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Soldier Killed In Afghanistan Buried At Fort Logan

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado soldier who was killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan has been laid to rest at Fort Logan National Cemetery.

Gabriel D. Conde was laid to rest in a private cemetery Monday.

A public funeral service was held Saturday in Longmont. Family members shared poems and songs as they remembered the 22-year-old Army airborne infantryman at Lifebridge Christian Church.

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Spc. Gabriel Conde (credit: CBS)

A day earlier, hundreds of people turned out for a procession escorting Conde's body through Berthoud, where he graduated high school.

PHOTO GALLERY: Spc. Gabriel Conde Funeral Procession

The U.S. Department of Defense said Conde died April 30. He was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

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