CREST HILL, Ill. (WGN) – Community members, friends, and strangers lined the streets Friday to salute a fallen hero as a procession made its way to the Word of Life Church in Crest Hill. Four service ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- Family and friends gathered Friday for the funeral of Staff Sgt. Jose Dueñez Jr. Dueñez, who was from Joliet, was one of four soldiers killed in a training accident in Lithuania ...

Illinois flags will remain at half-staff Thursday ahead of funeral services for a fallen soldier and suburban father who was killed during a training accident in March. United States Army Staff ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- The remains of a Joliet soldier, who died in Lithuania, are now back home. Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., 25, was one of four killed in a military training exercise last month, when their ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WILL COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — Hearts were heavy ...

Hearts were heavy at Lewis University Airport in Romeoville on Tuesday afternoon as the body of a US Army soldier returned to the country. Tears flowed from the faces of family and friends as the ...

WILL COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — Flags across Illinois will fly at half-staff through sunset on Thursday to honor a soldier who was killed during a training exercise in Lithuania last month, per an order ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WILL COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — Flags across ...

Flags across Illinois will be lowered to half-staff in honor of a soldier from Joliet who died during a training exercise in Lithuania. Jose Duenez Jr. and three other U.S. Army soldiers were found ...

When SSG Troy Knutson-Collins, SSG Jose Duenez, Jr, SSG Edvin Franco, and PFC Dante Taitano, first became missing, it was as if the entire nation of Lithuania shut down. Their disappearance on a ...