Family and friends will gather Friday for the funeral Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. The video in this story is from a previous report Duenez, who is from Joliet, was one of four soldiers killed in a ...

A Celebration of Life Visitation will be on Thursday from 4 until 8 p.m. at Tezak’s Home to Celebrate Life, 1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet.

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.

Flags will be lowered to half-staff Friday to honor a Michigan soldier who died during a training accident. Army Staff ...

Tears flowed from the faces of family and friends as the casket carrying Staff Sgt. Jose Dueñez Jr. came off the plane for a procession to Tezak’s Home to Celebrate Life. “We feel so bad for ...

The tributes honor Army Staff Sgt. Jose Dueñez Jr., of Joliet. The 25-year-old and three others were killed last month when their vehicle sank in a swamp. “This is a tragic loss of life,” D ...

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Jose Duenez Jr. and three other U.S. Army soldiers were found dead after their armored vehicle sank in a swamp while conducting a mission to repair and tow an immobilized tactical vehicle.

J.B. Pritzker ordered flags be flown at half-staff in honor of United States Army Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez, Jr. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The flags will be lowered from ...