Community members, friends, and strangers lined the streets Friday to salute a fallen hero as a procession made its way to ...

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

WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today delivered a speech on the Senate floor to honor the four ...

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 ...

Their vehicle became submerged in a bog. The family of 25-year-old Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr. is remembering him. "My brother was our only brother; he was our baby brother, but he was the strongest out ...

Three 3rd Infantry Division soldiers recovered Monday from a Lithianian bog were from Illinois, California and Guam, the Army said Tuesday afternoon. The three soldiers were Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr ...

Jose Duenez Jr., a native of Joliet, Illinois, and three other U.S. Army soldiers were found dead after their armored vehicle sank in a swamp while conducting a mission last Tuesday to repair and ...

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 ...

Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, was the final soldier recovered from an M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicle that sank in ...

People gathered 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.