ST. LOUIS — The Navy Seal from St. Louis killed in a bombing on Jan. 16 will have his funeral mass at the Cathedral Basilica Wednesday.
Scott Wirtz, a De Smet graduate, was assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency as an operations support specialist. On Jan. 16, he was killed in an explosion while conducting a patrol in Syria.
Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. and be followed by a memorial mass at 11 a.m.