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Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News

The United States Honor Flag arrived in Anchorage on Friday, September 3, 2010, to honor Hoonah Police Sgt. Anthony Wallace and officer Matthew Tokuoka. The Honor Flag was flown at Ground Zero during the recovery efforts after September 11, 2001, and has since traveled around the US to honor fallen police officers and firefighters. About 75 police, fire and military members met the flag at a State Trooper helicopter on the Delaney Park Strip and marched with the flag to Evergreen Memorial Chapel to be placed by the caskets of Wallace and Tokuoka. Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Juarez, center, a US Marine Corp reservist and officer with the Anchorage Airport Police and Fire Department, carried the flag. He said the ceremony was an important reminder of the sacrifices of law enforcement and military personnel. "There, but for the grace of God, go I," he said. "That could've been any officer." 100903

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Memorial for Alaska officers to be broadcast statewide

The Associated Press

Published: September 3rd, 2010 05:20 PM
Last Modified: September 7th, 2011 06:22 PM

JUNEAU -- The Wednesday memorial service for slain Hoonah police officers Matthew Tokuoka and Anthony Wallace will be shown statewide.

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The service will be recorded in Hoonah, and then broadcast on the statewide television public affairs channel 360 North at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Law enforcement officers from across the United States and Canada are expected to attend.

The two man were shot and killed as they chatted on a Hoonah street late last Saturday night. John Marvin Jr. was arrested after a prolonged standoff with authorities. He's been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.