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"Army Specialist Javier Sanchez Jr. was killed in Afghanistan last month and on Tuesday his body was returned home to Greenfield to be laid to rest.Sanchez will be buried following a service at Holy Trinity Church Wednesday.The 28-year-old soldier was killed when his unit was attacked by enemy forces in eastern Afghanistan.\u00A0VIDEO: Fallen Greenfield soldier's body returns homeSanchez was on his second tour of duty and he joined the military because he loved his country. His uncle, Fernando Vicento, said the soldier made his mother very proud.\u00A0\"She'd prefer to have him back, but it's what he wanted to do,\" Vicento\u00A0said. \"He gave his life for his country and his parents should be deeply proud of him.\"As his casket was carried off a plane at the Salinas Airport, there was a huge show of support for the fallen soldier.\u00A0The Patriot Guard Riders and dozens of police from around the Central Coast provided an escort for Sanchez and his family.\"Anytime that a young man or woman gives their life in defense of this great nation, it's our job to be out here to let that family know that they don't grieve alone -- that we as a country grieve with them,\" said Patriot Guard Rider Buzz Bickham.Firefighters hung the American flag from freeway overpasses in Salinas and Soledad on Tuesday.\"I thought they paid him a lot of honor. I thought they did a really good job. I think everybody came together and I thought they did it appropriately,\" Soledad police officer Christopher Swann said.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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