The funeral for SPC James Wertish was held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Bird Island, Minn., with the interment to follow at St. Aloysius Cemetery in Olivia, Minn., on July 27, 2009. Serving with the 34th Military Police Company, based out of Stillwater, Minn., SPC Wertish was killed in action in Basrah, Iraq, caused by indirect fire on July 16.