Family, friends, fellow veterans, and community members gathered Friday at Santa Barbara Cemetery for the graveside military memorial honoring Arthur Max Petersen, a decorated World War II veteran and longtime local resident.

LT. John Blankenship, USN officiant, and Jerry Gray, military chaplain, at memorial for Arthur Peterson who died Sept. 14 at the age of 102. Peterson's flag-draped coffin with flower displays are in the center of the photo. (Courtesy photo)
LT. John Blankenship, USN officiant, and Jerry Gray, military chaplain, at memorial for Arthur Petersen who died Sept. 14 at the age of 102. (Courtesy photo)

Petersen passed away on Sept. 14 at the age of 102.

Members of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) served as pallbearers and conducted the traditional military funeral flag folding ceremony.

The ceremony featured an officiated service, bagpipe performance, Taps, and concluded with a T-34 squadron flyover in the missing man formation.