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A funeral for Kevin Trainor, 30, will take place Wednesday in Salem, where he went to school.
Boston Police Department officers line Albany Street and salute as the motorcade carrying fallen State Police Trooper Kevin Trainor passes by en route to the Medical Examiner’s office in Boston, Massachusetts May 6, 2026. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
The United States Honor Flag will be delivered to Massachusetts as memorial tributes continue for fallen State Trooper Kevin Trainor.
Trainor, 30, who served as state trooper for three years, was killed after responding to a wrong-way driver on Route 1 in Lynnfield.
Trooper Kevin Trainor, 30, was killed Wednesday. – MSP
The U.S. Honor Flag, which earned national prominence for flying at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks, will depart from Tampa, Florida, according to a statement from Christopher Heisler, president and CEO of The Honor Network. The flag is expected to arrive at Boston Logan International Airport early this week.
The U.S. Honor Flag has a long-standing history with Massachusetts, Heisler said. Over the last two decades, it has been brought to the state for numerous events, such as the tribute for U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Nicholas Xiarhos of Cape Cod.
Following services for Trainor, the gloves used in handling the flag will be presented to the Trainor family to continue its “tradition of honor and remembrance,” Heisler said.
“Each deployment of the United States Honor Flag represents more than a ceremonial appearance,” he added. “It is a rolling symbol of national unity, remembrance, sacrifice, and gratitude.”
The American flag that once flew at Ground Zero following the September 11th terrorist attacks has since traveled more than 10 million miles across all 50 states. – The Honor Network
Memorial services for Trainor are scheduled for this week, beginning with a wake at the Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home on Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m.
The funeral will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. James Church in Salem.
Road closures near St. James Church will begin several hours prior to the service to accommodate the thousands of local and state police officers expected to pay their respects, according to an advisory from the City of Salem.
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The ceremony is expected to include a rifle salute and helicopter flyover, city officials said.
Trainor leaves behind his fiancé, Jessica Ostrowski of Georgetown, and his mother, three brothers, and one sister.
His father passed away several months ago, and Rev. Bob Murray of St. James Church presided over his funeral, WCVB reported. Murray will lead the Wednesday mass.
Trainor, whose family still lives in Salem, graduated from Salem High School in 2013 and Salem State University in 2019, according to city officials.
As a state trooper, he served as a field training officer after graduating with State Police’s 88th Recruit Training Troop in 2023. Prior to that, Trainor worked as a corrections officer in Essex County.
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