Funeral services for Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II, an Army National Guard officer killed Feb. 25 in Afghanistan, are set for today at Trinity Assembly of God Church in Lutherville.
The 48-year-old major left his Gardenville home in September on his first deployment to the war-torn country. He had been working on training programs with the Afghan national police, when he and Lt. Col. John D. Loftis of Kentucky were shot to death inside the National Police Coordination Center, a ministry building in the heart of Kabul, the nation's capital. Their deaths occurred days after the burning of Qurans at a NATO military base ignited a fierce reaction across Afghanistan.
