class Albert Irth, an aviation maintenance technician, and Petty Officer 2^nd Class Britton Woolsey, an aviation electronics technician, both crewmembers of Air Station North Bend, Ore., perform military funeral honors at a ceremony honoring retired Chief Petty Officer Lawrence John Eastman, a 27-year Coast Guard veteran, at Ocean View Memory Garden in Coos Bay, Ore., Oct. 2, 2012.

During World War II Eastman served in the Coast Guard in Coos Bay, Ore., monitoring ship movements.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Patrick Wright.
 

Friends, family, retired and active-duty Coast Guardsmen pay their respects at the funeral of retired Chief Petty Officer Lawrence John Eastman, a 27-year Coast Guard veteran, at Ocean View Memory Garden in Coos Bay, Ore., Oct. 2, 2012.

After retiring from the Coast Guard, Eastman lived in Jewell, Ore., before settling in Coos Bay.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Patrick Wright.