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.

Family and friends will gather Friday for the funeral Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. The video in this story is from a ...

Flags across the state of Illinois remain at half-staff in honor of Army Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. He and three other ...

A Celebration of Life Visitation will be on Thursday from 4 until 8 p.m. at Tezak’s Home to Celebrate Life, 1211 Plainfield ...

Hearts were heavy at Lewis University Airport in Romeoville on Tuesday afternoon as the body of a US Army soldier returned home to Joliet.

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 ...

The tributes honor Army Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., of Joliet. The 25-year-old and three others were killed last month when their ...

The Department of Central Management Services has received notice from Governor JB Pritzker that all persons or entities ...

Flags across Illinois will be lowered to half-staff in honor of a soldier from Joliet who died during a training exercise in Lithuania.

Illinois flags are flying at half-staff this week in remembrance of a fallen soldier and Joliet father who was killed in a training accident last month.

Flags across the state will be flown half-staff from April 15-17 to honor 25-year-old Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. of Joliet.