The Lubbock Independent School District, Coronado High School, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 0900 and Remember Our Heroes will hold a special tree planting ceremony on Tuesday, October 4 at Coronado High School.

The ceremony will be at the front entrance of the school at 10:30 a.m.

The tree planting is in memory of Captain Jordan Pierson, a former Coronado High School graduate.

Pierson was killed aboard a C-130J that crashed on takeoff from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan on October 2, 2015. Eleven people were killed aboard the aircraft, along with three Afghan Special Reaction Force members on the ground.

Pierson and three of the Airmen killed in the crash were stationed at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene.