Funeral for Cpl. Gunnar Zwilling
Date: 7/22/2008 Album ID: 561038
Photos by Huy R. Mach
Nine men were killed and 27 wounded when Taliban fighters attacked soldiers building a lightly protected outpost in the remote mountain village of Wanat. It marked one of the largest single-day losses of American life in the eight-year conflict. Gunnar Zwilling, 20, a Hazelwood West graduate, had less than two weeks left in his 15-month tour when he died
Area police officers and members of the Patriot Guard Riders salute during the funeral service for Army Cpl. Gunnar Zwilling on Tuesday at Baue Funeral and Memorial Center in St. Charles.
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O'Fallon and Central County firefighters honor the funeral procession at Baue Funeral and Memorial Center in St. Charles. Zwilling, 20, of O'Fallon, Mo. was killed July 13 in Afghanistan.
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An unidentified man pulled over on Interstate 70 to salute the funeral procession. Zwilling served with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and was among nine American soldiers killed and 15 wounded in an attack on an American outpost that day in eastern Afghanistan.
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Area police escorted the funeral procession on Interstate 70 in St.Charles.
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The funeral service for Army Cpl. Gunnar Zwilling on Tuesday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.
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Writing on the back windshielf of a car is dedicated to Army Cpl. Gunnar Zwilling.
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Family and friends gather for the interment.
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Members of the Greater St. Louis Area Firefighters Highland Guard pay their respects.
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Kurt Zwilling (left) and his son Air Force Airman First Class Alex Zwilling support each other.
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Kurt Zwilling (center) and his son Air Force Airman First Class Alex Zwilling (left) approach the casket of their son and brother Army Cpl. Gunnar Zwilling on Tuesday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.
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The Zwillings embrace the casket of their son and brother Army Cpl. Gunnar Zwilling.
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Gunnar Zwilling, 20, of O'Fallon, Mo.
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