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 ...

People are gathering Friday morning to say a final goodbye to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jose Dueñez Jr., a local soldier who died during a mission in Lithuania last month.

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.