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IL soldier killed in Ft. Hood rampage laid to rest in Chicago

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Chicago, IL - Family and friends say goodbye to another Illinois soldier killed in the Fort Hood shooting rampage.

Dozens of flags lined the outside of a Chicago funeral home where Private Francheska Velez's funeral was being held. Hundreds of mourners gathered to remember the Chicago native who recently returned from deployment in Iraq because she was pregnant.

She was buried at a Chicago cemetery.

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