With Memorial Day on the horizon, 40 & 8, Voiture 333, wanted to do something special to honor the memory of the late 1st Sgt. Billy Joe Siercks.
His parents, Joe and Toni Siercks, of Lincoln, along with members of the voiture and Show Me Honor Flight, gathered at the Pettis County Courthouse on Thursday.
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