Local Servicemen Laid To Rest

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This past Wednesday, two local communities each buried a hometown soldier recently killed in Iraq.

Army Spc. Francis M. Trussel Jr. was laid to rest in Danville. "Trussel died May 26 in Tahrir of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position", according to the news report.

In Champaign, Pfc. Robert Liggett of Rantoul was laid to rest. Liggett died of noncombat injuries on May 29 in Iraq.

May their families be comforted.

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