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.
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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.
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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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