Family and friends gathered Friday for the funeral Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. Duenez, who is from Joliet, was one of four ...

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.

F or a while now, a number of soldiers in the U.S. Army have been stationed overseas in Lithuania as part of Operation ...

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 ...